Council Member, Royal College of Surgeons. Chair, “Commission on the Future of Surgery in the United Kingdom”
Richard Kerr qualified from The London Hospital, and trained in surgery and neurosurgery in London, Northampton, Oxford and Melbourne. Based at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, he has been a consultant for 24 years. With a wide cranial and spinal practice, he has subspecialty interests in skull base tumors, oncology and vascular disease. He devised and runs the Oxford Skull Base Practice and is a member of the NFII clinic, a nationally coordinated regional service. Research has led to publication of more than 40 peer-reviewed articles and 15 book chapters.
He was Co-Principal Investigator in the MRC-funded International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial (ISAT). The publication of this trial has led to a global change in the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage, with invitations to speak to learned societies from all over the world. Active in management, and a recently trained civil and commercial mediator, he has been Lead Clinician of the Neurosurgical Department, Clinical Centre Chairman of the Radcliffe Infirmary and Chairman of the Relocation Steering Committee of Services to the John Radcliffe Hospital.
Elected to the Council of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) in 2003, he was appointed Treasurer of the SBNS in 2010 and Member of the Neurosurgical SAC in 2011, later serving as President of the SBNS between 2014 and 2016. With interests in cooperation between the specialist surgical associations, audit and surgical outcome data, he was elected to the Council of The Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2013.