Consultant Profile

Mr James Casha MD, MChOrth, FRCS (Ed&Eng), FRCSEdOrth

Mr Casha is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Orthopaedic specialist in Kent. With over 40 years of experience, Mr Casha practices in areas such as spinal fusion, neurosurgery, and private spine surgery.

Qualifying in 1986, Mr James Casha’s basic surgical training was in both Malta and Dundee. He later obtained his FRCS in Edinburgh in 1990.

Practising at: Ashford, Canterbury & Margate

Specialties: Orthopaedic Surgery, Private Spine Surgery, Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery

Special clinical interests:
Spinal Surgery
Back Pain
Spinal Stenosis
Spondylolisthesis
Spine Fractures
Spinal Fusion
Sciatica
Vertebroplasty
Kyphoplasty
Lumbar Spinal Decompression
Discectomy (or Lumbar Disc Removal)
Neck Pain
Back Pain
Disc Prolapse
Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery (MISS)
Facet Surgery (or Facet Joint Injection)
Herniated Discs
Nerve Blocks
Conservative Management of Scoliosis
Coccygina
Spinal Infections
Hypermobility

Research interests: Flexible Stabilisation

Current NHS and /or university posts:
Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon - East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust
Honarary Senior Lecturer - Kings College London

Year of first medical qualification and medical school attended: 1986, University of Malta

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:
The British Orthopaedic Association
The British Association of Spine Surgeons
The British Scoliosis Society
The European Spine Society
AO Spine
AO Trauma
BMA
Royal Colleges of Surgeons (Eng & Edin)
South East London and Kent Spinal Network (SELK). Formerly South East England Spine Club

Background Information

Mr Casha graduated from the University of Malta in 1986. In 1990, he received his FRCS (Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons) from Edinburgh, following training in Malta and Dundee. He worked in Glasgow as an Orthopaedic Registrar and in Dundee as a Visiting Senior Registrar.

In 1994, Mr Casha received his FRCS (Orth) and MCh (Orth) from the University of Dundee. And, in 1995, he was an AO Spine and Trauma Fellow in Germany. Between 1995 and 1996, Mr Casha was also a Spine and Joint Reconstruction Fellow in Toronto. He returned to Malta from 1996 to 1999, during which he was employed as a part-time Lecturer in Anatomy and Surgery at the University.

Mr Casha was appointed to East Kent in 1999 and awarded Fellowship ad eundem from the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2000. In 2013, he was appointed Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College, London.

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