Vivian A. Elwell, MBBS, FRCS (Neuro.Surg)

Vivian A. Elwell, MBBS, FRCP, FRCS (Neuro.Surg) is a Consultant Neurosurgeon with expertise in complex spinal surgery. She treats common neurological conditions.

• Simple and complex spine surgery
  • Degenerative spinal disease
  • Cervical and lumbar herniated disc protrusions
  • Neck and back pains
  • Sciatica
  • Canal stenosis
  • Spinal injuries
  • Spinal fractures
  • Spinal infection
  • Spinal tumours
  • Microsurgery
  • Minimally invasive spinal surgery
  • Spinal instrumentation
  • Navigated spinal platforms
• Peripheral Nerve
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Ulnar nerve compression
• Cranial
  • Neurotrauma (head injury)

Miss Elwell began her undergraduate studies at Columbia College, Columbia University (NYC, USA) with a degree in biological sciences and completed her medical degree at The University of Cambridge and Imperial College School of Medicine. She completed her neurosurgical training on the North Thames Neurosurgical London Rotation and gained further specialist training in complex spinal surgery as a Central London Senior Spinal Fellow. She has received the British Association of Spinal Surgeons President Travelling Fellowship and the International Group for Advancement in Spinal Science Fellowship (IGASS).

Miss Elwell also is actively involved in medical education and is an author of eight medical textbooks, including "Neurosurgery: The Essential Guide to the Oral and Clinical Neurosurgical Exam" (Second Edition, 2023).

She was awarded and serves as an External Examiner for Imperial College School of Medicine, London and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore. In 2025, she was awarded FRCP from The Royal College of Physicians.

Her research includes head and spinal injury, spinal degenerative disease, and spinal tumours.

• British Association of Spine Surgeons President's Travelling Fellowship
• International Group for Advancement in Spinal Science Fellowship
• Swinford Edward Silver Prize for OSCE examination
• Columbia University Research Fellowship, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons (US)
• King's Crown Gold and Silver Medal awards, Columbia University
• Kathrine Dulin Folger Cancer Research Fellowship
• Who's Who Young Scientists award
• Finalist, British Medical Association's Junior Doctor of the Year Award

• Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, 2025
• Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons, 2012
• Full member, Society of British Neurological Surgeons
• Member, British Association of Spine Surgeons
• Member, AO Spine
• External examiner, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore

• English