Bhupal Chitnavis: Spinal Neurosurgeon in London

Training and experience

Mr Bhupal Chitnavis qualified from Guy’s Hospital Medical School in 1989 and began his training in neurosurgery under the late Professor Edward Hitchcock in Birmingham. He then went on to train at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery with Professor Lindsay Symon, as well as at Great Ormond Street and King’s College Hospital in London.

Whilst at King’s, Mr Chitnavis was encouraged to train in vascular neurosurgery by Professor Anthony Strong and in spinal surgery. He received training in the highly advanced laser assisted high flow cerebral bypass techniques in Utrecht, Netherlands with Professor Cornelius Tulleken.

Mr Chitnavis complemented his neurosurgical expertise with training in orthopaedic spinal surgical techniques at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore and with Professor Jurgen Harms in Germany. Amongst the first neurosurgeons in the UK to specialise exclusively in spinal surgery, he is highly skilled minimally invasive spinal surgery, complex spinal surgery, CyberKnife® and spinal stabilisation (fusion), as well as non-operative management of back and neck pain.

Treatments

Mr Chitnavis offers a range of treatments for spinal conditions, including:

• Spinal surgery for scoliosis, sciatica and back pain, neck pain and arm pain
• Minimally invasive spinal surgery
• CyberKnife®
• Decompression of spinal nerves
• Spinal fusion
• Spinal injections

Private practice

Mr Chitnavis is available for private consultation at HCA UK at The Shard in Central London, 31 Old Broad Street in the City of London, BMI Shirley Oaks Hospital in Croydon (now part of Circle Health Group) and LycaHealth in Canary Wharf and Orpington, Kent.

He also able to offer virtual consultations.

Clinic hours

Fees

Mr Chitnavis is fee assured with all the major health insurance companies. He also welcomes patients who wish to self-fund treatment:

Research interests

• Radiofrequency ablation of spinal metastases
• Radiofrequency denervation