Job Title: Consultant

Department: Neurosurgery

Telephone Number: 01772 524402

Primary Medical Qualification: MB BS 1993 Calcutta

Other Qualifications: MS, DNB (Surgery), FRCS (Edin), FRCS (Neurosurgery), MCh (Neurosurgery), DNB (Neurosurgery)

Year of Registration: 2006

GMC Number: 6128915

Career History:
Undergraduate medical qualification from Medical College Calcutta.  Government scholarship throughout medical school. Post graduate qualification in general surgery and neurosurgery from Calcutta University. Trained in neurosurgery in the largest tertiary teaching hospital in Eastern India. Trained in neurosurgery in North West of England. Worked as Consultant Neuro and Spinal Surgeon in Manchester for two years before being appointed Consultant Neurosurgeon at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2012.

Specialist Areas: Degenerative, trauma and spinal tumours; meningioma surgery

Specialists Interests: Subspecialist interest in complex spinal surgery; and minimally invasive spine surgery

Research Interests: Spinal biomechanics

Clinics: Royal Preston Hospital and Queen Victoria Hospital, Morecambe

Languages Spoken: English, Hindi, Bengali

Awards and Prizes: B C Roy Gold medal for Best Short Paper