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Christopher Cowie

Consultant Paediatric & Adult Neurosurgeon and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer

  • Telephone: 0191 282 5677
  • Address: Department of Neurosurgery,
    Royal Victoria Infirmary,
    Queen Victoria Road,
    缅北禁地 upon Tyne
    NE1 4LP

Background

Areas of Expertise

Paediatric Neurosurgery

Epilepsy Surgery

Functional Neuro-oncology

Degenerative Spinal Disease


Research interests include tumour associated epilepsy, paediatric neurosurgery, traumatic brain injury and neuroimaging


Qualifications

2015 FRCS Edinburgh (Neuro.Surg)

2012 MD (缅北禁地)

2006 MRCS Edinburgh

2002 MB BS (缅北禁地)


Current Appointments

Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon, Great North Children's Hospital, 缅北禁地 upon Tyne

Consultant Adult Neurosurgeon, Royal Victoria Infirmary, 缅北禁地 upon Tyne

Honorary Fellow of Faculty Medical Sciences, 缅北禁地

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, 缅北禁地

Examiner, Intercollegiate Specialty Examination in Neurosurgery

Member, Question writing panel in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination in Neurosurgery

Examiner, Medical School, 缅北禁地

Member, Specialty Training Committee in Neurosurgery, Health Education England (North East)


Previous Appointments

Fellow in Paediatric Neurosurgery and Epilepsy Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Chair of the British Neurosurgical Trainees' Association

Management Committee member, British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative

Ex-Officio Council Member of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons


Memberships

Society of British Neurological Surgeons

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery

British Paediatric Neurosurgery Group


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Research

I undertook my MD with Prof. Blamire at 缅北禁地 Magnetic Resonance Centre (NMRC) entitled "Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging in traumatic brain injury".


My current research interests lie in epilepsy, paediatric neurosurgery and advanced MR imaging in neurosurgery.


I am currently collaborating on projects within the Biosciences Institute and the Translational and Clinical Research Institute and am chief investigator for work on ex-vivo human tissue cortical slice analysis, as well as being neurosurgical liaison for the  project.


I am supervisor for PhD and MRes students. 


 

