Mr Naveen Kumar

Mr Naveen Kumar is Consultant in Spinal Injuries at MCSI based at Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry an internationally recognised centre of excellence for managing Musculoskeletal disorders. He has published several papers in peer reviewed journals on different studies including randomised controlled trials, outcome measures, epidemiology, natural history and outcome of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries. He has authored chapters on Spinal Cord Injuries, delivered lectures and presented numerous papers. He is also a committee member of various national and international learned societies. He has been British Association of Spinal Cord Injury Specialists elected representative for UK Spinal Cord Injury Research Network and also national expert reviewer for Warwick Medical University Research Projects. He teaches Keele University medical students and supervises post-graduate trainee registrars in spinal in juries, rehabilitation medicine and sports and exercise medicine, from West Midlands Deanery. Mr Kumar has extensive expertise in assessment and management of patients who have Spinal Cord Injuries. Most of medico legal work has been Claimant orientated (about 60%) with around 40% for Defendants. SUBSPECIALIST SKILLS AND INTERESTS: Pressure sore, Pain, Spasticity, Ventilation, Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury, Epidemiology and Complications.

He qualified in 1998 and followed a surgical career, chiefly in Trauma, Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery. He obtained his MRCS in 2006. He was trained in Spinal Injuries in UK (Southport, Glasgow and Stoke Mandeville) and USA (VAMC and Metrohealth,Cleveland) between 2004 and 2010. He obtained CCT (GMC) and FEBPRM in 2010.

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
International Spinal Cord Society
British Association of Spinal Cord Injury Specialists
British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine
Society for Research in Rehabilitation
European Board of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
European Society of Rehabilitation Medicine
World Orthopaedic Concern
International Association for the Study of Pain
Medical Protection Society