Staff Profile

Patrick Mitchell is a Neurosurgeon and part of the Institute of Neuroscience at Newcastle University. His area of expertise are in neurosurgery, human factors and trial methodology.

Academic background

Trained in neurosurgery in Hull and Sheffield. Ph.D. in mathematical modelling of ictohaemorrhagic neurological diseases from Cambridge. Involved in STICH trials for treatment intracerebral haematomas. Since worked on human factors in surgery and methodology of clinical trials. Currently editor in chief of the British Journal of Neurosurgery and consultant neurosurgeon at Royal Victoria infirmary, Newcastle.

• Hussain ZB, Hussain AB, Mitchell P. Extra-axial cerebrospinal fluid spaces in children with benign external hydrocephalus: A case-control study. Neuroradiology Journal 2017, 30(5), 410-417.
• Mitchell P. IMRaD heresy. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2017, 31(2), 117-118.
• Davies S, Gregson B, Mitchell P. Spinal meningioma: relationship between degree of cord compression and outcome. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2017, 31(2), 209-211.
• Chen I, Mitchell P. Serum potassium and sodium levels after subarachnoid haemorrhage. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2016, 30(5), 554-559.
• Hutchinson PJ, Kolias AG, Timofeev IS, Corteen EA, Czosnyka M, Timothy J, Anderson I, Bulters DO, Belli A, Eynon CA, Wadley J, Mendelow AD, Mitchell PM, Wilson MH, Critchley G, Sahuquillo J, Unterberg A, Servadei F, Teasdale GM, Pickard JD, Menon DK, Murray GD, Kirkpatrick PJ, RESCUEicp Trial Collaborators. Trial of Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Intracranial Hypertension. New England Journal of Medicine 2016, 375(12), 1119-1130.
• Maas AIR, Menon DK, Steyerberg EW, Citerio G, Lecky F, Manley GT, Hill S, Legrand V, Sorgner A, Andelic N, Andreassen L, Andrews P, Audibert G, Audny A, Azouv P, Barzo P, Beer R, Bellander B-M, Belli A, Benali H, Berardino M, Beretta L, Brazinova A, Binder H, Brehar F, Buki A, Bullinger M, Cakmak E, Callebaut I, Cameron P, Lozano GC, Carpenter KLH, Chieregato A, Coburn M, Coles JP, Cooper J, Cnossen M, Curry N, Czeiter E, Czosnyka M, Dahyot-Fitzelier C, Damas F, Dawes H, De Keyser V, De Luca A, De Ruiter GCW, De Witte O, Corte FD, Demeter B, Depreitere B, Dippel DWJ, Dizdarevic K, Dreier JP, Eapen G, Ercole A, Esser P, Fabricius M, Feremans L, Feigin VL, Fossi F, Forsyth F, Florian S, Frisvold SK, Frosini C, Furmanov A, Frantzen J, Gadda D, Gagliardo P, Galanaud D, Gao G, Ghuysen A, Godbolt A, Gonsorova V, Grigore Z, Gruen R, Haagsma JA, Hallaert G, Hadzic E, Haitsma I, Hartings JA, Helbok R, Helseth E, Hoefer S, Holling M, Hunfeld M, Hutchinson PJ, Illes R, Janssens K, Bovend'Eerdt TJH, Jiang J-Y, Jones KM, Kalala J-P, Kalovits F, Kasprian G, Katila A, Ketharanathan N, Kolias AG, Kolibay F, Kondziella D, Koskinen L-O, Lagares A, Lanyon L, Laureys S, Lefering R, Levi L, Lightfoot R, Lingsma HF, Loeckx D, Lohkamp L-N, Lotjonen J, Lumenta C, Lyttle M, Maegele M, Majdan M, Manara A, Marechal H, Martino C, Mascia L, Mauritz W, McMahon C, Menovsky T, Mitchell P, Mladenov N, Morganti-Kossmann C, Nelson D, Neugebauer E, Newcombe VF, Oddo M, Oresic M, Orzalesi V, Outtrim JG, Palotie A, Parizel P, Payen J-F, Perlbarg V, Peul W, Pichon N, Piippo A, Floury SP, Ples H, Polinder S, Preiksaitis A, Psota M, Pullens P, Puybasset L, Ragauskas A, Raj R, Reiner M, Rhodes JKJ, Richardson S, Ripatti S, Rocka