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Mr Steven Lau

Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon

Mr Steven Lau

Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon

About Mr Steven Lau

Personal Profile

Mr Steven Lau was brought up in the east Kent area and qualified from medical school at Edinburgh University where he obtained a First Class Honours in his intercalated degree. His basic surgical surgery took place at St. Barts and the Royal London hospitals, before being appointed as a trauma fellow at the Royal London Hospital. Mr Lau completed his higher surgical training on the prestigious South East Thames rotation, gaining his FRCS (Tr & Orth) in 2010.

Mr Lau developed an interest in spinal surgery early during his surgical training, and has working in the spinal units at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Guys and St. Thomas’ Hospital and the Evelina Unit. Between 2010-2012, Mr Lau trained on the spinal fellowship as the University Hospital of Wales and worked at the Conquest Hospital, Hastings spinal fellow.

Mr Lau currently works as a Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon at the William Harvey Hospital.

When not spending time with his family, Mr Lau enjoys an array of sports including golf, squash, fishing and cycling. Having spent much of his childhood helping his parents in the catering industry, he also has a great love of cooking and food.

Stephen Lau Clinical Interests

  • Degenerate spinal conditions and back pain
  • Disc herniation and sciatica
  • Spinal stenosis
  • Degenerate discs
  • Discogenic pain
  • Spinal instability
  • Spinal fractures
  • Kyphoplasty
  • Sacro-iliac joint pain
  • Sacro-iliac joint fusion
  • Coccygeal pain
  • Thoracic back pain
  • Cervical / neck pain
  • Orthopaedic trauma

Stephen Lau Professional Memberships

  • Royal College of Surgeons
  • British Association of Spinal Surgeons
  • General Medical Council

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Languages spoken

English

GMC number

6024555
A General Medical Council (GMC) number is a unique ID that shows a specialist is officially registered and approved to practice medicine in the UK.

Qualifications

FRCS (Tr & Orth); MBCHB; PG Diploma (Tr & Orth); BSc (Hons)

Professional memberships

  • Royal College of Surgeons
  • British Association of Spinal Surgeons
  • General Medical Council

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