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Mr Rohit Madhav is a highly-experienced consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon with specialist training both in the UK and internationally in complex foot and ankle surgery. He has over 8 years’ experience at University College London Hospitals NHS Trust and has treated many professional and amateur athletes and dancers. He is a former founding partner of the London Orthopaedic Clinic and has a well-established private practice in Central London. Throughout his long and varied career he has gained considerable knowledge, experience and technical ability in the diagnosis and treatment of lower limb injuries and ailments. These include foot and ankle problems such as bunions, hammer toes, Achilles tendon and other tendon disorders, arthritis, joint replacements, fractures, cartilage and ligament surgery. He is highly-skilled in the use of arthroscopic and other minimally invasive surgical techniques.

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Mr Sujith Konan is a leading Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon based in London who specialises in hip and knee surgery. His NHS practice is in University College Hospital, London. He practices at the London Clinic, the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth and other prominent institutions in the area. Mr Konan has published extensively in orthopaedic journals and textbooks (100+ articles) and has also presented widely on several clinical and research topics in national and international meetings (100+ presentations), and he currently serves as an Honorary Associate Professor at UCL. His talents have been recognised through the attainment of numerous awards from international & national organisations such as the Rothman-Ranawat Society, the British Orthopaedic Association and the British Hip Society.

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Mr Mo Akmal MD is one of London's leading orthopaedic spinal surgeons. He graduated at Imperial College, London and completed his spinal fellowship training at Oxford. Mr Akmal is internationally renowned for his experience in managing spinal trauma. He practises at Imperial College NHS and is the director of The Private Clinic, London Spine Unit on the prestigious Harley Street.  Mr Mo Akmal's specialist interests include spinal trauma, degenerative spinal diseases, minimally invasive spine surgery, laser discectomy, spinal injections, kyphoplasty, disc replacement, spine reconstruction, spine tumours and spine infections.  Mr Akmal is a second opinion specialist for various insurance companies including Vitality Health and Medix. He is the preferred spinal surgeon for some of London's top specialists and patients are referred to him at a tertiary level from many hospitals in West London.

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Mr Manoj Sood is one of London's leading specialist hip & knee surgeons. He treats all hip and knee conditions as well as sports injuries. He has been in specialist consultant practice for over 15 years and has trained internationally including in Centres of Excellence in North America. He has a passion for excellence in diagnosis and treatment and is a known expert in hip and knee joint replacement including complex and revision cases. He provides clear treatment advice to his patients and is recognised as a clear communicator, Mr Sood believes in offering patients jargon-free explanations about their conditions and about all possible treatment options, including those not involving surgery. Whilst he believes passionately in reconstructing and preserving joints and in biological treatments, he is also an expert hip and knee replacement surgeon. His referral practice deals with the most complex and challenging of cases including replacements that have failed and need to be re-done. Mr Sood has performed over 1800 knee arthroscopies, approximately 2000 hip and knee replacements and over 250 revision (re-do) hip and knee replacements. He has excellent outcomes, as shown in The National Joint Registry, and a very low rate of complications. He has a keen interest in the treatment of Sports injuries and tendinopathies and is part of The Tendon Pain Clinic in Harley Street, a specialist clinic dealing with difficult tendon pain problems. His is also dedicated to education and training serving as Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire and is particularly focused on teaching surgical decision-making and the complex technical aspects of surgery. He is a subeditor for the Journal of Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery and a reviewer for Hip International. .

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Mr David Houlihan-Burne is a highly-skilled orthopaedic surgeon based in London. Practising from a number of top medical establishments in the capital including the Fortius Clinic, he specialises in knee surgery, sports injuries and arthritis. He regularly teaches and lectures at a number of national and international conferences on field-related matters and was listed in Tatler magazine's Doctors Guide in 2013. He is a former clinical advisor to the Department of Health and pioneered the Rapid Recovery Programme, an innovative patient-centred approach to hip and knee replacement surgery. He provides care for many professional and amateur sportsmen and plays an important role in various professional bodies.

