Having finished
my orthopaedic training in the University of Toronto, Canada, in November 1994, I became a
fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada in orthopaedics. I spent a further two
and a half years of subspeciality training in spinal surgery in the spinal units of the
Toronto Hospital and the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham. Since then my elective
orthopaedic practice has focused on spinal surgery.
Currently my NHS and private elective work is mostly management of spinal conditions.
These include lumbar degenerative conditions such as spinal stenosis, disc prolapse,
spondylolisthesis and disc degeneration. These are treated through either posterior,
anterior, combined or minimally invasive techniques. Similarly the surgical management of
cervical degenerative conditions (radiculopathy or myelopathy) are performed through
either anterior or posterior approach.
I am the designated surgeon in Southend Hospital Trust to manage spinal fractures,
infections or metastatic tumors. |
