NAME: Francisco Javier Carod-Artal
JOB TITLE: Consultant Neurologist
FIELD: Spinal and Cranial Leaks
SECTOR: NHS Scotland
HOSPITAL: Raigmore
DEPARTMENT: Neurology
ADDRESS: Raigmore Hospital, Old Perth Road
TOWN: Inverness
COUNTRY: Scotland
POSTCODE: IV2 3UJ
PHONE: 01463 706229
EMAIL: javier.carodartal@nhs.net
WEBSITE: click to visit website
COMMENTS: Raigmore Hospital, Inverness currently two 1.5T MRI machines. The newest 1.5T machine at Raigmore can perform fat suppression/STIR sequences and MR Myelography.
NAME: James Walkden
JOB TITLE: Consultant Neurosurgeon
FIELD: Spinal and Cranial Leaks
SECTOR: NHS Scotland
HOSPITAL: Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
DEPARTMENT: Neurosciences
ADDRESS: Foresterhill
TOWN: Aberdeen
COUNTRY: Scotland
POSTCODE: AB25 2ZN
PHONE: 01224 550640
WEBSITE: click to visit website
NAME: Alok Tyagi
JOB TITLE: Consultant Neurologist
FIELD: Spinal and Cranial Leaks
SECTOR: NHS Scotland
HOSPITAL: Southern General
DEPARTMENT: Neurology
ADDRESS: Southern General Hospital, 1345 Govan Road
TOWN: Glasgow
COUNTRY: Scotland
POSTCODE: G51 4TF
PHONE: 0141 2017542
MOBILE:
EMAIL: aloktyagi@nhs.scot
WEBSITE: click to visit website
NAME: David Butteriss
JOB TITLE: Consultant Neuroradiologist
FIELD: Spinal and Cranial Leaks
SECTOR: NHS England
HOSPITAL: Royal Victoria Infirmary
DEPARTMENT: Neurosciences
ADDRESS: Queen Victoria Road
TOWN: Newcastle
COUNTRY: England
POSTCODE: NE1 4LP
WEBSITE: click to visit website
COMMENTS: Dr Butteriss has developed sub-speciality interests in adult neuro-oncolgy, stroke, neuro-ophthalmology and spinal procedures, including management of spinal CSF leaks.
NAME: Simon Ellis
JOB TITLE: Consultant Neurologist
FIELD: Spinal and Cranial Leaks
SECTOR: NHS England
HOSPITAL: University Hospital of North Staffordshire
DEPARTMENT: Neurology
ADDRESS: City General, Newcastle Road
TOWN: Stoke-on-Trent
COUNTRY: England
POSTCODE: ST4 6QG
PHONE: 01782 679461
EMAIL: simon.ellis@uhns.nhs.uk
WEBSITE: click to visit website
COMMENTS: Simon’s NHS secretary can be contacted at Ellie.Leverton@uhnm.nhs.uk or for private consultations then diane.boulton@midlandsneuroscience.co.uk
NAME: Sanjeeva Jeyaretna
JOB TITLE: Consultant Neurosurgeon
FIELD: Cranial Leaks
SECTOR: NHS England
HOSPITAL: John Radcliffe Hospital
DEPARTMENT: Neurosurgery
ADDRESS: Headley Way
TOWN: Headington
COUNTRY: England
POSTCODE: OX3 9DU
PHONE: 01865 572446
WEBSITE: click to visit website
NAME: Pablo Martinez-Devesa
JOB TITLE: ENT Specialist
FIELD: Cranial Leaks
SECTOR: NHS England
HOSPITAL: John Radcliffe Hospital
DEPARTMENT: Ear, Nose and Throat
ADDRESS: Headley Way
TOWN: Headington
COUNTRY: England
POSTCODE: OX3 9DU
PHONE: 01865 231062
MOBILE:
EMAIL: hollie.charlett@ouh.nhs.uk
WEBSITE: www.ouh.nhs.uk/services/depart...
