Mr. Ashish Khurana

Mr Ash Khurana is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon based in Newport. He completed his higher specialist training in Trauma & Orthopaedics on the Welsh Rotation and was awarded FRCS in 2012. He has also completed MSc in Orthopaedic engineering at Cardiff University and uses the deeper understanding of mechanical principles in treating his patients.

Mr Khurana gained spinal surgical training in Cardiff and then completed his accredited fellowship at the prestigious Spinal unit in Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham where he gained an extensive experience in all aspects of spinal management, especially adult spinal deformity, metastatic spinal pathology, microscopic and minimally invasive surgery. He also trained with spinal neurosurgeons furthering his understanding of the spinal pathology from both an orthopaedic and neurosurgical perspective. He was awarded a travelling fellowship to the world renowned Spinal unit at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. He is a member of various spinal societies around the globe.

Mr Khurana's NHS practice is in Royal Gwent Hospital. His special interests include spinal trauma, metastatic spinal tumour and complex degenerative spine surgery including neck and the back. He uses various spinal injections, radiofrequency ablation, open and minimally invasive fixation techniques including cementation for managing his patients. He objectively assesses the outcomes of his interventions using PROMs (Patients Reported Outcome Measures).

Mr Khurana has operated a medico legal practice since 2013. He has a unique blend of Orthopaedic engineering and Law combined with his specialist training as a spinal surgeon enables him to provide comprehensive reports. He has undertaken over 200 complex personal injury and clinical negligence cases, has appeared in court. He sees clients of all ages via face to face, remote, prison and home visits. His work spilt is claimant: 50%, defendant: 40% and single joint expert:10%.

Mr Khurana is on the GMC panel for expert witness for FTP proceedings. He is also an examiner and interviewer for Cardiff University and reviewer for various international journals including the Bone and Joint journal.

Mr Khurana’s special interests include:
Spinal trauma, whiplash injuries and vertebral fractures/wedge fractures
Cauda Equina syndrome
Metastatic spinal tumours
Disc prolapse and complex degenerative spine surgery including for the neck and back
Occupational injuries causing neck or back pain, repetitive strain injuries (RSI)

Clinics at: Newport, Cardiff and Bristol
Multilingual in English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Gujaratic languages.

British Association of Spinal Surgeons, Royal Scoliosis, Royal Orthopaedic Association, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, British Indian Orthopaedic Association