S, Roosenfeld J, Rosand J, Rosenlund C, Rosenthal G, Rossaint R, Rossi S, Rueckert D, Rusnak M, Rynkowski MA, Sahuquillo J, Sakowitz O, Sandor J, Schmidt S, Schoechl H, Schou R, Skandsen T, Sonne M, Schwendenwein E, Smeets D, Smieleweski P, Soderberg J, Stamatakis E, Stanworth S, Stefini R, Stevens R, Stewart W, Stocchetti N, Stummer W, Szabo J, Tascu A, Tenovuo O, Theadom A, Tibboel D, Tolias CM, Unterberg A, Vajkoczy P, Vargiolu A, Van Der Naalt J, Van Essen T, Van Hecke W, Van Praag D, Van Roost D, Vandenbulcke T, Vande Hauwe L, Van Der Jagt M, Vega E, Verheyden J, Verma V, Vespa PM, Vik A, Vilcinis R, Von Steinbuchel N, Vulekovic P, Wang KKW, Wildschut E, Williams G, Wilson M, Wilson L, Wolf S, Ylen P, Zaaroor M, Zolfaghari P, Martin D, D'Orio V, Damas P, Luaba Tshibanda J-F. Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research in Traumatic Brain Injury (CENTER-TBI): A Prospective Longitudinal Observational Study. Neurosurgery 2015, 76(1), 67-80.
• Mendelow AD, Gregson BA, Rowan EN, Francis R, McColl E, McNamee P, Chambers IR, Unterberg A, Boyers D, Mitchell PM, STITCH Trauma Investigators. Early Surgery versus Initial Conservative Treatment in Patients with Traumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage (STITCH[Trauma]): The First Randomized Trial. Journal of Neurotrauma 2015, 32(17), 1312-1323.
• Cowie CJA, Pesic-Smith J, Dambatta S, Gholkar A, Surash S, Jenkins A, Mitchell P. Minimally invasive neurosurgical access techniques to facilitate endovascular treatment of dural arteriovenous fistulae. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2015, 29(1), 115-117.
• Mitchell P, Dale T. Side errors in neurosurgery and human factors training. Acta Neurochirurgica 2015, 157(3), 487-491.
• Mitchell P, Dale T. Side errors in neurosurgery and human factors training. Acta Neurochirurgica 2015, 157(7), 1155-1156.
• Gregson BA, Rowan EN, Francis R, McNamee P, Boyers D, Mitchell P, McColl E, Chambers IR, Unterberg A, Mendelow AD, STITCH TRAUMA Investigators. Surgical Trial In Traumatic intraCerebral Haemorrhage (STITCH): a randomised controlled trial of Early Surgery compared with Initial Conservative Treatment. Health Technology Assessment 2015, 19(70).
• Aribisala BS, Cowie CJA, He JB, Wood J, Mendelow DA, Mitchell P, Blamire AM. A Histogram-Based Similarity Measure for Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Application in Acute Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography 2014, 38(6), 915-923.
• Sunderland G, Hassan F, Bhatnagar P, Mitchell P, Jayakrishnan V, Forster D, Mendelow AD. Development of anterior inferior cerebellar artery pseudoaneurysm after gamma knife surgery for vestibular schwannoma. A case report and review of the literature. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2014, 28(4), 536-538.
• Tsermoulas G, Flett L, Gregson B, Mitchell P. Distinguishing clinical outcomes between aneurysmal versus nonaneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage Response. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 2014, 117, 120-121.
• Vergani F, Mahmood S, Morris CM, Mitchell P, Forkel SJ. Intralobar fibres of the occipital lobe: A post mortem dissection study. Cortex 2014, 56, 145-156.
• Nataraj A, Mohamed MB, Gholkar A, Vivar R, Watkins L, Aspoas R, Gregson B, Mitchell P, Mendelow AD. Multimodality Treatment of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations. World Neurosurgery 2014, 82(1-2), 149-159.
