Mr John C Sutcliffe                                      

MB ChB, FRCS (SN)

Consultant Spinal Neurosurgeon

Lead Clinician London Spine Clinic

John Sutcliffe trained as an undergraduate in Edinburgh, gaining the year prize for systematic surgery and qualifying in 1983. His early medical post-graduate training was also in Edinburgh, after qualification, taking in a large number of specialties including plastic, orthopaedic and paediatric surgery before focusing on neurosurgery.

He undertook neurosurgical training posts in Sheffield and London and developed an extensive experience of treating spinal conditions ranging from tumours and trauma to the commoner degenerative spine.  He was appointed as a consultant neurosurgeon in 1993 and for the last five years has concentrated exclusively in the management of patients with spinal disorders.

Having resigned from the NHS in 2000, he has been able to develop the multi-disciplinary team at the London Spine Clinic, who manage patients jointly. He runs a regular teaching and training program within the Clinic, in both surgical and non-surgical aspects of spine care.

Clinical Interests

Mr Sutcliffe's interests lie in the management of most conditions affecting the spine. These include:-

Assessment of patients with low back pain or neck pain. 

Non-surgical treatment of degenerative spinal conditions.  

Surgical treatment of disc pathology.

Spinal tumours

Spinal trauma

Memberships

Society of British Neurological Surgeons

North American Spine Society

Association of Spine Surgeons

International Neuromodulation Society

Spine Arthroplasty Society

Current Research Interests:-

Intradiscal pressure studies

Dynamic stabilisation of the lumbar spine

Disc replacement surgery - multiple level cases

Anterior versus posterior disc pathology - assessment and treatment

For more information please contact john.sutcliffe@londonspineclinic.com