Professionals

Miss Sasha Burn

Sasha Burn

 

Contact details
Littlewoods Neuroscience Unit, Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery.

Sec: Caroline Ashley 0151 228 4811 ex 2018

Qualifications
MB ChB, FRCS (SN)

Current Memberships
Royal College of Surgeons
Society of British Neurological Surgeons
British Paediatric Neurosurgery Group
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group
Medical Protection Society
British Medical Association

Department and Specialities
Paediatric Neurosurgery in Alder Hey and Fetal Medicine Unit at Liverpool Women’s Hospital.

Clinical interests
Epilepsy surgery, Craniofacial surgery, Fetal Central Nervous System anomalies and Antenatal Counseling, General Paediatric neurosurgery.

Literature

Burn SC, Zeller R, Drake JM   “Do baclofen pumps influence the development of scoliosis in children?”   J Neurosurg Pediatr Feb 2010; 5(2): 195-9

 

Burn SC, Ansorge O, Zeller R, Drake JM   “Management of osteoblastoma and osteoid osteoma in the spine in childhood”  J Neurosurg Pediatr Nov 2009; 4(5): 434-8

 

Burn SC, Gunny R, Phipps K, Gaze M, Hayward R “What is the incidence of cavernoma development following radiotherapy for brain tumours in childhood” J Neurosurg May 2007; 106 (5 suppl): 379 - 83

 

Thorne L, Burn SC, Shaw S, Arvin B, Bradford R “Neurosurgical trainees operative experience before and after introduction of the New Deal for junior doctors”   Br J Neurosurg 2006 Feb; 20(1):31-35

 

Bittar RG, Burn SC, Bain PG, ….Aziz TZ   “Deep brain stimulation for movement disorder and pain”   J Clin Neurosci 2005 May; 12 (4):457 - 63

 

Martin M, Burn SC “Neurosurgical residency in the United States: One Trainee’s Experience” ACTA Neurochir (Wien) (2005) 147:1211-1212

 

Hardy DG…Burn SC et al “New proposals for training in neurosurgery” Br J Neurosurg Oct 2004; 1(5):453-461

 

Burn SC, Austin O, Towns G, Batchelor AG “The use of trapezius muscle flaps for reconstruction of posterior cervical wounds following cervical spine fixation”   J of Bone  Joint Surg Br 84-B(3):335,2002

 

Burn S.C, Sandeman D.R. “Syringoperitoneal shunt migration – A Case Illustration” J Neurosurg (Spine 2) 94:335, 2001

Additional Information  
I trained in paediatric neurosurgery in Leeds and at Great Ormond Street and then did a 15 month fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.   I have a long standing interest in craniofacial surgery, functional neurosurgery including epilepsy surgery and fetal CNS anomalies.

 

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