Dr Vassili Crispi MBBS MSc MRCS AFHEA

• MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2025
• Postgraduate Certificate in Health Research, University of Leeds, 2023
• MB BS, Hull York Medical School, 2021
• Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), 2019
• MSc Clinical Anatomy (Distinction), Hull York Medical School, 2019

Vassili graduate from Hull York Medical School in 2021 having also completed an intercalated MSc in Clinical Anatomy with Distinction in 2019. Vassili undertook Academic Foundation Training in Neurosurgery and Immersive Technologies in West Yorkshire (Leeds General Infirmary).

Vassili is currently completing his Academic Clinical Fellowship in Neurosurgery (2024-Present), investigating long read sequencing for rapid diagnosis in brain tumours and its role within the existing NHS pathways.

MBChB Medicine and Surgery:

• Anatomy demonstrator
• Neuroscience Year 4 – Neurosurgery introductory lecture

Vassili Crispi is an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgery at the Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences at the University of Birmingham and neurosurgery trainee in the West Midlands. Their research is currently focused on fast diagnostic array diagnosis of gliomas and enhancing patient understanding and empowerment via immersive technology.

Affiliations:

• Fellow, Healthcare Leadership Academy, 2022
• Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy, 2019

Roles/positions:

• NIHR Associate Junior Principal Investigator, Tessa Jowell BRAIN MATRIX Platform Study
• Cohort Director (Aston), Healthcare Leadership Academy
• Networking Lead, Healthcare Leadership Academy
• Member of BMA Board of Science
• Co-Chair, Proud@BMA LGBTQ+ Network