Dr Paul Brennan (BSc (Hons) MB BChir FRCS (Ed), PhD)
Senior Clinical lecturer and honorary consultant neurosurgeon
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
- Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre
- Edinburgh Neuro-Oncology
Contact details
- Email: paul.brennan@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
Chancellor's Building
49 Little France Crescent - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH16 4SB
Background
Paul is Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian. He combines his operative work with laboratory research into the origin of gliomas. He also has an active involvement in clinical research and was co-founder of the British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative that he helped found as Chair of the British Neurosurgical Trainees Association in 2012.
Complementing his clinical work, Paul founded eoSurgical Ltd in 2012 along with co-founders Roland Partridge and Mark Hughes. The University spin-out now provides surgical simulation training around the world.
In 2014 Paul helped in the foundation of the Compassion Initiative at the University of Edinburgh and is a co-Director, working in close collaboration with Prof Jim Doty's Centre for Compassion and Altruism Research at the University of Stanford.
Paul is a member and co-chair of the Young Academy of Scotland.
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Longer-term (≥ 2 years) survival in patients with glioblastoma in population-based studies pre- and post-2005: a systematic review and meta-analysis
In:
Scientific Reports, vol. 10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68011-4
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Stratifying Brain Tumour Histological Sub-Types: The Application of ATR-FTIR Serum Spectroscopy in Secondary Care
In:
Cancers, vol. 12, pp. 1710
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12071710
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Distinguishing between direct and indirect consequences of covid-19
In:
BMJ, vol. 369, pp. m2377
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2377
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Letter (Published) -
Drains result in greater reduction of subdural width and midline shift in burr hole evacuation of chronic subdural haematoma
In:
Acta Neurochirurgica
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-020-04356-z
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Biofluid Diagnostics by FTIR Spectroscopy: A Platform Technology for Cancer Detection
In:
Cancer letters
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2020.02.020
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article (E-pub ahead of print)