Best Neurosurgeons in Edinburgh, UK

Mr Imran Liaquat graduated from the University of Glasgow Medical School in 2002 and undertook his basic surgical training in the West of Scotland. He then worked as a registrar for a year in London at Kings College Hospital and St Georges Hospital.

Following this, he would return to Scotland in order to complete his speciality training in neurosurgery. Later in his career, Mr Liaquat would undertake a sub-specialist fellowship in neurosurgery at St Georges Hospital, where he gained experience in all aspects of General Neurosurgery and Neuro-oncology, including Awake Craniotomy, Fluorescence-guided tumour resection and management of Low-Grade Gliomas. He is currently a consultant at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.

Mr Liaquat deals with a wide range of spinal pathologies, such as the degenerative spine, general neurosurgery and neuro-oncology. He is also involved in research in these fields, having published over 15 research paper/abstract publications and presented at national and international conferences. 

Mr Liaquat has a keen interest in the education and training of undergraduate and postgraduate students and has completed a Masters in Surgical Education, in an attempt to help him improve his educational skills. He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer and Clinical Tutor at the University of Edinburgh, a Member of the Academy of Medical Educators and has recently been appointed the National Clinical Lead for Scottish Adult Neuro-oncology Network.

Listen to the extraordinary story of how Mr Imran Liaquat performed surgery to remove a low-grade glioma which had been growing undetected for years & how the patient's life-changing operation has affected his future. 

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Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Neuro-oncology surgery (Brain Tumours/Low Grade Gliomas)
• Spinal Surgery (Disc Prolapse/Cervical Myelopathy)
• Neuro-oncology (Brain Tumours/Low Grade Gliomas)
• Spinal Surgery (Disc Prolapse/Cervical Myelopathy)
• Head Injury  
• Back and Neck Pain 
• Cervical and Lumbar Radiculopathy 
• Degenerative Spinal Disease (Spinal stenosis)
• Hydrocephalus

Dr Drahoslav Sokol is a consultant neurosurgeon based in Edinburgh and Stirling. He has over 20 years of medical experience and over 10 years of specialist experience as a consultant in neurosurgery.

He currently practices as a consultant neurosurgeon at the following private hospitals:

• Spire Murrayfield Hospital, Edinburgh EH12 6UD
• BMI Kings Park Hospital, Stirling FK7 9JH

He is also a member of the following professional organisations:

• Society of British Neurological Surgeons
• British Association of Spinal Surgeons
• British Paediatric Neurosurgical Group

In his current positions, he typically treats patients with cervical and lumbar disc herniation and spinal stenosis, spine fusion, epilepsy and brain injury. He has specialist interests in cerebral bypass surgery, moyamoya, vascular neurosurgery, epilepsy surgery, paediatric neurosurgery  and brain tumour surgery. He has been appointed to current post of consultant Neurosurgeon in NHS Lothian in 2013.  Dr Sokol completed his medical degree in 2001 at the University P.J. Safarik Kosice in the Slovak Republic. He then became fellowship trained in Functional and Epilepsy Neurosurgery in 2011 at Swedish Medical Center, USA and fellowship trained in Paediatric Neurosurgery in 2012 at Cleveland Clinic, USA. He has also been a Prague Board Certified Neurosurgeon since 2009.

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