Mr Almas Khan

About

Mr Khan is a UK and Fellowship trained specialist orthopaedic spinal surgeon with 7 years Consultant Experience (full time spinal surgery). He is also a Medicolegal expert (complex spines) and has 4 years Specialist Spinal Surgery Training.

Mr Khan specialises in the following treatments, tests and scans at Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital:

• Bone Graft
• Correction of Scoliosis
• Epidural Injection for Pain Relief
• Facet Joint Injections
• Laminectomy
• Lumbar Discectomy
• Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
• Spinal Decompression
• Vertebroplasty
• X-Ray Guided Facet Joint Injection

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Mr Khan in the news

Scoliosis in Teenagers - Lola’s Story.

Mr Khan treated teenager Lily for her Scoliosis: she is now confident enough to take up dancing and can even do the splits. See the story.

Mr Khan's patient Phoebe who suffered from Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, proudly shows off her scar from spinal surgery in her high school prom dress. Read this story.

Mr Almas Khan: video case studies

Tyrrell Sisters' Scoliosis Journey

Meet Phoebe and Gabriella, sisters from Harrogate, Yorkshire. They both were diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and treated by Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon Mr Almas Khan

What is Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis?

Hear from Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon Mr Almas Khan about Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (juvenile scoliosis).

Other interests

• Facet joint Rhizolysis
• Revision Spinal Surgery

Personal interests

Family, film and music

Treatments and tests offered by Mr Almas Khan at Nuffield Health

• Lumbar discectomy
• Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
• Spinal (lumbar) Decompression
• Facet joint injections
• Medial facetectomy
• Nerve blocks
• Cervical Spine Surgery
• Bone Graft
• Minimally invasive spinal surgery
• Vertebroplasty
• Excision of spinal tumours
• Correction of scoliosis
• X-Ray Guided Facet Joint Injection
• Laminectomy
• Interspinous implant
• Epidural injection for pain relief
• Spinal fusion surgery
• Dorsal root ganglion block

Locations Mr Almas Khan works with

Related experience

Research

Internationally published on minimally invasive spine surgery, nerve root blocks and scoliosis.

Memberships

• British Association of Spine Surgeons
• British Scoliosis Society
• British Orthopaedic Association
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• British Medical Association

Other posts held

• Consultant Spinal Surgeon and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Insurers Mr Almas Khan works with

Mr Almas Khan works with the following private medical insurance providers:

• Aviva Health
• AXA Health
• AXA - Global Healthcare
• Benenden Health
• Bupa
• Cigna
• Exeter Family Friendly
• Simplyhealth
• WPA

Declaration

Mr Almas Khan does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.

Mr Almas Khan does not have a share or financial interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital.

Mr Almas Khan does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.