Complex spine surgery

We have a group of dedicated neurosurgical consultants who primarily deal with complex spinal conditions. Our team have all undertaken a highly sought after spinal fellowship in the UK and abroad and our spinal unit is one of the leading centres of minimally invasive spinal surgery in the country.

Our team are dedicated in providing the best possible patient centered care, pursuing outcome driven results aim to provide individualised spinal care. Our consultant team is supported by a group of junior trainee doctors, nurses, specialist nurses, doctor’s assistants and other allied health professionals.

Common spinal conditions we treat

• Minimally invasive spine surgery
• Spinal trauma
• Thoracic disc surgery
• Spinal infection
• Degenerative spinal disorders and deformity
• Spinal tumours
• Spinal instability
• Congenital spinal conditions such as tethered cord
• Ankylosing spondylitis

Treatment

Our team provide the most advance treatment in management of spinal disorders using the most recent technological advances including image guidance, XLIF and imaging modalities in the field.

Key staff

Neurosurgery

Mr Babak Arvin: Consultant neurosurgeon and lead for complex spine surgery
Mr Karoly David: Consultant neurosurgeon
Mr Anthony Ghosh: Consultant neurosurgeon
Mr Anjum Qureshi: Consultant neurosurgeon
Mr Ahmed-Ramadan Sadek: Consultant neurosurgeon

Neurophysiology

Dr Ana Mirallave Pescador
Dr Nazeer Mohammed
Mr James Wall

Neuro-Oncology

Dr Louise Dulley: Consultant oncologist
Dr Emma Staples: Consultant oncologist

Interventional neuroradiology

Dr Sanjiv Chawda: Consultant interventional neuroradiologist
Dr Shahram Derakhshani: consultant interventional neuroradiologist
Dr Raed Alkilani: Consultant interventional neuroradiologist

Spinal specialist nurses

Mr Robert Pollock – extension 6954
Ms Kelly Gross- Spinal oncology nurse
British spine registry data co-ordinator: Shepa Hussain

Spinal links

Discectomy, sciatica, brachialgia links

• Discectomy
• Lumbar discectomy and decompression
• nerve root pain treatment options

Acute back pain links

• acute back pain

MRI scanning links

• spine mri scanning

Lumbar canal stenosis links

• spinal stenosis
• cauda equina syndrome

Surgery booklets

• Vertebroplasty
• Cervical Disc Protrusion and Radiculopathy Surgical Options
• Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
• Cervical Stenosis and Myelopathy Surgical Options
• Degenerative Spondylolisthesis of the Lumbar Spine Surgical Options
• Lumbar Spondylolysis for Spondylitic Spondylolisthesis
• Lumbar Spine Stenosis Surgical Options
• Lumbar Disc Protrusions Surgical Options​