Mr Nikolaos Tzerakis

 Professional experience

• More than 20 years of experience
• Consultant Neurosurgeon, Rowley Hall Hospital, Stafford (present)
• Consultant Neurosurgeon, Nuffield Health North Staffordshire Hospital, Newcastle-under-Lyme (present)
• Consultant Neurosurgeon, Basford Consulting Rooms, Newcastle-under-Lyme (present)
• Consultant Neurosurgeon, University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS (present)

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 Sub-specialties

• Spinal surgery
• Spinal trauma
• Spinal oncology (tumours involving the vertebrae and the spinal cord)
• Spinal degeneration
• Disc protrusion
• Disc prolapse
• Sciatica
• Stenosis
• Spinal fixation
• Spinal fusion
• Arm pain
• Cervical brachialgia
• Cervical discectomy and fusion
• Cervical disc replacement
• Vascular pathologies of the spinal cord
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Microvascular decompression
• Balloon compression
• Chiari malformation
• Foramen magnum decompression
• Neurovascular surgery
• Brain aneurysms
• Cavernous malformations
• Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
• Hydrocephalus
• Increased intracranial pressure

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 Teaching posts

• He has held courses and workshops across Europe: these courses are centred on several aspects of neurosurgery, research and development and paediatric neurosurgery. 
• He is the lead of educational meetings in the Neurosurgical Department of University Hospital of North Staffordshire.

 Education

• Spinal Surgery Fellowship, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough (2008)
• FRCS (Surgical Neurology), Royal College of Surgeons (2007)
• European examination accreditation, The European Board Examination in Neurological Surgery (EANS) (2006)
• Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health, Greece (2004)
• MBBS, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki (1995)

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 Publications and conferences

• View Mr Tzerakis research publications on ResearchGate

 Prizes and awards

• Second prize awarded for poster presentation in the 7th Pan-Hellenic Congress on Epilepsy. Athens (2012)
• Best poster presentation in the 7th Pan-Hellenic Congress on Epilepsy. Athens (2012)
• €3000. Scholarship for neurosurgical education from the Greek Neurosurgical Association. In the 20th Hellenic Neurosurgical Congress (2006)
• €3000. Scholarship for neurosurgical education from the Greek Neurosurgical Association. In the 18th Hellenic Neurosurgical Congress. (2004)

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 Professional membership

• Society for British Neurological Surgeons
• British Association of Spinal Surgeons
• British Medical Association
• Athens Medical Association
• Hellenic Neurosurgical Society
• Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England
• AOSpine Europe

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