Paul is Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian. His specialist practice is in neurosurgical neuro-oncology. Paul is also a member of the acute neurosurgical service on-call team, managing the spectrum of emergency neurosurgical presentations, including head and spinal trauma, subarachnoid haemorrhage, cauda equina syndrome, spinal injuries, and hydrocephalus.

In addition to his clinical practice, Paul leads both clinical and laboratory research. His particular focus is on brain tumours and head injuries, with expertise in diagnosis, management and prognosis. In addition to being primary or co-applicant on grants totaling several million pounds, he has authored chapters in several books, and published more than 50 peer reviewed papers, with over 1750 citations.

Paul provides expert reports for clinical negligence and personal injury claims across the range of general elective and emergency neurosurgical practice, with particular expertise in head injuries and surgical neuro-oncology.

Main areas of medico-legal expertise

• Adult elective and emergency neurosurgery
• Head injury
• Brain tumour: diagnosis and management
• Cauda equina syndrome