Prof Erlick Pereira
Professor Pereira has a wide general practice of brain, spine, peripheral nerve and functional neurosurgery.
Bio
Professor Pereira has a wide general practice of spine, brain and functional neurosurgery. He is dual-trained in complex spinal surgery, having trained in neurosurgery at the Oxford John Radcliffe followed by an orthopaedic complex spinal surgery fellowship at Guy’s and St Thomas’.
He has special interests in all surgeries for severe chronic pain and cancer pain, spinal cord stimulation for pain, complex spinal surgery from slipped discs and trapped nerves to trauma, tumour and minimally invasive surgery, general brain surgery including trauma, benign lesions and hydrocephalus. He uses endoscopes and microscopes and has particular expertise in deep brain stimulation. He delivers holistic care in specialist multi-disciplinary medical teams.
He has set up deep brain stimulation services in St George's, London where he is a Professor at City St George's, University of London and Porto, Portugal where he is a visiting Professor.
He has numerous awards including the American Association of Neurological Surgeons WH Sweet Award, US Congress of Neurological Surgeons Tasker Award and the Hunterian Professorship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
More information
5 Devonshire Place
London, W1G 6HL
Professor Erlick Pereira is available through The London Clinic's Connect service for video consultations.
- Consultant Neurosurgeon
St George's Hospital, London
- Professor of Neurosurgery
St George's, University of London - Visiting Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Porto
- Meningioma
- Brain lesions
- Endoscopy
- Spinal tumours
- Minimally invasive and complex spine surgery
- Metastatic spinal cord compression
- Syringomyelia
- Hydrocephalus
- Year qualified 2005
- Cambridge University
- Oxford University
First deep brain lesion for tremor completed at The London Clinic
The London Clinic
17/06/2021
A patient with tremor has successfully undergone a pioneering form of deep brain lesioning surgery at The London Clinic. This is a first for a UK private hospital.
Prof Pereira was interviewed alongside Dr Dominic Paviour on this 'remarkable treatment'.
Pioneering technology to help reduce symptoms of Parkinson's disease
Prof Pereira tells Zawya.com how The London Clinic is the first private hospital in the UK to use the innovative Abbott Infinity™ DBS System to treat Parkinson’s disease patients.
