External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
2009 - Present
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery
The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Queen Square, London, UK
2014 - Present
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Cromwell Hospital
Cromwell Road, London
2008
Neurosurgery Fellow
Department of Neurosurgery
Lariboisier Hospital
Paris, France
2001 - 2007
Specialist Registrar in Neurosurgery
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Oxford, UK
Research interests
Selected invited lectures (2014-2016)
84th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Association of
Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
Chicago, USA
April 30 - May 4, 2016
First International Brain Mapping Course
Chicago, USA
Lecture on cortical stimulation mapping in brain tumours
April 28 - 29, 2016
83rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the AANS
Washington, USA
May 2 - May 6, 2015
82nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the AANS
San Fransisco, USA
April 5 - 9, 2014
Awards received
Selected Clinical and Educational Awards
2015
NHS Clinical Excellence Award
2013
NHS Clinical Excellence Award
January - February 2006
Teacher of the Month
Medical School, University of Oxford
April - May 2005
Teacher of the Month
Medical School, University of Oxford
August - September 2004
Teacher of the Month
Medical School, University of Oxford
Summer 2003
Teacher of the Month
Medical School, University of Oxford
Publications
Selected Publications and Courses
The Neurosurgeon's Handbook
Oxford University Press, 2010
Amazon bestseller in UK, USA, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan
The Neurosurgeon's Handbook
Chinese translation, Human Science and Technology Press, 2015
Amazon bestseller in China
Brain Tumour Course Director (2012 - Present)
Annual World Course in Advanced Techniques in Neurosurgical Oncology
Wellcome Collection, London, June 22-26, 2016
Mr Samandouras runs the world's best and most famous course on brain tumour surgery attended by international senior neurosurgeons, Professors of Neurosurgery
and Department Chiefs. The aim of the course is
to teach experienced neurosurgeons advanced techniques of safe and maximum brain tumour removal.