Guirish Solanki

Mr. Guirish Solanki is a Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham. He is also an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in the School of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham. He is a keen educator, involved in regional training, and is the Neurosurgery Training Programme Director for Birmingham Children’s Hospital over the past 10 years. He lectures regularly at the West Midlands Regional training programme. He is in the faculty for the Courses by the European Society of Paediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN), International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN). He is a member of the Paediatric Neurosurgery Section of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) and contributes to its educational activities. Mr Solanki organizes the Pan-European Neuro-oncology Training Workshops and Education Days aimed at neurosurgery and neuro-oncology trainees since 2010 and has convened international neuro-oncology courses in Asia (Hong Kong), Latin America(Rio de Janeiro) and Africa(Cape Town). Mr Solanki is a past European Neurosurgery Chair of SIOP-Brain Tumour Group (2010-2014) and Chair of Training & Education Group of SIOP-Europe Brain Tumour Group since 2012. He is also Chair of the Liaison Committee of the ISPN. He has published within the area of Spinal Surgery, Neuro-oncology, Craniofacial surgery and Paediatric Neurosurgery with over 1390 citations.

He is active in research and currently involved in national and international clinical trials including hydrocephalus and metabolic disorders. He has a particular interest in Surgical neuro-oncology, Cranio-Cervical Junction / Foramen Magnum disorders, Syringomyelia and the spinal involvement in Skeletal Dysplasias and Mucopolysaccharidosis. Mr Solanki is deeply committed to the advancement of paediatric neurosurgery around the world particularly the developing countries and is working within the ISPN & WFNS to support this goal in collaboration with the continental societies such as the AASPN.