Mr Tamas Kustos

Professional statement

Mr Tamas Kustos is a highly esteemed consultant orthopaedic surgeon with practice in Chester and Manchester who specialises in the treatment and management of knee pain, knee osteoarthritis and knee (sports) injuries. With more than 30 years of experience treating knee problems, Mr Kustos is an expert in all aspects of knee surgery, having performed more than 6,000 operations, including knee arthroscopy procedures, in the last decade alone. Mr Kustos currently sees patients at Nuffield Health, The Grosvenor Hospital, Oaklands Hospital and Nuffield Health Manchester.

Mr Kustos qualified from the University of Pécs in Hungary in 1988 and completed his orthopaedic speciality training in Hungary as well. During this time, Mr Kustos was also granted the opportunity to practise paediatric orthopaedics with the former president of the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society after winning a four-month scholarship to Copenhagen, Denmark. Following his orthopaedic instruction, Mr Kustos undertook part of his traumatology training in the United Arab Emirates before relocating to England, where he became a consultant in 2000. He started working as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Nuffield Health, The Grosvenor Hospital four years later and at Oaklands Hospital in 2013.

Mr Kustos has gained a wealth of experience throughout his distinguished trajectory, both in lower limb and upper extremity procedures. He is on the GMC’s specialist register since 2004 and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England since 2013, and even worked as a team doctor for premier football, handball and basketball clubs, such as the Al Ain Football Club. Further to his high-quality surgical practice, Mr Kustos remains actively involved in clinical research and has more than 22 academic publications and 13 peer-reviewed abstracts to his name. He was also awarded a PhD in 2003 for his investigation on bacterial orthopaedic wound infections.