Consultant in skull base and oncology neurosurgery, Sheffield NHS Teaching Hospitals
Mr Al-Tamimi completed his medical training in 2002 and graduated with honours from the University of Leeds. He gained membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England following training in Preston and Cambridge. He was subsequently placed onto a post-graduate neurosurgical training program in Leeds General Infirmary and gained entry to the specialist register for Neurosurgery in 2013. He subsequently completed a fellowship in skull base neurosurgery in Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. He was appointed as a consultant in skull base and oncology neurosurgery at Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (STH) in December 2014 and is now the cancer site lead clinician in neuro-oncology, skull base and pituitary services at STH.
His academic interest stems from an intercalated BSc in Pharmacology and he has subsequently gained an MD for conducting a randomised controlled trial in subarachnoid haemorrhage. Other academic areas of interest include research in gliomas and inflammation. He has published 25 articles in peer-reviewed and international journals and has presented on 33 occasions at national and international conferences.
