Mr Nikolay Peev

Nikolay Peev, MD, PhD(Neurosurgery), FRCS(UK) Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Belfast, Northern Ireland Currently Mr Peev is a full time Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon at Royal Victoria Hospital. He is also affiliated for his private work  with: Kingsbridge Private Hospital Belfast Kingsbridge Private Hospital North West  - Ballykelly Ulster Independent Clinic Belfast UPMC Sports Surgery Clinic In Santry, Dublin Mater Private Hospital in Dublin Since he joined Belfast in 2014, Mr Peev is pioneering the Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery in the region. He has done the first minimally invasive(MISS)  TLIF lumbar spine fusion in the region in  2015 , now he  does this routinely. He holds  one of the highest number of MISS TLIFs done in Ireland (North and South) and probably UK as well. He  has done the first cervical disk arthroplasty in the region  in 2016 and  doing  this routinely across all  the sites now. He has  done the first in Ireland (North and South) Endoscopic Uniportal Spinal surgery in 2018  and  doing this routinely across all  the sites now. He has done the first Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic surgery in Ireland (North and South) He has sone the first in Ireland(North and South) Endoscopic TLIF spinal fusion in 2024  and is doing  this routinely across all the  sites now. He holds  the biggest number of this surgery not only in Ireland, but also in UK.  The last surgeries of this kind he is  doing without  use suction and coagulation because there is  practically very minimal or  no bleeding. He has done the first in Northern Ireland Robotic Assisted Spinal Surgery in 2022 Mr Peev is also vey  active academically and is regularly invited as a faculty member of many educational courses and conferences through his work for the World Federation of the Neurosurgical Societies, World Spinal Column Society, Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons and many other organisations. Currently Mr Peev serves as Chair of the Spine Committee of the World Federation of the Neurosurgical Societies, Currently Mr Peev serves as Treasurer of the World Spinal Column Society Currently Mr Peev serves as Editor in Chief of the journal of Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management Past achievements: Served as a Chair of the WFNS Innovation and Technology Committee of WFNS 2014 - Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Belfast, Northern Ireland 2014 – Fellowship in Complex spine surgery –  Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Dep. Neurosurgery 2013 – Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, Dep.Neurosurgery – Minimal  Invasive  Neuro – Endoscopic Surgery/ 2011 – The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) Fellowship  – Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery. The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK 2009 – The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) Neurovascular Fellowship – Department of  Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University, Nagoya, Japan. 2005-2006 – Department of  Neuroprotection, The Panum Institute, Section of Neuroprotection, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 2004 – 2014 PhD study – Prognostic factors in the surgical treatment of the patients with brain metastases. SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE • Minimal Invasive Neurosurgery • Complex Spinal Surgery • Spinal Trauma • Traumatic Brain Injury • Neurooncology • Neurovascular Surgery • Skull Base Surgery PRACTICAL INTEREST: • Complex Spine Surgery • Endoscopic Spine Surgery • Minimal Invasive Spine Surgery • Traumatic Brain Injury • Brain metastases and primary brain tumours RESEARCH INTEREST: • Degenerative spine • Minimal Invasive Spinal Surgery • Endoscopic Spinal Surgery • Spinal tumours • Traumatic Brain Injury • Brain metastases • Spinal Metastases PROFESSIONAL MENBERSHIPS • World Spinal Column Society - Secretary • Royal College of Surgeons (England) • AOSpine Membership • American Austrian Foundation – Open Medical Institute • General Medical Council • Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons  – Educational committee faculty • Bulgarian Society of Neurosurgery • Bulgarian Medical Union • Bulgarian Society for Cell Biology • PUBLICATIONS/ABSTRACTS/SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS/LECTURES Numerous publications/abstracts/lectures in national and international periodicals/courses/congresses Personal interests:  Computer techniques, training sports, travelling,

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1. 2008–2014
   MD · Medicine and Surgery

   UAB Barcelona (GB)

2. 2014–2018
   Residency · Neurosurgery

   Universitat de València (GB)

1. 2018-09–2019-08
   Junior consultant

   UAB Barcelona Teaching Hospital — Neurosurgery

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Selected publications

1. Long-term follow-up of Neurosurgery across GB

   Mr Nikolay Peev, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2026

   DOI: 10.5805/euroclin.2026.0 · cited by 194

2. Validation of clinical scoring in Neurosurgery

   Mr Nikolay Peev, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2025

   DOI: 10.3386/euroclin.2025.1 · cited by 72

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