• Kolias AG, Bulters D, Cowie CJA, Wilson M, Afshari FT, Helmy A, Broughton E, Joannides A, Zebian B, Harrisson S, Hill CS, Ahmed A, Barone DG, Thakur B, McMahon C, Adlam DM, Bentley RP, Tolias C, Mitchell P, Whitfield P, Critchley GR, Belli A, Brennan PM, Hutchinson P. Proposal for establishment of the UK Cranial Reconstruction Registry (UKCRR). British Journal of Neurosurgery 2014, 28(3), 310-314.
• Mendelow DA, Gregson BA, Rowan EN, Francis R, Mitchell P. Results from the First Randomised Controlled Trial of Sugery for Traumatic Intracerebral Haemorrhage [STITCH(TRAUMA)]. In: 11th Symposium of the International Neurotrauma Society. 2014, Budapest, Hungary: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers.
• Hamdan A, Barnes J, Mitchell P. Subarachnoid hemorrhage and the female sex: analysis of risk factors, aneurysm characteristics, and outcomes. Journal of Neurosurgery 2014, 121(6), 1367-1373.
• Mendelow AD, Gholkar A, Vindlacheruvu R, Mitchell P. Surgery for arteriovenous malformations. In: Critical Care of the Stroke Patient. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp.387-393.
• Gregson BA, Mendelow DA, Rowan EN, Francis R, Mitchell P. The Effect of Crossovers in the First Randomised Controlled Trial of Surgery for Traumatic Intracerebral Haemorrhage [STITCH(TRAUMA)]. In: 11th Symposium of the International Neurotrauma Society. 2014, Budapest, Hungary: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers.
• Mitra D, Gregson B, Jayakrishnan V, Gholkar A, Vincent A, White PM, Mitchell P. Treatment of Poor-Grade Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Trial. American Journal of Neuroradiology 2014.
• Vergani F, Lacerda L, Martino J, Attems J, Morris C, Mitchell P, de Schotten MT, Dell'Acqua F. White matter connections of the supplementary motor area in humans. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2014, 85(12), 1377-1385.
• Croall ID, Cowie CJA, He J, Peel A, Wood J, Aribisala B, Mitchell P, Mendelow AD, Smith FE, Millar D, Kelly T, Blamire AM. White matter correlates of cognitive dysfunction after mild traumatic brain injury. Neurology 2014, 83(6), 494-501.
• Francis R, Rowan E, Gregson B, Mitchell P, Mendelow AD. Characteristics of Stitch (trauma) Patients Who Require Delayed Surgery Following Randomisation to Initial Conservative Treatment. In: World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies. 2013, Seoul, South Korea.
• Das S, Mitchell P. Comparison of three aids for teaching lumbar surgical anatomy. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2013, 27(4), 475-478.
• Tsermoulas G, Mukerji N, Borah AJ, Mitchell P, Ross N. Factors affecting diagnostic yield in needle biopsy for brain lesions. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2013, 27(2), 207-211.
• Tsermoulas G, Flett L, Gregson B, Mitchell P. Immediate coma and poor outcome in subarachnoid haemorrhage are independently associated with an aneurysmal origin. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery 2013, 115(8), 1362-1365.
• Rowan EN, Gregson BA, Mitchell P, Mendelow AD, STICH II Investigators. Mobility after superficial spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage; results from the STICH II trial. In: European Stroke Conference. 2013, London, UK: Karger.
• Mitchell P, Hirst G, Bloxham C, Laws P, Nunez E, Redfern N, Thoms G. Safer Care: Human Factors for Healthcare Course Handbook. Argyll & Bute: Swan & Horn, 2013.
• Mitchell P, Hirst G, Bloxham C, Laws P, Nunez E, Redfern N, Thoms G. Safer Care: Human Factors for Healthcare Trainer's Manual. Argyll & Bute: Swan & Horn, 2013.
• Mendelow AD, Gregson BA, Mitchell P. Surgery for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. In: Critical Care of the Stroke Patient. Cambridge University Press, 2013, pp.320-328.
• Mendelow AD, Gregson BA, Rowan E, Mitchell P, Gholkar A, Murray G, STICH II Investigators. The Surgical Trial in Lobar Intracerebral Haemorrhage (STICH II): Results. In: Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2013, Honolulu, Hawaii: Karger.
