Mr Senthilkumar Selvanathan : Neurosurgery

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Mr Senthilkumar Selvanathan

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Overview

Specialises in

Spinal tumours

Spine

Offers

Face-to-face consultations
Video and telephone consultations

About me

•Mr Selvanathan undertook his medical training at The University of Manchester before undertaking foundation training jobs at Manchester Royal Infirmary and basic neurosurgical training at the Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Liverpool.

•Mr Selvanathan completed his neurosurgical specialist training programme at Leeds General Infirmary.

•He was successful in securing the prestigious Leeds national spine fellowship enabling him to complete sub-speciality training in complex spinal surgery at Leeds General Infirmary, UK.

Areas of interest

Cervical spine (Simple and Complex Surgery)
Thoracolumbar spine (Simple and Complex Surgery)
Surgery for slipped lumbar and cervical disc
Surgery for myelopathy
Minimally invasive (key-hole) surgery
Spinal tumours

Medical secretaries

Jennie Hepton
Leeds General Infirmary Great George Street Leeds LS1 3EX
07845 701017
jennie.hepton@nhs.net

About me

External resources

Leeds Neurosurgery

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Spinal Neurosurgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Honorary Clinical Lecturer at University of Leeds

Research interests

â—¦Current NIHR grant co-holder (Â£1 million) and clinical researcher. The grant is being used to conduct a clinical trial comparing two common cervical spine (neck) operations (FORVAD Trial- www.forvad.uk). This work is done with close collaboration with Leeds Clinical Trials Unit.

Personal interests

Cycling and badminton

Awards received

Current NIHR grant co-holder (Â£1 million)

Degree of Distinction in Medicine and Surgery (University of Manchester)

Publications

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion versus posterior cervical foraminotomy for the treatment of patients with cervical brachialgia. Leeds Spinal Unit Experience (2008-2013). Selvanathan SK, Beagrie C, Thomson S, Corns R, Deniz K, Derham C, Towns G, Timothy J, Pal D. Acta Neurochirurgica 2015; 157(9):1595-600. Pubmed number: 26144567. Lead researcher and first author.

Extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) as a treatment for acute spondylodiscitis: Leeds spinal unit experience. Timothy J, Pal D, Akhunbay-Fudge C, Knights M, Frost A, Derham C, Selvanathan S. J Clin Neurosci. 2018. Senior supervising author.

My qualifications & training

My private practice

Practice hours

Practice
Day
Hours
Appt Bookings

2 Leighton StreetLEEDSLS1 3EB
Tuesday
09:30 - 11:30
07845 701017

2 Leighton StreetLEEDSLS1 3EB
Wednesday
08:00 - 11:30
07845 701017

2 Leighton StreetLEEDSLS1 3EB
Saturday
08:00 - 11:00
07845 701017

Post treatment communication

Following treatment of a Bupa member, I will communicate with GPs in line with Department of Health, GMC and appropriate professional bodies guidelines.

In the event of an urgent query following treatment, Bupa members should use the following contact details

07854 197336

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