Prof Erwin Payr, an Austrian-German surgeon considered an extraordinarily gifted surgeon, experimental scientist, scholar and mentor, was the first to use valves in CSF shunts. He used a saphenous vein with intact valves to shunt the lateral ventricle to the sagittal sinus in a 9-year-old girl with hydrocephalus in 1907.   The podcast is from Dr Ganesalingam Narenthiran BSc(MedSci) FEBNS FRCS(SN), UK. 26 February 2024 ..read more

20 August 2022 Conversation with Dr Laligam Sekhar MD, Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle; Past President, World Federation of Skull Base Surgery. Interviewer: Dr G Narenthiran FRCS(SN), Manchester AA neurosurgery Listserv Production for the 'Conversation with Neurosurgery Leaders & Legends' series ..read more

An interview with Professor Andre Grotenhuis, Emeritus Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands and, Past President of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) on his neurosurgical journey, philosophy and guiding principles from a career that spanned 40-years. Interviewer: G Narenthiran FRCS(SN) FEBNS. 7 January 2022 ..read more

An interview with Professor Andre Grotenhuis, Emeritus Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands and, Past President of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) on his neurosurgical journey, philosophy and guiding principles from a career that spanned 40-years. Interviewer: G Narenthiran FRCS(SN) FEBNS. 7 January 2022 ..read more