NAME: Heather Angus-Leppan
JOB TITLE: Consultant Neurologist
FIELD: Spinal Leaks
SECTOR: NHS England
HOSPITAL: Royal Free Hospital
DEPARTMENT: Neurosciences
ADDRESS: Pond Street
TOWN: London
COUNTRY: England
POSTCODE: NW3 2QG
PHONE: 020 7830 2864
EMAIL: caroline.sweetman@nhs.net
WEBSITE: click to visit website
COMMENTS: Dr Angus-Leppan trained in Sydney, Oxford and Cardiff and is consultant neurologist and epilepsy lead at Royal Free and Barnet Hospitals. She is also honorary senior lecturer at UCL and Imperial College, president-elect of clinical neurosciences section, Royal Society of Medicine and past honorary secretary of the Association of British Neurologists.
NAME: Manjit Matharu
JOB TITLE: Consultant Neurologist
FIELD: Spinal and Cranial Leaks
SECTOR: NHS England
HOSPITAL: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
ADDRESS: Queens Square
TOWN: London
COUNTRY: England
POSTCODE: WC1N 3BG
PHONE: 020 3448 3664
EMAIL: DrMatharuViaSecretary@uclh.nhs.uk
WEBSITE: click to visit website
NAME: Laurence Watkins
JOB TITLE: Neurosurgeon
FIELD: Spinal and Cranial Leaks
SECTOR: NHS England
HOSPITAL: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
DEPARTMENT: Neurology
ADDRESS: Queen Square
TOWN: London
COUNTRY: England
POSTCODE: WC1N 3BG
PHONE: 020 3448 4158
EMAIL: laurence.watkins@uclh.nhs.uk
WEBSITE: click to visit website
NAME: Manjit Matharu
JOB TITLE: Consultant Neurologist
FIELD: Spinal and Cranial Leaks
SECTOR: Private Healthcare
HOSPITAL: Queen Square Private Consulting Rooms
DEPARTMENT: Headache/Migraine
ADDRESS: 23 Queen Square
TOWN: London
COUNTRY: England
POSTCODE: WC1N 3BG
PHONE: 0203 44 88948
MOBILE:
EMAIL: info@qspcr.com
WEBSITE: click to visit website
COMMENTS: Dr Matharu also works for the NHS at the Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
NAME: Juergen Beck
JOB TITLE: Neurosurgeon
FIELD: Spinal and Cranial Leaks
SECTOR: Overseas
HOSPITAL: University Hospital Freiburg
DEPARTMENT: Department of Neurosurgery
ADDRESS: Breisacher Str. 64
TOWN: Freiburg
COUNTRY: Germany
POSTCODE: D-79106
PHONE: 0049-761-270-50060
EMAIL: j.beck@uniklinik-freiburg.de
WEBSITE: click to visit website
COMMENTS: Dr. Beck has treated many patients from Europe and the UK. He is the first / senior author of several key papers on CSF-leaks. Dr. Beck introduced minimal invasive surgery for all kind of spinal CSF-leaks and has operated > 180 cases (2021) personally.
NAME: Horst Urbach
JOB TITLE: Medical Director - Department of Neuroradiology
FIELD: Spinal and Cranial Leaks
SECTOR: Overseas
HOSPITAL: University Hospital Freiburg
DEPARTMENT: Department of Neuroradiology
ADDRESS: Breisacher Straße 64
TOWN: Freiburg
COUNTRY: Germany
POSTCODE: 79106
PHONE: 004976127051810
EMAIL: horst.urbach@uniklinik-freiburg.de
WEBSITE: click to visit website
COMMENTS: Prof. Urbach has been visited on a private basis by a number of UK patients. His department is understood to offer some diagnostic scans and treatment (such as endovascular occlusions of CSF venous fistulas) not commonly available in the UK.
