Mr Michael Athanassacopoulos

Professional statement

Mr Michael Athanassacopoulos is a leading consultant spinal surgeon who specialises in back pain, neck pain and sciatica alongside scoliosis, arm pain and cervical injections. He privately practises at Sheffield Orthopaedics Ltd, a clinic at the Spire Claremont Hospital, while his NHS base is Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Mr Athanassacopoulos did his orthopaedic training at Glasgow, Swansea and  the General Hospital of Athens ‘KAT’, the major trauma centre of Athens, Greece in 2011.

Mr Athanassacopoulos initially specialised in orthopaedics in 2011, and then in specialised in Adult and Paediatric Spinal Surgery. He has completed fellowships in paediatric deformity surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital, adult and paediatric spinal surgery at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Sheffield Children's Hospital, and in Bordeaux, France.

Mr Athanassacopoulos, who also specialises in microdiscectomy for back and leg pain, spinal decompression for back and leg pain, spinal fusion for back and leg pain and Cervical surgery for arm pain, has had his research published in various peer-reviewed journals. He is a member of several professional organisations including the British Association of Spine Surgeons (BASS), AO Spine International and the College of Greek Orthopaedic Surgeons. He also has membership at Eurospine, British Medical Association and the British Scoliosis Society (BSS).