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.

Upon attaining his medical qualification, Mr Bullock undertook postgraduate neurosurgical training in London and Oxford before starting 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 this 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 reduce discomfort for patients and shortens hospital stay.

Throughout his career, Mr Bullock has performed over 5000 neurosurgical operations and is trained in both GammaKnife and CyberKnife in addition to the Brainlab neuronavigation system. He specialises in intracranial operations for brain and pituitary tumours as well microvascular surgery for trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm. Mr Bullock has written 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 chapters in six textbooks.

He is an Honorary Consultant to Guy's and the Maudsley Hospital. He has a major interest in medical education and has served on the South East Thames Neurosurgical Training Committee. He is a member of the Society of British Neurosurgeons and an international member of the Congress of Neurosurgery, USA. He lectures at international conferences and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and a Member of the Royal College of Physicians.