Clinical interests focus on: • Neurosurgical oncology of the brain and spinal cord • Surgery for cranial neuropathies (trigeminal, glossopharyngeal, geniculate neuralgias; hemifacial spasm) • Complex spinal surgery He also focuses on: • Degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine and cervical spine • Surgeries for facial pain and cranial nerve hyperactive disorders • Brain tumours • Spinal cord tumours • Disorders of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics • Disorders of the cranio-cervical junction

General neurosurgery • Pituitary neurosurgery • Skull base neurosurgery • Endoscopic neurosurgery • Neuro-oncology • Paediatric neurosurgery • Trauma/traumatic brain injury Prepared to work for the claimant or defendant, or as an SJE.

Spinal surgery • General neurosurgery • Head injury • Skull base surgery, including acoustic neuroma management and meningiomas • Chiari malformation and syringomyelia - from all causes • Trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm and glossopharyngeal neuralgia • Intradural spinal tumours

General cranial neurosurgery • Skull base surgery • Acoustic neuroma surgery • Brain tumours • Neuro-oncology • Neurotrauma • Head injury • Traumatic brain injury • Cerebral abscess • Intracerebral haemorrhage • Subarachnoid haemorrhage • Hydrocephalus • Chiari malformation NHS employment: Consultant Neurosurgeon, University Hospital Birmingham, UK Additional email: [email protected]

Mr Phillips' clinical interests are in endoscopic skull base surgery, cranial neurosurgery, particularly pituitary surgery, trigeminal neuralgia, subarachnoid haemorrhage and radiosurgery. He has also contributed to national policy in radiosurgery.