Mr Christos Tolias, Consultant Neurosurgeon

King's College Hospital, The Harley Street Clinic
Published November 11th, 2011 | Last updated February 21st, 2012
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Mr Christos Tolias is Consultant Neurosurgeon at King’s College Hospital and the London Neurosurgery Partnership, Harley Street Clinic. He undertook specialist training in neurosurgery at hospitals in Liverpool and Birmingham following a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Warwick.

Mr Tolias has carried out extensive research into traumatic brain injury and the mechanisms of brain cellThe basic unit of all living organisms. death. He has a special interest in degenerative spine disease, nerveBundle of fibres that carries information in the form of electrical impulses. disorders, neurovascular complaints and the surgical treatment of strokeAny sudden neurological problem caused by a bleed or a clot in a blood vessel..

He completed a Clinical Fellowship in Richmond, Virginia, USA and has been awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, England and Surgical Neurology. He is currently the Lead Neurovascular Surgeon at King’s College Hospital. 

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  • Arteriovenous Malformation FAQs

    By Mr Christos Tolias, Consultant NeurosurgeonContact
    King's College Hospital, The Harley Street Clinic

    In an arteriovenous malformationA group of veins and arteries with abnormal connections between the two. (AVM), usually early in life, arteries connect directly to veins. This is a high-pressure shunt or fistulaAn abnormal channel between two parts of the body, for example between a hollow organ and another hollow organ, or between the inside and the outside of the body.. Veins are not able to handle the pressure of the bloodA fluid that transports oxygen and other substances through the body, made up of blood cells suspended in a liquid. coming directly from the arteries. The veins stretch and enlarge and create what we call a “nidus”. Usually there are multiple feeding vessels in an AVM and many draining veins.

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