Richard Kerr

Richard Kerr qualified from The London Hospital, and trained in surgery and neurosurgery in London, Oxford and Melbourne. Based at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, he has been consultant for over 30 years. With a wide cranial and spinal practice, he has subspecialty interests in skull base tumours, oncology and vascular disease. He devised and ran the Oxford Skull Base Practice and was a member of the NFII clinic, a nationally co-ordinated regional service. Research has led to publication of over 50 peer reviewed articles and 15 book chapters.

He was Co-Principal Investigator in the MRC funded International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial (ISAT). The publication of this trial has led to a global change in the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. Elected to the Council of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) in 2003, he was appointed President of the SBNS in 2014. With interests in co-operation between the specialist surgical associations, audit and surgical outcome data, he was elected to council of The Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2013 and re-elected in 2019. He chaired the Independent Commission on the Future of Surgery and now leads the adoption of the commission findings at the RCS Eng.