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Mr Ian Holloway is a leading consultant orthopaedic surgeon in London, who specialises in hip and knee replacement surgery. He trained in London and was a senior trainee at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. Mr Holloway completed two specialist hip and knee fellowships in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. He undertakes revision hip replacement for cases with significant bone loss and for periprosthetic fractures. He built his experience on the Bone Tumour Unit at Stanmore and treats patients with metastatic bone disease with an emphasis on early symptom control and aggressive rehabilitation. Mr Holloway is a national and international speaker on enhanced recovery after hip and knee replacement. He has publications in the medical literature on hip and knee surgery and is also on the teaching faculty of a number of orthopaedic training courses.  He is Deputy Training Programme Director for higher surgical trainees in the North West Thames region and is Clinical Lead for orthopaedics at the London North West Healthcare NHS Trust. He is a reviewer for the Bone and Joint Journal.

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Mr David Redfern is a highly-experienced, London-based orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in foot and ankle problems. He is internationally recognised for developing minimally-invasive techniques and treats the full spectrum of foot and ankle complaints. Outside of his clinic he teaches and lectures nationally and internationally and is both a writer and a reviewer for a range of prestigious, peer-reviewed journals. He forms an integral part of numerous professional bodies including the European Foot and Ankle Society, for which he serves as a council member. 

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Mr Paul Hamilton is a top orthopaedic consultant based in Surrey and South London. He specialises in adult foot and ankle surgery and trauma surgery, including forefoot reconstruction, arthroscopy and arthroplasty, and is an expert in treating sport injuries, Morton's neuroma, arthritis and bunions. After qualifying from St Bartholomew's and the Royal London Medical School, he completed three medical fellowships in the UK and a travelling fellowship to Boston, USA, giving him extensive specialist training. In addition to his private and NHS practices, Mr Hamilton is actively involved in research, and has published and presented his work in orthopaedics around the world.

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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 4-5000 spinal surgeries in his 17 years of practice, seeing over 1-2000 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 between 2016 - 2018 he served on the NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) Venous Thromboembolism Guidelines Consultation Committee.

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Mr Fahad Attar is a consultant trauma & orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in knee treatment procedures. With clinics in Greater Manchester and Cheshire, Mr Attar treats a wide range of patients, from young adults with knee arthritis and athletes with sports injuries to older patients requiring a knee or hip replacement. Mr Attar makes use of innovative procedures such as knee resurfacing and meniscal transplant surgery to improve pain and function in his patients. After qualifying with an MBChB from the University of Liverpool in 1999, Mr Attar went on to complete basic surgical training in Merseyside and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2004. He spent two years at world renowned centres including the Nuffield Orthopaedic centre in Oxford and Holland orthopaedic centre, Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto after completing his specialist trauma and orthopaedic training, and gained his FRCS (Tr & Orth) intercollegiate specialist fellowship exam in 2009. Mr Attar takes a special interest in education, as ATLS instructor and former examiner for medical students at the University of Toronto. He is a reviewer for the Knee Journal and a member of the British Association for Surgery of the Knee.

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Mr Paul Trikha is a highly-skilled leading consultant orthopaedic surgeon who specialises exclusively in knee surgery. From the renowned Surrey Orthopeadic Clinic and various other Surrey and South London locations, he regularly operates on sports professionals in rugby, cricket, and athletics. Mr Trikha sees patients presenting with sports-related injuries and osteoarthritis, and offers surgical treatments for joint preservation surgery in the young and active, including minimally-invasive ACL reconstruction, arthroscopic meniscus and cartilage surgery, as well as partial and total knee replacements.  Mr Trikha is a keen teacher, and continues to supervise the training of postgraduate knee surgery for specialist registrars, as well as teaching and lecturing frequently at conferences in the UK and abroad. In his practice Mr Trikha is committed to employing the latest techniques and technology in knee surgery. His current research interests include new techniques in knee preservation, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, and meniscal (cartilage) repair.

