Dr Stuart Connal details
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Location:
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
GMC/GDC number:
7420991
Professional background
Dr Stuart Connal is a consultant in neuroanaesthesia at the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery (NHNN). His interests include perioperative medicine, education and equality, diversity and inclusion.
He graduated MBChB from the University of Edinburgh in 2014 with an intercalated BMedSci(Hons) in Pharmacology in 2011. He completed specialty training in the Kent, Surrey & Sussex and North Central London Schools of Anaesthesia.
Dr Connal completed 12 months of sub-specialty training in neuroanaesthesia at NHNN – comprising specialist experience in complex cranial and spinal surgery, neuroradiology, neurocritical care, and preoperative assessment clinic. He also completed a 12-month Fellowship and MSc in Perioperative Medicine at UCLH and University College London (UCL) equipping him with the skills and experience to lead high-risk perioperative decision-making.
Dr Connal has a deep expertise in shared decision making which permeates his research, teaching, and service development activities. As an honorary lecturer in the Research Department of Targeted Intervention at UCL, he supports a variety of projects focused on patient-centred care.
Research interests
- Perioperative medicine
- Shared decision making
- Anaesthesia for spinal and cranial neurosurgery
Publications
- S Bampoe, PM Odor, S Connal, E Ridgeon. (2025). Anaesthesia and perioperative medicine. In D Randall, J Booth, K Wiles (Eds.), Kumar & Clark’s Clinical Medicine (11th Edition, pp. 334-352). Elsevier.
- S Connal, T Salih, S Wintle, J Huczko. Shared decision-making in a specialist gynaecology-oncology pathway: a peri-operative service evaluation. Special Issue: Abstracts of the Trainee Conference 2024. Anaesthesia 2024. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16323
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Working Group. Towards an Inclusive Future – EDI Census Report. Intensive Care Society 2023. https://ics.ac.uk/resource/towards-an-inclusive-future.html
- S Connal. Opportunities for shared decision-making about major surgery with high-risk patients: the switch from ‘fixing the problem’ to undertaking shared decision-making. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2023; 131: 56-66. Br J Anaesth 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2023.08.021
- S Connal. Perioperative neurocognitive disorders. Br J Hosp Med 2023. https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2023.0184
- L Flower, A Cheung, S Connal, A Humphreys, K Kamaruddin, Y Lennie, S Edwardson. Management of transgender patients in critical care. JICS 2023. https://doi.org/10.1177/17511437221145102
- S Connal. Perioperative Journal Watch. RCoA Bulletin. 2022-2024.