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Last updated: 12 Nov 2020

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Spine

About me

Mr Mo Akmal is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in Spinal Surgery,Medical Director of The Harley Street Hospital.

He trained at St Marys Hospital Medical School in London and completed his Orthopaedic Specialist program in London. He undertook a Spinal Surgery Clinical Fellowship in Oxford at the John Radcliffe Hospital for Trauma and The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre for elective surgery.

Mr Akmal has extensive training in Orthopaedics and Spinal Surgery and has works as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

His main interests are treatment of painful conditions of the spine. His practice includes Spinal Degenerative disease, Trauma, Infection, Scoliosis and Tumours. Mr Akmal performs Cervical and Lumbar Disc Replacement Surgery, Microsurgical and Minimally Invasive Procedures and has access to a full team of practitioners that specialise in Core Stability, Neural Dynamisation and Functional Restoration programmes. Although Mr Akmal is able to offer a comprehensive surgical solution he also has a large practice in Pain Management and works closely with physical therapists to support a pain management service.

Areas of interest

Sciatica;Vertebral compression fractures;Back pain;Neck Pain;Balloon Kyphoplasty; Vertebroplasty;Endoscopic Spinal Surgery; Epiduroscopy;Keyhole spinal surgery;Disc replacement surgery; Lumbar fusion:Cervical Disc Replacement; ACDF;Pain management;Caudal epidural;Dorsal Root Ganglion Blocks;Facet joint injections;Cervical nerve root blocks;Balloon Kyphoplasty;Vertebroplasty

Medical secretaries

Karina Morris-Williams
19 Harley Street London W1G 9QJ
020 3973 8810
0844 589 6060
medsec@londonspine.com

Anaesthetists worked with

Dr Nabeel Sultan Fee Assured
Dr Syed Ali Fee Assured

Dr Khalil Ahmed Fee Assured
Dr Julian Nixon Not Fee Assured

About me

External resources

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgery Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Research interests

Spinal Trauma
Spinal Infections
Tissue Engineering Spinal Discs
Spinal Injections
Stem Cells
Day Surgery techniques for Spinal Surgery

Personal interests

Clinical Applications of Information Technology
Tennis, Traveling, Family

Publications

Translaminar cervical epidural steroid injection for radiculopathy – A one year review of outcomes. YC Lok, S Ahmed, C Jenner, C McCarthy, M Akmal. J Bone Joint Surg Br In Press

Outcome of abdominosacral resection for locally advanced primary and recurrent rectal cancer. Bhangu A, Brown G, Akmal M, Tekkis P.
Br J Surg. 2012 Oct;99(10):1453-61. doi: 10.1002/bjs.8881. PubMed PMID: 22961529

An evaluation of a postoperative rehabilitation program after spinal surgery and its impact on outcome. McGregor AH(1), Henley A, Morris TP, Doré CJ; FASTER team.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Apr 1;37(7):E417-22. (Collaborator)

Clinical images: Magnetic resonance imaging appearance of alkaptonuria. Hamdulay SS1, Finegold J, Boyer L, Khanna M, Akmal M, Walker A, Kinderlerer A.Arthritis Rheum.
2012 Jan;64(1):129: 10.1002/art.33357.

The Use of Expandable Ventrolateral titanium cages in the treatment of Spinal Infections
M. Akmal, A. Meir, A. Hussein, M. Hamady J Bone Joint Surg Br Proceedings 2011 93-B:28;

The Implications of Hip or Spine surgery on Cerebral palsy patients with scoliosis and hip subluxation. M Akmal, A Abbassian, A Anand, J Lehovsky, D Eastwood A Hashemi-Nejad
J Bone Joint Surg Br 2008 vol. 90-B no. SUPP III 450

Early and Long term Functional Outcome sussing methylprednisolone in Trauma patients with acute spinal cord injury. V Elwell, J Sutcliffe, and M Akmal
J Bone Joint Surg Br Proceedings 2008 90-B:460;

The Effects of Hyaluronic acid on articular chondrocytes. Akmal,M.; Singh,A.; Anand,A.;
Kesani,A.; Aslam,N.; Goodship,A.; Bentley,G. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2005 Aug;87(8):1143-9

Segmental variation in the in vitro cell metabolism of nucleus pulposus cells Isolated from a
series of bovine Caudal intervertebral discs. Wiseman MA, Birch HL, Akmal M, Goodship AE
Spine. 2005 Mar 1;30(5):505-11.

The effect of Nicotine on spinal disc cells – A cellular mechanism for backpain ?
Akmal M, Kesani A, Singh A, Wiseman M, Anand B, Goodship A.
Spine. 2004 Mar 01:29(5);568-575

A prospective, randomised comparison of autologous chondrocyte implantation versus mosaicplasty for osteochondral defects in the knee. Bentley G, Biant LC, Carrington RW, Akmal M, Williams AM, Skinner JA, Pringle J. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2003 Mar;85(2):223-30.

Associated Injuries in Trauma Patients with Spinal Injury. Akmal M, Sohaib SA, Earlam R, Sutcliffe J.
J Bone Joint Surg [Br], 2001 Jun; Vol 83 Supp 2

Courses offered to GPs

Back Pain Lectures
Vertebral Compression Fractures
Back Pain in Elderly Patients
Advances in Spinal Surgery
Spinal Deformity Surgery
Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery Techniques
When to refer for Back Pain
Red Flags in Back Pain

About my work

My qualifications & training

My private practice

Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)

Procedures completed

A5211
Epidural injection (caudal) - (>50)

Harley Street Hospital (5-50)
A5293
Transforaminal epidural (lumbar) - (>50)

Harley Street Hospital (5-50)
A5751
Facet joint injection (under x-ray control) - 1 to 2 joints - (5-50)

Harley Street Hospital (1-5)
A5761
Facet joint injection (under x-ray control) - 3 to 4 joints - (5-50)

Harley Street Hospital (1-5)
A5291
Transforaminal epidural (cervical) - (5-50)

Harley Street Hospital (1-5)
V2542
Posterior excision of disc prolapse with undercutting facetectomy +/- decompression - lumbar region (1 or 2 levels) - (5-50)

Harley Street Hospital (1-5)
V5484
Interspinous dynamic stabilisation procedure - (1-5)

Harley Street Hospital (1-5)
V2540
Posterior excision of disc prolapse (including microdiscectomy +/- decompression) - lumbar region (1 or 2 levels) - (1-5)

Harley Street Hospital (1-5)
A5762
Medial Branch Block (under x-ray control) - 3 to 4 levels - (1-5)

Harley Street Hospital (1-5)
A5200
Epidural injection (cervical) - (1-5)
A5720
Facet or sacroiliac joint (RF) radiofrequency thermocoagulation, cryoprobe or phenol (including rhizolysis under image guidance) - up to 3 joints - (1-5)

Harley Street Hospital (1-5)
V3300
Percutaneous intradiscal laser ablation (lumbar region) - (1-5)
A5771
Facet joint injection (under x-ray control) - 5 or more joints - (1-5)

Harley Street Hospital (1-5)
A5790
Sacroiliac joint injection under image guidance (and bilateral) - (1-5)
V4452
Balloon kyphoplasty - two levels - (1-5)

Harley Street Hospital (1-5)
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