By resolution of the Academic Council of the Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute dated 26 June 2026 (Minutes No. 9), the honorary academic title of Honorary Professor was conferred upon Professor Roman Cregg.

Roman Cregg is an Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Targeted Intervention, Faculty of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London (UCL); Principal Investigator at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology; Director of the UCL Master’s Programme in Pain Medicine; President of the Ukrainian Medical Association of the United Kingdom; Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia; and an internationally recognized expert in anaesthesiology, neuroscience, and pain medicine. He holds the qualifications MB BS (Hons), FRCA, FFPMRCA, PhD. Professor Cregg maintains clinical practice at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and University College London Hospitals, London.

Professor Cregg graduated from Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University in 1998. Following graduation, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he completed the full pathway of British postgraduate medical education and specialist training. His anaesthesiology training took place at leading London teaching hospitals affiliated with King’s College London, University College London, Chase Farm and Barnet Hospitals, and the Royal Free Hospital. He subsequently completed advanced subspecialty training in pain medicine through an Advanced Pain Medicine Fellowship in London and held clinical appointments at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Hillingdon Hospital, and The Royal Marsden Hospital. In addition, Professor Cregg undertook specialized training in advanced neuromodulation at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals and in interventional headache management at the Cleveland Clinic, USA.

In 2012, Professor Cregg was awarded a PhD in Pain Neuroscience at the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London. His doctoral research focused on the molecular mechanisms of pain. His current scientific interests include the mechanisms of neuronal hyperexcitability in patients with complex chronic pain syndromes, pain channelopathies, painful peripheral neuropathies, the genetics of chronic pain, personalized analgesia, and the use of ketamine as an analgesic.

Professor Cregg’s clinical practice encompasses the multidisciplinary management of acute, chronic, and cancer-related pain. His principal clinical interests include interventional cancer pain management, neuropathic pain, central pain syndromes, spinal, neck, and back pain, chronic pelvic, urogenital, and abdominal pain, rare inherited pain disorders, chronic musculoskeletal pain syndromes, and the perioperative anaesthetic management of complex patients aimed at preventing persistent postoperative pain. Throughout his clinical career, he has consistently advocated a multidisciplinary model of pain medicine that integrates minimally invasive interventional procedures, pharmacological treatment, rehabilitation strategies, and individualized patient care.

Professor Cregg has made an outstanding contribution to the development of pain medicine in Ukraine. For many years, he has been one of the most active members of the Ukrainian medical diaspora, consistently promoting the integration of contemporary British and international standards into Ukrainian clinical practice. He initiated and coordinated the British-Ukrainian Symposium on Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, which, since 2008, has become an important platform for professional exchange between Ukrainian and British physicians. As President of the Ukrainian Medical Association of the United Kingdom, Professor Cregg also plays an active role in bringing together physicians and nurses of Ukrainian origin in the UK while supporting educational, humanitarian, and professional initiatives benefiting Ukraine.

His collaboration with the Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine deserves particular recognition. Professor Cregg has consistently supported the Institute’s educational, scientific, and clinical initiatives aimed at advancing modern pain medicine at the intersection of neurosurgery, neurology, anaesthesiology, rehabilitation, and interventional therapies. His participation in the Institute’s activities has been of genuine practical value, facilitating the transfer of contemporary clinical expertise, promoting a multidisciplinary approach to the management of chronic and neuropathic pain, and supporting educational courses, workshops, and scientific conferences for Ukrainian healthcare professionals.

Professor Cregg has been an invited speaker at numerous scientific events organized by the Institute, addressing current issues in neurosurgery and pain medicine. His lectures have covered contemporary approaches to the management of pelvic pain, the clinical applications of botulinum toxin, and innovative strategies for the treatment of phantom limb pain and post-amputation pain—topics of exceptional importance for Ukraine given the growing number of patients with combat-related injuries, amputations, peripheral nerve injuries, and complex post-traumatic pain syndromes. During the past year, Professor Cregg delivered lectures at the Institute’s conference “Post-Amputation Pain: Contemporary Treatment Strategies” and at the 3rd Annual International Conference of Young Scientists, “Current Issues in Neurosurgery.”

Professor Roman Cregg’s professional career exemplifies sustained, practical, and highly productive international collaboration. He not only represents the highest standards of British clinical practice and academic medicine but also actively contributes to the development of a modern culture of pain medicine in Ukraine—one that is evidence-based, multidisciplinary, ethically and legally sound, and focused on patient safety and quality of life.