Mr Dimpu Bhagawati

 Professional experience

• More than 20 years of experience
• Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon, Princess Grace hospital, London (present)
• Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon, 19 Harley Street, London (present)
• Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon, Bedfordshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (present)
• Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London

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 Sub-specialties

• Spinal decompression
• Discectomy
• Cervical nerve root block
• Facet injections
• Kyphoplasty
• Minimally invasive spinal surgery
• Vertebroplasty
• Endoscopic spinal surgery
• Microdiscectomy
• Total disc replacement
• Spinal fusion
• Back pain
• Neck pain
• Scoliosis
• Computed navigated surgery
• Daycare Surgery
• Spine Fracture
• Coccydynia

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 Positions in public associations

• Clinical Lead for Spinal Surgery Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Medical and Dental Staff Governor, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 Teaching posts

• Offers courses to GPs in back pain, neck pain, cervical radiculopathy, myelopathy, lumbar radiculopathy, spinal stenosis, spinal fractures and scoliosis.
• MBBS Finals Examiner for University College London

 Education

• Senior Spinal Fellowship, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (2016)
• Senior Spinal Fellowship, Oxford University Hospitals (2014)
• FRCS (Trauma and Orthopaedics), Royal College of Surgeons of England (2013)
• MSc, University College London (2007)
• MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of England (2006)
• MA, University of Oxford (2003)
• MBBS, University College London (2001)
• BA, University of Oxford (1998)
• Surgical Leadership Program - Harvard Medical School 2022

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 Publications and conferences

