The surgeon creating brighter futures MEET PROFESSOR CONOR MALLUCCI

The surgeon behind Daniel’s life-saving surgery was world-renowned paediatric neurosurgeon, Professor Conor Mallucci. Conor understands better than anyone the impact a brain tumour can have on a child as well as their family and is grateful for the outstanding medical equipment he has at his disposal at Alder Hey.

As Conor explained: “We published a paper which showed that in 15% of brain tumours in all the children who we have operated on since having the intraoperative MRI scanner, we were able to do a complete resectionthat’s 15% more lives saved. Alder Hey really was able to lead with this technology and it was something that could not have been achieved through any other route than a charitable donation.”

This life-saving piece of technology continues to have a major impact more than a decade after charitable gifts made its purchase possible. Thanks to the generosity of people like you, the intraoperative MRI scanner is creating brighter futures for children like Daniel and their families from all over the world.

“If you can imagine having a child in the family diagnosed with a brain tumour, it changes not only their own lives but their whole family’s life.

Here at Alder Hey, we were the first children’s hospital to have an intraoperative MRI scanner for brain tumours, the technology I used to understand and help remove Daniel’s tumour. We’ve become world leaders with this crucial technology and have saved many, many children’s lives.”

This state-of-the-art piece of equipment was fully funded by the charity and has placed Alder Hey as a world leader in the use of this technology for children.

DID YOU KNOW?

This year the charity has been proud to fund over £732,845 towards life-saving equipment and advanced technologies