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Queen Square Radiosurgery Centre

Leading internationally recognised Clinical Centre of Excellence

Our Queen Square centre treats patients through Gamma Knife radiosurgery

So what is Gamma Knife Radiosurgery?

No incisions are made in your head Instead, very precisely focused beams of radiation are directed to the treatment area in the brain, optimised to hit only the target without damaging surrounding healthy tissue.

It offers a safe and effective treatment for more than 80,000 patients worldwide every year. The treatment procedure is simple, painless and straightforward.

More information on Gamma Knife What to expect as a patient

A man receiving Gamma Knife treatment in a medical room, with visible machinery and equipment.

Gamma Knife radiosurgery can treat the following conditions:

At Queen Square, we provide a dedicated Private Patient and International Referral Treatment Service:

Brain Metastases
(secondary metastatic brain tumours which have spread from the body)
Pituitary tumours
Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)

Skull based tumours including
Meningioma
Acoustic Neuroma
Vestibular Schwarnomma

Cavernoma
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Epilepsy

About the centre

The Queen Square Radiosurgery Centre was established in 2012 and joined the Amethyst Group in 2020. It is housed within the University College London Hospitals’ (UCLH) National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen Square, London; the world’s oldest Neurosciences Hospital.

Together with the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, it forms a major Centre of Excellence for Neuroscience teaching, training, and research. Four of the world’s top twelve most cited authors in Neurosciences and Behaviour are currently based at Queen’s Square.

According to the most recent research assessment exercise, the institute, as part of the Faculty of Brain Sciences, is the highest rated UK institution for neuroscience research output, with its own Nobel Laureate. Indeed, UCL is home to 29 Nobel Laureates.

Our Doctors

Consultant Neurosurgeon

London

Mr Neil Kitchen

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Medical Director at Queen Square Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Centre, specializing in neuro-oncology and skull base surgery, with a focus on innovative treatment techniques

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Consultant Neurosurgeon

London

Ms Mary Murphy

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Lead for neurovascular neurosurgery and Clinical Director at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, with extensive expertise in complex neurovascular conditions

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Consultant Neurosurgeon

London

Mr Patrick Grover

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Expert in skull base tumors and vascular conditions, serving as the Cranial Neurosurgery Lead at the National Hospital in London, recognised for his work in research and advanced surgical techniques

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Our Technology

Elekta – Leksell Gamma Knife Icon

Treatment with highly accurate radiation

Thousands of radiation beams are generated with a level of accuracy better than 0.5mm. Individually, each radiation beam is too weak to damage the normal tissues it crosses on the way to the target. But when focused precisely on that target, the beams intersect and the combined radiation is sufficient to treat the targeted area.

Efficient radiation dose

The radiation damages the DNA in the cells of the tumour or other abnormality being treated, such that the cells that make up the abnormal tissue targeted can no longer reproduce. Eventually, when these cells come to the end of their natural life span, they find that they are unable to reproduce and replace themselves because the DNA essential to this process is no longer functioning properly.