Professor Hani Marcus

Hani Marcus serves as professor of neurosurgery at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and as a consultant neurosurgeon at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. He has an international reputation for his work in pituitary surgery, research on robotics and artificial intelligence, and commitment to education and mentorship.

He underwent integrated academic training at the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, and University College London, followed by fellowships in Calgary and Zurich. He specialises in the management of pituitary adenomas using minimally invasive endoscopic approaches. He is a trustee of the Pituitary Foundation, the largest UK patient organisation, and has held leadership roles within the Pituitary Society, as well as serving as an editor for Pituitary. Through these roles he has helped shape international guidelines on pituitary disease, including incidentalomas, prolactinomas, Cushing’s disease, acromegaly, and aggressive tumours, and has led initiatives such as the first patient-reported outcome measure for pituitary surgery, the first core outcome set, and the first international priority-setting partnership.

His research focuses on robotics and artificial intelligence, for which he was awarded a PhD from Imperial College London. His group has secured over £10 million in funding, published more than 250 papers, and featured widely in the press. This work has been recognised with prizes including the Best Young Neurosurgeon Award from the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies and the Hunterian Professorship from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and has attracted visits from Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal and the Secretary of State. He previously served as Regional Lead for Neurosurgery at the NIHR Clinical Research Network and is Chief Medical Officer of Panda Surgical, the spin-out company he co-founded, which has developed the world’s first dexterity-enhancing handheld robots for pituitary surgery.

He also has a longstanding commitment to education, particularly in simulation-based learning. He earned a postgraduate diploma with distinction from Imperial College London, is widely published on educational theory, and is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He co-founded the Queen Square Simulation Centre and is programme director for the UK’s first MRes in Neurosurgery.