Our Team

Medical school, UCC, MB BCH BAO 1993.

MD thesis, Edinburgh, 1999-2001, "The use of Intrathecal Neurotrophic factors to enhance nerve regeneration".

Higher neurosurgical training 2001-2007, Cork University Hospital and Beaumont Hospital.

Combined Ortho/Neuro Spine Fellowship, Toronto Western Hospital 2006/2007. Lecturer Neurosurgery, RCSI, 2007/8.

Michael has published over 30 research papers.

Consultant Spinal Neurosurgeon since 2008. – Sports Surgery Clinic and Mater Private Hospital. Formed a group multidisciplinary practice, NeuroSpine in 2018.

Mr. Fenton studied medicine at University College Dublin, graduating in 2004.

He completed specialist training in neurosurgery in Ireland in 2014 and then undertook a dedicated two year combined neurosurgical and orthopaedic spine fellowship at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary Spine Program is the largest spine unit in Canada and performs the largest volume of minimally invasive spine surgery in Canada.

Mr. Fenton was appointed as a consultant spinal neurosurgeon at Blackrock Clinic in 2016 and at the Mater Private Hospital, Dublin and Sports Surgery Clinic two years later.

He cofounded NeuroSpine with Mr. Michael Kelleher in 2018.

His interests include adult degenerative spine, spinal tumours, spinal trauma, minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal neuronavigation and spinal reconstruction.

Mr Abouharb is a full-time adults consultant Neurosurgeon in the NHS, based in the Royal Victoria Hospital regional Neuroscience unit in Belfast trust. He graduated in 1997 and following a comprehensive European training programme in neurosurgery/EANS, became a consultant and specialist neurosurgeon in 2005.

After completion of 2 years of clinical fellowship in the UK with special interest in Vascular and Spinal neurosurgery, he took a post of a consultant neurosurgeon in 2008. He has been a core active member of multidisciplinary teams (MDT) both locally and regionally, including regional NI neuro oncology group and national British Neurovascular group and started his private practice in 2009 with practicing privileges in Kingsbridge Private Hospital.

Mr Abouharb has experience in the management and treatment of a range of general neurosurgical conditions including Hydrocephalus, Chiari malformation, Head injuries, Peripheral nerves surgery and benign brain lesions including meningiomas. He has also developed experience in minimally invasive spinal surgery including spinal fusion.

Mr Abouharb does not provide consultations for Paediatric Neurosurgery, Pituitary /Acoustic Neuroma lesions, Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. He is available for private consultations in Kingsbridge Private Hospital.

Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon, Belfast NHS Trust

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 MEMBERSHIPS: World Spinal Column Society, 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.

EXPERIENCE: Fellowship in Complex spine surgery – Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust (2014), Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA (2013), The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) Fellowship – Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery (2011), The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) Neurovascular Fellowship – Department of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University (2009), Department of Neuroprotection, The Panum Institute (2005-2006), PhD study – Prognostic factors in the surgical treatment of the patients with brain metastases (2004-2014).