Publications

  • Articles

    • Adidharma P, Allison CM, Giannakaki V, Jayakumar N, Coulter IC, Cowie CJA. . Journal of Neurotrauma 2026, epub ahead of print.
    • Wilson MA, Sumera A, Taylor LW, Meftah S, McGeachan RI, Modebadze T, Jayasekera BAP, Cowie CJA, LeBeau FEN, Liaquat I, Durrant CS, Brennan PM, Booker SA. . nature communications 2025, 16, 4194.
    • Jayasekera BAP, Parikh J, Modebadze T, Brito Da Silva A, Stefanetti RJ, Crossman J, Holliman D, Hussain MA, Jenkins A, Major O, Mitchell P, Nicholson C, Ross N, Wallace D, Ward L, Hodgson T, Baker MR, Gorman GS, Blamire A, Cunningham MO, Cowie CJA, LeBeau FEN. . Brain Communications 2025, 7(6), fcaf451.
    • Al-Ali B, Fry MP, Cowie CJA, Emonts M, Coulter IC. . Neurosurgical Focus 2025, 59(5), E8.
    • Paranathala MP, Jaiser S, Hussain MA, Mirallave-Pescador A, Cowie CJA, Baker MR, Holliman D, Fry CA. . Journal of Medical Systems 2024, 48, 24.
    • Shillitoe B, Cowie CJA, Misgar H, Pareja-Cebrian L, Williams E. . The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2023, 42(12), 1121-1123.
    • Kehoe K, Sivaguru H, Coulter I, Cowie C. . Child's Nervous System 2023, 39, 2053-2063.
    • Pitsika M, Fletcher J, Coulter IC, Cowie CJA. . Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 2021, 28(2), 121-127.
    • da Silva NM, Cowie C, Blamire AM, Forsyth R, Taylor PN. . Frontiers Neurology 2020, 11, 369.
    • Dobson GM, Dalton AK, Nicholson CL, Jenkins AJ, Mitchell PB, Cowie CJA. . Child's Nervous System 2020, 36, 591-599.
    • Jones A, Barker-Haliski M, Ilie AS, Herd MB, Baxendale S, Holdsworth CJ, Ashton J-P, Placzek M, Jayasekera BAP, Cowie CJA, Lambert JJ, Trevelyan AJ, White HS, Marson AG, Cunliffe VT, Sills GJ, Morgan A. . Epilepsia 2020, 61(10), 2106-2118.
    • Cowie CJA, Pesic-Smith J, Dambatta S, Gholkar A, Surash S, Jenkins A, Mitchell P. . British Journal of Neurosurgery 2015, 29(1), 115-117.
    • Dobson G, Cowie CJA, Holliman D. . The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England 2015, 97(5), e81-e82.
    • Croall ID, Cowie CJA, He J, Peel A, Wood J, Aribisala B, Mitchell P, Mendelow AD, Smith FE, Millar D, Kelly T, Blamire AM. . Neurology 2014, 83(6), 494-501.
    • Kolias AG, Bulters D, Cowie CJA, Wilson M, Afshari FT, Helmy A, Broughton E, Joannides A, Zebian B, Harrisson S, Hill CS, Ahmed A, Barone DG, Thakur B, McMahon C, Adlam DM, Bentley RP, Tolias C, Mitchell P, Whitfield P, Critchley GR, Belli A, Brennan PM, Hutchinson P. . British Journal of Neurosurgery 2014, 28(3), 310-314.
    • Coulter IC, Kolias AG, Marcus HJ, Ahmed AI, Alli S, Al-Mahfoudh R, Borg A, Cowie CJA, Hill CS, Joannides AJ, Jones TL, Kailaya-Vasan A, Livermore JL, Narayanamurthy H, Ngoga D, Shapey J, Tarnaris A, Gregson B, Gray L, Nelson R, Hutchinson PJ, Brennan PM. . British Journal of Neurosurgery 2014, 28(2), 199-203.
    • Cowie CJA, Cunningham MO. . Epilepsy & Behavior 2014, 38, 53-61.
    • Kolias A, Coulter I, Cowie C, Tarnaris A, Hutchinson P, Brennan P. . Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation 2014, 13(7), 22-23.
    • Aribisala BS, Cowie CJA, He JB, Wood J, Mendelow DA, Mitchell P, Blamire AM. . Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography 2014, 38(6), 915-923.
    • Mukerji N, Vergani F, Hassan F, Dubois J, Metcalfe S, Cowie C, Mitchell P. . British Journal of Neurosurgery 2013, 27(3), 344-347.
    • Reay E, Aarvold A, Ardolino T, Cowie C. . The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh: Surgeons' News 2013, 44-45.
    • Cowie CJA, Pešić-Smith JD, Boukas A, Nelson RJ, British Neurosurgical Trainees’ Association. . British Journal of Neurosurgery 2013, 27(5), 580-585.
    • Kolias AG, Jones TL, Cowie CJ, Coulter IC, Afshari FT, Tarnaris A, Nelson RJ, Gray WP, Hutchinson PJ, Brennan PM. . British Journal of Neurosurgery 2013, 27(3), 307-310.
    • Boukas A, Panaretos P, Cowie C, Nicholson C, Jenkins A. . Pediatric Neurosurgery 2012, 48(5), 327-330.
    • Aribisala BS, Cowie CJA, He J, Wood J, Mendelow AD, Mitchell P, Blamire AM. Multi-parametric Classification of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Using Automatic Analysis of Quantitative MRI Scans. Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality) 2010, 6326, 51-59.

