e-Consultation with Orthopaedic surgeons

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Mr Sudhir Rao is a highly renowned consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon with specialist interests in Knee and Hip surgery. With over 23 years' experience as a consultant, Mr Rao has garnered an incredibly high level of expertise and he strives to provide care of the highest quality for all his patients. Among his areas of expertise is the treatment and management of Sports injuries; Hip and Knee arthroscopy; Knee ligament reconstruction; arthroscopic Shoulder surgery; Hip and Knee replacement surgery and the Revision of hip and knee replacement procedures. His education consisted of several prestigious fellowships. With these, he was able to further hone is expertise and specialist knowledge in hip, knee and shoulder joint procedures. Furthermore, his dedication to his work and patient care has been widely recognised: he has received several awards for his outstanding commitment to the NHS. He makes relentless efforts to keep up to date with the latest research and techniques. 

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Mr Miguel Oliveira is a leading consultant orthopaedic surgeon based in Chichester who sees patients at Nuffield Health Chichester Hospital and Oving Clinic. He has also worked at the NHS St. Richard’s Hospital since 2010. Mr Oliveira has a specialist interest in hand and wrist surgery, for which he has completed three separate fellowships, both abroad and in the UK. Covering all aspects of this interesting subspecialty, he performs a range of elective soft tissue surgeries, particularly trauma and joint surgery. Mr Oliveira also has specialist training in wrist surgery, which can often be a particularly challenging field. Mr Oliveira maintains a very active clinical and teaching role, and he participates in the on-call rota for general orthopaedic trauma. Mr Oliveira has extensive expertise in all aspects of surgery in this area, and prior to becoming a consultant, he was a specialist registrar in the South West Thames area. He has worked in many other hospitals in the region. At Nuffield Health Chichester Hospital, he works alongside Helet Kuhn, an extremely experienced Hand Therapist who is involved mainly in the postoperative rehabilitation of patients. He also often sees patients preoperatively and is actively involved in the non-surgical treatment of conditions that can be treated without the need of an operation.

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Mr Anthony Perera is an expert orthopaedic foot and ankle surgeon based at the Spire Hospital in Cardiff with fellowship training in Europe and the USA. His areas of expertise lie in treating sports injuries, ankle sprains and ankle instability, toe deformities and pain and performing minimally invasive bunion surgery and ankle arthroscopy. He passionately believes in developing a personalised approach to every patient using a vast range of conservative or surgical procedures available. His orthopaedic training was undertaken by completing fellowships with leading foot and ankle surgeons across Europe and the USA. For this work, he was subsequently awarded the top prize by the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society in 2008. Mr Perera is now a recognised national leader in the field of minimally invasive bunion surgery which offers specific advantages for many patients and also teaches this technique to other surgeons across the UK and USA. Mr Perera has also been invited to publish his work and lecture around the world including in America and China. He routinely publishes research on foot and ankle surgery and has won several national awards for this. In 2013, he was chosen as a finalist in the prestigious Laing Buisson Awards for the Medical Practice category. He is currently a vice president for the International Society of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Arthroscopy of the Foot and Ankle and is a board member of the International Ankle Instability Group.

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Mr Amit Shah is a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon with over 15 years of professional expertise. As a subspecialist in hip and knee conditions, he assists patients with the diagnosis and management of all hip and knee pathologies, including hip arthritis, knee arthritis, unstable joints and sports injuries of the hip and knee.  Furthermore, Mr Shah is highly trained and skilled in numerous non-invasive and invasive procedures. He regularly performs knee injections, hip injections, various forms of joint replacement for the knee and hips, and minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery along with other treatments. Since 2003, Mr Shah has been based in the North West of England, where he continued his medical and surgical training after studying in Mumbai. In England, his training included working at Wrightington Hospital, one of the centres for excellence in orthopaedics, in which he furthered his specialist expertise on complex hip and knee problems. He dedicates his medical services to both the private and public health sectors. Private patients can access his professional and personalised care at the Spire Fylde Coast Hospital in Blackpool as well as at BMI The Lancaster Hospital. Mr Shah's objective is to provide an ethical and sensible consult in the beginning, followed by comprehensive understandings of management options. By doing so, he ensures his patients are fully informed about their condition and treatment at all times.

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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 Paul Hamilton is a top orthopaedic consultant based in Surrey and 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 Prokopis Annis is an internationally trained consultant spinal surgeon with leading skills and experience. His private clinics are based in Liverpool and Wirral.  Patients seek Mr Annis' help for a variety of spinal needs, such as spine deformities, sciatica, lumbar spinal stenosis and more. He also assists patients with back pain, arm pain and neck pain. Furthermore, his range of expertise encompasses several aspects of spinal treatments. This includes, but is not limited to, minimally invasive spine surgery, lumbar decompression and fusion, spinal injections and complex spinal surgery. He underwent his medical and surgical studies in Italy before returning to Greece to expand his surgical knowledge and experience. In 2006, he underwent vigorous training in trauma and orthopaedic surgery at Asclepieron Hospital, which is where he found his passion for spinal surgery. He was awarded the opportunity to travel to Salt Lake City in Utah to undergo six months at the spinal department of the University of Utah, which he later returned to in 2011 to further specialise in spinal surgery. After completing an AO Spine North America research and clinical spine fellowship, he relocated to Liverpool. Mr Annis' career has been dedicated to research as well as patient care. In 2012, Mr Annis' work was recognised by the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) and he has published several peer-reviewed articles in internationally recognised scientific journals.  In 2014 he returned to Europe and was appointed as a spinal consultant at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and more recently at The Walton Centre Foundation Trust. Mr Annis practices privately at the Spire Liverpool Hospital and at the Spire Murrayfield Hospital in Birkenhead, Wirral.

