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Mr George Spink is a Consultant Neurosurgeon based in East Yorkshire. Within the field of Neurosurgery Mr Spink specialises in the management of spinal conditions.
After qualifying in medicine, Mr Spink undertook specialist neurosurgical training in London working with Mr Adrian Casey and Professor Alan Crockard at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. After a year working as a consultant at The John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, Mr Spink was appointed as head of subspecialty and the first full time spinal surgeon for the East Yorkshire region.
From his appointment in 2009 Mr Spink served as the Clinical Director of Spinal Surgery for East Yorkshire until 2016. Mr Spink also served as Honorary President of York Surgical Society for several years, Chairman of Regional Spinal MDT, Chairman of Neurosurgery Governance, and Clinical Director of Neurosurgery for East Yorkshire.
Throughout his career Mr Spink has performed thousands of procedures, specialising in a wide range of spinal disorders including slipped discs, spinal cord compression and deformity correction as a consequence of degenerative disease, spinal tumours and spinal trauma. In addition to surgical topics, Mr Spink frequently lectures on the conservative management of back and neck pain.
At present Mr Spink is a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Hull University Teaching Hospital and Honorary Consultant to York and Scarborough NHS Trust. He is the senior Consultant spinal surgeon for the region and has been a Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons since 2006. Mr Spink also has a keen interest in undergraduate medical education and works for Hull York Medical School as an Honorary Senior Lecturer and Phase 1 undergraduate tutor, being a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2014.
Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments- Management of intervertebral disc herniation
- Management of spinal stenosis
- Management of radiculopathy
- Management of myelopathy
- Minimally invasive spinal surgery
- Cervical disc replacement surgery
- Complex degenerative deformity correction
- Spinal tumour resection
- Spinal fracture management
- Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
- Spinal Injections For Pain
- Surgery For Myelopathy
- Surgery For Sciatica
- Artificial Disc Replacement
- Cervical (Neck) Surgery
- Complex Revision Spinal Surgery
- Discectomy
- Facet Joint Injection
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminectomy
- Lumbar Back Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
- Nerve Root Injection
- Spinal Decompresson
- Spinal Deformity Correction
- Spinal Fusion
- Spine Fracture Surgery
- Thoracic Back Surgery
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Herniated Disc Or Slipped Disc
- Leg Pain
- Spinal Surgery
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Arthritis (Spine)
- Back Pain
- Coccyx Fracture
- Complex Spinal Disorders
- Degenerative Disc Disease
- Lower Back Pain
- Sciatica
- Spinal Deformity
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Fractures And Trauma
- Spine Tumours And Infections
- Spondylolisthesis & Spondylolysis
- Sports-Related Spine Injuries
- Upper Back Pain
- Vertebral Compression Fracture