  • Book Chapter

    • Goode PN, Sweenie AC, Cowie CJA, Hastie HE. . In: Driscoll PA; Skinner DV; Goode PN, ed. ABC of Major Trauma: Rescue, Resuscitation with Imaging, and Rehabilitation. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2022, pp.115-136.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • King R, Williams H, Jenkins A, Wilde R, Quinn R, Crossman J, Cowie C, Hussain A. . In: 4th Joint Congress of the INS European Chapters. 2026, Instanbul, Turkey: Elsevier.
    • Kehoe K, Beckett M, Taylor L, Cowie C, Hill R, Clifford S. . In: Proceedings of the 2025 British Neurosurgical Research Group Meeting. 2026, Royal College of Surgeons, London, England: Taylor & Francis.
    • Ferguson L, Kehoe K, Gabra H, Ross N, Cowie CJA. . In: 29th Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN). 2025, London: Springer.
    • Pitsika M, Coulter IC, Cowie CJA. . In: 51st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN 2025). 2025, Lyon, France: Springer.
    • Adidharma P, Giannakaki V, Allison C, Coulter IC, Cowie CJA. . In: 51st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN 2025). 2025, Lyon, France: Springer.
    • Adidharma P, Giannakaki V, Allison C, Coulter IC, Cowie CJA. . In: 51st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN 2025). 2025, Lyon, France: Springer.
    • Hutton D, Pitsika M, Balian V, Pexas G, Cowie CJA. . In: 51st Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ISPN 2025). 2025, Lyon, France: Springer.
    • Paranathala M, Jaiser S, Holliman D, Hussain A, Mirallave-Pescador A, Cowie C, Baker M, Fry C. . In: Proceedings of the 2024 Spring Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons. 2024, Edinburgh: Taylor & Francis.
    • Jayasekera BAP, Parikh J, Walsh D, Modbadze T, Blamire A, Cunningham M, LeBeau F, Cowie C. . In: 2023 spring meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons. 2024, London: Taylor & Francis.
    • Giannakaki V, Grant J, Cowie C. . In: Proceedings of the 2023 spring meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons. 2024, London: Taylor & Francis.
    • Al-Ali B, Paranathala M, Cowie C, Emonts M, Coulter I. . In: 2024 Spring Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons. 2024, Edinburgh: Taylor & Francis.
    • Ferguson L, Pitsika M, Kehoe K, Coulter I, Cowie C. . In: 28th Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN) Rome-Italy, 7-10 May 2023. Childs Nerv Syst 39. 2023, Rome, Italy: Springer.
    • Kehoe K, Pitsika M, Ferguson L, Coulter I, Cowie C. . In: 28th Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN) Rome-Italy, 7-10 May 2023. Childs Nerv Syst 39. 2023, Springer.
    • Kehoe K, Jayakumar N, Mohamed B, Baxter N, Mitchell P, Ross N, Jenkins A, Cowie C, Nicholson C, Coulter I. . In: Proceedings of the 2022 Autumn Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, British Journal of Neurosurgery 37(3). 2023, Bloomsbury, London: Taylor & Francis.
    • Kehoe K, Ferguson L, Pitsika M, Cowie C, Coulter I. . In: 28th Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN) Rome-Italy, 7-10 May 2023. Childs Nerv Syst 39. 2023, Rome, Italy: Springer.
    • Pitsika M, Ferguson L, Kehoe K, Cowie C, Coulter I. . In: 28th Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN). 2023, Rome, Italy: Springer.
    • Kehoe K, Sivaguru H, Coulter IC, Cowie CJA. . In: 48th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. 2022, Singapore: Springer.
    • Dobson G, Grundy TJ, Cowie CJA. . In: 2021 Society of British Neurological Surgeons Autumn Meeting. 2021, Dundee: Taylor & Francis.
    • Pitsika M, Cowie CJA. Ventricular volume change following resective surgery in children with hydrocephalus secondary to posterior fossa tumours. In: 27th Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. Childs Nerv Syst 36. 2020, Springer.
    • Pitsika M, Fletcher J, Cowie CJA. Validation of a Predictive Scoring System for the development of hydrocephalus following surgical resection of posterior fossa tumours in children. In: 27th Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. Childs Nerv Syst 36. 2020, Springer.
    • Pitsika M, Fletcher J, Cowie CJA. Management of acute hydrocephalus secondary to posterior fossa tumour in the paediatric population. In: 27th Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. Childs Nerv Syst 36. 2020, Springer.
    • Nolan G, Leith A, Cowie C. Post-operative neurosurgical head CT requests: A full cycle audit. In: Association of Surgeons in Training 2018 Conference, International Journal of Surgery, 55 (Supplement 1). 2018, Elsevier.
    • Cunningham MO, Chatterjee K, Nangal V, da Silva AB, Major O, Holliman D, Nicholson C, Crossman J, Scofield IS, Whittaker RG, Cowie CJ, Jenkins A. Use of perampanel in brain tumour related epilepsy: evidence from ex vivo studies in human peritumoural neocortex. In: Proceedings of the 2016 Spring Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, British Journal of Neurosurgery 30(2). 2016, Taylor & Francis.
