Our consultants

Keyoumars underwent dual postgraduate training in surgery and medicine, obtaining Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in 1997 and the Fellowships of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Glasgow (FRCS) in 1998. Thereafter, he underwent higher specialist training in general neurosurgery in London being awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Neurosurgery (FRCS SN) in 2002. His sub-specialist training in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery included a fellowship in France with Prof. Benabid, generally considered as the founder of the modern deep brain stimulation surgery, which led to a MD degree. He was appointed as a consultant neurosurgeon at King's College Hospital in January 2007. He is also a Reader at King’s College London.

In addition to his expertise in degenerative spine disease which includes the management of back and neck pain, arm pain and sciatica together with peripheral nerve disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome; Mr Ashkan’s main interests are neuromodulation surgery and brain tumours. This includes deep brain stimulation, spinal cord stimulation and occipital nerve stimulation for movement disorders, pain and headaches and; image guided, minimally invasive and stereotactic surgery for brain tumours including awake craniotomies; Gamma and Cyberknife radiosurgery.

Mr Sanj Bassi has been a Consultant Adult and Paediatric Neurosurgeon since 2003. After gaining the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons England, he trained in neurosurgery in Nottingham. This was followed by a Fellowship at the Necker Hospital in Paris and then at the Montefiore Hospital in New York, USA. On returning from New York he worked as a paediatric neurosurgical Fellow at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford before taking up a position as a Consultant in Adult and Paediatric Neurosurgery at King's College Hospital. In addition to his expertise in degenerative spine disease, which includes the management of back and neck pain, arm pain and sciatica together with peripheral nerve disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome; his main interests are in all aspects of paediatric neurosurgery. This includes the management of brain and spinal cord tumours in all age groups, metastatic brain tumours, hydrocephalus, spasticity, Spina Bifida and Chiari malformations.

David Bell specialises in Complex Spinal Surgery. He studied at Merchant Taylor’s School in Liverpool before moving to the University of Edinburgh Medical School where he graduated in 1996.He completed his Basic Surgical Training in Edinburgh before moving to London to complete his Higher Surgical Training in Neurosurgery and Complex Spine Surgery. He became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2000 and obtained his Fellowship in Neurosurgery in 2007. He is a member of the British Association of Spinal Surgeons (BASS) as well as the North American Spine Society (NASS).

His NHS practice is based at King's College Hospital where he is a key part of the Supra-regional Complex Spine Team. His specialist interests are Degenerative Spinal Disease, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (MISS), Disc Replacement Surgery, Vertebroplasty/Kyphoplasty, Back Pain Surgery, Spinal Tumours and Spinal Fractures.

Mr Bhangoo qualified from Victor Ludorum with the Medical School Gold Medal and Honours. After his general surgical training (FRCS England), his specialist training in neurosurgery was completed on the West Midlands neurosurgical rotation and he was awarded the Norman Dott Gold Medal in Neurosurgery on completion of his training as the highest ranked neurosurgical trainee in the United Kingdom.

Following this, Mr Bhangoo spent one year (2007) studying both the medical and surgical treatment of brain tumours as well as undertaking research at Europe’s leading cancer institute – The Institute Gustauve Roussy, Paris, France.

In addition to his expertise in all areas of cranial and spinal neurosurgery; including degenerative spine disease which includes the management of back and neck pain, arm pain and sciatica together with peripheral nerve disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome, he has specialist expertise in the management of Brain and Spinal Tumours. This includes the latest minimally invasive techniques for brain tumour removal as well as radiosurgery. He is one of the few neurosurgeons in the UK trained in both GammaKnife and CyberKnife radiosurgery.

Christopher Chandler has been a Consultant Adult and Paediatric Neurosurgeon since 1997. He has a BSc in Physiology and obtained his medical degree from the University of London (Westminster Medical School) in 1986. His neurosurgical training was in London (Atkinson Morley Hospital, King's College Hospital), Bristol (Frenchay Hospital) and Nottingham (Queens Medical Centre). He undertook Fellowships in Epilepsy Surgery (King's College Hospital) and Paediatric Neurosurgery (Nottingham).

In addition to his expertise in degenerative spine disease which includes the management of back and neck pain, arm pain and sciatica together with peripheral nerve disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome; his main interests are in all aspects of paediatric neurosurgery. This includes the management of brain and spinal cord tumours in all age groups, metastatic brain tumours, epilepsy surgery and hydrocephalus. He leads the Paediatric and Adolescent (teenage and young adult) Neurosurgical Service at King's College Hospital. He also is one of the designated neurosurgeons to the regional Adult Brain and Spinal Cord Tumour Service, which covers South East London, Kent and East Sussex and is the largest brain tumour service in the UK.

After completing his neurosurgical training in Pakistan Mr Irfan Malik underwent advanced Neurosurgical training at The Royal Hallamshire Hospital and the University Hospital, Coventry & Warwickshire between 2001 to 2006. Following this he obtained his FRCS(SN) and then enhanced his experience by completing Fellowships in Complex spine and Epilepsy surgery from the University Hospital Coventry and King’s College Hospital, London.

His specialist interest includes the assessment and treatment (both surgical and non-surgical) of all spinal conditions including degenerative, traumatic and malignant spinal disorders. He is an expert in the use of Minimally Invasive Techniques for Spinal Surgery and disc replacement surgery for the treatment of neck and back pain, arm pain and Sciatica. In addition to this, together with his London Neurosurgery Partnership group and King’s College Hospital colleague Mr Richard Selway, he provides a comprehensive service for the treatment of epilepsy.

Richard Selway has been a Consultant Neurosurgeon since 2001. He studied medicine and neuroanatomy in Cambridge before qualifying in 1989. Specialist training was in Cambridge, Oxford, Birmingham and finally in London where he completed a Fellowship in functional neurosurgery. He was awarded the Norman Dott Gold Medal by the Royal College of Surgeons in 1999.

In addition to his expertise in degenerative spine disease including the management of back and neck pain, arm pain and sciatica together with peripheral nerve disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome; he specializes in the neurosurgery of epilepsy and movement disorders in both adults and children, with a nationwide, as well as international, referral base for both disorders. 

As Lead Clinician for the Department of Neurosurgery at King’s College Hospital, he is responsible for one of the largest departments in Great Britain. Much of his work centres around the use of multidisciplinary teams to ensure the right patient reaches the right clinician. This is particularly important for spinal disorders, when both surgical and non-surgical techniques must be combined to obtain the optimum outcome for the individual.