Mr. Jaykar Panchmatia

Mr Panchmatia is a Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Trust.

Clinical Practice

Mr Panchmatia studied Medicine at Cambridge University. This included a clinical attachment at Yale University, USA. He furthered his education as a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University, USA and was a visiting scholar at the Barrow Neurological Institute. Mr Panchmatia was subsequently awarded a Trauma & Orthopaedic Spine Fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA.

In 2015, Mr Panchmatia was appointed as Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals, London (GSTT) specialising in spinal surgery. He is also the Clinical Governance Lead for trauma and orthopaedic surgery at GSTT. Mr Panchmatia treats elective and acute spinal conditions, offering both non-surgical and surgical treatments.

Medico Legal Practice

Mr Panchmatia is an established expert witness and has a mature medico-legal practice. His medico legal practice spans all spinal conditions. He is a specialist in serious/ complex high value injuries. Mr Panchmatia has undergone his expert witness training (Bond Solon). He is registered with APIL, AvMA, National Crime Agency (NCA) and the UK Register of Expert Witnesses. Mr Panchmatia was awarded Best Spinal Surgery Expert Witness.

Mr Panchmatia welcomes personal injury and clinical negligence claims, for claimant, defendant and joint cases. Mr Panchmatia welcomes both civil and criminal instructions. He offers nationwide clinics, and home and prison visits.

Experienced Expert Witness

Direct access to expert – no agency fees.

Short waiting times; urgent instructions can be accommodated.

High quality reports, delivered promptly.

Cardiff University Bond Solon Expert Witness certification.

Specialist in serious/ complex high value injuries.

Awarded Best Spinal Surgery Expert Witness 2024

Instructions welcome

Personal injury and clinical negligence claims.

Accept instructions on behalf of: Claimant, Defendant and Joint.

Civil and criminal instructions.

Medical reports; court appearances; desktop reports; screening reports; case conferences.

Registered with APIL, AvMA, National Crime Agency (NCA), and the UK Register of Expert Witnesses.

Clinical Expertise in all Spinal Conditions

Whiplash associated disorders including neck and arm pain

Cauda equina syndrome

Spinal trauma, including osteoporotic fractures

Spinal fractures

Spinal cord injury including paralysis

Failed back surgery

Foot drop

Neck and back pain

Spinal tumours (cancer)

Spinal infections.

Also:  Work-related injuries and diseases, industrial injuries and disability reports; road traffic accidents (RTAs); sports injuries; soft tissue spinal injuries; musculoskeletal spinal conditions; orthopaedic spinal conditions; degenerative conditions, including spinal stenosis; spinal conditions associated with hypermobility, including Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome; lumbar and low back pain; deformities, including spondylolisthesis; disc disease including disc prolapse/ disc protrusion/ bulging disc; chronic back pain; leg pain and sciatica; coccygeal pain (coccydynia).

Publications

Mr Panchmatia has over 70 academic presentations and publications. These include articles in the Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Journal of Trauma, Neurosurgical Focus, and the Spine Journal. Mr Panchmatia has published with acclaimed Harvard University author and Surgeon, Professor Atul Gawande. Mr Panchmatia has published a book: Navigation and Robotics in Spine Surgery with Thieme Medical Publishers, New York.

Prizes and Awards

Best Spinal Surgery Expert Witness 2024 (Acquisition International award).

British Association of Spine Surgeons and British Scoliosis Society Presidents’ Fellow.

British Orthopaedic Association prize and Sir Robert Jones Gold Medal.

British Orthopaedic Association Zimmer Passage to India Fellowship.

Cambridge University's Oon Khye Beng Ch'hiaTsio studentship.

Fulbright Scholarship (at Harvard University).

Royal College of Surgeons of England's BMI healthcare prize.

British Association of Spinal Surgeons (BASS). British Medical Association (BMA). British Scoliosis Society (BSS). Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS). General Medical Council (GMC).