• Numerous publications can be found in the Journal of Spinal Surgery, British Medical Journal Evidence, British Medical Journal Case reports, the Journal of Bone Material Research, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the European Spine Journal.
• Modification of titanium alloy surfaces for percutaneous implants by covalently attaching laminin. Gordon D, Bhagawati D, Middleton C, Pendegrass C, Blunn GW J Biomed Mater Res A. 2010 Aug;94(2):586-93. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.32735 PMID: 20198691
• Utility of routine biopsy at vertebroplasty in the management of vertebral compression fractures – a tertiary centre experience. Mukherjee S, Thakur B, Bhagawati D, Bhagawati D, Akmal S, Arzoglou V, Yeh J, Ellamushi H. J Neurosurg Spine. 2014 Nov;21(5):687-97.Epub 2014 Aug 15 PMID: 25127432
• Neck pain with radiculopathy. Bhagawati D, Gwilym S BMJ Clin Evid. 2015 Dec 23;2015. pii: 1103. PMID: 26695762
• Incidence of Proximal junctional kyphosis with Magnetic Expansion Control Rods in early onset scoliosis. Inaparthy P, Queruz JC, Bhagawati D, Thakar C, Rolton D, Nnadi C Eur Spine J. 2016 Oct;25(10):3308-3315. Epub 2016 Jul 19 PMID: 27435487
• Management of Progressive Late Onset Scoliosis with Magnetic Growth Rod Insertion leading to Improvement of Neural Anomalies - A Case Report. Zaveri, A, Pace, V, Bhagawati D, Rajamani V, Muthakumar K, Noordeen H. J Spine Surg. 2016 Dec;2(4):324-327. doi: 10.21037/jss.2016.11.03. PMID: 28097251
• A novel technique to reduce the likelihood of proximal junctional failure. Panchmatia J, Bhagawati D, Gibson A, Molloy S Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2017 Jun 5:1. PMID: 28581339
• Block Vertebra Alva A, Bhagawati D, Noordeen H BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jan 4 PMID: 29301805
• A Systematic review of percutaneous fixation of spinal fractures. Bhagawati D, Bhagawati D J Spine Surg. 2018 Mar;4(1):138-141 PMID: 29732434
• Delayed Presentation of a Symptomatic Psoas Hematoma Following Lumbar Vertebral Kyphoplasty for Myeloma: A Case Report. Pace V, Bhagawati D, Park C, Molloy S.J Orthop Case Rep. 2018 Nov-Dec;8(6):74-78. doi: 10.13107/jocr.22500685.1266.PMID: 30915300
• Block vertebra. Alva A, Bhagawati D, Noordeen H. BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jan 4;2018:bcr2017222395. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-222395. PMID: 29301805
• Presentations: Major International Meetings
• Living with Marfan syndrome. Bhagawati D, Noordeen H Marfan’s Association UK – Royal Society of Medicine - 2017
• Transition from Growth Sparing Techniques to Definitive Fusion. Bhagawati D, Noordeen H Hibbs Society, Scoliosis Research Society, Philadelphia 2017
• Incidence of Early Pulmonary Complications Requiring Chest Tube Insertion in Surgically Treated Paediatric Scoliosis. Rajamani V, Bhagawati D, Noordeen H, Lehovsky J, Molloy S, Gibson A Accepted for podium presentation at EFORT 2017 Vienna
• Incidence of Early Pulmonary Complications Requiring Chest Tube Insertion In Surgically Treated Paediatric Scoliosis Patients. Rajamani V, Bhagawati D, Noordeen H, Lehovsky J, Molloy S, Gibson A Accepted for podium presentation at BASS 2017 Manchester
• Percutaneous vs Open Pedicle Screw Fixation: Experience of a Major Trauma Centre. Bhagawati D, Bhagawati D, Kellett C, Thakur B, Soussan R, Akmal S, Ellamushi H, Yeh JS Oral presentation in World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies 2015 Rome
• The Use of a Predictive Model in the Assessment of Distal Radial Fractures – Are We Being Too Conservative? Reema Chawla, Jamie Mckenzie, Dimpu Bhagawati Oral presentation - American Association of Hand Surgery – Bahamas - 2015
• Utility of routine biopsy at Vertebroplasty in the management of Vertebral Compression Fractures - a Tertiary Centre Experience - Mukherjee S, Thakur B, Bhagawati D, Bhagawati DD, Akmal, S, Arzoglou V, Ellamushi H, Yeh J Oral Presentation at World Congress of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Techniques (III WCMISST) Bahia, Brazil 2014
• Vertebroplasty for Vertebral Compression Fractures - a Tertiary Centre Experience. Mukherjee S, Thakur B, Bhagawati D, Bhagawati DD, Akmal, S, Arzoglou V, Ellamushi H, Yeh J. Oral presentation in World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies 2013- Seoul, South Korea
• Novel Method of Radiological Assessment of Muscle Atrophy in Degenerative Spines - Bhagawati D, Krishnan H, Akmal M Poster presentation at Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco - October 2010
• Semi-Quantitative Radiological Assessment of Muscle Bulk in Degenerative Spines Bhagawati D, Krishnan H, Akmal M Podium presentation at World Spine Annual Meeting- Santorini - May 2010
• What’s important in Deep Vein Thrombosis in Orthopaedics? A prospective clinical study. - Bhagawati D, Bhagawati, D. K, West, A, Curativo, R Podium presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in Las Vegas - February 2009
• Improving Keratinocyte Attachment to Titanium Biomaterials - Bhagawati D, Prendegrass CJ, Blunn GW Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, Las Vegas - February 2009 (poster)
• The effect of Laminin-5 and Silanization on Cell Attachment to Orthopaedic Implants - Bhagawati D, Gordon, D, Middleton, C, Pendegrass, C. Blunn, G EFORT Vienna – June 2009 (poster).
• Learning from the Deer Antler Model: Using Laminin 5 to Seal Skin to Titanium Biomaterials Bhagawati D, Prendegrass C, Blunn GW Poster presentation at the British Orthopaedic Research Society, Manchester - May 2008
• Arthroscopic Radial Head Fracture Fixation - Case Controlled Study. Bhagawati D, Rajesh MB, Kamineni S Podium presentation presented at the Arthroscopic Association of North America, Washington –April 2008

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 Prizes and awards

• Awarded the Min Mehta Award and the DME Prize
• Commendation for Capstone Program - Harvard Surgical Leadership Program, Harvard
• Commendation for Capstone Program - Harvard Surgical Leadership Program, Harvard

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 Professional membership

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Member of the British Association of Spine Surgeons
• Member of the North American Spine Society
• Member of Eurospine
• Member of the Seddon Society
• Member of the Girdlestone Orthopaedic Society

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