Mr Navin Furtado

Mr Navin Furtado is a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon whose full-time practice is focussed at dealing with problems affecting the whole spine, spinal cord and nerves of the spine. Mr Furtado is an expert in the management of complex spinal conditions including: • Spine trauma and reconstruction • Sports injuries affecting the spine • Degenerative spinal disorders – back pain, lumbar disc prolapse (low back pain with sciatica), spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, cervical disc prolapse (neck and arm pain), thoracic disc prolapse, myelopathy, sacro-iliac joint dysfunction • Spinal tumours – affecting bone, spinal cord and nerves • Spinal vascular malformations • Spine infections including TB • Adult degenerative deformity with spinal imbalance Mr. Furtado studied at Imperial College, London and completed higher neurosurgical training in the West Midlands. He has a postgraduate degree in Biomechanical Engineering which helped fuel his passion for spinal surgery and has given him a better understanding of how best to treat complex spinal problems. He completed an advanced spine fellowship in Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and has been trained in both Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical techniques giving him an ability to address spinal pathologies using complex reconstruction techniques as well as microsurgical and minimally invasive approaches. Mr. Furtado is a full-time NHS Consultant in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. He holds regular private practice clinics across the West Midlands. He is able to see both self-funded and insured patients and is fully indemnified for his practice.

Spinal Surgery - routine degenerative spinal pathology (whole spine) - complex spinal reconstruction: trauma/tumour/infection/adult deformity - intradural tumours - spinal vascular malformations