NAME: Andreas Raabe
JOB TITLE: Professor of Neurosurgery
FIELD: Spinal and Cranial Leaks
SECTOR: Overseas
HOSPITAL: Inselspital University of Bern
DEPARTMENT: Department of Neurosurgery
ADDRESS: Freiburgstrasse 8
TOWN: 3010 Bern
COUNTRY: Switzerland
POSTCODE: 3010
PHONE: +41 31 632 00 14
EMAIL: raabe@primomedico.com
WEBSITE: click to visit website
COMMENTS: Prof. Raabe and his team were involved in the publication of this notable paper on osteophyte-related spinal CSF leaks: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27566748
NAME: Linda Gray
JOB TITLE: Associate Professor of Radiology
FIELD: Spinal Leaks
SECTOR: Overseas
HOSPITAL: Duke Health
DEPARTMENT: Neuroradiology
ADDRESS: 2301 Erwin Road
TOWN: Durham, NC
COUNTRY: USA
POSTCODE: 27710
PHONE: (+1) 919-684-7214
WEBSITE: click to visit website
COMMENTS: Dr Linda Gray is considered by many to be a pioneer of dynamic CT Myelography for CSF leak detection and directed blood and fibrin glue patching. She is the author/co-author of a variety of medical papers on these subjects.
NAME: Wouter Schievink
JOB TITLE: Neurosurgeon
FIELD: Spinal Leaks
SECTOR: Overseas
HOSPITAL: Cedars-Sinai
DEPARTMENT: Neurosurgery
ADDRESS: 127 S San Vicente Blvd A-6600
TOWN: Los Angeles, CA
COUNTRY: USA
POSTCODE: 90048
PHONE: (+1) (310) 423-7900
EMAIL: Tatiana.Tim@cshs.org
WEBSITE: click to visit website
COMMENTS: Dr Schievink is the author/co-author of a variety of key medical papers on the subject of CSF leaks and intracranial hypotension. Anyone wishing to contact him should email his secretary, Tatiana Tim, in the first instance on the email above.
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NAME: Jignesh M. Modi
JOB TITLE: Chief Neuroradiologist
FIELD: Spinal CSF leak
SECTOR: Overseas
HOSPITAL: Midstate Medical center , Hartford Health Care & MidState Radiology Associates
DEPARTMENT: Department of Radiology
ADDRESS: 435 Lewis Avenue
TOWN: Meriden, Connecticut
COUNTRY: USA
POSTCODE: 06451
PHONE: 203-694-8406
WEBSITE: click to visit website
NAME: Dr Lalani Carlton Jones
TITLE: Consultant Neuroradiologist
FIELD: Spinal CSF leaks
SECTOR: NHS England and Independent sector
HOSPITAL: Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals
DEPARTMENT: Radiology
ADDRESS: Westminster Bridge Rd
TOWN: London
COUNTRY: England
POSTCODE: SE1 7EH
WEBSITE: https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/our-consultants/lalani-carlton-jones
EMAIL: violet.randen@gstt.nhs.uk
COMMENTS: Patients should contact Dr Carlton Jones’ secretary, Violet Randen, via email in the first instance.
NAME: Dr Daniel Scoffings
TITLE: Consultant Neuroradiologist
FIELD: Spinal and cranial leaks
SECTOR: NHS England
HOSPITAL: Addenbrooke's Hospital
DEPARTMENT: Radiology
ADDRESS: Hills Road
TOWN: Cambridge
COUNTY: Cambs
POSTCODE: CB2 0QQ
WEBSITE: https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/staff-directory/dr_daniel_scoffings/
EMAIL: cuh.sih.cambridge@nhs.net
COMMENTS: Dr Scoffings and his colleagues are able to offer dynamic and decubitus CT myelography and digital subtraction myelography, CT guided epidural blood patches, CT guided injection of fibrin glue, transvenous embolisation for CSF-venous fistulas and surgical closure of CSF leaks.