Mr Raman Kalyan is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon at Woodlands Hospital in Darlington and The Duchy Hospital in Harrogate. He sees self-pay and insured patients only. 

He is a highly-skilled spine specialist. His passion is to alleviate the pain and disability arising from various spinal pathologies.

He provides individualised care for a wide range of spinal disorders. Mr Kalyan’s key message to his patients is "you deserve to enjoy life, with rapid relief of pain, avoid frequent pain medications and get back into action.”

His wide experience has enabled him to offer a dual role of both a Spinal Pain Management Specialist and Spine Surgeon. This allows him to provide a broad spectrum of pain management and comprehensive solutions for his patients.

Following his extensive experience of more than 28 years from numerous world-renowned spinal centres, Mr Kalyan provides exclusive treatment for spine disorders. He has worked in more than 12 specialised spinal centres and has travelled extensively to many other spinal centres. He has worked closely alongside more than 40 spinal surgeons, many pain specialists and numerous allied spine professionals, with varied perspectives and expertise.

Training

Mr Kalyan has a vast amount of training and experiences from numerous excellence centres, under many legends. This has enabled him to provide his patients with the best comprehensive treatment. He has gained expertise in the management of spinal conditions from simpler techniques to complex procedures.

Mr Kalyan has accomplished 6 post-graduate qualifications and more than 8 years of specialist spinal training. His dedicated hard work and perseverance over many years has enabled him to attain highly-specialised and fine skills. His experiences enable him to provide advanced management of spinal pain and disorders. These include a master’s degree in Spinal Pain, a biomechanical degree and specialised training in complex spinal deformity. He has developed a specialised approach for the management of his spinal patients. 

After his graduation in 1990, Mr Kalyan began his training in spinal surgery in the famous Christian Medical College Hospital in India. In 1996, he was elected for a travelling fellowship to visit distinguished spine surgeons. In Europe, he obtained advanced training in spinal surgery by attaining prestigious fellowships in Germany (1997) and France (1998). In the UK from 1998 onwards, he undertook further extensive training and fellowships in spinal surgery. These were under various eminent surgeons in Edinburgh, Belfast, Stanmore, London and Nottingham. He obtained his accreditation in Trauma and Orthopaedics by undertaking the Northern Ireland and Stanmore orthopaedic rotations.

These skills and experiences allow him to achieve excellent clinical outcomes and improvement of quality of life. This is appreciated by his patients following the various spinal interventions and surgeries he undertakes. Mr Kalyan is dedicated to the treatment of spinal conditions and his expertise lies entirely with the spine from top to bottom, dealing with most pathologies.

Mr Kalyan's strategy: rapid remedy and better long-term outcome

Mr Kalyan has a methodical and comprehensive approach to patient’s diagnosis and management. He successfully treats most of his patients using simple non-operative measures, such as:

• Spinal injections
• Rhizolysis (heat denervation)
• Pain management
• Specialised physiotherapy exercises
• Postural training
• Activity modification
• Patient education
• Bracing
• Other tailor-made advice

He undertakes surgery if required, after the appropriate conservative treatment has been provided. Mr Kalyan chooses simple surgical solutions that are tailored to the individual patient needs, with the aim of achieving rapid pain relief and the best long-term functional outcome. He prefers minimally invasive surgical techniques to enable speedy post-operative recovery and early return to function.

Academics

Mr Kalyan lectures in various settings on the management of spinal conditions. He actively takes part in teaching various spine professionals from different backgrounds.

In the past as a Clinical Lecturer at The University College of London, he had excellent experience in conducting various courses and teaching programmes. Mr Kalyan has contributed to various research and audits, focusing on various aspects of spinal conditions. He was awarded a master's degree and has won many awards for his high-quality research work on spinal pathologies.

Mr Kalyan obtained his specialised spinal training and spine fellowship in the following centres:

• Hospital Saint Vincent De Paul - Paris, France
• Institute Calot, Berck-sur-Mer - France
• Klinkum Karlsbad - Germany
• Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hosp - Edinburgh, UK
• Musgravepark Hosp & Royal Victoria Hosp - Belfast, UK
• Royal National Orthopaedics Hospital - London, UK
• Queen’s Medical Centre - Nottingham, UK
• Cromwell Hospital - London, UK
• Stoke Mandeville Hospital - Aylesbury, UK
• Barnet General Hospital - London, UK
• Christian Medical College & Hospital - Vellore, India

Personal interests

Mr Kalyan enjoys dancing, organising parties and participating in charity work.

Useful Links

• www.kalyanspine.com

Clinical Interests

• Spinal surgery
• Low back pain
• Sciatica
• Neck pain
• Radiculopathy
• Thoracic pain
• Coccyx pain
• Sacroillac pain
• Disc prolapse
• Spinal stenosis
• Spinal injections
• Discectomy
• Lumbar decompression
• Medial branch block
• Rhizolysis
• Degenerative disc
• Discogenic pain
• Piriformis syndrome
• Spine arthritis
• Facet joint arthritis
• Coccyx injection
• Scoliosis

• British Association of Spine Surgeons
• North American Spine Society
• British Orthopaedic Association
• British Scoliosis Society