Orthopaedic surgeons

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Mr Krishna Vemulapalli is a skilled consultant orthopaedic surgeon with specialist training in foot and ankle surgery, and children's orthopaedic surgery. His specialist interests include trauma, paediatric orthopaedics, foot and ankle problems, in addition to treating a wide range of hip and knee problems. Mr Vemulapalli was awarded the Ilizarov Travelling Fellowship by Smith and Nephew, taking him to further enhance his skills in Kurgan, Russia. He uses his skills and sympathetic nature to deliver effective, evidence-based treatment to his patients, striving to provide the best quality of care. His attitude to patient care has won him several awards, including the Highly Commended Clinical Supervisor of the Year (2016) from UCL and London Pott's rotation -Trainer of the Year (2015) . Mr Vemulapalli has a strong interest in education, and currently teaches surgeons in various FRCS-Trauma & Orth (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons) and orthopaedic courses. He is dedicated to keeping up with the latest techniques in orthopaedic surgery, and imparting the most effective forms of trauma and orthopaedic treatment to his students and future consultants.

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Mr Sanjiv Manjure is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon offering comprehensive surgical management for all hip and knee conditions. Based in Bedford and Luton, Mr Manjure has a special interest in sports injuries of the knee including arthroscopic ACL reconstruction, cartilage transplantation, primary and revision knee and hip replacements and uni-compartmental knee replacements. Mr Manjure performs over 500 surgical procedure a year and bases his practice on the ethos that active patient involvement in their treatment is the key to successful outcomes. Mr Manjure was appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospitals NHS Trust in 2005, where he applied his extensive specialist training and introduced an integrated Knee & Hip Unit for complex arthroplasty and computer-navigated knee replacement surgery. He is the recipient of two clinical excellence awards from the Trust, and regularly lectures undergraduate and graduate students in his capacity as consultant.

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Mr Keith Adrian Borowsky qualified in South Africa and has been practising Orthopaedic Surgery for more than thirty years .He is based in Maidstone and Chatham, Kent. and for insured patients charges within the current published fee schedules. He has  been a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon for 27 years. He has a broad range of experience in Orthopaedics , having initially worked in the Military with war, industrial and sport injuries , and later developed a service as a substantive NHS consultant for  upper limb trauma and commoner conditions such as frozen shoulder, rotator cuff  injury , arthritis requiring joint replacement, tennis elbow e.t.c. He specialises in shoulder and elbow  reconstructions and arthroscopies. On the non-operative side he offers ultrasound-guided joint injections and diagnosis.  Mr Borowsky is also firmly committed to research and academia,  some of which has been carried out as  an honorary senior lecturer at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. At present, his research is focusing on shoulder fractures and the development of a shoulder replacement for this.In this regard he  was awarded a prize for Best Podium Presentation at the British Shoulder and Elbow Society meeting; and has publications in  this field in one of the foremost international shoulder journals. In addition to his clinical practice, research and teaching, Mr Borowsky also has more than 25 years of medico-legal experience. 

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Mr Stefan Weitzel is a highly experienced Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, who is based in the centre and the Southeast of London and in Kent. He is a specialist lower limb surgeon with a subspecialty interest in surgery of the foot and ankle, lower limb sport injuries, and has extensive expertise in other areas of the lower limb, including knee arthroscopy and arthroplasty. Stefan completed his post-graduate training in some of the UK’s top orthopaedic institutions, such as the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, The Royal London and Great Ormond Street Hospitals. He has trained under esteemed orthopaedic leaders such as Professor Tim Briggs at The RNOH and the late Mr Hugh Phillips in Norwich. Having worked as a substantive consultant orthopaedic surgeon in the NHS at Queen Mary’s in Sidcup, Kent, from 2004 and later under King’s College Hospital Trust, he decided to work exclusively in the independent sector from 2015. He continues to practise in several locations in the South-East, but recently expanded his presence into town with HCA at London Bridge and the Shard, the City of London Medical Centre and with LycaHealth at Canary Wharf, where he continues to provide expertise and excellence in care to his patients.

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Mr Rishi Chana is a top consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon based in London and the surrounding area, who specialises in lower limb surgery - particularly surgery of the hip and knee. He is an expert in performing arthroscopy of both the hip and knee, joint preservation surgery, and hip and knee replacements. Mr Chana graduated from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine (University of London), before completing postgraduate training in orthopaedic surgery in the South-East. He continued with specialist training in hip and knee surgery, including fellowships at the world-renowned Specialist Orthopaedic Group and North Sydney Orthopaedic Sports & Medicine Centre and The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, before completing his last fellowship in Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals. Mr Chana's approach to hip and knee surgery is to try to preserve the joint if possible. He has developed a protocol for regenerative adult stem cell therapy, in which cells are taken from the patient's bone marrow and combined with collagen to help him to scaffold to preserve the joint. He is keen to make sure his patients have a smooth recovery and rehabilitation. He is actively involved in research and some of his publications have had a big impact on his field.

