Mr Andreas Demetriades

TRAINING:

After graduating from Trinity College Cambridge, Mr Demetriades completed his Basic Surgical Training at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London. After obtaining Membership of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of England and Edinburgh, he entered the Higher Surgical Training programme on the prestigious South London circuit and trained as a Senior Registrar at King's College Hospital, St George's Hospital, and Brighton/Sussex University Hospitals. He furthermore completed fellowships in Neurosurgical Spine in Munich; Orthopaedic Spine in Oxford; and Skull Base surgery in Tokyo.

He is currently a Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh.

He has a long and distinguished service with the EANS (European Association of Neurosurgical Societies) where he has served as President of the Young Neurosurgeons Committee, Chairman of the Individual Membership Committee,  and Secretary, before being proposed and elected as the President of the EANS 2021-2023.

His clinical research interests are in Spinal Outcome Measures for cervical and lumbar degenerative disc disease, Cauda equina syndrome, and neurotrauma. He also has expertise in facial pain and trigeminal neuralgia, as well as neurosurgery in general, both cranial and spinal.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

Speciality: Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon

Sub-specialities

1. Spine surgery: All aspects of spinal pathology, including degenerative disease; tumour; infection; rheumatoid arthritis or other inflammatory disease; deformity; trauma.
2. Sciatica/Claudication/Backpain/Leg pain/Arm pain/Neck pain
3. Disc replacement/Motion preservation
4. Trigeminal Neuralgia: non-surgical, minimally invasive, and surgical options are discussed and offered as appropriate
5. Peripheral nerve surgery, eg Carpal tunnel syndrome, ulnar nerve decompression.
6. General neurosurgery, incl hydrocephalus and other csf disorders; Chiari malformation; haemorrhage and other vascular; trauma; brain tumours.

SPECIAL INTERESTS

As a neurosurgeon and spinal surgeon Mr Demetriades deals with patients who have brain and spine problems.

These include brain tumours, haemorrhage, hydrocephalus, Chiari malformations and facial pain (trigeminal neuralgia).

A particular interest of Mr Demetriades' routine practice is Trigeminal Neuralgia (facial pain), and he has set up and has been running a Trigeminal Neuralgia Clinic as part of his NHS practice. Both non-surgical or minimally invasive procedures can provide excellent pain relief, and this is tailored to the individual patient.

A special interest of his is the spine, having received further specialised training in both simple and complex spinal procedures as well as minimally invasive spine surgery. His aim is to treat these conditions non-operatively as far as possible, but when necessary to provide the latest and most advanced surgical expertise. To this effect he has supplemented his training with post-specialisation fellowships in both neurosurgical and orthopaedic centres, both in the UK and abroad, thus obtaining a unique perspective on treatment options and techniques.