Mr Adrian Casey

One of the UK’s leading consultant neurosurgeons, Mr Adrian Casey holds his private practice at The Wellington Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare UK. His clinical interests cover all aspects of the spine, including (but not limited to) neck and back pain, spinal stabilisation and spinal tumours.

His unrivalled experience in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of spinal conditions led to him becoming the first neurosurgeon to be appointed as a pure spine consultant in the UK. He currently holds the position of consultant at two national hospitals, The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Spinal Unit and The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, part of UCLH, where he is head of the spine department.

Background

After qualifying from Westminster Medical School (Imperial College) in 1985, Mr Casey undertook neurosurgery training at Atkinson Morley Hospital (AMH) and The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, the largest dedicated neurological and neurosurgical hospital in the UK.

In 1997, he had his first consultant appointment at Charing Cross Hospital’s Neurosurgery Unit, before taking up his current position at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore and The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. This post was created specifically in order to bring together the two disciplines of orthopaedics and neurosurgery.

Teaching

Mr Casey teaches regularly in spine faculties both here in the UK and throughout the world. He is honorary senior lecturer at the Institute of Orthopaedics and Institute of Neurology at UCL, and a tutor at the Royal College of Surgeons and AO Spine Foundation faculties. He also helped to establish spinal training for the European Association of Neurological Surgeons (EANS), and has served on the World Federation of Neurosurgeons (WFNS) educational council.

Memberships and associations

Mr Casey was president of the British Association of Spine Surgeons (BASS), and one of the founding Directors of the European Association Neurological Surgeons (Spine section). 

He also served as a council member for the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) and the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), and is a founder member of the European Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Group.

Mr Casey is currently the UK’s most published spine surgeon with more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and more than 20 book chapters to his name.

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