Prof. Dr. Akbar Ali Khan, MBBS, MD (USA), FRCS Ed, FRCS Neurosurgery
Personal Information
Registered Neurosurgeon in UK, GMC Number: 6042809,
Registered Neurosurgeon in Pakistan, PMDC Number: 9862-N,
Email: info@akbarkhan.pk
Research Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Akbar_Khan8
Patient Feedback: https://www.iwantgreatcare.org/doctors/mr-akbar-ali-khan
Education
Specialist Registration in Neurosurgery, UK, 2016
FRCS Neurosurgery, UK, March 2013
Intercollegiate Specialty Board in Neurosurgery, UK, March 2013
FRCS Ed, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK, March 2008
MD (USA)
MBBS, Khyber Medical College, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, Dec 2001
Appointments
Current | |||
Consultant Neurosurgeon |
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Present | |
Consultant Neurosurgeon |
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2018 – 2021 | |
Consultant Neurosurgeon & Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer University Of Glasgow |
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2017 – 2018 | |
Neurosurgical Training | |||
Senior Registrar at National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery & Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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2015 – 2017 | ||
Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA Fellowship in Complex Spine & Reconstructive Peripheral Nerve Surgery |
2014 – 2015 | ||
Senior Registrar at National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery & Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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2011 – 2014 | ||
Imperial College London NHS Trust, London, UK
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2010 – 2011 | ||
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
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2009 – 2010 | ||
Kings College Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
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2009 – 2009 | ||
Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre, Sussex, UK
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2008 – 2009 | ||
Basic Surgical Training | |||
North Middlesex University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK | 2008 – 2008 | ||
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK | 2007 – 2008 | ||
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Trust, Norfolk, UK | 2006 – 2007 | ||
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK | 2004 – 2006 | ||
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, UK | 2003 – 2004 | ||
Khyber Teaching Hospital, Pakistan | 2002 – 2003 |
Academic Activities
- Reviewer for Neurological Sciences, March 2015 – present
- Neurosurgical ST3 Boot Camp – Instructor, Coventry, December 2017
- Honorary Clinical Lecturer, University of Glasgow School of Medicine. April 2017 – present
- Examiner for 4th year MBBS OSCE examinations, UCL London, 2016
- Clinical tutor in Neurosurgery for UCL London undergraduate medical students, 2013- 2016
- Faculty on London Deanery course for Neurosurgical trainees – Endoscopic Ventricular Approaches, 2013
- Faculty on North Thames Deanery course, Management of Hydrocephalus, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2012
- Qualified ATLS Instructor, 2008
- Surgical Tutor, Nuffield Department of Surgery – for 4th and 6th year medical students, Oxford University 2004-2006
Research & Publications
- Malignant Meningioma: An International Multicentre Retrospective Study.
- Akbar Ali Khan, Lewis Thorne, Charles Champeaux, Journal of Neurosurgery, Dec 2018
- Disproportionately Large Communicating Fourth Ventricle: Pearls for Diagnosis and Management
- Aswin Chari, Dimitrios Karponis, Claudia Craven, Lewis Thorne Cureus Nov 2018
- Meningeal haemangiopericytoma and solitary fibrous tumour: a retrospective bi centre study for outcome and prognostic factor assessment
- Champeaux C, Khan AA, Wilson E, Thorne L, Dunn L, Journal of NeuroOncology, July 2017
- Shunting of the over 80’s in Normal pressure Hydrocephalus
- Simon Thompson, Jamie shand-mith, Akbar Khan, Ahmed Toma, Laurence Watkins. Acta Neurochirurgica April 2017
- The role of ICP monitoring in patients with persistent cerebrospinal fluid leak following spinal surgery: a case series
- Craven C, Toma AK, Khan AA, Watkins LD. Acta Neurochirurgica, July 2016
- WHO grade II meningioma: a retrospective study for outcome and prognostic factor assessment
- Champeaux C, Wilson E, Shieff C, Khan AA, Thorne L. Journal of Neuro-Oncology, June 2016
- Persistent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak post spinal surgery and cerebrospinal fluid dynamic disturbances: cause or consequence?
- Craven C, Khan AA, Toma AK, Watkins LD. The Spine Journal, April 2016
- Intramuscular local anaesthetic infiltration at closure for post-operative analgesia in lumbar spine surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Perera A, Chari A, Kostusiak M, Khan AA, Luoma MV, Casey AT. Spine, Jan 2016
- A case of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss from Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
- Henderson A, Khan AA, Good C, Baer ST. BMJ Case Reports August 2015
- Tumours of the Central Nervous System
- Akbar Khan, Mary Murphy, Surgery (Oxford), May 2015
- Active and silent thyroid-stimulating hormone expressing pituitary adenomas: Presenting symptoms, treatment, outcomes and recurrence
- Kirkman M, Jaunmuktane Z, Brandner S, Khan A, Powell M, Baldeweg SE. World Neurosurgery, March 2014
- Plurihormonal pituitary adenoma with concomitant adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and growth hormone (GH) secretion: A report of two cases and review of the literature.
- Rasul FT. Jaunmuktane Z. Khan AA. Phadke R. Powell M. National Hospital for neurology and neurosurgery. Acta Neurochir Jan 2014, 156:141-146
- The clinical spectrum of TSH-expressing pituitary adenomas.
- Kirkman MA, Jaunmuktane Z, Bradner S, Khan A, Powell M, Baldeweg. Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes, November 2013
- An unusual anatomic and Geographic location of primary germinoma of the fourth ventricle:
- Akbar A Khan, Matthew Kirkman, Caroline Anderson, Zane Jaunmuktane, Robert C Morris, Neil D Kitchen. National Hospital for neurology and neurosurgery. Journal of clinical Neuroscience 2013 Nov; 20(11):1620-2.
