Head & Spinal Injury Expert of the Year 69 LAWYER MONTHLY EXPERT WITNESS AWARDS 2025 Nicholas Vyner Todd MB BS, PgDL, MD, FRCPE, FRCS Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon UNITED KINGDOM My Training I am Nicholas Vyner Todd, a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon. I retired from the NHS in 2011 and from private practice in 2014. I continue to work in academic neurosurgery and in personal injury and medical negligence litigation as an expert witness. My undergraduate training was at Guy’s Hospital. My postgraduate neurosurgical training took place at neurosurgical units in Derby, London, Edinburgh, and Glasgow. I was awarded the FRCS (England) in 1982. In 1983, I became a Medical Research Council Special Training Fellow in Neurosurgery. I undertook research in experimental brain injury at the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, between 1983 and 1984. This led to the award of an MD by the University of London and to my appointment as a Hunterian Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1985. Subsequently, I studied for a diploma in law and was awarded the PgDL (University of Northumbria, 2:1) in 2001. In 2010, I was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. My qualifications are MB BS, PgDL, MD, FRCPE, and FRCS. A Typical Day I spend part of my time in academic practice. I undertake original research, mainly in the area of spinal surgery, and publish three or four academic papers per year—typically on standards of care and outcomes in spinal surgical practice. I have research collaborations with several academic spinal surgery departments across the UK and act as a referee for a number of international journals reviewing papers submitted for publication. My medicolegal practice is based in a cottage overlooking the North Sea. The practice is entirely electronic. My secretaries and I are connected via a secure network and all work remotely. My days are varied. I might be working on a medicolegal report, reviewing medical records, witness statements, radiological “Complications of neurosurgery and spinal surgery are relatively uncommon, but when they occur, the effects can be devastating.”
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