Mr Paul Sutton

Mr Paul Sutton is a highly respected consultantorthopaedicsurgeon who specialises in knee surgery and is based in Sheffield. He is renowned for his expertise in all types of knee surgery, including sports injuries as well as jointandcartilagereplacement. He also specialises in surgery for anteriorcruciateligamentinjuries and cartilagerepair.

Mr Sutton qualified in medicine in 1990 at the University of Sheffield and then went on to complete surgical training in the north of England. He attained fellowship of the RoyalCollegesofSurgeonsofEdinburghand England in 1994 and then completed further surgical training on the Yorkshire orthopaedic programme. At this time, he developed a specialist interest in the knee joint and related sports injuries and pursued this further through a year-longclinicalfellowship at the renowned AdidasSportsMedicineInstitute in Auckland, New Zealand. He was awarded fellowship of the RoyalCollegeofSurgeons’TraumaandOrthopaedicsection in 1999 and was appointed as a consultant in 2001. Due to Mr Sutton’s wealth of experience and expertise in the field, he is frequently consulted for second opinions or his insight on complex cases. He is renowned for his skill and in-depth knowledge in treating sportsinjuriesoftheknee and has extensive experience in treating premiership footballers, rugby players and Olympic athletes. Mr Sutton sees privatepatients at SpireClaremont Hospital and the Thornbury Hospital.

Alongside his clinical responsibilities, Mr Sutton is a dedicated educator and regularly teaches and trains fellow medical professionals and surgeons in arthroscopic surgery. He is also a course convenor and teacher on the Royal College of Surgeons’ orthopaedics ‘Core skills’ course for trainee specialists. He has also produced numerous academic papers which are published in peer reviewed journals and has written 5 book chapters for medical textbooks on his areas of expertise.