I am a specialist spinal orthopaedic surgeon specialising in the assessment and surgical treatment of a wide range of spinal conditions, supporting patients across Sunderland, Washington and the wider Northeast area.

Consultant Spinal Surgeon providing CPR Part 35-compliant medico-legal reports for claimant, defendant and SJE instructions in personal injury and clinical/medical negligence.

Adult cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, and general orthopaedic trauma, including whiplash, spinal trauma/injury, spinal cord injury, osteoporotic, ankylosing spondylitis and DISH fractures, disc prolapse and radiculopathy/sciatica.

Stenosis, cervical/thoracic myelopathy, spondylolisthesis, deformity, cauda equina syndrome, spinal infection, spinal tumours, vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty and surgical complications. Reports address breach of duty, causation, prognosis, rehabilitation and impact.

Areas also include:

CES delayed diagnosis, missed red flags, decompression timing, bladder/bowel/sexual dysfunction.

Cervical, thoracic and lumbar fractures, dislocations, neurological injury, spinal cord injury.
Vertebral compression fractures, fragility fractures, conservative and operative management.
Vertebroplasty / kyphoplasty — indications, complications, outcomes and causation.

Discitis, osteomyelitis, epidural abscess, delayed diagnosis, neurological deterioration.
Metastatic spinal cord compression, primary spinal tumours, delayed diagnosis, surgical management.

Nerve injury, dural tear/CSF leak, infection, implant failure, non-union, wrong-level surgery, failed spinal surgery.

Degenerative spine – disc prolapse, sciatica, radiculopathy, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis and deformity.