Arun Ranganathan
Consultant Adult and Paediatric Spinal Surgeon
MBBS, MRCS, PGDip (Orth Engin), DM, FRCS (TrandOrth)
Arun is a firm believer in the value of adopting a multi-disciplinary team approach and, with providing holistic care for all spinal problems. Qualified in both orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery of the spine, Arun trained under leading global spinal consultants. Following this he was selected to set up the pediatric and the new adult spinal service at Barts Health NHS Trust.
Following surgical training in Nottingham, London, Leeds and Newcastle, Arun was chosen for the prestigious adult and paediatric spinal fellowship in University of Toronto and at the Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, Canada.
Arun is a naturally an analytical and conservative practitioner who specialises in minimal access and keyhole surgery as it offers the best chance of quick and effective recovery. He has performed surgery across Asia on a charitable basis and helped bring the latest technological developments to India, Nepal, Vietnam and other parts of South-East Asia. He is a sought-after international speaker and teacher, appearing at conferences and teaching junior consultants worldwide.
His research work at the Sir Peter Mansfield Centre was rewarded with a doctorate degree in spinal surgery from the University of Nottingham in 2008.
Arun’s team were the recipients of a National Institute of Health Research grant and he was the chief investigator of PRESTO (Pragmatic Randomised Evaluation of Stable Thoracolumbar fracture treatment Outcomes,) a multicentre national trial looking into the treatment of thoracolumbar spine fractures.
He is a former national standard tennis player, enjoys running, keeping fit and mountaineering.
Specialist interests include Spinal surgery and Degenerative spinal conditions, spinal deformity, infections and cancers of the spine.
In both 2004 and 2009 Arun became the youngest winner of the ISSLS (formerly Volvo) prize twice for the best spinal research work worldwide.
In 2004 he was awarded the Britspine Award for Best Spinal Research Work in UK.
In 2009 he was awarded by the Spine Society of Australia for best international research work.