- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Spine
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mark Blackman qualified from Kings College with a degree in pharmacology and subsequently undertook his medical training at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School. He spent two and a half years of his orthopaedic registrar training specialising in spinal surgery. He spent this time training at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, where he gained extensive experience of spinal deformity surgery, paediatric spinal surgery, degenerative spinal surgery and spinal injuries. His last six months were spent with dedicated neurosurgeons in the care of cervical spine complaints.
Mr. Blackman was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Essex Rivers NHS Trust and since 2005 he has developed an extensive spinal practice at Colchester General and The Oaks Hospital specialising in degenerative cervical disorders, thoraco lumbar and lumbar spine degenerative complaints.
The scope of Mr. Blackman’s practice includes anterior and posterior cervical and lumbar surgery. Currently his specialist area of interest is the use of minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of lumbar spine disorders.
Areas of interest
Spinal surgery ; cervical, thoracic and lumbar spines. Degenerative, deformity, traumatic injury, tumour, osteoporotic fractures and motion sparing technology.
Special interests: treatment of lower back pain offering an intergrate service with physiotherapy, spinal injections including caudal epidural, facet joint and nerve root. Surgical treatment of degenerate spine including decompression, disectomy, spinal instrumentation both minimally invasive and open. Use of motion sparing technology, intervertebral disc arthropasties, interspinus devices and treatment of osteoporotic fractures, verteberoplasty / kyphoplasty.
Medical secretaries
- Secretary
- Oaks Hospital 120 Mile End Road COLCHESTER CO4 5XR
- 07494 118786
- markblackmanspine@gmail.com
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Mark Blackman has worked with Dr Katherine Gardner at the following hospitals:
- Ramsay Oaks Hospital (>50)
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Mr Mark Blackman has worked with Dr Rajesh Jain at the following hospitals:
- Ramsay Springfield Hospital (1-5)
- Ramsay Oaks Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Mark Blackman has worked with Dr Mohamed Ramali at the following hospitals:
- Ramsay Oaks Hospital (1-5)
- Ramsay Springfield Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Mark Blackman has worked with Dr Balamurugan Ramalingam at the following hospitals:
- Ramsay Oaks Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Mark Blackman has worked with Dr Shashi Gopinath at the following hospitals:
- Ramsay Springfield Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Mark Blackman has worked with Dr Rajan Mane at the following hospitals:
- Ramsay Springfield Hospital (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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V2542
Posterior excision of disc prolapse with undercutting facetectomy +/- decompression - lumbar region (1 or 2 levels) - (5-50)
Ramsay Oaks Hospital (5-50) Ramsay Springfield Hospital (5-50)
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A5745
Medial branch block injection(s) +/- image guidance (including bilateral) LUMBAR - (5-50)
Ramsay Oaks Hospital (5-50) Ramsay Springfield Hospital (5-50)
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A5755
Nerve Root Block +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) LUMBAR - (5-50)
Ramsay Oaks Hospital (5-50) Ramsay Springfield Hospital (1-5)
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A5756
Nerve Root Block +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) CAUDAL - (5-50)
Ramsay Oaks Hospital (5-50) Ramsay Springfield Hospital (1-5)
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A5743
Medial branch block injection(s) +/- image guidance (including bilateral) CERVICAL - (5-50)
Ramsay Springfield Hospital (1-5) Ramsay Oaks Hospital (1-5)
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V2282
Prosthetic intervertebral disc replacement - cervical region (1 or 2 levels) +/- spinal cord monitoring - (1-5)
Ramsay Oaks Hospital (1-5)
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V2543
Revision of posterior excision of disc prolapse with undercutting facetectomy +/- decompression (lumbar region) - (1-5)
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20365
Follow-up out-patient consultation - remote - (1-5)
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A5211
Epidural injection (caudal) - (1-5)
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A5753
Nerve Root Block +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) CERVICAL - (1-5)
Ramsay Oaks Hospital (1-5)
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W9030
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa with image guidance - unilateral - (1-5)
Ramsay Springfield Hospital (1-5) Ramsay Oaks Hospital (1-5)