Mr Purushothaman specialises in treating patients with neck and back problems. The treatment is tailored to each individual patient, and can range from non-surgical methods such as physiotherapy and spinal injections to surgery, when appropriate. He performs the following procedures successfully · Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion · Anterior Cervical Disc Replacement · Posterior Cervical Decompression and fusion · Lumbar Microdiscectomy · Lumbar Decompression · Lumbar Decompression and fusion · Vertebroplasty · Kyphoplasty · Sacroplasty He underwent his Higher surgical training in Trauma & Orthopaedics in the Northeast of England. He developed an interest in spinal surgery and worked at all the spinal units in the Northeast of England. He then undertook the AO Spine Fellowship at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Mater Hospital, and Lady Cilento in Brisbane, Australia. There he received extensive training in various conditions of the spine, including degenerative conditions, trauma, infections, and malignancy(cancer). He was then appointed as a consultant spinal surgeon at Sunderland Royal Hospital.