An initial consultation with Mr Nigel Gummerson is from £250.
Mr Nigel Gummerson
Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon
BA, BM BCh, MA, MRCS, FRCS (TR & Orth)
Specialises in
- Back pain and sciatica
- Coccygeal pain
- Spinal stenosis and claudication
- Spinal deformity assessment
- Surgery for thoracic and lumbar spine degenerative conditions
Also available for:
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I studied medicine at Trinity College Oxford. I returned to Yorkshire after my ‘House Jobs’ to join the Leeds surgical rotation. I then joined the Yorkshire Orthopaedic rotation, gaining experience from a number of centres across West and North Yorkshire.
I then completed my spinal training with a fellowship in Sheffield. My spinal fellowship included a period on the Visiting Surgeon Program with Dr Daniel Riew and Dr Lawrence Lenke in St Louis, USA.
In 2009 I returned to Leeds as a Consultant Spinal Surgeon.
General Medical Council Number: 4432016
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Nigel Gummerson at Spire include:
Orthopaedics - spine
- Back surgery (spinal surgery)
- Vertebroplasty
Other treatments
- Coccygectomy
- Instrumented spinal fusion (with or without decompression)
- Interbody fusion surgery - PLIF, TLIF, ALIF, XLIF and OLIF techniques
- Lumbar decompression
- Lumbar microdiscectomy
- Minimally invasive spinal surgery
- Spinal deformity surgery eg scoliosis and Scheuermann’s kyphosis
- Spinal nerve root blocks for sciatica (leg pain)
- Spinal tumours/trauma
- Trapped nerve and slipped disc treatments
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Qualification and professional memberships
BA / Oxford University / 1994
Bachelor of Science - Physiology
BM BCh / Oxford University / 1997
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
MA / Oxford University / 1998
Master's degree
MRCS / UK / 2000
Royal College of Surgeons of England
FRCS (Tr & Orth) / UK / 2007
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Professional memberships
British Medical Association
British Association of Spine Surgeons
British Scoliosis Society
AO Spine
North American Spine Society
Professional leadership
Clinical Lead for Spinal Surgery – Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Lead for Spinal Sub-network, Leeds – Yorkshire Regional Spinal Network Board
Current NHS posts
Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon, Adult and Paediatric Spinal Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Honorary Senior Lecturer at University of Leeds