Best Neurosurgeons in Liverpool, UK

Mr Pietro Ivo D’urso, Consultant Neurosurgeon, currently works within the Salford Royal Hospital in Manchester. He also sees patients privately in the Wilmslow Hospital. He has a wealth of experience in treating a wide range of neurosurgical conditions including brain tumours, degenerative spine conditions, trauma, hydrocephalus, neck pain, and low back pain.

Mr Ivo D’urso qualified as a physician in Italy after completing all of his training, he has held his current role since 2014. He has a special interest in performing procedures like the removal of benign/malignant brain tumours, awake craniotomies with brain mapping, fluorescence-guided resection of brain tumours, intraoperative neurophysiology monitoring, minimally invasive cranial surgery, and cranial endoscopy.

Mr Joshi George is a fully qualified neurosurgeon who deals with complex spine problems and neurological trauma. With over 20 years of training and experience across three continents, Mr George performs complex as well as minimally invasive spine surgery to a world class standard. He also regularly performs surgical procedures for patients with cancer of the spine. And, he is experienced in treating sports injuries for professional athletes and other sportspersons.

Mr George completed his primary medical degree (MBBS) at Mahatma Gandhi University in India and his Doctor of Medicine (MD) at the University of London. Following on from this, he received his neurosurgical training at the Royal London Hospital and the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. He then completed his fellowship in spine surgery at the University of Toronto, where he gained specialist training in cancer of the spine and complex reconstructive spine surgery.

Mr. Nikolas Tzerakis is a Consultant Neurosurgeon with over a decade of experience in spinal surgery, neurovascular surgery, oncology, and functional neurosurgery. He sees private patients at the Nuffield Health North Staffordshire Hospital.

Mr. Tzerakis earned his primary medical qualification in Greece, where he also completed his training. Upon completion of his training, he came to the UK in 2004 and was appointed as a Specialist Registrar at Newcastle Upon Tyne. During this time, he gained comprehensive expertise and knowledge in neurosurgery and was later appointed Consultant. Since his appointment, Mr. Tzerakis has been actively involved in the medical education of trainee neurosurgeons.

In addition to his excellence in clinical practice, Mr. Tzerakis is also active in research; having published numerous articles himself as well as conducting clinical trials and undertaking peer-reviewing for the work of others publishing their research. He is also a passionate educator and mentors specialist trainees in neurosurgery at Newcastle General Hospital.

Mr Matthias Radatz is a Consultant Neurosurgeon and the Director and Lead Clinician of the National Centre for Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in Sheffield. Mr Radatz has developed specialist expertise in spinal and complex spinal surgery (image-guided and assisted) and stereotactic radiosurgery, with a treatment portfolio comprised of over 3,500 treatments including specialist expertise in treating even rare conditions utilising all models of the Gamma Knife. He is IRMER trained, with extensive radiation protection training for diagnostic and treatment purposes (including linac accelerator specifics) and he has been fully trained in the use and utilisation of the Gamma Knife and Cyberknife for the treatment of cranial and extra-cranial CNS lesions (including spinal metastasis).

Mr Radatz studied Medicine at the “Free University of Berlin”, undertaking Neurosurgical Training at Krankenhaus Neukölln in Berlin and the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield. Here Mr Radatz’s interest in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery was established. After his return to Berlin, he completed his neurosurgical training in May 1997, continuing as Facharzt. In October 1997, Mr Radatz moved to the Neurosurgical Unit in Oxford, UK to further his training in particular in Functional Neurosurgery and more complex Skull Base Surgery.

Mr Radatz was appointed to his current position as Consultant Neurosurgeon in May 1999 in Sheffield. Mr Radatz has been Lead Clinician from 2002 for over five years and was appointed by the Yorkshire and Humber Deanery as Program Director for the Sheffield/Hull rotation. Additionally, he has been appointed to serve as Member of the SAC in neurosurgery.

• Radiosurgery / stereotactic radiosurgery for vascular pathology, benign and malignant tumours, functional disorders in particular facial pain
• Spinal neurosurgery

• Peripheral nerve disorders
• Head injury
• Backpain
• Whiplash
• Degenerative and complex
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Mr Jeremy Rowe is a Consultant Neurosurgeon with over 20 years of specialist clinical experience specialising in Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery. He graduated with his medical degree from the University of Oxford in 1988. He completed his medical training, specialist neurosurgery training and specialist fellowship in Oxford. During his training he developed his specialist expertise in stereotactic neurosurgical practice and since 2018, he exclusively practices in stereotactic radiosurgery.

During his specialist fellowship with the Medical Research Council, Mr Rowe gained experience in the use of magnetic resonance techniques in neurosurgery.

He is based in Sheffield and currently practices privately at Thornbury Radiosurgery - Gamma Knife Centre in Thornbury Hospital.

Mr Rowe has performed thousands of radiosurgery treatments during the two decades of his consultant career. He has special interests in neuro-oncology, including cerebral metastases, brain tumours and pituitary tumours, as well as skull base pathologies, including trigeminal neuralgia. He also has expertise in acoustic neuromas, cavernomas, meningioma, vascular malformations and vestibular schwannomas.

