Vivian A. Elwell, MBBS, FRCS (Surg. Neurol)

Vivian A. Elwell, MBBS, FRCS (Surg. Neurol), is a consultant neurosurgeon with an interest in complex spinal surgery. Her clinical and research interests include head and spinal injury, spinal tumours, and spinal degenerative disease.

• Arm and leg pain, arm and leg numbness/weakness
• Brachialgia
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Cervical and lumbar herniated disks
• Degenerative spinal disease
• Head injuries (neurotrauma)
• Neck, thoracic and back pain
• Protrusion/slipped disk
• Sciatica
• Spinal fractures
• Spinal infections
• Spinal injuries
• Spinal stenosis
• Spinal tumours
• Ulnar nerve compression

• Head and spinal injuries
• Microsurgery, minimally invasive surgery, spinal instrumentation, robotic-assisted spinal surgery
• Spinal degenerative disease
• Spinal tumours

Miss Elwell earned a bachelor's degree in biological sciences from Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, in 1994. She completed her medical school training at the University of Cambridge, from which she earned a Master of Arts degree in 2004, and the Imperial College School of Medicine, London, from which she earned bachelor's degrees in medicine and surgery. She completed her neurosurgical training on the North Thames Neurosurgical London Rotation, followed by specialist training in complex spinal surgery as a Central London Senior Spinal Fellow.

Miss Elwell is the author of several published research articles and eight textbooks, including The Essential Guide to the Oral and Clinical Neurosurgical Exam, Second Edition.

• British Association of Spine Surgeons President's Travelling Fellowship
• International Group for Advancement in Spinal Science Fellowship
• Swinford Edward Silver Prize for OSCE examination
• Columbia University Research Fellowship, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons (US)
• King's Crown Gold and Silver Medal awards, Columbia University
• Kathrine Dulin Folger Cancer Research Fellowship
• Who's Who Young Scientists award
• Finalist, British Medical Association's Junior Doctor of the Year Award

• Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, 2012
• Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons, 2025
• Full member, Society of British Neurological Surgeons
• Member, British Association of Spine Surgeons
• Member, AO Spine
• External examiner, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore

• English