



Orthopaedic Surgery
The Wellington Hospital Elstree Waterfront
The Waterfront Beaufort House Elstree Road, Elstree, United Kingdom, WD6 3BSMr Robert Lee is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon at The Wellington Hospital, working within the hospital’s internationally renowned Spinal Unit. He routinely treats highly complex cases that have been referred from centres around the UK.
He has extensive experience in complex adult degenerative disease, deformity (spondylolisthesis and adult scoliosis), sacroiliac joint fusion, revision cases, infection, tumour (primary and metastatic) and trauma work. He specialises in posterior and anterior minimally invasive fusions and decompressions, with the emphasis on preservation of the paraspinal musculature and fast rehabilitation.
Mr Lee was fellowship trained in Vancouver, Canada, where he developed his expertise in computer-navigated spine surgery (O-arm and stealth navigation). He has performed more than 1,000 cases using this novel technology.
Mr Lee speaks regularly at international and national conferences, and is a faculty member on many courses on minimally invasive techniques. He has published extensively and his current research interests are the outcomes after minimally invasive surgery, adult deformity correction and computer-navigated spinal surgery. He is the National Lead of the British Spine Registry and is a fellow of the Scoliosis Research Society.
For more information please visit: www.robertleespine.co.uk
Mr Lee sees patients at the following locations:
The Wellington Hospital Elstree, The Waterfront Business Park Elstree Road, Borehamwood WD6 3BS
Thursdays, 1.00pm – 6.00pm Fridays, 2.00pm – 4.30pm
The Platinum Medical Centre, 15-17 Lodge Road London NW8 7JA
Wednesdays, 8.30am – 12.00pm and 1.00pm – 4.00pm
Special interests:
Mr Robert Lee specialises in the following areas:
• Complex adult degenerative disease and deformity
• Computer-navigated spinal surgery
• Minimal-access spinal surgery
• Pars repairs
• Revision spine surgery
• Sacroiliac joint fusion surgery
1996: B.Sc. (1st Class honours): Orthopaedic Science with Basic Medical Sciences. Awarded Faculty of Life Sciences Silver Medal
1999: MBBS (1st Class honours) with 3 Distinctions, Fitton Prize in Orthopaedics and Proxime Accesit to the University of London Gold Medal.
2003: MRCS - Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
2008: FRCS (Tr&Orth) - Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
2010: Vancouver Combined Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic Spine Fellowship
2010: CCT (Certificate of Completion of Training) and Entry onto Specialist Register