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- Professor of Neurosurgery
- Brain Repair & Rehabilitation
- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
- Faculty of Brain Sciences
David Choi graduated with a first class degree in Medical Sciences from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and went on to complete clinical medicine at Edinburgh University. He completed basic surgical training at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and started Neurosurgical training at the Glasgow Institute of Neurological Sciences. He obtained a PhD in neuroregeneration at the National Institute for Medical Research, London, and completed higher surgical training in Neurosurgery at Atkinson Morley's Hospital, London, and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. He was appointed as a Consultant in Neurosurgery at Queen Square in 2005, and as Clinical Senior Lecturer at the UCL Institute of Neurology in 2009.


Research projects include:
- Laboratory models for spinal cord and spinal root injury and repair.
- Regenerative medicine, olfactory ensheathing cells.
- GMP production of human cells for nerve repair.
- Spine tumours
- Craniocervical junction and skull base surgery.
Clinical Senior Lecturer | Brain Repair Rehabilitation | Institute of Neurology, United Kingdom |
2004 | Doctor of Philosophy | Open University | |
1992 | Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery | University of Edinburgh | |
1989 | Master of Arts | University of Cambridge |