Mr Matthew Stovell
About Matthew Stovell
Mr Matthew Stovell is a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Complex Spine Surgeon at The Walton Centre.
He studied medicine at University College London (UCL), with an intercalated BSc in Physiology and Pharmacology. After his foundation training in London and South Thames he moved to the North West for national neurosurgery training at The Walton Centre and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
During neurosurgery training he took time out to complete a PhD at the University of Cambridge studying brain energy failure and neuroprotection after severe trauma in patients admitted to Addenbrooke’s Neurocritical Care, with Professors Peter Hutchinson and David Menon. His work centred on cerebral multimodality monitoring and MR spectroscopy, including a studentship at Yale.
He was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2021 with certification of completion of neurosurgery training in 2022. To acquire both neurosurgical and orthopaedic spine experience and accreditation he undertook an international orthopaedic complex spine fellowship at The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, gaining PFET certification from the Australian Orthopaedic Association.
He was appointed as a consultant in 2024 and is the clinical lead for brain and spine trauma at The Walton Centre, working in partnership with rehabilitation and the Aintree Major Trauma Centre.
Speciality
· Neurosurgery
· Traumatic brain injury
· Simple and complex spine disorders
Qualifications
Intercol BSc Physiology and Pharmacology (UCL, First Class Honours)
MBBS (UCL, Merit)
MRCS (Royal College of Surgeons of England)
AfHEA (Higher education authority)
FRCS (Royal College of Surgeons of England, Surgical Neurology)
PhD (University of Cambridge, Clinical Neurosciences)
PFET spine surgery (Australian Orthopaedic Association)
Clinical/research interests
· Neurotrauma (traumatic brain injury) with clinical research, focusing on acute severe traumatic brain injury and rehabilitation after injury.
· Simple and complex spine disorders including spine trauma, degenerative conditions of the spine, acquired spine deformity, and back pain.
· Multimodality monitoring of severe traumatic brain injury. Multinuclear MR spectroscopy.
Membership of professional regional and national bodies
· Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS)
· Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS)
· European Neurotrauma Organisation (ENO)
· European Association of Neurological Surgeons (EANS)
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