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Donald Macarthur

Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in Neurosurgery,

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Biography

Trained in Neurosurgery in Edinburgh , Nottingham and Paris.

Consultant Adult and Paediatric Neurosurgeon in Nottingham since 2003.

Training Programme Director for Neurosurgery, Health Education East Midlands.

Current Chairman of British Paediatric Neurosurgery Group

Research Summary

Local PI for BASICS study

Brain Tissue Velocimetry by Ultrasound for assessment of Intracranial Pressure

Ongoing analysis of use of antibiotic impregnated EVDs.

Tissue and molecular heterogeneity in glial tumours.

Drug delivery to brain tumours, including intracavity treatments and intrathecal regimes.

SIOP Ependymoma II study

Recent Publications

  • RAHMAN CV, SMITH SJ, MORGAN PS, LANGMACK KA, CLARKE PA, RITCHIE AA, MACARTHUR DC, ROSE FR, SHAKESHEFF KM, GRUNDY RG and RUMAN RAHMAN, 2013. PloS one. 8(10), e77435
  • SMITH S.J., TILLY H., WARD J.H., MACARTHUR D.C., LOWE J., COYLE B. and GRUNDY R.G., 2012. Acta Neuropathologica. 124(1), 99-110
  • SMITH, S.J., WILSON, M., WARD, J.H., RAHMAN, C.V., PEET, A.C., MACARTHUR, D.C., ROSE, F.R.A.J., GRUNDY, R.G. and RAHMAN, R., 2012. PLoS One. 7(12), e52335
  • BARROW, J., ADAMOWICZ-BRICE, M., CARTMILL, M., MACARTHUR, D., LOWE, J., ROBSON, K., BRUNDLER, M.A., WALKER, D.A., COYLE, B. and GRUNDY, R., 2011. Neuro-oncology. 13(2), 212-222

Past Research

Stanhope Fellow in Academic Radiology , Nottingham 2001-2002 , Doctor of Medicine Thesis in "Multimodality MRI Imaging of Glial Tumours" including work with T1 TurboFLASH perfusion imaging, tensor diffusion imaging and multivoxel spectroscopy.

Neuroendoscopic management of hydrocephalus and brain tumours.

Analysis of results of surgery for UKCCSG / SIOP Ependymoma studies.

Correlative clinical and radiological studies of paediatric postoperative posterior fossa syndrome

CCLG Functional Imaging Group- Collaborator in CRUK funded multicentre programme

Local PI for Rescue ICP study.

Future Research

Clinical Utility of Low Field Intraoperative MRI

  • RAHMAN CV, SMITH SJ, MORGAN PS, LANGMACK KA, CLARKE PA, RITCHIE AA, MACARTHUR DC, ROSE FR, SHAKESHEFF KM, GRUNDY RG and RUMAN RAHMAN, 2013. PloS one. 8(10), e77435
  • SMITH S.J., TILLY H., WARD J.H., MACARTHUR D.C., LOWE J., COYLE B. and GRUNDY R.G., 2012. Acta Neuropathologica. 124(1), 99-110
  • SMITH, S.J., WILSON, M., WARD, J.H., RAHMAN, C.V., PEET, A.C., MACARTHUR, D.C., ROSE, F.R.A.J., GRUNDY, R.G. and RAHMAN, R., 2012. PLoS One. 7(12), e52335
  • BARROW, J., ADAMOWICZ-BRICE, M., CARTMILL, M., MACARTHUR, D., LOWE, J., ROBSON, K., BRUNDLER, M.A., WALKER, D.A., COYLE, B. and GRUNDY, R., 2011. Neuro-oncology. 13(2), 212-222
  • DAVIS, E.E., PITCHFORD, N.J., JASPAN, T., MACARTHUR, D. and WALKER, D., 2011. Pediatric Neurology. 44(3), 193-201
  • SMITH SJ, LONG A, BARROW JH, MACARTHUR DC, COYLE B, GRUNDY RG and CHILDREN'S CANCER AND LEUKAEMIA GROUP BIOLOGICAL STUDIES COMMITTEE, 2011. Neuro-Oncology. 13(11), 1171-7
  • SHARP MC and MACARTHUR DC, 2011. British journal of neurosurgery. 25(2), 284-5
  • DAVIS, EMMA E., PITCHFORD, NICOLA J., JASPAN, TIM, MCARTHUR, DONALD and WALKER, DAVID, 2010. CORTEX. 46(7), 919-932
  • SMITH SJ, UGHRATDAR I and MACARTHUR DC, 2009. British journal of neurosurgery. 23(4), 412-7
  • PEET AC, ARVANITIS TN, AUER DP, DAVIES NP, HARGRAVE D, HOWE FA, JASPAN T, LEACH MO, MACARTHUR D, MACPHERSON L, MORGAN PS, NATARAJAN K, PAYNE GS, SAUNDERS D, GRUNDY RG and CCLG FUNCTIONAL IMAGING GROUP, 2008. Archives of disease in childhood. 93(9), 725-7
  • SMITH SJ, BODDU S and MACARTHUR DC, 2007. British journal of neurosurgery. 21(6), 588-92
  • MAXWELL M, SENEVIRATNE M, MACARTHUR D and VEALE P, 2007. Paediatric anaesthesia. 17(3), 297-8
  • SHASTRI-HURST, N, TSEGAYE, M, ROBSON, D K, LOWE, J S and MACARTHUR, D C, 2006. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 20(4), 222-6
  • BUXTON N, MACARTHUR D, ROBERTSON I and PUNT J, 2003. Surgical neurology. 60(3), 201-3; discussion 203-4
  • YAP C, MACARTHUR DC and HOPE DT, 2002. British journal of neurosurgery. 16(5), 523-4
  • MACARTHUR DC, BUXTON N, PUNT J, VLOEBERGHS M and ROBERTSON IJA, 2002. British journal of neurosurgery. 16(5), 465-70
  • MACARTHUR DC and BUXTON N, 2001. The management of brain tumours. Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. 46(6), 341-8
  • MACARTHUR DC, PUNT JA, SPENCER M, DOUGLAS DL, WHITE BD and HOLLAND IM, 2001. Spinal cord. 39(1), 11-4
  • MACARTHUR DC, ROBERTSON IJ and PUNT JA, 2000. Third ventricular cysts and membranes unsuspected on conventional CT and MRI. British journal of neurosurgery. 14(5), 455-7
  • WHITTLE IR, MACARTHUR DC, MALCOLM GP, LI M, WASHINGTON K and IRONSIDE JW, 1998. Journal of neuro-oncology. 36(3), 231-42
  • MACARTHUR DC, NIXON SJ and AITKEN RJ, 1998. The British journal of surgery. 85(1), 80-3
  • MACARTHUR DC and PRICE RF, 1997. Minor head injury. Journal of neurosurgery. 87(3), 485-6
  • MACARTHUR DC, GRIEVE DC, THOMPSON AM, GREIG JD and NIXON SJ, 1997. The British journal of surgery. 84(5), 684-5
  • VISWANATHAN R, MACARTHUR DC and WHITTLE IR, 1994. Scottish medical journal. 39(3), 83

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