Mr Dominic Thompson

Dominic Thompson is senior pediatric neurosurgeon in the Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street and Honorary Associate Professor at the Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom Dominic’s specialist interests include, the surgical management of disorders of the pediatric spine, in particular craniocervical junction anomalies, spinal dysraphism (spina bifida) and spinal tumours. He is paediatric neurosurgeon to the UK Nationally Commissioned fetal surgery service for myelomeningocele. Other subspecialist interests include pediatric moyamoya disease. Dominic undertook additional specialist training in paediatric neurosurgery in Paris, Chicago, New York and San Francisco. Dominic has authored over 100 peer reviewed articles and book chapters in various aspects of pediatric neurosurgery. Dominic is regular faculty member on International training courses in pediatric neurosurgery. He is on the editorial board of Childs Nervous System, Pediatric Neurosurgery and Acta Neurochirugica, he also regularly reviews for the European Spine Journal. Positions in Neurosurgical Societies President European Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN) 2023-25 Scientific Chairman of the European Society of Paediatric neurosurgery (ESPN) 2012-2016 Secretary of the European Society of Paediatric neurosurgery (ESPN) 2016-18 Chairman of the British Paediatric Medical Group (BPNG) 2010-12

Congenital disorders of the spine. Spina bifida/spinal dysraphism/tethered cord Spinal cord lipomas Spinal cord tumours Chiari malformation and syringomyelia Craniocervical junction Achondroplasia and skeletal dysplasia