Qualifications

BA University of Oxford 1998; MRCS Royal College of Surgeons of England 2006; FRCS (Trauma and Orthopaedics) Royal College of Surgeons of England 2013; MA University of Oxford 2003; MBBS University College London 2001; MSc University College London 2007

GMC Number

6028009

Main NHS Base

Luton and Dunsatble

Member Of

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Member of the British Medical Association
• Member of the Seddan Society
• Member of the Girdlestone Orthopaedic Society
• Member of the British Association of Spine Surgeons
• Member of the North American Spine Society

Scope of Practice

• Neck pain; Back pain; Spinal Surgery; Lumbar Disc Disease and degeneration; Cervical Disc Disease and degeneration; Scoliosis; Spine
• Spinal Deformities; Spine / Spinal Tumours; Spine / Spinal Fractures; Spine / Spinal infection; Inflammatory Conditions within the Spine; Lumbar Epidural injections; Cervical Nerve root blocks; Lumbar Nerve root blocks, Transforaminal epidurals, Facet injections; Lumbar Discectomy; revision Lumbar Discectomy; Posterior Spinal Fusion; Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion; PLIF; Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion; ALIF; Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion; TLIF; Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion; ACDF; Cervical Disc Replacement; Balloon Kyphoplasty; Minimally Invasive Spine/Spinal Surgery; MIS; Miminal Access Spine/Spinal Surgery; MASS; xtra-Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF), Manipulation and injection of coccyx, coccygectomy

Training & Background

Mr Bhagawati qualified from the University of Oxford and University College London and is a qualified, double fellowship trained Complex Spine Surgeon having completed two prestigious and internationally recognised Complex Spine Surgery Fellowships - at Oxford University Hospitals and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London.

Mr Bhagawati is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon in the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital; uses all modern spinal techniques including: Anterior Cevical Disectomy and Fusion, Cervical Disc replacement, Minimal Access Spine/Spinal Surgery (MASS), Minimally Invasive Spine/Spinal Surgery (MIS), Extra-Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF), Spine/Spinal Deformity Surgery, Kyphosis and Scoliosis, lumbar discectomy, lumbar decompression, balloon kyphoplasty as well as extensive experience in treating children with back and spine problems.

Mr Bhagawati provides acute pain relieving procedures including cervical / lumbar nerve root blocks, cervical and lumbar facet injections, cervical, lumbar and caudal epidural injections as well as manipulation and injection of coccyx.

A Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, a Member of the British Spine Society, a Member of the North American Spine Society, British Medical Association and the Girdlestone's Orthopaedic Society.

Contact Email

bridgesclinic@bedfordhospital.nhs.uk