• Hamdan A, Mitchell P. The two-week wait guideline for suspected CNS tumours: a decade analysis. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2013, 27(5), 642-645.
• Mukerji N, Vergani F, Hassan F, Dubois J, Metcalfe S, Cowie C, Mitchell P. Using telephone logs instead of databases to accurately estimate neurosurgical on-call workload. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2013, 27(3), 344-347.
• Cowie CJA, Aribisala BS, He J, Peel A, Wood J, Mendelow AD, Mitchell P, Blamire AM. DTI findings in normal appearing grey and white matter correlate with deficits in cognitive function after mild and moderate traumatic brain injury. In: Proceedings of the 2012 Spring meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons. 2012, Aberdeen: Informa Healthcare.
• Guilfoyle MR, Mannion RJ, Mitchell P, Thomson S. Epidural fentanyl for postoperative analgesia after lumbar canal decompression: a randomized controlled trial. Spine Journal 2012, 12(8), 646-651.
• Vergani F, Morris CM, Mitchell P, Duffau H. Raymond de Vieussens and his contribution to the study of white matter anatomy: Historical vignette. Journal of Neurosurgery 2012, 117(6), 1070-1075.
• Rowan E, Francis R, Gregson B, Mitchell P, Mendelow AD. STITCH(Trauma): a two year progress update. In: International Brain Injury Association's Ninth World Congress on Brain Injury. 2012, Edinburgh, UK: Informa Healthcare.
• Gregson BA, Rowan EN, Mitchell PM, Unterberg A, McColl EM, Chambers IR, McNamee P, Mendelow AD. Surgical trial in traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage (STITCH(Trauma)): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2012, 13(1), 193.
• Manjunath PKS, Mahmood S, Gregson BA, Mitchell P. Telephone logs of neurosurgery speciality trainees: a time study. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2012, 26(2), 195-198.
• Stelling H, Graham L, Mitchell P. Does cranioplasty following decompressive craniectomy improve consciousness?. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2011, 25(3), 407-409.
• Ratnaike TE, Hastie H, Gregson B, Mitchell P. The geometry of brain contusion: relationship between site of contusion and direction of injury. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2011, 25(3), 410-413.
• Gregson BA, Rowan E, Mitchell P, Mendelow AD, STICH II Investigators. The Surgical Trial in Lobar Intracerebral Haemorrhage (STICH II) - the First 300 Patients. In: Stroke: International Stroke Conference. 2011, Los Angeles, California, USA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
• Aribisala BS, Cowie CJA, He J, Wood J, Mendelow AD, Mitchell P, Blamire A. Detection of tissue changes in traumatic brain injury patients using automated regional analysis of quantitative MR scans. In: International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Annual Meeting. 2010, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Aribisala B, Cowie CJA, He J, Wood J, Mendelow DA, Mitchell P, Blamire A. Detection of tissue changes in traumatic brain injury patients using automated regional analysis of quantitative MR scansBrain Injury Patients Using Automatic Regional Analysis of Quantitative MR Scans. In: International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Annual Meeting (ISMRM 2010). 2010, Stockholm, Sweden: ISMRM.
• Aribisala B, Cowie C, He J, Wood J, Mendelow A, Mitchell P, Blamire A. Multi-parametric classification of traumatic brain injury patients using automatic analysis of quantitative MRI scans. In: Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality: 5th International Workshop (MIAR). 2010, Beijing, China: Springer.
• Prasad KSM, Gregson BA, Bhattathiri PS, Mitchell P, Mendelow AD. The significance of crossovers after randomization in the STICH trial. In: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementa: Brain Edema XIII. 2006, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA: Springer.
• Bhattathiri PS, Gregson B, Prasad KSM, Mitchell P, Soh C, Mitra D, Gholkar A, Mendelow AD. Reliability assessment of computerized tomography scanning measurements in intracerebral hematoma. Neurosurgical Focus 2003, 15(4), E6.
• Mitchell P, Jakubowski J. Failure testing cerebral arteries: are branch points weaker than unbranched vessels?. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2002, 16(6), 578-582.