Specialist in spine surgery especially the treatment of disorders of the spine such as fractures, tumours, infections, spinal deformities (scoliosis and kyphosis), degenerative spinal disorders (including sciatica and spinal stenosis) and surgical management of back and neck pain.
Professor Jeremy Fairbank was educated and trained at Cambridge University and St Thomas’ Hospital. He qualified MB.BChir from Cambridge University in 1972 and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1977. He obtained an M.D. for a thesis on the facet joint in back pain in 1982 awarded by Cambridge University.
Professor Fairbank’s training included two years as a Spinal Fellow in the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Oswestry. Here he did his work for his MD Thesis, and published the Oswestry Disability Index, which has become a worldwide standard for assessing back pain and the results of treatment. This was followed by four years as a Senior Registrar in the St Bartholomew’s Hospital Training Programme, which included 6 months working in Dallas. In 1984 he was appointed Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon to the General Hospital and Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham. In 1989 he moved to Oxford. He developed the spinal deformity service up to international standards, aided by Consultants Gavin Bowden and James Wilson-MacDonald.
Professor Fairbank is currently employed by the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and the Oxford Radcliffe Hospital as Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a special interest in spinal disorders. The vast majority of his work is devoted to treatment of disorders of spine, including fractures, tumours, infections, spinal deformities (scoliosis and kyphosis) and back pain. Professor Fairbank has been a Professor of Spinal Surgery since 2006. He is President-Elect of the British Scoliosis Society.
Professor Fairbank’s NHS base is the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust, an internationally acclaimed centre for diagnosis and treatments of bone, joint and muscle conditions.
Conditions and treatments
Professor Fairbank treats the full range of spinal problems including
He has expertise in all aspects of surgical management of back and neck pain including
Appointments, consultation and treatment
All appointments should be made via Professor Fairbank’s Practice Manager, Mrs Mandy O’Sullivan, whose contact details can be found below. Professor Fairbank is available for private patient appointments as follows:-
Most of Professor Fairbank’s private operating is carried out at the Oxford Clinic for Specialist Surgery, a specialist private orthopaedic hospital. You can visit the Oxford Clinic’s website for more information about their facilities and services.
Contact details
Professor Jeremy Fairbank MD FRCS
c/o Mrs Mandy O’Sullivan
Practice Manager
St Lukes Hospital
Latimer Road
Headington
Oxford OX3 7PF
Tel: 01865 228885
Fax: 01865 744455
Email: mandyosullivan@uk-medsecs.co.uk
Website: Oxford Clinic for Specialist Surgery