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Mr Dean Michael is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon with a specialist interest in all types of lower limb surgery. Mr Michael sees patients with a range of conditions including ankle injuries, bunions, sports injuries, and osteoarthritis, offering surgical treatments from hip resurfacing and ankle ligament surgery to full hip and knee replacements. Mr Michael originally qualified from St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1994 then undertook specialist training in hip and knee surgery at The Middlesex Hospital and The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. He completed a specialist Hip and Knee Surgery Fellowship in Australia in 2005, before returning to the UK to take up the post of Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, where he works to this day. In 2011, Mr Michael became the director of the Surrey Orthopaedic Clinic. The Surrey Orthopaedic Clinic works across major hospitals in Surrey and London, bringing together a UK-qualified team of specialists to provide a complete package of high-quality musculoskeletal care. Mr Michael is also a member of the British Orthopaedic Association, the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, and the British Hip Society.

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Mr Shaun Ridgeway is a renowned consultant spinal orthopaedic surgeon based in London and Windsor. He specialises in all aspects of spine surgery, particularly in treating degenerative disc disease, spinal trauma, neck pain, and lower back pain, and is well-versed in using minimally invasive techniques. He is known for performing procedures such as kyphoplasty and spinal fusion. After qualifying from the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 1997​, Mr Ridgeway undertook his orthopaedic training in London with specialist and fellowship training in spinal surgery at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore. He has been practicing as a spinal surgeon since 2009, and is a member of the British Association of Spinal Surgeons (BASS) as well as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Orthopaedics) (FRCS (Orth)). Mr Ridgeway also plays a part in teaching the next generation of spinal surgeons,  lecturing to national and international audiences on spinal surgery and is part of a minimally invasive spinal surgery training faculty. He is a trainer in minimally invasive surgery and is a member of the International Design Team for Spinal Implants.

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Mr Samer Morgan is a leading foot and ankle orthopaedic surgeon based in Manchester, Liverpool and Warrington. He is an expert in performing knee replacements, ankle arthroscopies, as well as treating sports injuries and bunions using minimally invasive techniques. After completing his training in trauma and orthopaedic surgery, Mr Morgan was awarded a place on the foot and ankle training fellowship in Leeds teaching hospitals which is very highly regarded. Mr Samer Morgan has a very keen interest in research and teaching, with more than fifty publications to his name. He has also written several book chapters on his specialties. He is enthusiastic about teaching and training, actively taking part in a teaching programme in Manchester. His aim as an orthopaedic surgeon is to provide the best service that utilises advanced, modern techniques whilst keeping the patient fully at the centre of his care.

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Mr Mark Dunbar is a leading consultant orthopaedic surgeon based in the Birmingham area who specialises in treatment of the knee. His areas of expertise include knee replacement, knee arthroscopy and knee ligament surgery. Mr Dunbar graduated with his medical degree from the University of Oxford and pursued both his early and his specialist trauma and orthopaedic training in the West Midlands. He is active in research and completed his PhD at the University of Warwick in 2009. As an honorary associate professor at the university, his research work continues and Mr Dunbar prides himself on being able to use the highest quality of evidence available to inform the decision making in his clinical practice. Mr Dunbar returned to Oxford for knee fellowship training where he was able to focus his expertise so that his practice was exclusively based on problems affecting the knee, offering clinics and performing operations in both Solihull and Sutton Coldfield.

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Mr Billy Jowett is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in the foot and ankle based on the south coast in Portsmouth, Southampton and Chichester. His areas of expertise include bunion surgery, sports injuries of the foot and ankle, flat feet and arthritis. After graduating from Guy's and St Thomas' Medical School in 1996, he completed his basic surgical training and orthopaedic training in the Wessex area. In the early years of his career, he was awarded several fellowships, taking him to Seattle, USA, Auckland, New Zealand and Melbourne, Australia, to name but a few. Throughout these fellowships, Mr Jowett worked with world leaders in the field of foot and ankle surgery.  Mr Billy Jowett has been a consultant orthopaedic surgeon since 2008, and further to his clinical commitments he was Surgical tutor for junior doctors for 6 years at Queen Alexandra Hospital. He also publishes regularly on his specialties and presents internationally about foot and ankle problems.

