Dr Ben Okafor

Dr. Ben Okafor is an experienced consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon based in the UK at Barts Hospital Group in London. He has a great deal of expertise in complex spinal surgery, spinal stenosis, scoliosis, spine fractures, spinal disc replacement and reconstruction, as well as lumbar and cervical spinal surgery. Dr Ben Okafor completed his MBBS at St Bartholomew’s Medical School, London University, and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons England in 1992. He has also undertaken fellowships in orthopaedic and spine surgery in various centres in Europe and the USA. Dr Okafor’s main areas of interest include complex spinal surgery, spinal fusions, lumbar spine diseases and disorders, sciatica, spinal deformity, upper and lower back pain, and spine tumours. Dr Okafor is an honorary senior lecturer at St Bartholomew’s Medical School London. He has published many peer-reviewed publications on his main areas of research interest, including functional assessment following spinal surgery, non-fusion technology for spinal surgery, spinal injections, and interbody spinal fusions. He is also licensed to practice in Nigeria and has been consulting and operating for several years in collaboration with colleagues. Dr Okafor’s clinical interests are extensive and include cervical spine diseases, lumbar spine diseases, neck pain, lower back pain, scoliosis, kyphosis, spondylolisthesis, revision spine surgery, kyphoplasty/vertebroplasty, coccygeal pain, coccygectomy, sacroiliac joint fusion, microdiscectomy, lumbar decompression,  spine fixation, spinal surgery, slipped disc, spine intervention, spinal imaging, disc disease, sciatica, degenerative spine disorders, hyperextension/hyperflexion of the spine (‘whiplash’), spinal injury, disc replacement, spinal disease, spine trauma, general trauma fractures, spine fractures, pain management, spine fusion, cervical fusion, and cervical disc replacement.