Marina Pitsika

Dedicated professional with a good foundation in paediatric neurosurgery both clinically and academically, strong communication skills, patient advocacy and ethical practice. Demonstrates leadership and effectively management of projects through stakeholder engagement. Committed to advancing healthcare practices through research using both quantitative and qualitative methodology to ensure that services are designed together with the patients.

Merit, Level 7 Senior Leader master’s apprenticeship degree, Chartered Management Institute (2023)

Distinction, MSc Strategic Leadership in Public Services, Northumbria University (2022)

Abstract award given -Hellenic Neurosurgical Society for the 32nd Annual congress of the Hellenic Neurosurgical Society & Joint meeting with the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (2018)

Distinction, MSc, The University of Edinburgh, The RCS of Ed, The Edinburgh Surgical Sciences Qualification (2016)

Richard Mills Grant for the Cardiff MRCS Course (2015)

L7 Senior Leader Degree Apprenticeship – Chartered Manager

·  National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow at the General Medical Council

·  Chair of the British Neurosurgical Trainees’ Association

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

·  Trainee Representative for the Joint Neurosciences Council/EBrain

·  Informatics and Technology representative for the British Neurosurgery Trainee Association

·  Core Surgical Trainee Representative in the School of Surgery Board

·  Evaluating neurosurgical training: a national survey examining the British trainee experience, R Sun, M Pitsika, S Momin, Z Sher, Macarthur, Br J Neurosurg 2024 Mar 27:1-13. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2024.2332178

(shared first authorship)

·  Perioperative visual loss and consent for adult spine surgery: a national survey of the practice amongst spine surgeons and anaesthetists, M Pitsika, VM Paschou, R Pollard, JJ Nissen, Br J Neurosurg. 2023 Nov 9:1-8.  doi: 10.1080/02688697.2023.2275621.

·  Management standards and burnout among surgeons in the United Kingdom, Occupational Medicine, J Houdmont, P Daliya, A Adiamah, E Theophilidou, J Hassard, D N Lobo, East Midlands Surgical Academic Network (EMSAN) Burnout Study Group ,Volume 73, Issue 8, November 2023, Pages 484–491, https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqad102

·  Identification of Surgeon Burnout via a Single-Item Measure, J Houdmont, P Daliya, A Adiamah, E Theophilidou, J Hassard, D N Lobo, East Midlands Surgical Academic Network (EMSAN) Burnout Study Group ,Occupational Medicine, Volume 72, Issue 9, December 2022, Pages 641–643, https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqac116

·  A Validation Study of the modified Canadian Preoperative Prediction Rule for Hydrocephalus (mCPPRH) in Children with Posterior Fossa Tumors, M Pitsika, J Fletcher, I Coulter, C Cowie, J Neurosurg Pediatr 28:121–127, 2021, DOI: 10.3171/2021.1.PEDS20887

·  Retrieval analysis of an explanted Mobi-C cervical disc replacement: A case study, G Kzndemir, M Pitsika, J Nissen, A Bowey, T Joyce, Medical Engineering and Physics 90 (2021) 54–65, DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2021.02.007

·  Solid Component Volume as a Proxy to Identify Distinct Hemangioblastoma Populations, M Pitsika, G Pexas, A Joshi, P Mitchell, World Neurosurg. 146: E664-E669, February 2021,

DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.10.155

·  Spinal cord compression due to nucleus migration from Mobi-C total disc replacement, M Pitsika, J Nissen, Br J Neurosurg, 2020 Jan 24;1-4, doi: 10.1080/02688697.2020.1716942

·  Volume change of cranial arachnoid cysts after successful endoscopic fenestration in symptomatic children, M Pitsika, S Sgouros, Child’s Nervous System, 2019 Dec;35(12):2313-2318, DOI: 10.1007/s00381-019-04315-9

·  Does the duration of symptoms influence outcome in patients with sciatica undergoing micro-discectomy and decompressions? M Pitsika, E N Thomas, S Shaheen; H Sharma, Spine Journal. 2016 Apr;16 (4 Suppl):S21-5, DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.12.097

·  Cerebellar mutism. A Review, Pitsika, M., Tsitouras, V J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013; 12:604–614, DOI: 10.3171/2013.8.PEDS13168

·  Oxidative status in ICU patients with septic shock. Karapetsa M, Pitsika M, Goutzourelas N, Stagos D, Tousia Becker A, Zakynthinos E, Food Chem Toxicol. 2013 Nov;61:106-11, DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.03.026