Originally from Edinburgh, Scotland, Mr Steven Young has been a Consultant Neurosurgeon at the National Neurosurgical Unit, Beaumont Hospital for the past 20 years. He specialises in intracranial aneurysms, arterio-venous malformations and tumours - both benign and malignant, and traumatic brain injury In addition, he has extensive experience and a large practice in minimally invasive surgery of the spine.

Education:

Boroughmuir Senior Secondary School Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh Medical School 1977-1980

Postgraduate Training:

General Surgical Training: Greater Glasgow Health Board 1981-1984

Neurosurgical Training

Southern General Hospital, Glasgow 1984-1985

Atkinson Morley’s Hospital,Wimbledon, London 1985 -1988

Richmond Hospital Dublin 1988-1990

Qualifications:

BSc(Hons) Edinburgh 1977

MB.Ch.B Edinburgh 1980

FRCSGlas, FRCSI, FRCSEd(SN) 1984-1986

Member of The Society of British Neurological Surgeons, and the Irish Neurological Association

Irish Medical Council. Reg. No 11547

Examiner FRCS(Surgical Neurology) Intercollegiate Board in Neurosurgery

Certificate in Advanced Trauma and Life Support (ATLS)

Research/Publications:

Diverse topics in the medical literature including Cervical Disc Prolapse in the Elderly, Surgical Approaches to Lumbar Stenosis, Transmaxillary Approach to Basilar Aneurysms , Cerebellar Haemangioblastomas and Total Parenteral Nutrition in Surgery.

Articles in the popular media on dangers of boxing, the doctor-patient relationship and historical aspects of frontal lobotomy.

Hobbies:

Sailing, Photography, Music.