Curriculum Vitae - Gordon Brocklehurst

Current Webmaster: Gordon Brocklehurst - Retired Neurosurgeon

Curriculum Vitae:

Birth

Liverpool, England May 30th 1932

Childhood

Dr Barnardos Homes 1932-1946:

Liverpool (1932-37)
Boarded out in Oxfordshire (1937-1941)
Euston Hall, Norfolk (1941-42)
Russell-Cotes Nautical School, Dorset(1942-46)

Further Education

Bryanston School, Dorset (1946-50)
Christ's College, Cambridge (1950-53)
Guy's Hospital Medical School (1953-56)

Appointments Held

1956-57 House Physician, Outpatient Officer & House Surgeon, Guy's Hospital, London
1957-1958 Departmental Demonstrator in Anatomy, Cambridge University
1958-1959 Senior House Officer, Casualty, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge.
1960-63 Military Service, Major,RAMC, Surgical Specialist in Germany
1963-64 Senior House Officer, Neurosurgery, Addenbrookes, Cambridge
1964-66 Registrar in Neurosurgery, Addenbrookes, Cambridge
1966-67 Elmore Studentship, Cambridge University - research into spina bifida and hydrocephalus
1967-1969 Senior Registrar in Neurosurgery, The London Hospital
1969-1973
- Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Kentucky, USA
- Consultant Neurosurgeon to Veterans Administration Hospital
- Consultant Neurosurgeon to Cardinal Hill and Shriners Childrens Hospitals, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
1973-1997 Consultant Neurosurgeon, Yorkshire Health Authority, The Royal Infirmary, Hull, England

Awards

1950-6 County Major Scholarship
1956-7 Elmore Studentship, Cambridge University
1968 M.Chir. thesis, Cambridge University - “Spina Bifida”
1973 Cairns Memorial Prize Essay “The Foramen of Magendie” (SBNS)
1974-7 Medical Research Council Grant - “The Cerebrospinal Fluid System”
1978 Arris and Gale Lecturer - Royal College of Surgeons - “The CSF System”
1981 M.D. thesis, Cambridge University - “Evolution of the CSF System”
1982 NHS Distinction Award B
1992 Hunterian Professorship, Royal College of Surgeons - “The Laser in Neurosurgery”

Degrees and Qualifications

BA (1953), BChir (1956), MB (1956), MA (1957), MChir (1968), MD (1981) all Cambridge University. FRCS England (1962). Kentucky State Licensure (1969).

Editorships

1977-80 "Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie" (Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida Research)
1990-5 "Neurochirurgie"

Research Interests

Cerebrospinal Fluid System - morphology, embryology, comparative anatomy & evolution
Hydrocephalus - diagnosis and treatment, endoscopic procedures
Laser - microneurosurgery, spinal cord tumours, gliomas
Photodynamic Therapy - gliomas

Administration

1973-88 Regional Neurosurgical Services Working Group

1973-86 North Humberside Surgical Division

1990-94 Regional Representative Royal College of Surgeons

1990-94 Neurosurgical Representative National CPOD

Publications - Books

Spina Bifida for the Clinician (main author and editor) William Heinemann Medical Books Limited 1976
Spina Bifida in Handbook of Clinical Neurology 1978, Chapter 18
Across the Blanket Badgerwood Publications LLP 2003

Publications - Papers

Macmillan AI, et al. Intradiploic meningocoele in a 16-year-old girl. Br J Neurosurg. 1997 Aug;11(4):359-61.
Brocklehurst G. The laser in neurosurgery. Br J Neurosurg. 1993;7(1):3-4.
Brocklehurst G. Classification and coding in neurosurgery. Zentralbl Neurochir.1992;53(4):185-8.
Mylonas C, et al. A prospective randomized comparison of continuous polydioxanone and interrupted Neurilon for neurosurgical wound closure. Br J Neurosurg. 1991;5(4):357-60.
Cox J, et al. Normal pressure hydrocephalus. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1988 Jul;36(7):650-1.
Brocklehurst G, et al. Comprehensive care of patients with head injuries. Br Med J. 1987 Feb 7;294(6568):345-7.
Brocklehurst G, et al. Clinical. Maintenance, monitoring and management. Nurs Mirror. 1985 Sep 11;161(11):52-3.
Brocklehurst G. Laser modalities in neurosurgery. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 1984 Mar;66(2):113-4.
Brocklehurst G. Face masks and wedding rings. Lancet. 1983 Jul 16;2(8342):157.
Brocklehurst G. Diagnoses not to be missed. Subdural haematoma. Br J Hosp Med. 1982 Feb;27(2):170-4.
Dolman GS, et al. The roof of the hindbrain in Rana pipiens and Rana temporaria. Brain Res. 1980 Feb 24;184(2):506-10.
Brocklehurst G. The significance of the evolution of the cerebrospinal fluid system. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 1979 Sep;61(5):349-56.
Jones HC, et al. The roof of the fourth ventricle in amphibian brains. J Zool. 1978 Jul;185 Pt 3:341-54.
Brocklehurst G. The structure of the rhombencephalic roof in the frog. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 1976;35(1-3):205-14.
Brocklehurst G. Trans-callosal third ventriculo-chiasmatic cisternostomy: a new approach to hydrocephalus. Surg Neurol. 1974 Mar;2(2):109-14.
Norrell H, et al. Spinal injuries in Kentucky. J Ky Med Assoc. 1973 Sep;71(9):586-9.
Brocklehurst G, et al. Spinal cord injuries--who does what? J Ky Med Assoc. 1973 Mar;71(3):174-81.
Brocklehurst G. Diencephalic cysts. J Neurosurg. 1973 Jan;38(1):47-51.
Brocklehurst G, et al. The comprehensive care of patients with spina bifida. J Ky Med Assoc. 1972 Nov;70(11):860-5.
Brocklehurst G. Meningomyelocele: the price of treatment. Br Med J. 1971 Aug 14;3(771):429-30.
Brocklehurst G. The pathogenesis of spina bifida: a study of the relationship between observation, hypothesis, and surgical incentive. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1971 Apr;13(2):147-63.
Brocklehurst G. A quantitative study of a spina bifida foetus. J Pathol. 1969 Nov;99(3):205-11.
Brocklehurst G. The development of the human cerebrospinal fluid pathway with particular reference to the roof of the fourth ventricle. J Anat. 1969 Nov;105(3):467-75.
Brocklehurst G. Use of radio-iodinated serum albumin in the study of cerebrospinal fluid flow. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1968 Apr;31(2):162-8.
Brocklehurst G. Radiation dose in isotope encephalography. Lancet. 1968 Feb 17;1(7538):358.
Brocklehurst G. Observations of C.S.F. flow using isotope ventriculography. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1967 Dec;30(6):587.
Brocklehurst G, et al. Hydrocephalus: electrocardiographic localization of the catheter in ventriculo-atrial shunts. Arch Dis Child. 1967 Apr;42(222):166-70.
Brocklehurst G, et al. Early closure of myelomeningocele, with special reference to leg movement. Br Med J. 1967 Mar 18;1(541):666-9.
Brocklehurst G, et al. Early closure of myelomeningocele with especial reference to leg movement. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1967;:Suppl 13:51-6.
Brocklehurst G. A season’s ski-ing. Journ RAMC. 1964; 239.
Brocklehurst G, et al. An unusual complication of a Meckel’s diverticulum. Br J Surg. 1962; 604-5.