Consultant neurosurgeon · Edinburgh
Brain and spine care, considered in Scotland.
Mr Imran Liaquat consults privately across Edinburgh, Stirling and Lanarkshire, and holds an NHS practice in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
MBChB · BSc MedSci · FRCSEd (Neuro.Surg) · MEd · MFST
RegistrationGMC 6055967
CollegeFRCSEd Neurosurgery
Doctify4.94 from 75 reviews
OutcomesPHIN consultant profile
UniversityHonorary lecturer, Edinburgh
The practice
A spinal surgeon who also leads on brain tumours.
Half of Mr Liaquat’s operative NHS work is degenerative spine. Alongside that, he has a subspecialist interest in brain tumours, including awake surgery, fluorescence-guided resection and low-grade glioma.
He trained in Glasgow, the West of Scotland, London, Edinburgh and Dundee, then returned from a fellowship at St George’s Hospital to a consultant post in Edinburgh. Patients see him for explanation as much as for an operation: around 500 people a year are assessed for back and neck pain in his clinics.
2002Graduated, University of Glasgow
2017–25Lead clinician, Scottish Adult Neuro-oncology Network
500Spinal outpatients seen in a year
Expertise
Two practices, one standard of explanation.
01 — Brain
Tumours, mapping and careful resection.
Neuro-oncology surgery, including low-grade glioma, awake craniotomy and fluorescence-guided tumour removal, with the wider care of brain tumours and hydrocephalus.
Read the brain practice 02 — SpineNeck, back and trapped nerves.
Disc prolapse, stenosis, sciatica, cervical myelopathy and degenerative disease, from injection to decompression, discectomy and selected disc replacement.
Read the spine practiceSeen for
Problems people actually bring to clinic.
Where
Three private hospitals. One NHS practice.
Spire Murrayfield
122 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh EH12 6UD
- Thursday clinic 09:00–12:00
- Friday clinic 09:00–12:00
- Operating Tuesdays
Kings Park
Circle Health Group, Polmaise Road, Stirling FK7 9JH
- Thursday clinic 13:00–16:00
- Operating One Thursday a month
- Theatre window 16:00–20:00
Lanarkshire
Laird House, Cadzow Avenue, Hamilton ML3 0FT
- Tuesday clinic Once a month
- Same contact All clinics
- Parking On site
A private appointment
What the path usually looks like.
Write or book
Use Top Doctors, call 0131 376 2598, or send a note. A GP letter helps, and is not always required for a private opinion.
Be seen
Clinic time is for the history, examination and a plain explanation of scans you already have, or scans that still need arranging.
Choose
Options may include observation, injection, surgery, or a return to your GP. The aim is a decision you understand.
If surgery
Operating lists run at Murrayfield on Tuesdays, and once a month on a Thursday evening at Kings Park.
In patients’ words
Reviews stay on the sites that published them.
★★★★★
“He put me at ease and, after the scans, explained the issues with my neck and a possible care plan.”
★★★★★
“I had the surgery six weeks ago. The benefits were immediate, and the scar is very neat.”
★★★★★
“After ten months of pain I was back on my feet within a few days of a small procedure.”
Doctify shows 4.94 from 75 reviews, including the full range of comments. Top Doctors hosts a second set of reviews and the booking link. Nothing on this page is edited to remove a poor review from those sites.
On record
Research, and two BBC appearances.
Appointments
Choose a room. Bring the scans if you have them.
The same email and telephone number cover Murrayfield, Kings Park and Lanarkshire. Booking currently opens on Top Doctors, where a live diary can be embedded later.