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Mr Michael Athanassacopoulos
Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon
MD
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I am a Consultant Spinal Surgeon with NHS practice at the Northern General and Sheffield Children’s Hospitals with a private practice at Spire Claremont Hospital. I see patients for all neck, back and spinal problems.
I finished my specialty in Trauma & Orthopaedics in General Hospitals of Athens ‘KAT’ a major trauma centre of Athens, Greece in 2011. I specialised in Adult and Paediatric Spinal Surgery and completed fellowships in several prestigious hospitals including Great Ormond Street Hospital (London), Sheffield Teaching and Sheffield Children’s Hospitals.
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Michael Athanassacopoulos at Spire include:
Orthopaedics - spine
- Back surgery (spinal surgery)
- Epidural injections
- Pain management injections for back and facet joints
Other treatments
- ACDF for neck and arm pain
- Coccyx injections for coccyx pain
- Foraminal epidural injections for leg pain
- Microdiscectomy for back and leg pain
- Nerve root injections for leg pain
- Spinal decompression for back and leg pain
- Spinal fusion for back and leg pain
- Sports injuries
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Important information about COVID-19 tests
COVID-19 testing or antibody tests are not available as a standalone service at Spire Claremont Hospital.
Additional information
Qualification and professional memberships
Professional memberships
British Association of Spine Surgeons (BASS)
AO Spine International
College of Greek Orthopaedic Surgeons
Eurospine
British Medical Association
British Scoliosis Society (BSS)
Current NHS posts
Northern General Hospital