Mr Rizwan Shahid

Mr Rizwan Shahid is a respected consultantorthopaedicsurgeon specialising in hipandknee replacementsurgery using ERP(enhanced recovery programme) and hip fracture surgery, alongside kneearthroscopy, meniscalrepair, knee surgery and osteoarthritis. He privately practices at The Lincoln Hospital while his NHS base is United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Lincoln County Hospital.

Mr Shahid has developed an impressive familiarity with a range of techniques for managing patients with complex hip and knee problems. He is highly qualified, with membership (MRCS) and fellowship (FRCS) from the RoyalCollegeofSurgeonsofEdinburgh and the European BoardofOrthopaedicsandTraumatology (FEBOT). ​Mr Shahid is on the GMC’s specialistregister for trauma andorthopaedics.

He underwent higher specialist training, with a special interest in trauma and lower limb surgery at centres in Wrightington, Merseyside and York, as well as Lincoln. This included a one-year fellowship in lower limb arthroscopy at the Sir John Charnley Centre, Wrightington, in 2015, and a knee fellowship at York Teaching Hospitals in 2016.

Mr Shahid has delivered talks and lectures at various national and international venues, where he has presented his work on hip and knee surgery. He also teaches medical students at universities in Nottingham and Lincoln on a regular basis. 

Mr Shahid's clinical research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as The Lancet, while he's a member of various professional organisations including the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), British Hip Society (BHS) and the British Trauma Society (BTS). He is also a member of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) (RCS) and the General Medical Council (GMC).