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Our team

 

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeons

Mr Chrishan Thakar BSc MBBS MRCS FRCS (Tr&Orth) MSc

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Clinical Lead for Oxford Spine Service

Chrishan is a Fellowship-trained Spinal Surgeon able to offer an opinion on all aspects of spinal surgery with a subspecialty interest in paediatric deformity.

He currently sits as Clinical Lead for Spinal Surgery at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Chrishan completed his Orthopeadic training in Oxford in 2016. Appointed as a Consultant in 2018 following completion of Fellowships in Oxford, Stoke Mandeville and Royal National Orthopaedic Hospitals along with visiting Fellowship to Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore in India.

Special interests

Paediatric deformity

Research interests
  • Early onset scoliosis
  • Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) and enhanced recovery
  • Innovation
  • Trauma
Chrishan Thakar

Mr Nicholas Beresford-Cleary

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Special interests

Adult deformity and metastatic tumour surgery

Mr Bedansh Roy Chaudhary MRCS MSc FRCS(N/Surg)

Neurosurgical Spinal Consultant

During his 20 years of medical training, Mr Chaudhary has been affiliated with and trained in universities including Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College and University of Toronto.

His Neurosurgical Spinal Registrar / Residency programme was undertaken at Addenbrooke's Hospital where he was also the Chief Resident for Neurosciences.

Before his consultant appointment, he undertook a complex combined Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic Spinal Fellowship at the Toronto Western Hospital, Canada.

Special interests

  • Cervical spine surgery including myelopathy and spinal cord injury
  • Minimally-invasive spine surgery
  • Day case surgery
photo of Bedansh Roy Chaudhary

Mr Sean Grannum

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Mr Grannum completed his training in Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery on the East Midlands Deanery rotation in 2011.

Following completion of advanced specialist spinal training he has worked as a Consultant Spinal Surgeon at North Bristol NHS Trust and now works at Oxford University Hospitals.

Special interests

  • Management and correction of paediatric spinal deformity
  • Reconstruction of spinal trauma
  • Management of degenerative lumbar and cervical spine pathologies
Sean Grannum

Professor Chris Lavy OBE MD MCh FCS FRCS

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Prof Lavy is Professor of Orthopaedics and Tropical Surgery at the University of Oxford.

He is involved in research and teaching in global issues in surgery.

Special interests

  • Microdiscectomy
  • Decompression for degenerative lumbar spine conditions

NDORMS - Mr Chris Lavy

Prof Chris Lavy

Gerard Mawhinney BSc (Hons) MSc SCP (Tr & Orth) NMP RN MFPCEd

Consultant Nurse

Mr Mawhinney is a registered adult nurse and independent prescriber with over 20 years' clinical and commercial experience in spinal surgery, and an active member of the Faculty of Perioperative Care of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Mr Mawhinney has completed advanced clinical training in Surgical Care Practice (Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery). He is currently the Research and Innovation Lead and Principal Spinal Editor for the Association of Surgical Care Practitioners.

Alongside his clinical role, Gerard is studying for a DPhil in Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Oxford.

Memberships include:

  • Royal College of Nursing
  • British Association of Spinal Surgeons (BASS)
  • Eurospine
  • AO Spine.

Special interests

  • Spinal sarcoma / complex adult deformity surgery
  • Benchtop to bedside research
  • Video informed consent
  • Patient experience in perioperative care

Mr Colin Nnadi MBBS FRCS(Trauma & Orth)

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Clinical Lead

Mr Nnadi graduated from the college of Medicine in Lagos, training in Orthopaedic Surgery on the Wessex rotation UK.

He was awarded the FRCS (Orth) in 2006 and was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals in 2008.

Special interests

Paediatric and adult deformity

Colin Nnadi

Mr Nikolaos Pyrovolou

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Special interest

Paediatric deformity

Mr Jeremy Reynolds MBChB BSc (Hons) FRCS(Trauma & Orth)

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Mr Reynolds graduated from Bristol University with basic surgical training in Bristol and Surrey, and subsequently as a Specialist Registrar in Oxford. Prior to his appointment as a consultant he completed a 12 month fellowship in Vancouver, Canada.

He is the lead consultant for Oxford’s Bone and Soft Tissue Tumour Service and has developed the regional pathway for tumour associated spinal cord compression.

Research interests

  • Clinical outcomes based research for spinal deformity
  • Assessing the role of bone substitutes in spinal fusion
Jeremy Reynolds

Mr Euan Stirling

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Special interests

Adult deformity and sarcoma surgery

Mr Daniel Wright

Consultant Neurosurgeon
Special interests
  • Endoscopy and degenerative spinal conditions
  • Day case surgery

General Spine Team

Elaine Buchanan

Consultant Physiotherapist

Mrs Buchanan trained as a Chartered Physiotherapist in Edinburgh, graduating in 1988 and completed an MSc in Cardiff in 2000. She was appointed as a Consultant Physiotherapist for Oxford Spinal Surgery Unit in 2004.

She is a member of the NHS England Spinal Services Clinical Reference Group and future president of the Society for Back Pain Research.

She is the founder and past chair of the National Back Pain Pathway - Clinical Network and previously sat on many national groups including: NICE, UKSSB, Spinal Task Force and the Improving Spinal Care project.

Special interests

  • Patient-centred spinal care
  • Assessment and research related to degenerative spinal conditions
  • Influencing the development and delivery of spinal care nationally
  • Implementation of national spinal pain guidelines
Elaine Buchanan

Alison West

Consultant Physiotherapist

Administrative and Clerical Team

Tel: 01865 737877

Last reviewed:28 June 2024