Mr Richard J Nelson

Consultant Neurosurgeon
MA, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Ed)

Practising at

Spire Bristol Hospital

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Richard J Nelson at Spire include:

Other treatments

Neurosurgery: Spinal surgery

Professional profile

I have had a broad-based surgical training in Cambridge, Oxford and London, before completing my neurosurgical training and research in Southampton. In recent years I have increasingly sub-specialised in aspects of spinal surgery, intracranial tumour surgery and neurovascular surgery. I have played a major role in the development of the Clinical Neurosciences in Bristol as a Clinical Director. I have also been closely involved in several strategic developments affecting neurosurgical standards, training and selection at a national level. I have served as Chairman of the Specialist Advisory committee in Neurosurgery, Secretary to the Neurosurgical National Selection Board, President of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons and Chairman of the Neurosurgical National Audit Programme.

Clinical Interests

Minimally invasive spinal surgery. The management of spinal disorders in elite sportsmen and women. The management of skull base tumour including acoustic neuromas and pituitary tumours. The management of neurovascular disorders including complex aneurysm and arteriovenous malformations.