Neurosurgery
Neurosurgeons specialize in the nervous system, i.e. the brain and spinal cord. They commonly perform operations for brain tumours, brain haemorrhage, compression of the spinal cord or nerve roots (e.g. herniated disc and sciatica), and compression of peripheral nerves (e.g. carpal tunnel syndrome).
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Tumour Operations
- Nerve entrapment surgery
Skull Base Surgery
Endoscopic skull base surgery.
Tumour Resection
Image-guided awake tumour resection with functional cortical mapping.
Spinal Surgery
Minimally invasive spinal surgery.
Chronic Pain
In back or neck.
Our Neurosurgeon
Dr Benjamin Lopez
British-trained Neurosurgeon
Fluent
Native
- FRCS Neuro.Surg (Intercollegiate Board in Neurological Surgery) 2002
- FRCS Eng (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England) 1995
- Spanish title of Specialist in Neurosurgery: 2000.
- Licensee in Medicine & Surgery. Córdoba Medical School: 1990.
- GMC (General Medical Council, UK) no 3575356
- Colegio de Médicos de Málaga no. 413106726
- Endoscopic skull base surgery
- Image-guided awake tumour resection with functional cortical mapping
- Minimally invasive spinal surgery
- Consultant Neurosurgeon. Vithas Xanit International Hospital (current position)
- Specialist in Neurosurgery. Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena. Sevilla. Sept 2005 to 2011
- Consultant Neurosurgeon (l.t.). King’s College Hospital, London. 02/2004 – 08/2005
- Consultant Neurosurgeon (l.t.). Great Ormond Street Hospital, London. 11/2003 – 01/2004
- Consultant Neurosurgeon (l.t.). St. Bartholomew’s & The Royal London Hospitals. 11/2002 – 10/2003
- North Thames Deanery Higher Surgical Training Programme in Neurosurgery.
- Specialist training number: THN/031/004/N.
- Apart from the UK he has also spent time in USA, Germany and France completing specific technical training in both skull base and spinal neurosurgery
- Second Opinion Expert in Neurosurgery for the “Servicio de Protocolos Asistenciales” of the “Servicio Andaluz de Salud”.
- Collaboration with the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) on the evaluation of the efficacy of gamma knife in trigeminal neuralgia (2004)
- Referee of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry (2003-2004)
- Referee of the European Journal of Neurology (2003-2004)
- Member of the Medical Advisory Board of the UK Trigeminal Neuralgia Association (2003 to 2005)