Mr Robert Lee

Practising at

Spire Bushey Hospital

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Robert Lee at Spire include:

Orthopaedics

• Back surgery (spinal surgery)
• Facet joint injections
• Pain management injections for back and facet joints
• Vertebroplasty
• Back pain investigations (discography)

Other treatments

Professional profile

Mr Lee studied medicine at UCL Medical School in London and completed a BSc in Orthopaedics at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore (RNOH), with research into degenerative intervertebral discs. Having trained as a specialist registrar on the North West London rotation (including several years at the RNOH), he completed the Vancouver Combined Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic Spine Fellowship in Canada. In 2010 he was appointed as a consultant spine surgeon in Vancouver, and took up his current post at the RNOH in 2012. He also trained in endoscopic microdiscectomies in Bordeaux, France, and completed certified North American training in kyphoplasty and disc arthoplasty.

During his time in Vancouver, Canada, Mr Lee developed his expertise in computer navigated spine surgery (O-arm and stealth navigation) and has since performed hundreds of procedures using this novel technology. Some of Mr Lee’s cases have been published in scientific literature, one of which was awarded the Jacques DuParc award at the EFORT 2012 European scientific conference.

Mr Lee's work as a spinal surgeon at the RNOH routinely involves all areas of the spine, in particular highly complex cases that have been referred from centres around the UK - this includes degenerative, deformity, infection, tumour and trauma work.. He specialises in minimally invasive fusions and decompressions with the emphasis on preservation of the paraspinal musculature and fast rehabilitation..

Clinical Interests

Private contact details

Media Coverage

Mr Lee is featured in the Tatler Doctors Guide 2013 - Britain's top 250 Consultants by specialty
Jan 2013

Qualification and professional memberships

Professional memberships

British Association of Spinal Surgeons
Spine Society of Europe
AO Spine
General Medical Council
Scoliosis Research Society
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Current NHS posts

Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, Stanmore

Research and Publication

Research interests

Minimally invasive techniques, computer navigated spinal surgery, management of post-operative spinal infections, metastatic spinal disease

Publications

Lee RS, Noonan VK, Batke J, Ghag A, Paquette S, Boyd MC, Fisher C, Street J, Dvorak M, Kwon B: Feasibility of Patient Recruitment into Clinical Trials of Novel Neuroprotective Treatments for Acute Spinal Cord Injury – J Clin Neurosci. 2012 Oct;19(10):1338-43

Schouten R, Lee RS, Boyd MC, Kwon BK, Paquette S, Dvorak MF, Fisher C, Street J: Utility of  Intra-operative Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (O-ARM) and Stereotactic Navigation in Acute Spinal Trauma Surgery – Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. August 2012  19(8): 1137-1143

Lee RS, Reed D, Saiffudin A: Correlation between coronal misbalance on plain radiographs and neuroaxial abnormalities on MRI - European Spine Journal 2012 21(6):1106-1110

Lee RS, Dooley JF:  Intrathoracic Dislocation of the Inferior Pole of the Scapula Following Thoracotomy – awaiting publication in Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Vidayan S, Bartlett W, Lee RS, Ostler P, Blunn GR, Cannon SR, Briggs TWR: Use of irradiated autologous bone in joint sparing endoprosthetic femoral replacement tumor surgery – Indian Journal  Orthopaedics. March 2011 Vol 45(2) 161-67

Dunne N, Lee RS: Mixing and Management of Acrylic Bone Cent – Orthopaedic Product News, Feb 2008: 60-62

Lee RS, Weitzel S, Eastwood DM, Monsell F, Pringle J, Cannon SR, Briggs TWR: Osteofibrous Dysplasia. The need for a radical surgical approach – JBJS(B), May 2006 Vol 88-B(5):658-64

Lee RS, Kayser MV, Ali SY: Calcium phosphate microcrystal deposition in the intervertebral disc – Journal of Anatomy, Jan 2006 208(1):13-9

Lee RS, Langstaff RJ: Entrusting patients with their own plain radiographs increases their availability in fracture clinic – Injury, Dec 2005 36(12):1413-5

Haddo O, Higgs D, Lee RS, Pringle J, Cannon SR, Briggs TWR: Not all sacral tumours are chordomas. JBJS Sept 2004 Vol 86-B(Supp III): 256

Lee RS, Higgs D, Pringle J, Haddo O, Briggs TWR: Osteosarcoma associated with Diamond-Blackfan anaemia: a case of a child receiving growth hormone therapy. Sarcoma, March 2004 Vol 8(1): 47-49

Articles

Feasibility of Patient Recruitment into Clinical Trials of Novel Neuroprotective Treatments for Acute Spinal Cord Injury
October 2012

Personal Profile

Mr Lee is a keen golfer and skier, loves travelling and enjoys cooking.

Financial Interests

Mr Lee is paid for half a day per month to be Spire Bushey Hospital’s orthopaedic adviser on matters relating to the spine. Duties include advising the hospital on issues relating to clinical governance, risk and best practice in relation to orthopaedic spinal services, new prostheses and reviewing the use of prostheses.