Division

Surgery

Specialty

Trauma and Orthopaedics

Sub-Specialty

Spinal Surgery and the treatment of Back, Neck Pain and Sciatica. Surgery includes: Microdiscectomy / discectomy, spinal decompression, spinal fusion, balloon kyphoplasty / vertebroplasty, minimally invasive surgery, disc replacement, spinal fusions, deformity correction, degenerative conditions, epidurals, nerve root blocks and facet joint injections and rhizolysis.

Hospital Base

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (QEII, Lister, Hertford County)

Clinic Locations

NHS: Lister, Stevenage, QEII, Welwyn, Hertford County Hospital.

Biography

Richard Pickard is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon who specialises in the management of all adult spinal conditions including back, neck and nerve pain.

Mr Pickard completed his training as a spinal surgeon at the world leading spinal centre in Oxford, undertaking a prestigious 1 year advanced spinal fellowship giving comprehensive training in all aspects of cutting edge spinal surgery. This was followed by a further year as a Consultant at the Oxford Spinal Unit before moving to Hertfordshire. He graduated from Southampton Medical School in 1993 and undertook his specialist registrar orthopaedic surgical training on the Hampshire rotation considered nationally as one of the best training schemes.

Mr Pickard has a spinal practice that covers all elements of adult spinal surgery throughout the lumbar, cervical and thoracic spine.

This includes: back and neck pain, sciatica, microdiscectomy, spinal decompression, spinal fusion, balloon kyphoplasty / vertebroplasty, minimally invasive surgery, disc replacement, spinal fusions, deformity, degenerative conditions, epidurals, nerve root blocks and facet joint injections and rhizolysis.

He has published extensively and presented papers at both national and international meetings. He is also regularly asked to teach on spinal training programs throughout London and the South.

Mr Pickard also provides trauma and spinal surgical support to the British Forces holding the rank of Surgeon Commander and was 1 of 2 British Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeons and the sole spinal surgeon deployed to camp Bastion Afghanistan for 3 months in the summer of 2011.