Mr Jaykar Panchmatia

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.

Mr Panchmatia accepts all cases including personal injuries; clinical negligence cases; work related injuries and diseases; industrial injuries; sports injuries.

Mr Panchmatia’s spinal medico-legal interests include: cauda equina syndrome, whiplash, back pain, neck pain, soft tissue spine injuries, spinal trauma, spine fractures, orthopaedic conditions accompanying diseases of the spine, disc disease including disc prolapse/ disc protrusion/ bulging disc, stiff back, stiff neck, arm pain originating in the spine, leg pain originating in the spine, shoulder pain associated with spine issues, sciatica, numbness in the arms and legs, paraesthesia in the arms and legs, low back pain, pins and needles in the arms and legs, thoracic pain, cervical pain, thoracolumbar pain, lumbar pain, osteoporotic spine fractures, neurological spinal injuries, spinal cord injuries, paralysis, spinal stenosis, degenerative spinal conditions, spinal conditions associated with hypermobility, spinal conditions associated with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, myelopathy, spondylolisthesis, spinal tumours, spinal deformities, failed back surgery syndrome, spinal infections, coccyx pain, and fractures.