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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Spinal tumours
- Spine
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr George Prezerakos is a Consultant Spinal Neurosurgeon and Honorary Associate Professor in the Institute for Neurology, University College London.
His NHS practice is based at the National Hospital for Neurosurgery London, rated in the top three specialised hospitals in the world for 2022 and 2023.
He specialises exclusively in spinal pathologies
Mr Prezerakos works in partnership with his patients and addresses problems such as back, neck and sciatic pain to complex pathologies such as spinal tumours, fractures and deformity.
He trained in Neurosurgery in London and New York Weil- Cornell, sub specialising in spinal surgery by completing the prestigious Victor Horsley fellowship in Queen Square and Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
He was awarded the Inchape educational grant as well as the Pain Section prize by the American College of Neurosurgical Societies. The British Association of Spinal Surgeons awarded him the President’s travelling fellowship in 2016.
He holds a PhD in basic science. He was awarded the Inchape educational grant as well as the Pain Section prize by the American College of Neurosurgical Societies. The British Association of Spinal Surgeons awarded him the President’s travelling fellowship in 2016.
He has presented research in artificial disc spinal motion preservation at an international level and has published in tumour excision techniques and cervical deformity correction.
When surgery is required, he employs minimally invasive techniques such as tubular access keyhole surgery, motion preservation technologies, computer navigation and open approaches as dictated by each patient's clinical need.
Mr. Prezerakos is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons England. He is a member of the British Association of Spinal Surgeons, The British society of Neurosurgeons, The European Association of Neurosurgeons, International AO Spine and the North American Spinal Society.
Areas of interest
Back and neck pain; targeted spinal injections, slipped disc and sciatica; lumbar stenosis, spondylolisthesis and spinal stabilisation; cervical myelopathy and radiculopathy, osteoporotic spinal fractures and vertebroplasty; spinal trauma, minimally invasive surgery including tubular access and percutaneous techniques; intradural and metastatic tumours of the spine; artificial discs and spinal motion preservation; chiari and foramen magnum decompression; syringomyelia and spinal fluid pathologies as well as cervical deformity and cranio-cervical junction pathologies.
He has an expertise in treating patients with problems related to previous spinal operations- revisional surgery.
Medical secretaries
- Daniela Martins
- Flat D 158 Sinclair Road London W14 0NL
- 07759 491338
- 07759 491338
- secretaryspinal@gmail.com
- Emma Kelly
- 33 Grosvenor Place London SW1X 7HY
- 020 3423 8381
- 020 3423 8381
- gprezerakomedsec@ccf.org
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr George Prezerakos has worked with Dr Charles Thoburn at the following hospitals:
- Cleveland Clinic London Hospital (1-5)
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Mr George Prezerakos has worked with Dr Ian Appleby at the following hospitals:
- Cleveland Clinic London Hospital (1-5)
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Mr George Prezerakos has worked with Dr Robert Broomhead at the following hospitals:
- Cleveland Clinic London Hospital (1-5)
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Mr George Prezerakos has worked with Dr Pooja Paramasivan at the following hospitals:
- New Victoria Hospital (1-5)
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Mr George Prezerakos has worked with Dr Simon Liu at the following hospitals:
- Cleveland Clinic London Hospital (1-5)
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Mr George Prezerakos has worked with Dr Abdulsatar Ravalia at the following hospitals:
- New Victoria Hospital (1-5)
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Mr George Prezerakos has worked with Dr Muhammad Butt at the following hospitals:
- New Victoria Hospital (1-5)
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Mr George Prezerakos has worked with Dr Jignasa Modha at the following hospitals:
- Cleveland Clinic London Hospital (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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A5110
Excision of intradural lesion - (5-50)
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V2200
Posterior decompression +/- foraminotomy - cervical region (1 or 2 levels) - (1-5)
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A5745
Medial branch block injection(s) +/- image guidance (including bilateral) LUMBAR - (1-5)
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20355
Initial out-patient consultation - remote - (1-5)
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V2570
Percutaneous vertebroplasty - 1 level - (1-5)
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V2560
Decompression for central spinal stenosis (1 or 2 levels) - (1-5)
New Victoria Hospital (1-5)
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V2901
Anterior discectomy - cervical region (3 or more levels) - (1-5)
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V4160
Posterior correction of degenerative adult kyphosis with instrumentation, +/-fusion (including spinal cord monitoring) - (1-5)
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V2540
Posterior excision of disc prolapse (including microdiscectomy +/- decompression) - lumbar region (1 or 2 levels) - (1-5)
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V3721
Posterior fusion +/- instrumentation - cervical region (3 or more levels) including spinal cord monitoring - (1-5)
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A5211
Epidural injection (caudal) - (1-5)
New Victoria Hospital (1-5) Cleveland Clinic London Hospital (1-5)
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A5210
Epidural injection (lumbar) - (1-5)
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22027
Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (including Spinal monitoring) - more than 4 hours - (1-5)
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V3720
Posterior fusion +/- instrumentation - cervical region (1 or 2 levels) including spinal cord monitoring - (1-5)
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V2402
Posterior decompression (thoracic region) including spinal cord monitoring - (1-5)