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Mr Ioannis Polyzois is an experienced and skilled consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at the Surrey Orthopaedic Clinic in Chertsey. He is an expert in shoulder and upper limb surgery, for which he is at the top of his field. He specialises in arthroscopic shoulder and elbow surgery, rotator cuff repair, shoulder stabilisation, complex upper limb trauma, the latest techniques in reconstructive surgery for sports upper limb injuries and all types of upper limb joint replacement surgery. After qualifying from Liverpool University Medical School, Mr Polyzois completed his postgraduate trauma and orthopaedic training in Leeds, Athens and London. In this time, he worked in major trauma and elective centres, including Leeds General Infirmary and University College London Hospital. Whilst studying in Athens, he was the gold medallist in the Athens orthopaedic exit exam diploma and in the European Board Diploma. Mr Polyzois has also completed dual specialist fellowship training in shoulder and upper limb surgery at the Rowley Bristow unit in Chertsey and at the world-renowned Reading Shoulder Unit, a centre of excellence in this field. Alongside his clinical commitments, Mr Polyzois is very active in his research, with more than 25 ‘medline’ peer-reviewed publications and authorship of several book chapters in orthopaedics and sports surgery. Mr Polyzois also presents regularly, both nationally and internationally on shoulder and elbow surgery, sports injuries and orthopaedics.

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Miss Tanaya Sarkhel is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon based at the Surrey Orthopaedic Clinic in Chertsey. After qualifying from the Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, Miss Sarkhel went on to complete her orthopaedic training at St George's Hospital. She also completed training in two sub-specialty fellowships at the Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Derby and the Epsom Shoulder Unit, and is a full member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH). Following her sub-specialty training, Miss Sarkhel presented her research at the British Elbow and Shoulder Society for which she gained an award. Miss Sarkhel has been providing specialist orthopaedic and musculoskeletal care as a consultant since 2008 and has expertise in hand and wrist surgery, treating conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome and Dupuytren's contracture. 

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Mr Gordon Shepard is an outstanding consultant orthopaedic surgeon based in the Greater Manchester area, who holds a special interest in sports and degenerative knee surgery. He regularly performs arthroscopic (keyhole) surgery of the knee, knee ligament reconstruction, meniscal and articular cartilage regeneration procedures and joint replacement surgery, both total and partial. Mr Shepard gained his training in the UK, USA and Australia before settling back in the north west of England. He has always held an interest in regenerative and reconstructive techniques and has many years’ experience in what is now known as biological surgery. Mr Shepard provides a high-quality, individualised and responsive service to all of his patients, from elite athletes to the elderly. He was appointed as one of the sports orthopaedics consultants to the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002, but a call-up to serve as a surgeon in the army prevented him from doing so. Mr Shepard has also provided his orthopaedic services to professional football clubs.

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Mr Graham Tytherleigh-Strong is a highly experienced consultant orthopaedic surgeon based in Cambridge, specialising in shoulder surgery. Currently, he practices privately at Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital and Nuffield Hospital. His areas of expertise include the arthroscopic management of shoulder instability, rotator cuff disease and arthritis. He has a particular interest in revision surgery and also dislocations and arthritis of the sternoclavicular joint. Other treatments that he provides involve sports injuries and elbow surgery. Mr Tytherleigh-Strong graduated with his medical degree in 1990 from the University of London. He gained his level of expertise by training in London, Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Toronto. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a Fellow of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Outside his private practice, Mr Tytherleigh-Strong works in the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He is also an Honorary Clinical Fellow to the University of Cambridge. He was worked in many sports injury clinics and regularly lectures about shoulder surgery both nationally and on the international stage. He is actively involved in clinical research and has published multiple peer-reviewed journals and his work can be found on both Google scholar and ResearchGate.

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