Mr Rajat Verma

Professional statement

Mr Rajat Verma is a highly accomplished consultant Adult and Paediatric spine surgeon who possesses a high level of expertise in back pain, scoliosis, degenerative disc disease, sciatica, spinal fusion, and spondylolysthesis. He currently practises at Spire Cheshire Hospital and Spire Manchester Hospital. He has a particular interest in spinal deformity correction and also sees young athletes with sport-related back injuries. He is the surgical lead for the Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression pathway for Greater Manchester and has helped devise and develop the pathway in collaboration with his Oncology colleagues.
 
Mr Verma successfully obtained an MS (Orth) from the University of Mumbai, India, in 1995, and also specialises in spinal tumours, lower back pain, vertebroplasty, lumbar canal stenosis, and microdiscectomy. After completing his MS (Orth), Mr Verma obtained an MSc in Surgery of Trauma from the University of Birmingham. Following higher surgical specialist training in the Northwest he completed his intercollegiate FRCS(Tr&Orth) at the Royal College of Surgeons in 2004. He is on the GMC Specialist Register and takes an active role in training and supervising trainee surgeons.
 
Mr Verma has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals on various topics relating to adult and paediatric spine surgery. He is a member of the British Scoliosis Society, the British Association of Spine Surgeons, and the British Orthopaedic Association. He has been and continues to be on the Executive Committee of the Spinal Societies.
 
Mr Verma’s philosophy of managing spinal conditions focuses on a holistic approach and he encourages patients to be inquisitive about their condition and welcomes questions and requests for explanations by patients and their family members. Mr Verma is committed to continuous learning and strives to keep up with all medical advancements in the management of Spinal conditions, in order to offer the best advice to his patients.