- The Lasting Legacy of Sir Victor Horsley.
- Khan AA, Powell M. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2013 Sep;155(9):1801
- Angio-negative subarachnoid haemorrhage, outcomes and the role of repeat angiography.
- A A Khan, J D Shand-Smith, M A Kirkman, F J Robertson, K Wong, C Dott, J P Grieve, L D Watkins, N D Kitchen. National Hospital for neurology and neurosurgery. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Aug;115(8):1470-5
- Pseudotumor cerebri presenting with visual failure in promyelocytic leukaemia: a case report
- Fahid T Rasul, Ahmed K Toma, Akbar A Khan, Gordon T Plant, Laurence D Watkins. National Hospital for neurology and neurosurgery. J Med Case Rep. 2012 Nov 29:6(1); 408.
- Clinical Outcome and Complications of Intrathecal Baclofen Pump in Multiple Sclerosis Patients; a retrospective study.
- A A Khan, I. Birks-Agnew, P. Bullock, D. Rushton, Kings College Hospital, NeuroRehabilitation, 2010;27(2):117-120
Presentations & Published Abstracts
Persistent CSF leak post spinal surgery and cerebrospinal fluid dynamic disturbance cause or consequence?
7th meeting of the international society for hydrocephalus and CSF disorders, September 2015
Correlation of ICP monitoring to clinical history in patients with high or low intracranial pressure symptoms
Poster presentation, SBNS Spring Conference, April 2015
Spinal Surgery, The Texan Experience
UCLH Trust Management Meeting, 2015
Role of repeat Angiography in Angio-negative subarachnoid haemorrhage
SBNS Autumn conference 2012
Clinical Outcome and Complications of Intrathecal Baclofen Pump in Multiple Sclerosis Patients; a retrospective study
SBNS Autumn Conference, Oct 09
Visual Field Defects following Selective Trans-sylvian Amygdalohippocampectomy
BNRG Spring Meeting, Feb 2008
Acute traumatic brain injuries with abnormal admission CT scan; Comparison of Galasko Guidelines with Management in a District General Hospital
SBNS Spring Conference, April 2007
Quality Improvement Projects
Medical record keeping standards, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2015
Antibiotic Prescribing in Neurosurgical Patients, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2014
Audit of Post-operative blood testing in Neurosurgical patients, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2013
Courses & Conferences
20th Clinicopathological Conference on Pituitary Disease – Feb 2018, London
SBNS Autumn Meeting –Sept 2017, Liverpool
MBBS Examiner Training Workshop 2016 – July 2016, University College London
3rd National NHS Leadership Meeting – April 2016, London
Advanced Intracranial Neuroendoscopy – Sept 2015, Aesculap Akademie, Germany
Posterior Spinal Approaches – April 2015, DePuy Synthes, Newcastle
4th Annual Young Neurosurgeons‘ EANS CME Meeting, Royal College of Surgeons, May 2014
Advanced Trauma Life Support – April 2014, Queens Medical Centre
Training to Teach – Jan 2014, University College London Hospital
Leadership and Management – Dec 2013, University College London Hospital
Conflict Resolution Awareness, University College Hospital NHS Trust, 2013
Infection Control, University College Hospital NHS Trust, 2013
Information Governance, University College Hospital NHS Trust, 2013
Risk Awareness, University College Hospital NHS Trust, 2013
Treating people with respect, University College Hospital NHS Trust, 2013
Safeguarding Adults Level 1, University College Hospital NHS Trust, 2013
Safeguarding Children Level 1, University College Hospital NHS Trust, 2013
Cervical & Lumbar Instrumentation, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, UK, 2012
Neurosurgical Simulation Course, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, UK, 2011
Cranial and Endoscopic Approaches, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, UK, 2011
ATLS Instructor Course, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, Jan 2008
Teaching Experience
- Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Neurosurgery University Of Glasgow Scotland 2017-18.
- Teaching Medical Students during Neurosurgery rotations.
- Clinical tutor in Neurosurgery for University Collage London (UCL) undergraduate medical students, 2013-17
- 2 lectures per month each lasting 1 hour. Topics covered include general neurosurgery, neuro-anatomy, common neurosurgical pathologies and neurosurgical management of patients.
- Up to 30 medical students per session
- Faculty on London Deanery teaching for Neurology trainees, University College Hospital NHS Trust, 2014
- Topics covered include Functional Neurosurgery, Vascular Neurosurgery, Surgical treatment of epilepsy, Neuro-oncology and surgery of the eloquent cortex, spine and congenital abnormalities of the CNS.
- Faculty on North Thames course for Neurosurgical trainees – Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2013.
- One day theoretical and practical skills based course for Neurosurgical trainees in the London Deanery.
- Faculty on North Thames course for Neurosurgical trainees – Hydrocephalus Course (Simulation Workshop), National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2012
- One day course for Neurosurgical trainees in the London Deanery covering anatomy and pathology of hydrocephalus and simulation workshop for associated clinical skills and procedures.
- Qualified ATLS Instructor, 2008
Management & Leadership
Consultant Neurosurgeon at QEUH Glasgow, leading and developing services in minimally invasive and endoscopic neurosurgery
Senior Registrar & Rota Co-ordinator, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, Aug 2016 – Aug 2017
3rd National NHS Leadership Meeting, April 2016
Risk Management & Governance representative for junior doctors, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2015
Member of clinical guidelines committee, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2015
Attended 2nd National Clinical Leadership Meeting, March 2015
Chair and participate in meetings of the Queen Square Research Network (QSRNet), National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery Jan 2014 – present
Registrar team leader, department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery
Assisted in organising courses for Neurosurgical Trainees at the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery
Assisted in organising British Association of Plastic Surgeons trip to Pakistan offering October 2005 earthquake relief work