Pituitary tumour removal › Meet the team

Nick Thomas: Surgeon

Mr Nick Thomas is a consultant neurosurgeon at King's College Hospital, with a particular interest in pituitary tumours and complex spinal surgery.

See Mr Thomas's work life outside the theatre

Sinan Barazi: Senior Specialist Registrar

Sinan is a Senior Specialist Registrar in Neurosurgery. He assisted Mr Thomas with the surgery. One of his key roles was to operate the endoscopic camera and make sure that Mr Thomas could see everything he needed to see throughout the surgery.

Video: Sinan describes the endoscope

Helen Noble: Theatre Practitioner

During the operation, Helen was responsible for the endoscopic camera stack which the surgeon Mr Thomas used during the operation.

Jackie Jackson: Theatre Practitioner

Jackie was responsible for the surgical equipment being used during the operation, making sure in advance they were clean, sterile and in proper working order.

Steve Lam: Neuro-theatre Co-ordinator

Steve was responsible for looking after the neuro-theatres and making sure everything ran smoothly.

Steve Tiszai: Anaesthetist

Steve put Christine to sleep and looked after her throughout the surgery and afterwards.

Gary Edden: Operating Department Practitioner (ODP)

Gary assisted the anaesthetist with a number of tasks during the operation.