John Pickard FRCS, FMedSci

Professor John Pickard FRCS FMedSci is Emeritus Professor of Neurosurgery in the University of Cambridge and Honorary Clinical Director of the NIHR Brain Injury MedTech and In-Vitro Diagnostic Co-operative (MIC).

He is now Emeritus Professor of Neurosurgery in the University of Cambridge and Honorary Clinical Director of the NIHR Brain Injury MedTech Cooperative (formerly HTC 2012-2017) that systematically explores the unmet needs of brain-injured patients that may be amenable to a technological solution and guides inventors and SMEs through the labyrinth of product development.

John has championed the growth of the MIC (former NIHR HTC) portfolio by working with patients and their carers to identify unmet needs in the brain injury pathway, catalyzing NHS pull by targeting industry engagement, and building collaborations that utilize expert networks and world-leading clinical communities.