John Wilden MRCP FRCS is a leading neuro surgeon based in Harley Street.  He has worked as a neuro surgeon at several of the world’s leading medical centres including the  Mayo Clinic in the USA; the  Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford;  the Institute of Neurology and Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, as well as the Maudsley Neurosurgical Unit in London. He taught Anatomy at the Anatomy School in Cambridge and tutored medical students at Cambridge colleges before training in general surgery and gaining the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgery, London. He has contributed to a number of professional committees, including the EORTC Brain Tumour Group. His current interest has broadened to develop an organisation to create strategies of healthcare based on the assumption that most common diseases will be curable by 2050.