Fahid Rasul is a highly experienced surgeon specialising in spine and neurosurgery. He has presented his research at national and international conferences, winning multiple prizes for his work. In addition, he has a keen interest in the education and training of medical students and neurosurgical/spinal trainees. He has held the position of education lead during his tenure on the British Association of Spinal Surgeons (BASS) trainee committee. Patients describe him as warm, hard-working and having a great bedside manner.

• Consultant Neurosurgeon (Complex Spine) April 2021 - present University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW)
• Consultant spine surgeon The London Clinic

• CCST Neurosurgery 2020
• FRCS (Neuro.Surg) 2019
• MPhil Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge 2016
• MSc: Clinical Neuroscience, UCL 2012
• MRCS: Royal College of Surgeons of England 2011
• MB BS: Royal Free and University College Medical School 2008
• Intercalated BSc (Hons): Neuroscience, University College London (UCL) 2005
• BASS/BSS Presidents Travelling Fellowship, UK March 2020

• Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS)
• North American Spine Society (NASS)
• EuroSpine
• AO Spine
• British Association of Spine Surgeons (BASS)
• General Medical Council (GMC) 7021335

• Sewell MD. Rasul F. Sedra F. et al. Does COVID-19 affect perioperative morbidity and mortality for patients requiring emergency instrumented spinal surgery? A single-centre cohort study. World Neurosurgery. 2021. [IN PRINT]
• Kapoor S. Gadiya AD. Rasul FT. Bell D. Procalcitonin – A vital tool to differentiate septic progression of spondylodiscitis from drug hypersensitivity. Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports 2020. March-April 10(2).
• Marcus HJ. Rasul FT. et al. Craniopharyngioma in children: trends from a third consecutive single-centre cohort study. JNS Pediatrics. 2019. Dec 20:1-9.
• Mohan M. Islim AI. Rasul FT. et al. Subarachnoid haemorrhage with negative initial neurovascular imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2019 Oct;161(10):2013-2026
• Evaluation of nationwide referral pathways, investigation and treatment of suspected caudaequina syndrome in the United Kingdom. Br. J Neurosurgery 2019; British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative; Neurology and Neurosurgery Interest Group. Br J Neurosurg. 2019;0(0):1-11. COLLABORATOR
• Rasul FT. Matloob SA. Jankovic. Boyd S. Thompson DNP. Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in paediatric Chiari surgery – help or hindrance? Childs Nervous System. 2019. Oct;35(10):1769-1776.
• Residual enhancing disease after surgery for glioblastoma: evaluation of practice in the United Kingdom. British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative. Neurooncology Practice. 2018 May;5(2):74-81. COLLABORATOR
• Rasul FT. Tusnea D. David KM. BioGlue ® induced granuloma causing symptomatic spinal cord compression: A late complication. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2018 Jan;160(1):195-198.
• Rasul FT. Bal J. Pereira EA. Tisdall MM. Themistocleus M. Haliasos N. Current surgical options for patients with epilepsy. Curr Pharm Des. 2017;23(42):6508-6523.
• Nepogodiev G. Agha R. Chari A. Kolias AG. Rasul F. et al. National Surgical Research Collaborative. UK surgical trainees will continue to support European research collaboration. Lancet. 2016 Jul 30;388(10043):459-60
• Rasul FT. Watts C. Novel surgical approaches in high-grade gliomas. Current Treatment Options Neurology. 2015; 17(9):369
• Laban JT. Rasul FT. Brecker SJD. Marsh H. Martin A. Patent foramen ovale closure prior to surgery in the sitting position. Br. J Neurosurg 2014; 28(3): 421-2.
• Rasul FT. Jaunmuktane Z. Khan AA. Phadke R. Powell M. Plurihormonal pituitary adenoma with concomitant adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and growth hormone (GH) secretion: A report of two cases and review of the literature. Acta Neurochirurgica 2014; 156(1): 141-6.
• Rasul FT. Pereira EA. Neurointensivists can insert intracranial pressure monitors, but neurosurgeons must be involved. Brain Injury 2013; 27(10): 1212-1214.
• Rasul FT. Marcus HJ. Toma AK. Thorne L. Watkins LD. Is endoscopic third ventriculostomy superior to shunts in non-communicating hydrocephalus? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence. Acta Neurochirurgica 2013; 155(5): 883-889.
• Rasul FT. Toma AK. Khan AA. Plant G. Watkins LD. Pseudotumor cerebri presenting with visual failure in promyelocytic leukaemia: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2012; Nov 29; 6(1): 408
• Rasul FT. Pereira EA. Waldmann C. Bojanic S. Effective management of severe traumatic brain injury in a district hospital. Br. J Neurosurg 2012; 26(5): 736-742.