Initial consultation price:
£250
About Mr Ameet Kulkarni
Personal Profile
Mr Ameet Kulkarni is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon at Woodlands Hospital in Darlington.
He is a fellowship trained Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon. He completed his senior spinal fellowship from the prestigious Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham and has been a consultant since 2015. Mr Kulkarni has also completed fellowships in Australia, Spain and India. He has been working at the University Hospital of North Tees, part of University Hospitals Tees since 2021.
Mr Kulkarni undertakes regular spinal clinics and operating lists. Within his NHS practice he also participates in the trauma on-call at North Tees Hospital.
Mr Kulkarni is passionate about teaching and training the next generation of doctors and surgeons. He routinely teaches medical students from regional medical schools. Registrars at North Tees Hospital regularly have the opportunity to work with him in spinal surgery and many of these registrars have gone on to complete their FRCS. Mr Kulkarni also attends teaching courses for the Fellowship of The Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) as faculty and enjoys the opportunity to share his knowledge.
Mr Kulkarni routinely participates in clinical improvement activities and has helped set up the GIRFT (Get It Right First Time) 'Cauda Equina' pathway at North Tees Hospital, along with other quality improvement activities.
He has a special interest in cervical and lumbar degenerative pathologies and regularly conducts clinics for these conditions. He offers spinal injections for lumbar pathologies using injection techniques learnt during fellowship. Mr Kulkarni also performs cervical spine surgery in the form of anterior decompressions, fusions and posterior decompressions and fusions. He offers lumbar microdiscectomies along with routine lumbar decompressions and spinal fusions where indicated. Where feasible he uses techniques which utilise smaller incisions and less invasive surgical options.
Clinical Interests
- Cervical and lumbar degenerative pathologies
- Spinal injections
- Cervical spine surgery
- Lumbar discectomy
- Minimally invasive spinal surgery
