Honey Panchal

Running events as neurosurgery core committee taught me the leadership skills and logistics behind organising events/conferences, inspiring individuals to pursue this amazing field. This introduced me to my role models and sparked my enthusiasm for the brain. Working in numerous societies (National Medical Research Association, WinS, RUMS RAG and UCLWMS) gave me experience across multiple disciplines, from finance to education, necessary to lead a team of like-minded people. Working as a team to organise Brain symposium, WinS and International Space Medicine conferences motivates me to lead a neurosurgery specialty conference. As Neurosurgery Chair, I wish to share my passion for neurosurgery with others and inspire more students to pursue this challenging yet rewarding field in the same way I was. Undertaking a Neuroscience iBSc strengthens my desire to pursue neurosurgery. It provides me with contacts necessary to organise talks with neurosurgeons from different backgrounds to improve accessibility and inclusivity in neurosurgery. Receiving neurosurgery mentorship and being a mentor through teaching empowered me and taught me the resilience required to dream big. Hence, I aspire to work with outreach to create a mentorship scheme. Conducting numerous research projects, such as DBS for refractory OCD and Risk of Aneurysm Rupture Study, showed me how a hypothesis translates to clinical practice. Hence, I wish to promote academic neurosurgery by creating research initiatives.