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Mr. Shaishav Bhagat

Mr. Shaishav Bhagat is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon based in Suffolk and Essex, and is affiliated with the following hospitals:

East Suffolk & North Essex Foundation Trust (Ipswich & Colchester Hospitals)
Nuffield Health Hospital Ipswich
Oaks Hospital Colchester

Providing you with the best in spine care

I obtained FRCS in (Trauma and Orthopaedics) at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2010. I was awarded a Euro-spine diploma in 2012 in Budapest. I have undertaken extensive training in Spinal surgery during fellowships at the reputed centres like Norwich, Cardiff, Cambridge and travelling fellowship in various centres across Europe and India. I was appointed as the Consultant Spinal surgeon in 2013 at the Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust (ESNESFT), which is a tertiary referral centre for spinal surgery for Suffolk and Essex. I provide care for a full range of Spinal conditions including degenerative disorders, trauma, tumours, infections, deformities and sports related injuries.

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My areas of special interest are minimally invasive key hole Spine surgery and degenerative deformity. I have also set up a specialist paediatric Spinal clinic at Ipswich Hospital. I am passionate about teaching and research. I am involved in the teaching of medical students, orthopaedic registrars, junior spinal surgeons and para-medical staff. I currently serve as a faculty on various Spine surgery and FRCS Orthopaedic teaching courses.

Medical qualifications:

M.B.B.S.
M.S. (Master of Surgery) Orthopaedics
MRCS Intercollegiate
FRCS (T&O)
Diplomate of European spine foundation

Academic awards, prizes and fellowships:

Gold Medal in General Surgery, Final M.B.B.S. 1997
Top ranking medical student for Final M.B.B.S. 1996-97
Gold Medal, M.S. Orthopaedics. Gujarat University. June 2000
Indo-German Orthopaedic Federation Travelling Fellowship, Mainz, Germany. March 2003

Areas of Interest:

Spine Surgery

Spine Surgery, Accomplished and Experienced in all spine conditions: Back Pain; Neck Pain; Arm Pain; Sciatica; Complex Spine Pain; Second Opinion; Deformity; Full range of Discectomies, micro surgery and Decompressions; Disc Replacements; Lumbar, Cervical and Thoracic Fusions; Fusionless Stabilisation; Injections (Nerve Root blocks, Facet Injections, Caudal Epidurals); Degenerative Disc Disease; Nerve pain; Fractures; Infection; Tumours; Kyphoplasty, Vertebroplasty. Occupational Injury; Accidents; Medicolegal & Personal Injury.

MIS

Minimally invasive Spine surgery (Keyhole surgery) including tubular discectomies and decompressions, fusions and stabilisation for Trauma and Tumours.