Personal Profile
Mr. Jwalant S. Mehta is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon at the Birmingham Spinal Centre at the prestigious Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. He is a part of the Spinal deformity team that deals with complex spinal problems including spinal deformities in children adolescents, adults and the elderly.
He qualified from GS Medical College in Mumbai, India in 1989, completed his Master’s in Orthopaedic Surgery from Mumbai University in 1992 and was conferred the Gold Medal for D (Orth) by the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He was on the Orthopaedic Surgery Higher Surgical training programme in the South East Thames Deanery and was conferred the MCh (Orthopaedics) from the University of Liverpool in 1998 and the FRCS (Tr and Orth) in 2001.Besides the NHS and private practice encompassing Deformity and Degenerative conditions, he undertakes the treatment of elite and amateur sportspersons. He is a trainer for medical students from UHB and Aston University as well as trainees on the West Midlands deanery and national and international spinal fellows. He has an extensive research experience and serves on the Grant Review, Growing Spine and the Fellowship committees of the SRS. Natioanlly, he is an expert on the National Research Ethics Committee. He is a named Child Safeguarding Doctor for the ROH.
He lectures nationally and internationally and serves on steering committees of the Scoliosis Research Society. He has published widely in journals and has written chapters in Spinal Surgical texts. He serves on Editorial Boards and is a peer reviewer for Spine, European Spine Journal, Spinal deformity Journal, Bone Joint Journal, Global Spine Journal. He is a Hon Senior Lecturer at the Aston University and is actively involved with research and training undergraduate student from Birmingham Medical School, Orthopaedic trainees from the West Midlands Deanery and Spinal Surgery fellows.
He runs the Edgbaston Spine Clinic and consults at The Priory Hospital by appointment.
Special Interests
- Spinal deformities (anterior and posterior)
- Degenerative spine (Lumbar and Cervical)
- Sports spine problems (Elite and Amateur)