    • Jayasekera BAJ, Hans J, Au Yeung J, Chan F, Jenkins A, Nicholson C, Cowie CJ, Cunningham MO. A role for extracellular glutamate in epileptogenesis in peritumoural tissue: in vitro human studies. In: Proceedings of the 2016 Spring Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, British Journal of Neurosurgery 30(2). 2016, Taylor & Francis.
    • Cowie C, Dobson G, Jenkins A, Nicholson C, Mitchell P. Quantification of radiation exposure in children with ventriculo-peritoneal shunts. In: 24th Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN) Rome-Italy, 4-7 May 2014. Childs Nerv Syst 30. 2014, Springer.
    • Boukas A, Cowie C, Patch J, Nicholson C. Improving safety in steroids prescribing in a large neurosurgical unit: experience from an audit. In: Proceedings of the 2014 Spring Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, British Journal of Neurosurgery 28(2). 2014, Taylor & Francis.
    • Pesic-Smith JD, Gregson BA, Cowie CJA, Sunderland G, Nissen JJ. Does emergency neurosurgery require an on-site consultant? Is mortality higher at weekends?. In: Proceedings of the 2014 Spring Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, British Journal of Neurosurgery 28(2). 2014, Taylor & Francis.
    • Dobson G, Cowie CJ. CT scan exposure in children with VP shunts. In: Proceedings of the 2014 Spring Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, British Journal of Neurosurgery 28(2). 2014, Taylor & Francis.
    • Boukas A, Cowie C, Mukerji N, Jenkins A, Nicholson C. Ageism in neurosurgery: outcomes of emergency admissions of the over 80s in a neurosurgery unit. In: Proceedings of the 2013 Spring meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, British Journal of Neurosurgery 27(3). 2013, Taylor & Francis.
    • Cowie C, Dalton A, Nath F. . In: Proceedings of the 2012 Spring meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons. 2012, Aberdeen: Informa Healthcare.
    • Barrett C, Cowie C, Mitchell P. . In: Britspine, British Scoliosis Society (BSS), Society for Back Pain Research (SBPR), British Association of Spine Surgeons (BASS). 2012, 缅北禁地 upon Tyne: British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery.
    • Cowie CJA, Aribisala BS, He J, Peel A, Wood J, Mendelow AD, Mitchell P, Blamire AM. . In: Proceedings of the 2012 Spring meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons. 2012, Aberdeen: Informa Healthcare.
    • Cowie CJA, Aribisala BS, He J, Wood J, Mendelow AD, Mitchell P, Blamire AM. Quantitative MRI reveals abnormalities in normal appearing white 10.3109/02688691003680382matter following mild head injury. In: Proceedings of the 155th meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, British Journal of Neurosurgery 24(2). 2010, Taylor & Francis.
    • Aribisala B, Cowie C, He J, Wood J, Mendelow A, Mitchell P, Blamire A. . In: Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality: 5th International Workshop (MIAR). 2010, Beijing, China: Springer.
    • Aribisala BS, Cowie CJA, He J, Wood J, Mendelow AD, Mitchell P, Blamire A. . In: International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Annual Meeting. 2010, Stockholm, Sweden.
    • Cowie CJA, Aribisala BS, He J, Wood J, Mendelow AD, Mitchell P, Blamire AM. Detection of abnormalities in normal appearing white matter after mild traumatic brain injury. In: Proceedings of the British Neurosurgical Research Group annual meeting held in Winchester, March 2010 hosted by Southampton, British Journal of Neurosurgery 24(3). 2010, Southampton: Taylor & Francis.
    • Barrett C, Cowie CJA, Nissen JJ. Is Halo and vest immobilisation an effective treatment for cervical spine fracture in the elderly?. In: Proceedings of the 153rd Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, British Journal of Neurosurgery 23(2). 2009, Taylor & Francis.
    • Cowie CJA, Jenkins A. Transcranial sagittal sinus cannulation as a means of venous access for embolisation of an intra-cranial dural arteriovenous fistula. In: Proceedings of the 151 Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, British Journal of Neurosurgery 22(2). 2008, Taylor & Francis.
    • Tzerakis N, Nicholson C, Cowie C, Jenkins A. Evolution of a surgical strategy for craniopharyngioma over a 15 year period. In: Proceedings of the 151 Meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, British Journal of Neurosurgery 22(2). 2008, Taylor & Francis.

  • Letters

    • Carruthers V, Hill RM, Coulter IC, Cowie CJA, Halliday G, Bailey S. . Child's Nervous System 2021, 37, 3669-3671.
    • Cowie CJA, Ellenbogen JR. . British Journal of Neurosurgery 2017, 31(3), 289-289.
    • Cowie CJA. . BMJ 2013, 347, f5360.
    • Kolias AG, Cowie CJ, Tarnaris A, Hutchinson PJ, Brennan PM. . BMJ 2013, 347, f5225.
    • Cowie CJA. . BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 2013, 347.
    • Kolias AG, Cowie CJA, Tarnaris A, Hutchinson PJ, Brennan PM. . British Journal of Neurosurgery 2012, 26(3), 434-435.
    • Cowie CJA, Strachan RD. . Child's Nervous System 2011, 27(9), 1365-1366.