Mr Paolo Consigliere

Mr Paolo Consigliere is a distinguished consultant shoulder and elbow orthopaedic surgeon, offering his expertise in London and Ashford Kent. With a career spanning over a decade, he is an expert in an array of orthopaedic treatments, including rotator cuff injuries, shoulder and elbow instability, tennis elbow, frozen shoulder, fracture non-union and arthritic shoulder and elbow joints.

Mr Consigliere graduated with an MD from the University of Pavia in Italy. He completed a series of esteemed fellowships, notably a complex trauma and limb reconstruction fellowship at St George's University Hospital NHS FT and two upper limb fellowships at the Rowley Bristow Unit, Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and the Reading Shoulder Unit, Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. During the years, he visited several centres in Europe and overseas; is annually invited to “Teach the Teachers” advance elbow course at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN and was awarded the SECEC/ESSSE European Society for Shoulder Surgery and Elbow and the AO Trauma travelling fellowships, visiting internationally renowned centres in Japan, South Korea and Switzerland.

In addition to addressing injuries and pathologies in adults, Mr. Consigliere specialises in the treatment of shoulder and elbow conditions in children aged 3 years and above. His expertise lies in the specialised areas of trauma management and deformity corrections for the upper limb, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of elbow osteochondritis dissecans and issues related to shoulder and elbow joint instability.

Beyond clinical practice, Mr Consigliere has significantly contributed to the field through his research efforts. He is former Director of Clinical Research at the Reading Shoulder Unit and has actively participated in numerous publications and conferences, accessible through his ResearchGate profile. His involvement in professional associations such as the AO Trauma Society, British Elbow and Shoulder Society, and the European Society for Surgery to the Shoulder and Elbow underscores his commitment to staying at the forefront of advancements in his field.

Notably, Mr Consigliere fulfils important roles in the academic realm, serving as the Education and Clinical Supervisor for junior doctors and trainees at the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. He is a Lecturer at the Kent and Medway University where he supervises and supports future generations of doctors, while approaching medical research for the first time in their career. He also previously served as Audit and Governance Lead for the Trauma and Orthopaedic Department at his NHS Hospital, reflecting his commitment to maintaining the highest standards of clinical governance, quality improvement, and patient care.

Mr Consigliere is committed to delivering the highest standards of care through continuous evaluation of his clinical outcomes. He routinely collects Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) to monitor patient satisfaction and functional recovery, using this information to benchmark and continually improve his practice. He is also consistently among the highest-volume shoulder arthroplasty surgeons in the United Kingdom according to the National Joint Registry (NJR), reflecting his extensive experience in both primary and complex revision shoulder replacement surgery and his commitment to excellence in patient care.

His extensive experience, wealth of knowledge, and commitment to advancing orthopaedic care positions Mr Paolo Consigliere as a preeminent figure in shoulder and elbow orthopaedics, offering patients the assurance of exceptional and compassionate medical care.