Dr. Umar Farooq

Experienced and innovative double board holding neurosurgeon with Canadian Royal college eligibility and a broad experience spanning across pediatric, craniofacial, neuro oncology and neuro endoscopy, across 16 top neurosurgical centres in the UK for past 15 years, with a formal fellowship in minimally invasive complex spine surgery from the busy tertiary care trauma center UHCW, Coventry. Proficient in the latest techniques in MIS and endoscopic spine and brain surgery. Current associate editor for a reputable Q1 journal, Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery. Involved in innovative work on erector spinae block being the first one to develop and administer cervical erector spinea block and currently working on an international RCT on it for its comparative analysis. I am also in the process of writing a chapter on the new frontiers of minimally invasive spine surgery for a SpringerLink book.