Mr Christopher SG Thompson

Honorary Anatomy Teaching Fellow

Mr Christopher SG Thompson

Honorary Anatomy Teaching Fellow

  • Anatomy
  • Edinburgh Medical School
  • University of Edinburgh

Contact details

Address

Doorway 3
Medical School
Teviot Place

Edinburgh
EH8 9AG

Chris was initially awarded his BSc (Hons) in Physiology from St Andrews in 2008 before completing his MBBS at Newcastle University in 2012.

Following initial medical training in Newcastle, Melbourne and Edinburgh, he completed his training as an ENT Surgeon in the East of Scotland and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCSEd). He is currently working as a Senior Clinical Fellow at Alder Hey Childrens Hospital in Liverpool.

Chris worked as an Anatomy Teaching fellow in the department up until August 2018 and has held an Honorary position since. He continues to organise and deliver teaching sessions within the department and acts as an Anatomy MSc dissertation project supervisor.

Chris has a deep interest in teaching and holds PGCAP in Education with the university. He is also a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Teaching

Chris delivers sessions across a wide range of anatomical subjects to medical, biomedical science and anatomy students. In addition to this he has a focus on clinically-orientated anatomy teaching to draw from his experiences and contextualise learning for students. 

Of note, he was involved in the organisation and delivery of the Core Surgical Training Anatomy teaching programme within the department, along with several other similar programmes.

Published/Presented Work

First Author

  • Thompson CSG, Bannister M. How I do it, Random-pattern skin flaps: Part 3 – Z-Plasty Flaps. ENT + Audiology News May/June 2022 Vol 31 No 2.
  • Thompson CSG, Bannister M. How I do it, Random-pattern skin flaps: Part 2 – Rhomboid and Bilobed Flaps. ENT + Audiology News Jan/Feb 2022, Vol 30 No 6.
  • Thompson CSG, Bannister M. How I do it, Random-pattern skin flaps: Part 1 – Advancement Flaps. ENT + Audiology News Sept/Oct 2021, Vol 30 No 4.
  • Thompson CSG, Bannister M. Auricular Reconstruction: Flip Flop Flap.  The PFMA Journal June/July 2022. Vol 9 No 5.
  • Thompson CSG, Bannister M. Auricular Reconstruction: Star -pattern Reconstruction. PMFA Journal April/May 2022 Vol 9 No 4.

 

  • Thompson CSG, Nolli T, Bannister M. Parotid Incidentalomas – A Systematic Review. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 135(9), 765-769. doi:10.1017/S0022215121002036. PMID 34308809.
  • Thompson CSG, Asimakopoulos P, Evans A, Vernham G, Hay A, Nixon IJ. Complications and predisposing factors from a decade of total laryngectomy. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 1-7. Doi:10.1017/S0022215120000341. PMID 32079554,
  • Thompson C, Nixon IJ. Our understanding of well-differentiated thyroid cancer. International journal of Head and Neck Surgery. Int J Head Neck Surg 2017;8(2):64-70.

  

  • Thompson CSG, Li LQ, Sharma A. Coblation of paediatric cystic laryngeal lymphovascular malformations: a safe and effective alternative to tracheostomy. BMJ Case Reports CP 2020;13:e235596. PMID 32994266
  • Thompson CSG, Gohil R, Montague ML. Sudden onset hearing loss following intra-abdominal surgery: an unusual association. BMJ Case Reports CP 2020;13:e234793. PMID 32994265
  • Thompson C, Gohil R. Pneumatic Dental Extractions – an unusual cause of extensive cervical surgical emphysema. BMJ Case Reports 2017, doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-218677. PMID 28416535
  • Thompson C, Gohil R, Bennett A. Lyric™ Hearing Aid – A rare cause of Benign Necrotising Otitis Externa/External Ear Canal Cholesteatoma. BMJ Case Reports 2017; doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-222719. PMID 29191823
  • Thompson CSG, Pass M, Timothy T, Hung J, Egred M. Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Young Elite Cyclist, a Missed Opportunity. BMJ Case Reports. Sep 6;12(9). doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228560. PMID 31494581

 

  • So, J.T.-K. and Thompson, CSG (2025), Non-Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve: Surgical Risk of Injury in Comparison With the Normal Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Clinical Otolaryngology. https://doi.org/10.1111/coa.14312
  • Jones RA, Mortimer JW, Thompson CSG et al. Improving surgical training: Establishing a surgical anatomy programme in Scotland. Int J Surg. 2021 Dec;96:106172. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2021.106172. Epub 2021 Nov 8. PMID: 34763111.
  • Alomiery A, Alturki L, Thompson CSG. Facial Nerve Canal Dehiscence: Evaluation of a New Middle Ear Dissection Technique and Digitalized Image Analysis. European Journal of Anatomy 2019.
  • Asimakopoulos P, Thompson CSG, Hogg GE, Evans AS, Adamson RM, Vernham GA, Nixon IJ (2018). Surgical and pathological outcomes of elective neck dissection during salvage total laryngectomy. Clinical Otolaryngology. 10.1111/coa.13266. PMID: 30501000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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