Mr David Choi, Consultant Neurosurgeon

Mr David Choi

Consultant Neurosurgeon

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Mr David Choi MA MBChB FRCS PhD

Consultant Neurosurgeon

MA MBChB FRCS PhD

Mr David Choi

Consultant Neurosurgeon MA MBChB FRCS PhD

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MA MBChB FRCS PhD
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Areas of expertise

  • Lumbar disc disease, disc prolapse, back and leg pain
  • Cervical disc disease
  • Chiari malformation
  • Spinal tumours, spine and clivus chordomas and sarcomas
  • Spinal injury and brachial plexus injury
HCA-Healthcare-UK

Recommendations for Mr Choi

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Recommended by:

  • byDr Hannah Ruth O'Keeffe, GP

    Excellent spinal surgeon.

  • byDr Nigel Kellow, Pain Medicine Specialist

    I have known and worked closely with Mr David Choi for a number of years. He is an excellent neuro and complex spine surgeon. He has operated on many of my patients and I would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone.

  • byDr Hadi Manji, Consultant Neurologist

    Good clinician. Reliable.

  • byDr Hannah Ruth O'Keeffe, GP

    Excellent spinal surgeon.

  • byDr Nigel Kellow, Pain Medicine Specialist

    I have known and worked closely with Mr David Choi for a number of years. He is an excellent neuro and complex spine surgeon. He has operated on many of my patients and I would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone.

  • byDr Hadi Manji, Consultant Neurologist

    Good clinician. Reliable.

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    About Mr David Choi

    GMC number: 3679652

    Year qualified: 1992

    Place of primary qualification: University of Edinburgh

    Prof. David Choi is a Consultant Neurosurgeon based in London, UK. He holds private practices at The Wellington Hospital and The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square London. His NHS practice is also at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Additionally, he serves as a Prof. essor of Neurosurgery at University College London.

    Prof. Choi graduated from Emmanuel College in 1989 with a first-class BA degree in Medical Sciences. He then pursued clinical medicine in Edinburgh, earning his MBChB. Following this, he completed his general surgery at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and underwent specialist neurosurgical training at the Glasgow Institute of Neurological Sciences. He obtained a PhD in neurodegeneration and completed his specialist training at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

    Prof. David Choi has published numerous peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. He was awarded the Hallett Prize medal from the Royal College of Surgeons, London. His areas of expertise include spinal disc surgery, endoscopic surgery, microsurgery, and minimally invasive pedicle screws. He is also Prof. icient in open spinal instrumentation, craniocervical junction surgery, and neuronavigation.

    Prof. Choi treats a wide range of conditions such as lumbar disc disease, sciatica, disc prolapse, cervical disc disease, and spinal tumours. He is also experienced in managing metastatic disease, schwannomas, meningiomas, ependymomas, and Chiari malformation. His interests extend to spinal injury and brachial plexus injury. Prof. Choi has been in practice since 2004.

    Areas of expertise

    • General neurosurgical procedures
    • Complex spinal surgery
    • Spinal cord tumours
    • Spinal instrumentation
    • kull base surger
    • Soft Tissue Cancers
    • Spinal Surgery
    • Brain & Central Nervous System Cancers

    Professional memberships

    Royal College of Surgeons
    General Medical Council

    Articles by Mr David Choi

    Disorganization of the facial nucleus after nerve lesioning and regeneration in the rat: effects of transplanting candidate reparative cells to the site of injury

    Somatotopic organization of the facial nucleus is disrupted after lesioning and regeneration of the facial nerve: the histological representation of synkinesis

    A prospective observational study of the yield of olfactory ensheathing cells cultured from biopsies of septal nasal mucosa

    An experimental model of ventral root repair showing the beneficial effect of transplanting olfactory ensheathing cells

    Outcome of 132 operations in 97 patients with chordomas of the craniocervical junction and upper cervical spine

    Subfalcine herniation in the absence of a high pressure collection or mass: 'brain-slump'?

    Adjacent segment disease after fusion for cervical spondylosis; myth or reality?

    Clinical studies in spinal cord injury: moving towards successful trials

    Olfactory ensheathing cells in the nasal mucosa of the rat and human

    Late presentation of a type iii axis fracture with spondyloptosis