Medico-Legal Experience
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Mr Ivanov has been writing Expert Medicolegal reports since 2010 completing both Claimant and Defendant reports. He has had training training in Expert Witness skills and Courtroom skills.
He prepares approximately 15-20 Causation and Liability reports/year with Claimant - Defendant split of approximately 30%-70%.
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His report experience mirrors his NHS practice with focus on spinal pathology - trauma, degenerative, cauda equina syndrome, infection, spinal and spinal cord tumours, infections, accident related spinal injuries etc.
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Home visits undertaken: yes
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Weekend visits undertaken: yes
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For terms and conditions and to organise a medico-legal review, please contact us at:
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Mr Ivanov aims to provide with different types of medico-legal services depending on your needs.
A full medical report can be provided within 8-12 weeks of instruction and receipt of medical notes. This may vary depending on the case complexity and availability of the Client for examination as well as other commitments at the time of approach and volume of medical records.
More accurate turn-over time can be confirmed individually upon request.
Examination assessments are usually performed in his Rooms at the Claremont Private Hospitals in Sheffield although assessment closer to a client’s home is sometimes possible.
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Appointment location:
Claremont Private Hospital
Sandygate Road
Sheffield, UK
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Medico-Legal Practice
Mr. Ivanov specializes in neurosurgery, particularly in spinal surgery. He serves as a Consultant and Spinal Lead at the Department of Neurosurgery at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Sheffield University.
On a daily basis, he addresses a wide range of spinal conditions, including degenerative issues, spinal trauma, and spinal cord tumors, performing between 200 and 300 spinal surgeries each year.
He is an active member of the SPINE UK National Educational Faculty and is part of the EANS Educational Faculty and Examination Board. Additionally, he belongs to several professional organizations, including the British Association of Spine Surgeons, North American Association of Spine Surgeons, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, AO SPINE, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and Eurospine.
Mr. Ivanov is also an integral member of the Spinal Rota and Complex Spine Multisciplinary Team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. In 2017, he was elected as the AO SPINE UK Officer for Neurosurgery, and since 2020, has served as Chairman of AO SPINE UK.
Since 2018, he has been a member of the EANS Spinal Section Board, as of 2023, he serves on the EANS Board as the Chairman of the European Board ofrological Surgery.