Mr Peter Bullock

Mr Peter Bullock is a Consultant Neurosurgeon based in London, UK. Within the field of Neurosurgery, Mr Bullock undertakes mainly intracranial surgery in addition to spinal operations.

Upon attaining his medical qualification, Mr Bullock undertook postgraduate neurosurgical training in London and Oxford before commencing work in Nottingham alongside Nobel laureate Peter Mansfield. Together they conducted some of the first dynamic MRI studies of brain tumours in the world. Following his innovative work and research, Mr Bullock was appointed a Consultant Neurosurgeon at King’s College Hospital before travelling to North America to visit leading centres such as Toronto and Chicago. There he trained in minimally invasive techniques in neurosurgery which cause less discomfort for patients and aim to reduce recovery time.

Throughout his career, Mr Bullock has performed over 5000 neurosurgical operations and is an expert in both GammaKnife and CyberKnife in addition to the Brainlab neuronavigation system. He specialises in both intracranial and spinal surgical operations such as intradural tumours, lumbar disc prolapse and lumbar canal stenosis. Mr Bullock is very well published, writing papers on a range of specialist subjects in peer-reviewed journals. He has contributed to a large study on clipping and coiling aneurysms published in The Lancet in 2004 and also published a textbook.

At present, he is a Honorary Consultant to Maudsley Hospital and Bethlem Royal Hospital. He has a major interest in medical education and has served on the South East Thames Neurosurgical Training Committee for many years. He is a member of the Society of British Neurosurgeons and an international member of the Congress of Neurosurgery, USA. He frequently lectures and speaks at international conferences and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and a Member of the Royal College of Physicians.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Brain surgery / Brain tumours
• Pituitary tumour surgery
• Cyberknife / Gammaknife radiosurgery
• Minimally invasive spinal surgery
• Brain Tumours
• Meningiomas
• Pituitary tumours
• Crainopharyngiomas
• Gliomas
• Metastases
• Pineal tumours
• Spinal Tumours (meningiomas, ependymomas)
• Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Cyberknife / Gammaknife radiotherapy
• Spinal surgery