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Mr Pramod Achan is a leading consultant orthopaedic surgeon based in London, specialising in hip and knee surgery, arthroscopy, lower limb joint replacement and sports surgery. Practising at The Princess Grace Hospital in London, he also holds the position of Clinical Director at Barts Health NHS Trust,  and divides his time between practise, contributing to articles in his field, and directing training programmes in Orthopaedics on the prestigious Percival Pott training programme. In 2009, Mr Pramod Achan was one of two upcoming 'Best of British' surgeons chosen to represent the British Hip Society Travelling Fellowship to the USA, as a guest of the American Hip Society.

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With more than 25 years at consultant level, Mr Graeme Nicholas Fernandez is one of the UK's most experienced orthopaedic surgeons. Working across BMI The Winterbourne Hospital and Circle Reading Hospital, Mr Fernandez's special interest is in shoulder surgery but he also has considerable experience in partial and total knee replacement, hip replacement, and carpal tunnel surgery. He is committed to achieving the best possible outcomes in surgery with the latest minimally-invasive techniques and surgical guidance systems, and is the recipient of four clinical excellence awards. Mr Fernandez qualified from the University of London in 1976 and pursued specialist training in Exeter, Bath, Portsmouth, Southampton and Alton. He passed the Orthopaedic Specialty Exam FRCS Orth in Edinburgh in 1989 - one of the first in the country - and was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon at Dorset County Hospital in 1993. In his capacity as Clinical Director, he spent six years overseeing the growth of the department into a centre of Orthopaedic excellence. In 2012 he founded the Dorset Orthopaedic Clinic and the Dorset Shockwave Clinic, bringing together a team of experienced specialists to provide high-quality care to patients using the latest proven treatments. Mr Fernandez has widely published in leading orthopaedic journals and has presented at conferences in San Francisco and Basel. He also offers talks at the Dorset Orthopaedic Clinic to GPs interested in keeping up to date with modern techniques in orthopaedic surgery. Mr Fernandez treats degenerative conditions such as arthritis as well as acute trauma and sports injuries. He has a special expertise in performing arthroscopy of the knee without a tourniquet which results in a lighter anaesthetic, faster recovery and less postoperative pain. Patients who play racquet sports or work in construction and suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome will be operated on endoscopically, as this results in reduced post-operative pain and scar sensitivity. Finally, Mr Fernandez has special interest in patient-specific instrumentation for knee replacements, which results in a more accurate fit and a shorter time in the operating room. If, on occasion, a patient's case is complex and requires care beyond his area of expertise, Mr Fernandez has a wide network of experienced colleagues to whom he can refer. 

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Mr Simon Lambert is one of London's most reputable orthopaedic surgeons who specialises in shoulder and elbow surgery. He has performed a high number of specialist operations for complaints such as shoulder instability, shoulder arthroplasty and rotator cuff disease, he also performs revision surgery. He forms an integral part of many medical bodies including the Upper Extremity Expert Group, the Scapular Fracture Classification Group and the European Multicentre Epoca Resurfacing Study Group. He is an honorary senior lecturer at UCL and has been published in numerous peer-reviewed medical journals. Mr Lambert was invited as an international guest lecturer to the Egyptian Society for Surgery of the Hand and Microsurgery, held in Cairo in early April 2018. The congress was also the occasion of the 2nd meeting of the Panarab Association for Societies of Hand Surgery, an association for the dissemination of expertise in the field of hand surgery but also a platform for common interests beyond the surgical field. Mr Lambert's kind hosts were Professor Ashraf Moharram, and Professor Mohammed El-Mahy, while the excellent programme and arrangements were lead by Professor Ramy El Nakeeb. Professor Mehmet Demirtas from Turkey, a good friend and colleague of Mr Lambert’s from the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and Elbow was also on the faculty. Mr Lambert gave lectures on surgical anatomy and techniques, obstetric palsy and the shoulder, shoulder trauma in the adult, rotator cuff disease and arthritis, and shoulder instability in the young adult. As a result of some fascinating and friendly discussions Mr Lambert has been invited to participate in a conference on the palsied shoulder to be held in Seville, Spain later this year.

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Mr Ali Al-Sabti is a highly revered orthopaedic surgeon specialising in all types of shoulder surgery, in particular arthoscopic (keyhole) surgery. Mr Al-Sabti treats patients in various clinics in north-east London and has pioneered a "One Stop Shoulder Clinic" which can provide scans, diagnosis, and treatment all on the same day. He is happy to see patients with all shoulder conditions and injuries including sports injuries, as well as general orthopaedic cases.   Mr Al-Sabti completed his medical training in Cairo and attained his FRCS from Edinburgh in 1983. He went on to complete his post graduate training in London in 1987 and became an orthopaedic surgeon in Harold Wood Hospital and Oldchurch Hospital. In addition to running a busy clinical practice, Mr Al-Sabti keeps up to date with the most recent developments in the field of shoulder surgery, attending various international courses in America and Europe.

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