Nasir A.Quraishi

Nasir A. Quraishi, FRCS (Tr&Orth), PhD

Consultant Spinal Surgeon

Honorary Professor

NHS Hospital                                                      

Nottingham University Hospital       
Centre for Spinal Studies & Surgery                                         
Queen's Medical Centre Campus      
Nottingham      
NG7 2UH                  

                                                                   
Tel.: +44 115 9249924  (Chanice Burton - Secretary)       
Fax: +44 115 9709991

Email:   Chanice.Burton@nuh.nhs.uk

Email:   Nasir.Quraishi@nuh.nhs.uk      

Private Hospitals

Nottingham Woodthorpe Hospital, 748 Mansfield Road, NG5 3FX

BMI The Park Hospital, Sherwood Lodge Drive, Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 8RX

Private Secretary: Angela Allen

Email: Angela.Allen2@bmihealthcare.co.uk 

Spire Nottingham Hospital, Tollerton Lane, Nottingham, NG12 4GA

Private Secretary: Abigrail Lawton

Email: Abigail.Lawton@spirehealthcare.com 

Telephone: 0115 937 7800

Woodthorpe Hospital, 748 Mansfield Road, Woodthorpe, Nottingham, NG5 3FZ

Private Secretary: Melissa Jeacock

Email: Mellisa.Jeacock@ramsayhealth.co.uk 

Telephone: 0115 684 8929

Profile

Mr Nasir Quraishi specialises in all aspects of spine surgery from base of skull to sacrum , including:

Minimally invasive surgery incl. vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty
Degenerative spine (cervical/lumbar) disease
Spinal oncology, trauma and infection
Spinal deformity surgery

Mr Quraishi completed his training in Imperial College London, Cambridge/East Anglia and Manchester . Following this, he received advanced spinal neurosurgery fellowship training in Toronto , specializing in minimally invasive spine surgery, complex spinal reconstruction and paediatric spinal deformity surgery. 

Mr Quraishi began as a Consultant Spine Surgeon in Oxford. A year later, he was awarded the prestigious Norman Capner Travelling Fellowship by the Royal College of Surgeons in England to the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore , USA . Here, he was able to refine his surgical technique with the management of complex spinal tumours and reconstruction. In 2008, he volunteered to work in Malawi , Africa , as the second spine surgeon in the country (to over 10 million people). He has also been visiting surgeon to the spinal units in Bologna, Italy and Vancouver, Canada. In 2014, he was awarded the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) Travelling Fellowship visiting 4 host spinal surgery departments in the USA and Canada.

Mr Quraishi is an award winning international presenter, author of several publications in peer reviewed journals and a faculty member of numerous international spine societies. Completed a Master of Laws, with an honours thesis on 'Clinical Negligence and the Spine surgeon', and a PhD in 'Outcome & Health Related Quality of Life Following Surgery in Spinal Cancers.'

Medical Qualifications

Specialist Posts

Cambridge/East Anglia Higher Surgical Rotation in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery - Specialist Registrar - Aug 2001 - July 2006

Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospitals Senior House Officer Surgical Rotation - Senior House Officer - Aug 1997 - Aug 2001

Sub-speciality Posts

Visiting Spine Surgeon - August - September 2012
Vancouver General Hospital and BC Children's Hospital,
Vancouver, Canada

Invited Spine Surgeon - Dec 2008
Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
Malawi, Africa

Spinal Oncology Travelling Fellowship - Nov 2008
Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Spinal Oncology Visiting Fellowship - Oct 2008
Bologna, Italy

Fellowship in Spine Surgery - Toronto, Canada - July 2006 - July 2007
Combined Spinal Neurosurgery and Orthopaedic Fellow  
Toronto Western Hospital / The Sick Kids Hospital,
Toronto, Canada

Consultant Posts

Professional Memberships

Professional Positions

For Academic Activity click on the below links:

Peer-Reviewed Publications

National & International Presentations