Mr Gregory Firth

Mr Gregory Firth is a renowned consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeon based in London who specialises in elective conditions and trauma-related injuries. His areas of expertise include, amongst others, children with developmental dysplasia of the hip, clubfoot, neuromuscular conditions, limb deformity and leg length discrepancy, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, and growth disorders.

Mr Firth, who consults privately at The Portland Hospital, first qualified in South Africa before going on to complete two prestigious clinical fellowships in paediatric orthopaedics in Canada (Ottawa) at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and in Australia (Melbourne) at The Royal Children’s Hospital. He currently practises at the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. Between 2018 and 2023, he was based at the Royal London Hospital, a major trauma centre.

Mr Firth spent nine years working as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the busy Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in South Africa (Johannesburg), where he was head of the paediatric orthopaedic unit. In addition to his clinical work, Mr Firth is also has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles, numerous research projects, book chapters, audits, and quality improvement projects. He has also worked as the local principal investigator for four multicentre randomised controlled trials and holds an honorary clinical lecturer post at Queen Mary University of London.