Mr Shaishav Bhagat
Qualifications
MBBS, MS, MRCS, FRCS (T&O), Eurospine diplomat
GMC number: 6049738
Practising since: 1997
Specialties
Orthopaedic surgery
Consultation times
- Thursday 08:30 to 13:00
- Overview
About
Mr Shaishav Bhagat is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon at the Ipswich Spinal Unit, Ipswich Hospital NHS trust and Nuffield Health Ipswich.
Mr Bhagat obtained FRCS in (Trauma and Orthopaedics) at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2010. He was awarded a Eurospine diploma in 2012 in Budapest. He undertook extensive training in Spinal surgery during fellowships at reputed centres like Norwich, Cardiff, Cambridge and travelling fellowship in various centres in Europe and India. He was appointed a Consultant Spinal surgeon in 2013.
Mr Bhagat provides care for a full range of spinal conditions including degenerative disorders, trauma, tumours, infections, deformities and sports related injuries. He has specialised interest in minimally invasive keyhole spine surgery and degenerative deformity. He also runs a specialist paediatric spinal clinic at Ipswich Hospital.
Mr Bhagat is involved in the teaching of medical students, orthopaedic registrars, junior spinal surgeons and para-medical staff. He serves as a faculty on various teaching courses.
Personal interests
Swimming, Cricket and Tennis
Treatments and tests offered by Mr Shaishav Bhagat at Nuffield Health
- X-Ray Guided Facet Joint Injection
- Epidural injection for pain relief
- Image guided joint injections
Locations Mr Shaishav Bhagat works with
Related experience
Research
Mr Shaishav Bhagat has published a number of peer reviewed articles in international orthopaedic and spine surgery journals. He has extensively presented his work at various national and international meetings.
Mr Bhagat has been the principal investigator for a global multi-centre study on fusions in the lumbar spine. Some examples of his publications are as below.
An evaluation of multimodal spinal cord monitoring in scoliosis surgery: a single centre experience of 354 operations. Eur Spine J. 2015 Jul;24(7):1399-407
Morbidity and mortality in adult spinal deformity surgery: Norwich Spinal Unit experience. Eur Spine J (2013) 22 (Suppl 1):S42–S46.
Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- British Association of Spine Surgeons
- EuroSpine diploma group
Other posts held
- Consultant Spinal Surgeon at the Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
Insurers Mr Shaishav Bhagat works with
Mr Shaishav Bhagat works with the following private medical insurance providers:
- Aviva Health
- AXA Health
- Bupa
- Cigna
- CS Healthcare
- Health-on-Line
- Simplyhealth
- Vitality Health (Pru Health)
- Westfield Health WPA
Declaration
Mr Shaishav Bhagat does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.
Mr Shaishav Bhagat does not have a share or financial interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital.
Mr Shaishav Bhagat does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.