Orthopaedic surgeons in London

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Mr Philip Mitchell is a leading London consultant orthopaedic surgeon, specialising in hip and knee surgery. From his private clinics across some of the most prestigious clinics in London, he offers a wide range of hip and knee surgery, especially hip and knee replacement and revision surgery where he uses an accelerated postoperative rehab regime to allow early mobilisation and discharge. Mr Mitchell also works as an NHS consultant at St George's Hospital London and is involved in a number of compliance and evaluation panels. He trained in London before spending a year in Vancouver, Canada as part of the fellowship with the Adult Reconstruction team, the premier joint reconstruction fellowship in the world. He is the Medical Director at the South West London Elective Orthpaedic Centre (SWLEOC), which is the largest joint replacement unit in the UK, and has recently served for three years as a council member for the British Orthopaedic Association. Mr Mitchell is a national and international speaker on hip and knee replacement surgery, and has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in medical journals.

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Mr Yega Kalairajah is a leading consultant orthopaedic surgeon. From his private clinics across London he provides cutting-edge specialist orthopaedic surgery, especially hip and knee surgery, hip and knee replacement, and sports surgery.  Having initially graduated from Cambridge University, Mr Kalairajah gained further medical training and experience at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital and other renowned London hospitals, before spending a year in Adelaide, Australia completing advanced training. Following this, he spent time at the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (EOC), the largest arthroplasty unit in Europe, allowing Mr Kalairajah to become one of the highest volume hip and knee surgeons in the UK.  Mr Kalairajah is dedicated to teaching and training, and is regularly involved in tutoring sessions. He also plays an active role in performing and supervising research, and has written numerous peer-reviewed publications. 

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Professor Richard E. Field is a world-renowned hip and knee surgeon with practices in both the NHS and Private sectors. He is the Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at St George’s University of London.  He was appointed on the staff of St Helier Hospital, Surrey in 1994 where his NHS practice was based until the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC) opened in 2004. He has been SWLEOC's Director of Research since the centre opened and leads the centre's academic surgical team. His private practices are based at the Lister Hospital in Chelsea and St Anthony’s Hospital in Cheam. Professor Richard Field qualified from the Westminster Hospital in 1980.  His PhD was undertaken at Cambridge University, on the design of a hip resurfacing implant. He has been actively involved in the design and evaluation of new hip and knee designs throughout his career. Professor Field has undertaken many world-first operations. His pioneering work in arthroscopic hip surgery was recognised by his Presidency of ISHA, the International Society for Hip Preservation Surgery in 2016-17. Professor Field has been undertaking hip resurfacing since 1995 and adopted the muscle sparing, Direct Anterior Approach (DAA) for hip replacement in 2008. He is the UK's most experienced surgeon in DAA hip replacement.   Professor Field has built up one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive databases on the outcome of hip and knee replacement and has published extensively on hip preservation and joint replacement surgery. He was an advisor on Hip replacement to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE), a board member of the British Hip Society and President of ISHA, the International Society for Hip Preservation Surgery. He continues to teach and lecture, in the UK and abroad, on hip and knee surgery.

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Mr Peter Francis Hill is an experienced consultant orthopaedic surgeon based in London, specialising in treating sports injuries, ligament injuries and arthritis of the knee. He is an expert in procedures such as ACL reconstruction and knee replacement operations, and his practice focusses on knee problems. A graduate of Cambridge, Mr Hill enlisted in the Army as a medical student, where he completed his orthopaedic training on the Oxford, Cambridge and London training rotations. He was awarded the Montefiore Memorial Prize and Medal for excellence in surgery during his time training in the Army and also received the Sir Walter Langdon-Brown Prize for his Master of Surgery (M.Chir) thesis at Cambridge. He completed his knee specialist training at the world renowned North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre in Sydney, Australia. In addition to his work at Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey, he was the visiting knee surgeon to the Defence Medical Services Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court until 2016. Mr Hill is involved in research, publishing papers and lecturing both nationally and internationally. He has served in the Middle East at military trauma hospitals, but has since left the Army and turned his focus to academic interests and his knee practice.

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Mr Simon Jennings is a highly skilled consultant orthopaedic surgeon with over 25 years of experience. He is one of the leading surgeons in Europe using the NAVIO robotic total knee replacement system and is leading the field in enhanced recovery techniques as the lead for enhanced recovery following joint replacements. His particular interests are knee and hip surgery and he carries out joint replacements of both knee and hip using state of the art techniques and implants. Mr Jennings has worked with elite athletes from the field of rugby union, rugby league and judo at the highest level and is well versed in the management of sports injuries and hip and knee conditions. He also has a great wealth of experience in dealing with failing joint replacements and revision of hip and knee replacements.

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Mr Colin Nnadi is an experienced, patient-focused spinal surgeon with a specialist interest in paediatric and adult deformity. He is Clinical Lead for Orthopaedic Spine Surgery in Oxford. As a Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon, he treats all manner of spinal problems, with expertise in a wide variety of conditions, including general spinal disorders, trauma, spinal infections, fractures, and degenerative spinal conditions. Mr Nnadi has performed 2-3000 spinal surgeries in his 15 years of training and practice, seeing over 1000 outpatient cases every year, and performing on average one complex deformity case a week. His approach is friendly, patient-orientated, and allows patients and their families to understand his recommended treatment course and diagnosis. Mr Nnadi is involved in research and development in the field of spinal surgery and was Chief Investigator for the UK multi-centre MAGEC rods trial in early onset scoliosis. In 2011, Mr Nnadi founded the internationally renowned Oxford Early Onset Scoliosis Meeting, and he has served on several international educational spine faculties.  In 2015, Mr Nnadi published a book on early onset scoliosis, which is now sold worldwide, in addition to publishing various papers in peer-reviewed spine journals along with several textbook chapters. Mr Nnadi worked to develop national guidelines on the management of thrombo-embolism in spinal surgery, and in 2016 he was appointed to the NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) Venous Thromboembolism Guidelines Consultation Committee.

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Mr Matthew Solan is a vastly experienced trauma and orthopaedics surgeon based in the London area. He specialises in foot and ankle problems and sports injuries. Mr Solan provides personalised treatment for a wide range of conditions and injuries, ensuring a speedy recovery when possible.  Mr Solan established and runs the UK's first 'one-stop' clinic for heel and ankle problems such as ankle tendonitis and plantar fasciitis. He has pioneered the use of minimally invasive muscle release and shock wave therapy for chronic heel pain. Alongside his clinical practice, Mr Solan is very active in research and training, having published over 50 peer-reviewed articles for medical journals, and contributed to the Oxford Textbook of Orthopaedic Surgery.  Mr Solan teaches both nationally and internationally, and is proud to be part of the Barouk Surgery Forefoot Faculty in Bordeaux.

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