Brandon G. Smith, PhD

Slightly different from #brain art, dabbling in some more #MedicalIllustration with a take on a #NYC subway-themed Brachial Plexus

🚨New study alert🚨 "Defining the bellwether procedures and processes for global trauma care: an international Delphi study" now published in @GlobalHealthBMJ 📖 Download and read the open-access article: gh.bmj.com/content/11/2/e… A 🧵...

🌍 Join our free global webinar! "Global Engagement to Reduce Neurosurgical Disparities" 💡 Explore how global partnerships & community collaboration improve neurosurgical outcomes worldwide. 📅 1 Dec 2025 🕒 13:40–16:00 GMT on Zoom 🔗 Register now 👉 forms.gle/DWgqh9Pj4NPMgK…

Our national study found that for every one hour with patients, UK resident doctors spend four hours on admin. In @bmj_latest today, we break down why this isn’t just an inconvenience, it’s a safety risk.  1) Fragmented EHRs → endless copy-paste + re-entering data 2) Trainees turned into scribes 3) Less training, less confidence, less preparedness We suggest: • Reassign admin to allied staff • Joined-up IT that fits clinical workflows • Minimum patient-facing time requirement in training • Clinicians co-designing digital tools If you work in healthcare: what’s one admin task you’d automate or reassign tomorrow? 👇 Your answers might shape the fix-list. Thank you to my co-authors @KaranChhatwal_ @HamaadAKhan and Professor Stuart D. Rosen, and BMJ editors @Juliet_hd and @jolie__neill. You can find the link to the full BMJ piece in the comments. With thanks to @imperialcollege and @bmj_latest

@hani_marcus @TEQ_Neurosurg Huge congratulations @hani_marcus ! 😃 🎊

It’s a real honour to be promoted to full Professor, and I’m deeply grateful to the many mentors, colleagues, and students who’ve made this possible. I feel especially fortunate, within the @TEQ_Neurosurg group, to work at the interface of surgery, neurology, and engineering – and to collaborate with brilliant teams across the @QSNeurosurgery, the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, the UCL Hawkes institute, and now our robotics spin-out, Panda Surgical. Translating technologies from lab to operating theatre has been a real team effort, and the achievement is as much theirs as it is mine.

📜 National #SpinOut Register launches today! Developed by @ResearchEng in partnership with HESA, this first publicly curated list of all spinouts across the UK, is something we have been eagerly awaiting. Further change in the spinout landscape can only be achieved by increasing the amount of data available on UK spinouts. Our annual Spotlight on Spinouts report has been the Academy’s contribution to this so far. Read more: hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analy…

The PLOT-ICH study is open and recruiting new sites! Join our international collaborative project --> visit plotich.org/registration/ today! #globalneurosurgery #GlobalHealth #brainhaemorrhage

Thanks to our team behind the first #WHA78 side event on recognising TBI as a chronic and notifiable disease today! This is just the beginning of our intersectoral work. 🧠 great discussions and fantastic support from all those attending - let’s keep the momentum going!

Concluding our side event with an expert, international, Intersectoral panel discussion, moderated by our own @keepark #WHA78 #NotifyTBI #ChronicTBI Outlining next steps in taking action and breaking silos @pja_hutch @drwaltjohnson MoH Pakistan

#WHA78 @TBICoalition side event: winding down the first half with a multi-expert panel, moderated by @keepark of @HarvardPGSSC 🧠🌍 #G4Alliance #SOTACare #TBI #TBICoalition #GlobalMedicine

Breaking silos at #WHA78! 👏 Dr @SaniaNishtar CEO at @gavi joins our efforts towards improving TBI care! We must work together to move the needle, collaborating in a multisectoral way! “In challenging times, we must move out of our silos” #WHA78 #NotifyTBI #ChronicTBI

Panel highlights: 🧠 incredible support from MoH of Pakistan 👏 🧠 we will build on previous experience with related resolutions to achieve #NotifyTBI #ChronicTBI 🧠 it’s a team effort 🧠 we need a high-level, whole system approach Let’s work together as allies #WHA78

At the TBI Coalition, we are taking action to: 🧠 address data gaps in TBI reporting 🧠 work holistically within the IGAP @WHO to advance brain health 🧠 deliver data-driven advocacy @global_neuro @GEOTBI @theG4Alliance #WHA78 #NotifyTBI #ChronicTBI

Our team are at #WHA78! Tomorrow afternoon we will be advocating for TBI to be recognised as a chronic and notifiable condition! @Cambridge_Uni @NIHRglobal @CamNeuro Press release: clinical-neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/news/breakthro… Join virtually 2pm CEST: us06web.zoom.us/j/84178928552

Less than 24 hours until the @TBICoalition #WHA78 side event advocating for recognising TBI as a notifiable and chronic condition 🧠 🔗 Join us online, tomorrow 21st May online (Zoom) at 1400-1600 CEST / 0800-1000 EST to hear more us06web.zoom.us/j/84178928552 #TBI #NotifyTBI

Real data + reporting on @TheLancet surgical indicators at a country & regional level forces accountability and therefore sustainable initiatives/interventions to improve care Data drives action This is why #TBI must be recognised as a #notifiable and #chronic condition #WHA78

At the 10-year anniversary of the #globalsurgery movement A reminder that “5 billion people still don’t have access to safe and timely surgery when they need it” #WHA78 @theG4Alliance

We are working as part of @TBICoalition towards achieving reporting of TBI cases. High quality data drives effective policies! Join us on 21/5 for our side event to find out more and join the discussion on #notifyTBI #chronicTBI #WHA78 @theG4Alliance

Important lessons for TBI as well! @TBICoalition

Day 1 at #WHA78 starting with the @theG4Alliance council meeting, discussing all #globalsurgery updates! Here representing @global_neuro @The_SBNS @TBICoalition! #TBICoalition #NotifyTBI

TBI has a huge global burden affecting people of all ages, all over the world. Join us next week at #WHA78 and advocate towards recognising TBI as a chronic and notifiable condition!