Ahmed Shair: Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon, Peterborough

Mr Shair specialises in the assessment and treatment of a wide spectrum of bone and joint disease or injury. He has a special interest in the treatment of back pain and spinal surgery.

Mr Shair was appointed as Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon to Cambridgeshire Regional Health Authority in 1990 at the age of 34, making him one of the youngest in this period to be appointed to such a demanding and responsible job. As a Consultant with over 20 years experience he has dealt with some of the most challenging conditions with successful outcomes for many of his patients. His work has been widely reported by the national press and television.

Mr Shair strives to use the least invasive route to eradicate the underlying disease which is causing the problems experienced by each patient. He has widely recognised experience of treating patients with spine problems. He carries out minimally invasive treatment of back pain and sciatica.

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The Orthopaedics and Spine Specialist Hospital

Between 2002 and 2004 Mr Shair embarked on developing a specialist independent hospital dedicated to the treatment of bone, joint and spinal conditions. He used the experience he had gathered from his visits to and work at some of the best hospitals around the world to design, build, equip and staff the hospital. The Orthopaedics and Spine Specialist Hospital was opened in January 2005 where Mr Shair has taken the role of Director there as well as continuing to treat patients.S

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Treatments offered

• Back pain

• Sciatica

• Neck and arm pain

• Lumbar disc prolapse

• Cervical disc prolapse

To find out more about other treatments on offer please click here.

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Training

Mr Shair trained in Liverpool, Birmingham and Leicester after his earlier training in Cairo. He attended scholarships in Nuremberg, Germany under Professor Heinz Wagner and in Toronto Canada under Professor Marvin Tiles. He participated in educational activities in the UK, France, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the U.S.A.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Cairo Egypt 1979

• Master Degree in Orthopaedics, Cairo 1983

• Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1985

• MCh Orth, Liverpool 1987

• Specialist Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in Orthopaedic Surgery 1989

Professional memberships

• Fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

• Member of the British Association of Spinal Surgeons

• Former Fellow of S I C O T

• Former Fellow of A.O. International

Testimonial

 “I would take this opportunity to thank all at the Specialist Hopsital but especially Mr Shair for the care and the attention I received whilst in his care, should I ever need his expert care again I would, without hesitation, return to him.”

Mr D Enderwick, May 2009

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Media links

Patient who was crippled by back pain now runs up mountains

Doctors team up to ease the pain

Guidelines to help minimise the possibility of injury

Grateful patient says it with flowers

New hospital is set to exceed all expectations

Highly Commended: The Orthopaedics and Spine Specialist Hospital

Contact details

The Orthopaedics and Spine Specialist Hospital

Stirling Way

Bretton

Peterborough

PE3 8YA

Tel. 01733 333156

Fax. 01733 373050

Email: info@orthospine.co.uk

Website: www.orthospine.co.uk

Personal Assistant:

Kate Strohman

Tel. 01733 373057

Fax. 01733 373050

Email: info@orthospine.co.uk

GMC registration: 3379615                 Check this doctor's GMC registration

Date of registration: 05 May 1988

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