He Qualified at Barts and trained in Trauma and Orthopaedics at UCH and the Westminster Hospitals. His Spinal training took place at UCH and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital with a European Fellowship in Gothenburg Sweden and Oslo Norway. He was appointed to St.Mary’s Hospital and Medical School in 1984 and to the staff of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital as a Spine Surgeon in 1992. In 2003 he left to help set up and lead the spinal services at Ravenscourt Park Hospital part of the Hammersmith Hospitals Trust. He is a member of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) and the North American Spine Society (NASS). He was a founder member of the European Spine Society (SSE) and a founder member and later President of The British Association of Spinal Surgeons.