He completed the National Spine Fellowship in Leeds in 2001 and 95% of his workload is spine both acute and elective. He is the elected UK delegate for the European Association of Neurosurgeons (EANS) training course and the UK representative for the Young Neurosurgeons of the World Federation of Neurosurgeons. He is the NICE specialist advisor for XLIF, head injuries, dynamic stabilisation and interspinous process distractors.