32 years of experience
Dr Bassi is a Consultant Adult and Paediatric Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon at Kings College Hospital, London, UK.
In 1992, Mr Bassi graduated with a medical degree from the University of Manchester UK, after which he embarked upon further education and extensive training. After becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Mr Bassi continued his neurosurgery training in Nottingham before receiving a prestigious fellowship at the The Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris and the Montefiore Medical Centre in New York. He took up a role at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford as a paediatric neurosurgical fellow before working as a Consultant Adult and Paediatric Neurosurgeon at King’s College Hospital London in 2003 Evelina London Children’s Hospital London in 2003.
Mr Sanjeev Bassi is a highly trained specialist in treating all kinds of problems relating to the brain and spine and operates a complete adult and paediatric practice for both cranial and spinal surgery. Mr Bassi offers treatment for a vast range of conditions, including sciatica, back and neck pain, hydrocephalus, brain haemorrhage, brain tumours, spinal tumours, cerebral palsy, neuroendoscopy and implantation of skeletal muscle relaxant pumps. He provides treatment for premature children and helps with antenatal diagnosis and counselling of parents of babies diagnosed with brain and spinal problems pre-birth.
Mr Bassi is the most senior paediatric neurosurgeon based at King’s College Hospital in London. His specialist areas of interest also include general neurosurgery for adults, paediatric diseases that progress into adulthood and degenerative spinal problems. He has performed over 5000 complex operation over his career.
Thanks to his extensive training and expertise in the applications of neuroendoscopy in neurosurgery, Mr Bassi lectures internationally on the complex topics of endoscopic treatment of craniopharingiomas, third ventriculostomy and endoscopic applications in pineal tumours.
He is published extensively on adult and paediatric topics. He also was featuresd in the BBC programme “City Hospital”
He also leads a course on hydrocephalus and endoscopy at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
He is a senior examiner for the FRCS for the Royal College of Surgeons, England and the Medical Director of the London Neurosurgery Partnership based in Harley Stret in London.
Subspecialities
Spinal Surgery, Neuro-Oncology, Paediatric Neurosurgery
Areas of expertise and surgery
Spine Conditions
Sciatica
Back Pain
Neck Pain
Brachalgia
Syringomyelia and Chiari
Spinal Tumours
Tethered Cord
Spina Bifida
Lipomyelomeningocele
Spinal Surgery
Cervical and Lumbar Laminectomy
Cervical (Neck) Surgery including ACDF
Spinal Decompression for stenosis
Lumbar Discectomy
Spinal Injections for Pain
Artificial Cervical Disc Replacement
Facet Joint Injection
Nerve Root Injection
Cranial Conditions Adult and Paediatric
Brain tumours including gliomas and meningiomas
Brain Metastases
Brain Haemorrhage
Hydrocephalus (Shunt and Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy)
Chiari Malformation
IIH
Craniopharyngiomas and Pituitary Tumours
Functional Surgery
Baclofen pump insertion for spasticity
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