The Department of Neuropathology (designated as Division of Neuropathology within the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) is one of the largest academic neuropathology departments in the UK.

We provide a high quality diagnostic service using state of the art diagnostic test methods for surgical neuropathology, neuromuscular diagnostics, epilepsy, molecular neuropathology of central nervous system (CNS) tumours, and neurodegenerative diseases.

The department also provides research infrastructure, drives implementation of diagnostic and research innovation and is a provider of tissue resources for basic and applied research. There is close alignment and high synergy between research themes in the neuropathology department and the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology.

We are a UKAS accredited medical laboratory (no.8116).

We are part of the North Thames Genomic Laboratory Hub, for which we provide the leading national molecular diagnostic service of adult CNS tumours.

Experimental and research services including image analysis are provided by UCL IQPath.

For further details including referral forms and user guides and accreditation status of tests offered, please see the UCL Neuropathology site and the UKAS pages here.

Other contact information

Clinical lead:
Professor Sebastian Brandner
Email: sebastian.brandner@nhs.net 

Head biomedical scientist: 
Dr Angela Richard-Londt 
Email: angela.richard-londt@nhs.net     
Tel: 020 3448 4237

Quality manager:
Dr Vaneesha Gibbons
Email: vaneeshagibbons@nhs.net

Office manager:
Sharon Snook
Email: uclh.office.neuropathology@nhs.net
Tel: 020 3448 4237​​​​​​​


Diagnostic neuropathology specialist advice: 

Professor Sebastian Brandner 
sebastian.brandner@nhs.net 
CNS tumours, molecular neuro-oncology, peripheral nerve diseases 

Professor Maria Thom 
maria.thom@nhs.net   
CNS tumours, epilepsy 

Dr Ash Merve  
amerve@nhs.net 
CNS tumours, molecular neuro-oncology, adult and paediatric muscle disease 

Professor Karl Frontzek  
karl.frontzek@nhs.net  
CNS tumours, adult and paediatric muscle disease, neurodegenerative diseases (Queen Square Brain Bank) 

Dr Thomas Millner 
thomas.millner@nhs.net
CNS tumours, molecular neuro-oncology

Dr Rahul Phadke 
rahul.phadke@nhs.net
Paediatric muscle disease 

Professor Zane Jaunmuktane  
Zane.jaunmuktane@nhs.net  
CNS tumours, molecular neuro-oncology, peripheral nerve diseases, Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease, neurodegenerative diseases (Queen Square Brain Bank) 

Professor Silvia Marino 
silvia.marino@nhs.net 
CNS tumours 

Dr Javier Alegre 
javier.alegre@nhs.net
CNS Tumours 

Address

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
1st Floor Neuropathology
Queen Square House
London
WC1N 3BG

Other referral information

Contact details to be included with all samples sent 

Office manager:
Sharon Snook
Email: uclh.office.neuropathology@nhs.net
Tel: 020 3448 4237 

Dr Angela Richard-Londt  
Email: angela.richard-londt@nhs.net  
Tel: 020 3448 4237 

Important: All specimens MUST be referred to the neuropathology department with complete and correct address, including contact details of the sender, to avoid samples getting lost and causing potentially serious clinical incidents.