Mr Pratipal Kalsi

 Professional experience

• More than 5 years of experience
• Consultant spinal neurosurgeon, New Victoria Hospital (present)
• Spinal neurosurgeon, Spine Clinic London (2023 – present)
• Consultant spinal neurosurgeon, National Health Service (2021 – present)
• Complex spine fellow, Imperial College Healthcare (2020 – 2021)
• Complex spine fellow, University College London Hospitals (2019– 2020)
• Visiting paediatric spine deformity fellow, The Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto (2019)
• AO Complex Spine Fellow, University Health Network (2018 – 2019)

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 Sub-specialties

• Indtradural pathologies
• Myelopathy
• Back pain
• Lumbar degenerative disc disease 
• Spinal stenosis
• Lumbar radiculopathy 
• Neck pain
• Cervical radiculopathy/arm pain
• Spinal tumors
• Spine infections 
• Spine fractures
• Spinal cord injury
• Carpal tunnel/ulnar nerve decompression 

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 Education

• PhD in spinal repair and regeneration, University College London (2021)
• Fellow in surgical neurology, Royal College of Surgeons (2017)
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Imperial College London (2003)

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 Publications and conferences

• Mr Kalsi's research can be view on his ResearchGate profile.
• Kalsi P, Hejrati N, Charalampidis A, Wu PH, Schneider M, Wilson JR, Gao AF, Massicotte EM, Fehlings MG. Spinal arachnoid cysts: A case series and systematic review of the literature. Brain Spine. 2022 Jun 15;2:100904. doi: 10.1016/j.bas.2022.100904. eCollection 2022.
• Kalsi P, Zaidman N, Jain A, Prezerakos G, Casey A, Russo VM. Surgical management of giant paraspinal thoracic schwannomas. World Neurosurgery Jan 28:S1878-8750(20)32566-3.
• Charalampidis A, Hejrati N, Ramakonar H, Kalsi PS, Massicotte EM, Fehlings MG. Clinical outcomes and revision rates following four-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Sci Rep. 2022 Mar 29;12(1):5339.
• Schneider MM, Badhiwala JH, Alvi MA, Tetreault LA, Kalsi P, Idler RK, Wilson JR, Fehlings MG. Prevalence of neck pain in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy and short-term response after operative treatement: A Cohort study of 664 patients from 26 global sites. Global Spine J. 2022 Sep 8:21925682221124098.
• Charalampidis A, Canizares M, Kalsi P, Hung Wu P, Johnson M, Soroceanu A, Nataraj A, Glennie A, Rasoulinejad P, Attabib N, Hall H, Fisher C, Thomas K, Rampersaud Y. Differentiation of pain related functional limitations in surgical patients with lumbar spinal stenosis using the ODI: a Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network (CSORN) study. Spine 2021 Oct 23:S1529-9430(21)00968-2
• Kalsi P, Mukerji N, Manjunath Prasad KS. Treatment of carotid cavernous fistulas with external manual carotid compression – The UK Experience. British Journal of Neurosurgery 2020 Feb; 34(6); 701-703.
• Kalsi P, Thom M Choi D. The histological effects of fibrin glue and tissue adhesives on the spinal cord: Are they safe to use? British Journal of Neurosurgery 2017 Dec;31(6): 695-700.
• Kalsi P, Mukerji N. Treatment by specialist surgical neurooncologists improves survival times for patients with malignant glioma. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2016 Jan 1:1-2.
• Gladwin K, Kalsi P, Choi D. Rat brachial plexus ventral root repair model. Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery. 2016 Jan 7;3(12):e576.
• Shekhar H, Kalsi P, Dambatta S, Strachan R. Do antibiotic impregnated external ventricular catheters have a low infection rate in clinical practise? British Journal of Neurosurgery. 2015(10)15:1-6.
• Hassan MF, Mohamed M, Kalsi P, Bradey N, Sinar EJ. Intramedullary pyogenic abscess of the conus medullaris. British Journal of Neurosurgery. Feb 2012;26(1):118-9.
• Kalsi PS, Tizzard S. Listeria Monocytogenes encephalitis causing reversible confusion in a patient with glioblastoma multiforme. British Journal of Neurosurgery. Jun 2011;25(3):333-334.
• Balasubramanian K, Kalsi P, Manjunath Prasad KS, Greenough CG. Reliability of clinical examination in diagnosing cauda equina syndrome. British Journal of Neurosurgery. Aug 2010;24(4):383-6
• Palmer C, Kalsi P, Bradey N, Scoones D, Strachan R. Recurrence of fourth ventricular choroid plexus papilloma with late occurrence of a spinal drop metastasis. British Journal of Neurosurgery. Aug 2010;24(4):482-4.
• Shekhar H, Dambatta S, Kalsi P, Strachan R. Is the use of antibiotic impregnated external ventricular drains reducing the incidence of ventriculitis? British Journal of Neurosurgery, April 2009; 23(2): 111–115.
• Paluzzi A, Viva LJ, Kalsi PS, Mukerji N, Tzerakis N, Patton MA. Ruptured cerebral aneurysm in a patient with Floating Harbour Syndrome. Clinical Dysmorphology. 2008 Oct;17(4):283-5.
• Kalsi PS, Rangi PS, Elias TA, Martin AJ. Intracranial aneurysms after a cranial stab injury. Injury. May 2007. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2007.07.003.
• Rust PA, Kalsi PS, Cannon S, Briggs TWR, Blunn GW. Will mesenchymal stem cells differentiate into osteoblasts on allograft? Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research. April 2007;457;220-6.

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 Professional membership

• Royal College of Surgeons
• British Association of Spine Surgeons
• Society of British Neurological Surgeons
• AO Spine North America

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