Mr Thomas Ember

Mr Tom Ember qualified from St George's Hospital Medical School (University of London). He undertook specialist training at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Stanmore). His Spinal Fellowship was at Great Ormond Street Hospital and The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.

His current NHS appointment as a Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon is at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children.

Mr Ember specialises in the following procedures and techniques:

• Injection therapies (epidural, nerve root injections, facet joint blocks, CT guided cervical nerve root injections)
• Facet joint denervation
• Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
• Microdiscectomy
• Lumbar spinal fusion
• Cervical fusion and disc replacement
• Minimal access surgery
• Less invasive surgery techniques
• Operating microscope
• Vascular access surgeon assisted anterior spinal surgery
• Spinal navigation
• Robot assisted spinal surgery

It is important that HCA is transparent about our relationship with those doctors who provide us with clinical guidance on delivering the best possible care to patients and operating our hospitals safely and efficiently. We set out here some of the ways in which we work together and the amount we pay this doctor for such services.