Mr Colin Nnadi, Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon

Mr Colin Nnadi

Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon

Mr Colin Nnadi MBBS FRCSI FRCS(Orth)

Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon

MBBS FRCSI FRCS(Orth)

Mr Colin Nnadi

Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon MBBS FRCSI FRCS(Orth)

MBBS FRCSI FRCS(Orth)
MrColin Nnadi,Orthopaedic Surgeon

Mr Nnadi is a recommended Spine Surgeon

What is Scoliosis?

What is Scoliosis?

Areas of expertise

  • Back pain
  • Scoliosis
  • Degenerative disc disease
  • Neck pain
  • Spinal pain

Recommendations for Mr Nnadi

These recommendations are for information purposes only. Doctors providing recommendations do so in good faith and are not responsible for clinical outcomes.

Recommended by:

  • byMr Haroon Mann, Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon

    I have known this gentleman for the best part of eight years and worked with him and have no issues with his clinical ability and clinical skills.

  • byMr Bahram Fakouri, Consultant Spinal Surgeon

    Colin is a very experienced and skilled spinal surgeon with national and international reputation.

  • byMr Haroon Mann, Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon

    I have known this gentleman for the best part of eight years and worked with him and have no issues with his clinical ability and clinical skills.

  • byMr Bahram Fakouri, Consultant Spinal Surgeon

    Colin is a very experienced and skilled spinal surgeon with national and international reputation.

  • Address

    • The Portland Hospital

      205-209 Great Portland St, London, W1W 5AH

    • The Harley Street Clinic (9:00am – 3:30pm)

      110 Harley Street (Consulting Rooms), London, W1G 7JG

    About Mr Colin Nnadi

    GMC number: 4744416

    Year qualified: 1989

    Place of primary qualification: Lagos

    Mr Colin Nnadi is a Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon and the Lead Clinician of the Spine Unit at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS foundation Trust. He sees all spinal conditions in adults and children in addition to his specialist interest in spinal deformities in children including scoliosis. He was the Chief Investigator for the UK multicentre MAGEC rods trial in Early Onset Scoliosis and UK Chief Investigator for the pan-European K-Spine study on Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.

    Mr Nnadi graduated from the College of Medicine in Lagos and then trained in Orthopaedic Surgery on the Wessex rotation UK. He was awarded the FRCS (Orth) in 2006. He undertook spine fellowship training at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London and the Norfolk & Norwich University Teaching Hospital. He was locum Consultant Spine Surgeon at the Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham before taking up his present post in Oxford.

    Mr Nnadi is convenor of the internationally-renowned Oxford Early Onset Scoliosis meetings. He was an educational supervisor to the foundation and core trainees for the Oxford deanery. He has been on international educational spine faculties. He is on the editorial board of the European Spine Journal. He is an Associate Editor on the Editorial Board of the Spine Deformity Journal. He is a reviewer for the European Spine Journal (ESJ), Bone, and Joint Journal (BJJ) and The Spine Journal (TSJ). He has also been an Expert Medical Technology Adviser to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and expert reviewer for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
    He is chair of the Growing Spine Committee of the Scoliosis Research Society and a member of Education Council.

    Mr Nnadi has recently led a working party on behalf of BASS developing National Guidelines on management of thromboembolism in spinal surgery. He was appointed to the NICE VTE Guidelines Consultation Committee in February 2016.

    Areas of expertise

    • Ankylosing spondylitis
    • Back pain
    • Caudal epidural injection
    • Cervical (neck) surgery
    • Complex revision spinal surgery
    • Complex spinal disorders
    • Degenerative disc disease
    • Discectomy
    • Epidural
    • Kyphosis
    • Laminectomy
    • Lower back pain
    • Lumbar back surgery
    • Lumbar decompression surgery
    • Lumbar stenosis
    • Microdiscectomy
    • Minimally invasive spinal surgery
    • Mri scan (magnetic resonance imaging scan)
    • Neck pain
    • Nerve root entrapment
    • Revision lumbar spine surgery
    • Revision surgery
    • Robotic surgery
    • Sciatica
    • Sciatica surgery
    • Scoliosis
    • Scoliosis surgery
    • Spinal cord compression
    • Spinal decompression
    • Spinal deformity
    • Spinal deformity correction
    • Spinal disorders
    • Spinal fusion
    • Spinal pain
    • Spinal stenosis
    • Spine fracture surgery
    • Spine fractures and trauma
    • Spine tumours and infections
    • Spondylolisthesis & spondylosis
    • Surgery on lower back
    • Thoracic (back) surgery
    • Upper back pain

    Professional memberships

    British Orthopaedic Association
    British Association of Spine Surgeons
    Scoliosis Research Society
    Spine Society of Europe
    British Scoliosis Society
    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

    Articles by Mr Colin Nnadi

    Early Onset Scoliosis

    Magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGRs)

    The musculoskeletal manifestations of marfan syndrome

    Early and ultra-early surgical decompression for acute spinal cord injury

    Understanding the implant performance of magnetically controlled growing spine rods

    Smartphone application technique for localising magnetically controlled growth rod actuators

    Patient outcome questionnaires in the British Spine Registry

    History of endoscopic and keyhole spinal surgery

    Management of patients with magnetically controlled growth rods amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic

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