Prof. Hossein Mehdian

Hossein Mehdian was appointed as a Consultant Spinal Surgeon at Queen’s Medical Centre, University Hospital Trust, Nottingham, (UK) n April 1993. He is one of the founder members of the world renowned Centre for Spinal Studies.  Having practiced spinal surgery exclusively for over 23 years, he has performed over 5000 spinal operations. Mr Mehdian has been involved in the management of complex adult and paediatric spinal deformities, low back pain, cervical disorders, spinal trauma, tumours and reconstructive surgery.

Having completed training in spinal surgery at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry and at The Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital, Exeter,  he holds the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, FRCS(Ed).

He has international roles with the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) including past chair of the Global Outreach Committee, member of the Awards and Scholarships committee, Adult Deformity Committee and Patients Education Committee. With the European Spine Society he forms part of the Membership and Programme Committees.

He is a visiting Professor to several centres of spinal surgery across the world.

On October, 2018 Prof. Mehdian was presented with the TUMS Distinguished Visiting Professor Title for the duration of 2018-2021 by Neurosurgery Department of TUMS School of Medicine.

• An Analysis of the Incidence and Outcomes of Major vs. Minor Neurological Decline after Complex Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Sub-analysis of Scoli-RISK-1 Study
  Article: Nov 2017 – Spine 
  Authors: So Kato,Lenke, Lawrence G.; Fehlings, Michael G.; Shaffrey, Christopher I.; Cheung, Kenneth M.C.; Carreon, Leah; Dekutoski, Mark B.; Schwab, Frank J.; Boachie-Adjei, Oheneba; Kebaish, Khaled M.; Ames, Christopher P.; Qiu, Yong; Matsuyama, Yukihiro; Dahl, Benny T.; Mehdian, 

• Single-stage posterior reduction and instrumented fusion of high-grade L5–S1 Spondylolithesis
  Article: Nov 2017 - European Spine Journal
  Authors: Hossein Mehdian, Luigi Aurelio Nasto

• Characteristics of Deformity Surgery for Patients with Rigid Cervical Kyphosis: Results of an International Multicenter Study
  Article: Oct 2017 - The Spine Journal
  Authors: Justin S. Smith, Christopher P. Ames, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Hossein Mehdian, Richard Ferch, Ronald Bartels, Johannes Schroder, Tomoaki Toyone

• Can MRI Predict Flexibility in Scheuermann Kyphosis Patients?
  Article: Aug 2017 Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques
  Authors: Radek Kaiser, Eyal Behrbalk,  Michael Walsh, Hossein Mehdian

• Analysis of cervical sagittal alignment change following correction of thoracic and thoracolumbar Scheuermann’s kyphosis
  Article: Mar 2017 - European Spine Journal
  Authors: Luigi Aurelio Nasto, Saggah Tarek Shalabi, Ana Belen Perez-Romera, Hossein Mehdian

• Predictors of Health-Related Quality-of-Life After Complex Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Scoli-RISK-1 Secondary Analysis
  Article: Mar 2017
  Authors: Leah Y. Carreon, Steven D. Glassman, Fehlings, Michael G.; Shaffrey, Christopher I. Lawrence Lenke; Cheung, Kenneth M.C.; Carreon, Leah; Dekutoski, Mark B.; Schwab, Frank J.; Boachie-Adjei, Oheneba; Kebaish, Khaled M.; Ames, Christopher P.; Qiu, Yong; Matsuyama, Yukihiro; Dahl, Benny T.; Mehdian, Hossein; Pellisé-Urquiza, Ferran; Lewis, Stephen J.; Berven, Sigurd H.

• Erratum to: Distal junctional kyphosis in patients with Scheuermann’s disease: a retrospective radiographic analysis
  Article: Feb 2017 - European Spine Journal
  Authors: Amir Ghasemi, Timo Stubig, Luigi Aurelio Nasto, Hossein Mehdian 

• Clinical outcome and safety study of a newly developed instrumented French-door cervical laminoplasty technique
  Article: Jan 2017 - Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 
  Authors: Luigi Aurelio NastoSamiul MuquitAna Belen Perez-Romera, Hossein Mehdian

• Distal junctional kyphosis in patients with Scheuermann’s disease: a retrospective radiographic analysis
  Article: Dec 2016 - European Spine Journal, 
  Authors: Amir GhasemiTimo StübigLuigi Aurelio Nasto, Hossein Mehdian

• Paraspinal muscle volume in patients with Scheuermann’s Kyphosis
  Article: Nov 2016 - Acta Orthopaedica Belgica
  Authors: Radek Kaiser, Eyal Behrbalk, Petr Waldauf, Hossein Mehdian