Ahmed-Ramadan Sadek

Clinical focus

Consultant neurosurgeon and spinal surgeon at the Essex Neurosciences Centre, Queen’s Hospital, Romford, Fortius Clinic, London, and The London Independent Hospital.

Complex spinal surgery, including robotic and navigation-guided instrumentation, spinal tumours, and day-case endoscopic spinal surgery.

Fellowships and training

Sir Hugh Cairns Spine Fellowship
Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust

Jason Brice Academic Fellowship
With Professor Liam Gray at the University of Southampton, then Professor Christian Steinhäuser at Universitätsklinikum Bonn

Academic neurosurgical training, Wessex
Including a Walport Academic Fellowship

Qualifications

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Surgical Neurology (FRCS(SN))
Royal College of Surgeons

Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Medicine and Neuroscience (D.Phil.(Oxon))
University of Oxford · Microcircuits of the Globus Pallidus, supervised by Professor Paul Bolam and Professor Peter Magill

Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS)
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
St George’s Hospital Medical School, London

Bachelor of Science with Honours in Anatomy (B.Sc. (Hons)), intercalated
University College London · supervised by Professor Geoffrey Burnstock

GMC registration
General Medical Council · 6155997

Service development

As Clinical Lead for Neurosurgery at the Essex Neurosciences Centre, Queen’s Hospital, since November 2022, I have focused on access, training and culture. In my view, good patient care comes through your staff, not around them.

Waiting times
Referral-to-treatment performance is the service’s best since before the pandemic, and the waiting list is down by more than 1,600.
June 2026

Scale
In 2025 the department held about 190,000 outpatient appointments (about 150 elective and 90 emergency operations a month) and published more than 20 peer-reviewed papers.

Hospital space
Theatre capacity increased from two to three daily sessions, and ward capacity expanded by 50%, in collaboration with Trust leadership.

Workforce and training
Appointed six new consultant neurosurgeons and introduced a 12-month complex spine fellowship, partly sponsored by industry, with an international intake. Fellows trained in skull base, neuro-oncology and spinal surgery, and a new Educational Lead and Simulation and Courses Lead.

Technology and new services
Launched a spinal robotics and navigation programme, secured approval for a dedicated endoscopic spine suite, and established a training pathway through which four surgeons now regularly perform endoscopic spine procedures, including day-case surgery.

Current roles

Clinical Lead, Department of Neurosurgery
Essex Neurosciences Centre, Queen’s Hospital, Romford · Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust · since November 2022

Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon
Queen’s Hospital, Romford · since August 2019

Honorary Consultant
Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust · since December 2019

NHS England Spinal Network Lead
North East London and Essex Spinal Network · since October 2025

Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon
Fortius Clinic, London · since May 2023

Responsible Officer
Fortius Clinic, London · since October 2026

Neurosurgery and Spinal Surgery Lead, Medical Advisory Committee (MAC)
The London Independent Hospital, London · since February 2026

Executive MBA (in progress)
Arden University

Network and wider work

Regional network
NHS England Spinal Network Lead for North East London and Essex since 2025. I chair the network’s meetings, held twice a year, with every third meeting held jointly with another network. In November 2025, together with the East Anglia Spinal Network, we hosted the largest pan-regional spinal meeting in the UK. I also take part in the regional Essex Spinal MDT.

Department milestones
Designated a Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence for brain tumour care (2026), and a £6.7 million ARIA-funded neurotechnology research programme, led by colleagues.

Independent sector
At Fortius Clinic, helped build an integrated spinal unit with specialist nursing and theatre leads, clear governance and a formal Spinal MDT.

Selected publications

Research themes: spinal surgery outcomes, cauda equina syndrome, foot drop, robotic-assisted instrumentation, chronic subdural haematoma, and the basal ganglia neuroscience of my D.Phil.

Robotic-assisted spinal instrumentation from C1 to S1: experience of a UK neurosurgical tertiary referral centre.
J Clin Med, 2026

The impact of prolapse to canal ratio (PCR) in cauda equina syndrome outcomes and operative management.
Eur Spine J, 2026 · senior author

Prognostic factors and surgical outcomes of foot drop secondary to lumbar degenerative disease: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.
Eur Spine J, 2025 · senior author

Surgical outcomes of unilateral painful foot drop secondary to lumbar disc herniation: a multicenter retrospective study.
J Neurosurg Spine, 2025 · senior author

Surgical management and outcomes of ankylosing spondylitis fractures in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Neurosurg Rev, 2025 · senior author

Chopping and changing: long-term results of epilepsy surgery.
The Lancet, 2011 · lead author

All publications on PubMed →

Speaking and teaching

Invited speaker at national and international conferences.

Lecturer
University of East Anglia

Lecturer
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)

Invited lecture
Alexandria Neurosurgery Conference, Egypt, 2026

Master of ceremonies and speaker: current evidence in spinal surgery; sports spine injuries
Fortius Spine Summit, London, 2026

Speaker
Abu Dhabi Neuroscience Forum, 2025

Speaker
21st Vietnam Neurosurgery Conference, 2022