Vassili Crispi

Vassili is a Brain Tumour Junior Research Fellow at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, having recently completed his academic (specialised) foundation training in West Yorkshire. He is originally from Italy, has trained at Hull York and is an aspiring academic neurosurgeon. He has an interest in leadership. As an LGBTQ+ doctor, he is passionate about equality and inclusion within the profession, and especially in surgery.

He is also a trade unionist, having achieved significant changes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, enhancing student representation, developing UKMLA policy, calling for changes to UKFP recruitment, and fighting for better pay, safe rotas, working conditions and industrial action.

He currently holds a number of positions, including Member of BMA UK Council and BMA Board of Science, and Cohort Director at the Healthcare Leadership Academy.

In his free time, he enjoys cooking, travel and photography.