Damjan Veljanoski

Dr Damjan Veljanoski studied medicine at St Bartholomews and The Royal London Hospitals before undertaking an Academic Foundation Programme in the North of Scotland and a neurosurgical fellowship in Oxford. He developed a strong interest in the applications of artificial intelligence (AI), leading him to pursue a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)-funded Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF), with enveloped neurosurgical residency. His ACF research has focused on the applications of AI and neuroimaging techniques to neurosurgery.

He is currently undertaking the Lewis Spitz Surgeon-Scientist PhD Programme at Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. He aims to uncover neural networks in children with epilepsy and thus guide neuromodulative therapies. The implications of characterising these networks are vast and it represents one of the obstacles in the treatment of paediatric epilepsy. Working at the intersection of neurosurgery, neuroimaging and AI, his work aims to contribute to the development of bespoke clinical pipelines and precision neurosurgical techniques that can directly improve care for patients and their families.