Mr Simon Cudlip was awarded the iWantGreatCare certificate of excellence in 2024 for delivering outstanding care.

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Written by a NHS patient at The John Radcliffe
12th August 2023


After care follow up has not been easy. Almost impossible to get chance to speak to Dr Cudlip after the operation. I have been refered to the neurosurgery team to handle any queries and have not been able to speak to any doctor in the team for several weeks. Considering this was such a significant operation, I would expect a much better and efficient follow up service. And to speak to Mr Cudlip at least once should be normal. Not impressed with follow up service.

13th August 2023
Response from Mr Simon Cudlip

I’m really sorry to hear this, I always do my best respond to queries and concerns very quickly, if I’m away one of my team does this on my behalf. My secretary at the JR is very efficient and I wonder if messages are somehow not getting through. This link will take you to my secretary’s contact details- please get in touch and we’ll sort this out. https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/services/departments/neurosciences/neurosurgery.aspx

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12th August 2023


Very good treatment and after care. Everything well explained. I have a long term back issue and have had a number of treatments. I still take two paracetamol tablets every morning and still cannot do any gardening which involves bending for more than a few minutes. Providing I do not over do Physical work I can cope without pain all day. Sleep ok.

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Written by a private patient at The Manor Hospital, Oxford
11th August 2023


Great doctor. Listens and takes account of your particular life and medical needs.

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Written by a private patient at GenesisCare Oxford
11th August 2023


Dr Cudlip was very informative.

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Written by a private patient at GenesisCare Oxford
11th August 2023


I was fortunate enough to have a consultation with Mr Simon Cudlip following a brain aneurysm diagnosis from a routine NHS MRI scan. The diagnosis via a letter left me with paralysing anxiety and a multitude of questions that Google searches made more terrifying. I am glad I made the decision to pursue private advice and sought out Mr Cudlip's expertise. He came well recommended to me. I found vast comfort in his empathy and great reassurance in his knowledge around my diagnosis and potential future treatment should it be required. He is one of the loveliest surgeons I have ever met and I have met a lot ! (as I have worked in hospitals for 14 years and been a surgical photographer over that duration). Mr Cudlip was very kind to me and he explained my diagnosis with calmness, clarity and compassion. I recently had a further consultation with him to discuss the impact of HRT on my aneurysm and once again, I was very quickly helped and felt supported. I would recommend his practice with 100% confidence. Thank you Mr Cudlip for the care I have received under you.

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Profile

Simon Cudlip is currently Lead Clinician for Neurosurgery at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.

He graduated from King’s College School of Medicine, London in 1990. During this period he also gained a BSc first class (Hons) in immunology. Following a period of training in general surgery in London he entered the neurosurgery training programme in London based at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, and the Atkinson Morley Hospital, London. During this period of training he completed his MD thesis in MRI imaging of peripheral nerve and published numerous papers on this topic and on MRI spectroscopy of brain tumours.

On completion of his general neurosurgical training in 2003, he spent a year as a fellow at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square as the Pituitary Fellow to Mr Michael Powell. In addition to this he visited Naples and Bologna to gain experience in endoscopic pituitary surgery, and Seattle as a visiting fellow.

In 2004 he was appointed as Consultant in Neurosurgery with a specialist interest in pituitary and skull-base surgery in Oxford, and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Neurosurgery at the University of Oxford. Since this time he has performed nearly 2000 transsphenoidal operations for pituitary disease, these have been performed using a pure endoscopic technique since 2007. As a result of this Oxford has the best established nationally recognised pituitary surgical training fellowship in the UK. These endoscopic techniques have now been developed further with his colleague Puneet Plaha, and extended into surgery for intrinsic brain tumours. He has published numerous papers, book chapters and reviews on the topic of pituitary surgery, and is a tutor at the College of Surgeons of England and numerous international courses, teaching endoscopic surgical techniques.

He also has an interest in minimally invasive brain surgery for tumours, and minimally invasive spine surgery. He also runs a course on cervical disc replacement surgery in Amsterdam and the UK.

More recently he has travelled to Uzbekistan and India, operating and lecturing on pituitary surgery.

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