Mr Kenan Deniz is a Consultant Neurosurgeon, with special interests in neurovascular surgery, cranial and spinal vascular anomalies. He was appointed as a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Leeds General Infirmary inn 2012 and he also sees patients privately at a number of locations.

He has expertise in treating general neurological spinal conditions, including back and neck pain, arm pain and sciatica. . He is able to perform surgery for cervical and lumbar disc prolapses which cause nerve or cord entrapment in addition to decompressions to release trapped nerves as a result of spinal degenerative disease. He is also perform release of trapped nerves in the arm carpal tunnel syndrome.

Mr Deniz trained on the North Thames Higher Surgical Training Rotation in London at Charing Cross Hospital, Bart’s and The Royal London Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital and The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery at Queen Square. He then worked at the Neurosurgical Unit at The John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford to gain Fellowship experience in lateral skull base surgery, in particular surgery for vestibular schwannoma, and endoscopic pituitary surgery. He also completed a Neurovascular Fellowship at King’s College Hospital in London.

• Brain Surgery
• Aneurysm Surgery
• Skull base surgery
• Lumbar microdiscectomy
• Lumbar laminectomy / decompression
• Anterior cervical discectomy & fusion (ACDF)
• Cervical laminectomy / decompression; Posterior cervical foraminotomy.

• Lumbar spine degenerative disease
• Cervical spine degenerative disease
• Lumbar disc prolapses
• Cervical disc prolapses
• Lumbar canal stenosis
• Lumbar & cervical nerve root entrapment;

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Mr. Debashish Pal is a Consultant Neurosurgeon with over a decade of experience in the treatment and management of cervical disorders, degenerative disease, and lumbar disorders. He sees private patients at the Spire Leeds Hospital and the Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital. His NHS work is based at Leeds General infirmary. 

Mr. Pal earned his medical bachelor’s degree at the University of Calcutta and went on to undertake his specialist neurosurgery training in Leeds. He was then awarded a renowned Spinal Fellowship in Nottingham, which allowed him to gain knowledge and expertise in various techniques used in spinal surgery. He also gained the opportunity to work with orthopaedic spinal surgeons during this fellowship, which gave him further insight into spinal disorders including complex spinal reconstructions.

Upon completion of his training, Mr. Pal was appointed Consultant Neurosurgeon in 2009 and has since provided a range of procedures recommended by evidence-based practice. His practice includes the entirety of the spine excluding paediatrics. 

Apart from the standard spinal procedures, Mr. Pal has developed a special interest in lateral access surgery and has the largest experience on this in the region. He also has a special interest with Thoracic disc surgery which is one of the most challenging spinal procedures. Along with his colleagues he has developed a minimally invasive approach for such patients and has presented his work nationally and internationally. 

A large part of Mr. Pal’s practice includes very elderly patients and Mr. Pal firmly believes that age alone should not be a criteria to offer life-changing procedures. 

Mr. Pal has published more than 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has presented nationally and internationally. He continues to be actively involved in research. 

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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.

• 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
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• 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

Mr Guy Wynne-Jones is a consultant neurosurgeon based in Washington, Newcastle. He has over 30 years of experience in neuroscience, over 28 years of medical experience and over 23 years of specialist experience as a consultant neurosurgeon. 

He has specialist interest in low back pain, degenerative cervical and lumbar conditions, spine surgery and kyphoplasty. He also has an interest in researching detecting degenerative myelopathy early using MRI techniques and electrophysiology.

Mr Wynne-Jones currently practices as a consultant neurosurgeon at Spire Washington Hospital, Newcastle. Here he typically carries out facet joint injections, back pain investigations and a wide range of spinal procedures.

He is a member of the following professional bodies:

• British Association of Spinal Surgeons
• British Society of Neurological Surgeons
• Society of British Neurosurgeons
• British Medical Association
• North American Spine Society
• National Osteoporosis Society

Mr Wynne-Jones received his Bachelor’s in Neuroscience from the University of London in 1987. He later received his PhD in neuroscience from the same university in 1990. He then received his MBBS from St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School in 1993. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1998 and a took a intercollegiate examination in Neurological Surgery in 2005.

Mr George Eralil is a Consultant Neurosurgeon based at the University Hospital of Wales specialising in brain tumours, spinal tumours and surgery for facial pain syndromes including trigeminal, glossopharyngeal, and geniculate neuralgias. He can help diagnose and select appropriate treatment options for patients with facial pain, balancing the risk with the benefit. He also has expertise in awake brain surgery for gliomas and has learnt from Prof. Hugues Duffau in France. He regularly performs surgery for degenerative spinal disease of the neck and lower back for sciatica and other conditions.

He has clinical interests in the following areas:

• Brain tumours
• Degenerative spine
• Neurosurgery
• Pain management
• Spinal surgery

Mr Eralil is the lead for neurosurgical oncology for NHS Wales and the Welsh Cancer Lead from Brain and CNS. He also leads the Facial Pain Network in South and West Wales. In addition, he provides specialist advice to the Parliamentary Health Science Ombudsman and he is an associate editor of the British Journal of Neurology. He performs most of the microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia and also conducts research into the condition.

He gained his medical degree in 1999 and became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 2014.