The aims of the BSBS are to raise the standards of clinical care in the field of skull base medicine by:
We also act as a professional advisory body to other groups including government agencies including NHS England.
The society is a non-profit organization and all the funds of the society are used for the purpose of realising the aims outlined above.
The British Skull Base Society was founded in November 1992 by a multidisciplinary group of clinicians working in the field of skull base surgery including otolaryngologists, maxillofacial surgeons and neurosurgeons. Founder members included Professor Michael Gleeson, Professor Anthony Cheeseman, Mr David Uttley, Miss Anne Moore and Mr Danny Archer.
It’s inaugural meeting was held in 1993 as part of the European Skull Base Society meeting in Riva del Garda.
Past Presidents of the society include:
Previous BSBS meetings have been hosted by:
The council is made up of professional Otolaryngologists, Neurosurgeons and Skull Base Nurse Practitioners who work on behalf of the British Skull Base Society.
Iain Robertson
FRCS
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham
Simon Lloyd
BSc, MPhil, FRCS
Consultant ENT and Skull Base surgeon
Salford Royal Hospitals
Shahzada Ahmed
PhD, FRCS (ORL-HNS)
Consultant ENT and Skull Base Surgeon
University Hospitals, Birmingham
Patrick Axon
MD, FRCS (ORL-HNS)
Consultant ENT and Skull Base Surgeon
Cambridge University Hospitals
Scott Rutherford
MBChB, FRCSEd (Neuro.Surg)
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Salford Royal Hospital
Ann-Louise McDermott
BDS, FDSRCS, FRCS, PhD, FRCS(ORL-NHS)
Consultant ENT and Skull Base Surgeon
University Hospitals, Birmingham
Juliette Buttimore
BA, RN, HEDip, MSc
Skull Base and NF2 Nurse Practitioner
Cambridge University Hospitals
James Tysome
MA, PhD, FRCS (ORL-HNS)
Consultant ENT and Skull Base Surgeon
Cambridge University Hospitals
George Tsermoulas
MSc, FRCS
Consultant Neurosurgeon
University Hospitals, Birmingham
Sinan Barazi
FRCS, MRCSEd, BSc, MBBS
Consultant Neurosurgeon
King’s College Hospital
Andrea Wadeson
BSc
Skull Base Clinical Nurse Specialist
Salford Royal Hospital
Caroline Hayhurst
FRCS
Consultant Neurosurgeon
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff