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Mr Erlick Pereira
Specialties
- Neurosurgery and Spinal Surgery
Sub specialties
- Minimally invasive and complex spine surgery
- Functional neurosurgery - deep brain stimulation, spinal neuromodulation
- Spinal tumours, trauma and metastatic spinal cord compression
- Hydrocephalus, Chiari malformation, syringomyelia, spinal cord injury, endoscopy
- Head trauma, brain injury and brain lesions - cavernoma, meningioma
Clinical interests
- Neurosurgery
- Spinal surgery
Professional profile
Mr. Pereira has a wide general practice of brain, spine, peripheral nerve 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 and dorsal root ganglion 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, vascular problems and hydrocephalus. He uses endoscopes and microscopes and has particular expertise in deep brain stimulation.
He has set up deep brain stimulation services in St George's, London where he is a senior lecturer 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 Neurosurgeons Tasker Award and the Hunterian Professorship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Mr. Pereira is a Neurosurgical Medical Advisor to the British Boxing Board of Control.
Conditions treated
Treaments offered
London Deep Brain Stimulation
Mr Pereira is one of the team at London Deep Brain Stimulation, offering a state-of-the-art approach to neuromodulation for movement disorders and pain.
Video
An introduction to neuroinspire neurosurgical planning software
Consultant neurosurgeon Erlick Pereira describes why he chooses neuroinspire software to plan his DBS and lesional surgeries.
Press
Q&A: Deep brain stimulation
Mr Pereira was interviewed alongside Dr Dominic Paviour on this 'remarkable treatment'.
Pioneering DBS treatment continues at The London Clinic
We can announce the introduction of a new pioneering DBS service that aims to improve the quality of life for patients with chronic pain and movement disorders.
First patient treated with pioneering DBS surgery
A patient with Parkinson’s disease has successfully undergone a pioneering form of deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery at The London Clinic.
Pioneering technology to help reduce symptoms of Parkinson's disease
Mr 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.
Interview: American Association of Neurological Surgeons
In a detailed interview, Mr Pereira talks with the AANS on nationalised health care and looks ahead at its effects on procedures for the USA.
Current posts
Consultant Neurosurgeon
St George's Hospital, London
Current teaching posts
Senior Lecturer in Neurosurgery
St George's, University of LondonVisiting Professor of Neurosurgery
University of Porto
Medical training
Year qualified
2005Cambridge University
Oxford University
Other languages spoken
Clinic location
Clinic times
Wednesday: 9am - 8pm
Thursday: 1pm - 8pm
Friday: 1pm - 8pm
Secretary
Concierge service
We can support our patients with travel, hotel accommodation, London tours, plus theatre and restaurant reservations.
Appointment enquiries: +44 (0) 20 3944 1073 Concierge service: +44 (0) 203 219 3323 Self-Pay service: +44 (0) 203 918 7301International office: +44 (0) 203 219 3266 Invoice and payment enquiries: +44 (0) 207 616 7708 General enquiries: +44 (0) 20 3918 9135
Breast services appointments: +44 (0) 207 616 7653 Diagnostics appointments: +44 (0) 207 616 7653 Endoscopy appointments: +44 (0) 207 616 7760 Eye centre appointments: +44 (0) 207 616 7768 Haematology appointments: +44 (0) 207 535 5503 Kidney services appointments: +44 (0) 207 224 5234 Liver services appointments: +44 (0) 207 616 7719 Physiotherapy appointments: +44 (0) 207 616 7651 Radiology appointments: +44 (0) 207 616 7653
