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.