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Mr Neil Jain is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon and the founder of UK Sports Medicine, a private practice focused on the prevention and treatment of sports injuries through innovation. He is able to offer keyhole surgery for a wide range of knee, shoulder and elbow injuries, in addition to administering non-operative treatments such as injections of platelet-rich plasma (PRP). Mr Jain originally graduated from the University of Southampton before undergoing basic surgical training in Plymouth. After graduating from a sports injuries and reconstructive arthroscopy fellowship at the world-renowned University of British Columbia in Canada, Mr Jain was appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Mr Jain is widely published in peer reviewed journals and medical textbooks, and has given over 100 presentations at national and international conferences. He has worked with a number of sports clubs and associations including Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Barrow Raiders RLFC, Bury FC, University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, Vancouver Canadians (Baseball), Winnipeg Blue Bombers (American Football) and Vancouver Canucks (Ice Hockey). Mr Jain is actively involved in teaching and is an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Salford.

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Mr Shivkumar Gopal is a leading trauma and orthopaedic surgeon who is based in Hull. Private patients can access his highly professional and personalised patient care at the renowned Spire Hull and East Riding Hospital. Mr Gopal underwent extensive studies and training in orthopaedics with a specialisation in diagnosing and managing conditions of the hip, knee, pelvis and sacro-iliac joints. Among his numerous areas of expertise are total hip replacement and revision total hip replacement. His personal expertise in undertaking any complexity of hip replacement surgery, and pelvic with sacro-iliac joint issues, comes from being a pelvic and acetabular (hip socket) trauma surgeon involving the reconstruction of completely shattered pelvises and hip sockets for which he is an expert taking referrals from across East & North Yorkshire, and North & North East Lincolnshire. Furthermore, he regularly performs total knee replacement and knee arthroscopy. His knee replacement services include patient-specific knee replacements that are made to measure from pre-surgery scans. Patients can also receive his specialised care for pelvic and sacroiliac joint dysfunction, pelvic and lower limb fractures and pregnancy-related pelvic problems. As teacher and trainer Mr Gopal is a faculty member on numerous UK, and International Courses. He is also a Visiting Professor at the People's University in Bhopal, India

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Mr Matthew Solan is a vastly experienced trauma and orthopaedics surgeon based in the London area. He specialises in foot and ankle problems and sports injuries. Mr Solan provides personalised treatment for a wide range of conditions and injuries, ensuring a speedy recovery when possible.  Mr Solan established and runs the UK's first 'one-stop' clinic for heel and ankle problems such as ankle tendonitis and plantar fasciitis. He has pioneered the use of minimally invasive muscle release and shock wave therapy for chronic heel pain. Alongside his clinical practice, Mr Solan is very active in research and training, having published over 50 peer-reviewed articles for medical journals, and contributed to the Oxford Textbook of Orthopaedic Surgery.  Mr Solan teaches both nationally and internationally, and is proud to be part of the Barouk Surgery Forefoot Faculty in Bordeaux.

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Mr Wiqqas Jamil is an esteemed Manchester-based consultant orthopaedic surgeon, specialising in all aspects of knee surgery and primary hip replacement. In his clinical practice, Mr Jamil sees patients for a broad spectrum of knee problems, ranging from sports-related trauma and injuries to arthritis of the knee. His specialist interests include cruciate ligament injuries, and sports-related injuries including cartilage injuries and osteochondral defect resurfacing. As an experienced surgeon, Mr Jamil regularly performs a number of procedures including arthroscopic surgery, cruciate ligament resconstruction, and total and partial knee and hip replacements including bespoke (custom made) knee replacement and robotic surgery. He is committed to his patients and offers an excellent standard of care, with a strong interest in accelerating and improving recovery after knee and hip replacement surgery. Alongside his clinical practice, Mr Jamil is actively involved in teaching and research, with numerous peer-reviewed articles to his name and collaborations with the universities of both Salford and Manchester. He is an Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Instructor and a University Problem-based Learning (PBL) instructor. In addition, Mr Jamil is often invited to present his research work at national and international meetings.  Throughout his training and career, Mr Jamil has received numerous awards and scholarships, including the BOA Adult Knees - Travelling Fellowship Award in 2014, the Bluespier Prize (awarded by NWOA) in 2009 and The Dora Ratcliffe Award in 2001. He is a member of several organisations, including the British Association for Surgery of the Knee, the British Orthopaedic Association, and the European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy.

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Dr Turab Syed is a leading consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon who currently sees patients at the Forth Valley Royal Hospital, BMI The Alexandra Hospital, BMI Kings Park Hospital and Harley Health Village. Dr Syed worked at Royal Free London Hospital between April 2017 and Aug 2019 before moving to Scotland. Dr Syed specialises in sports injuries and is clinically interested in degeneration of the lower limb from many different conditions such as arthritis. He has extensive experience in surgical treatment via ligament reconstruction, joint reconstruction and tendon treatment of the ankle, knee, foot, and hip, as well as stem cell and shockwave treatments. Dr Syed effectively treats his patients with the aim of preserving and improving joint mobility. Mr Turab Syed received his primary medical training from the prestigious King Edward Medical University in Lahore, Pakistan. He completed his basic surgical training in Oxford Deanery Rotation and also at Raigmore General in Inverness. He completed his Higher Surgical training at hospitals based in Oxford & Cambridge Deaneries and Jersey. Mr Turab Syed received fellowship training in Lower Limb Arthroplasty, Foot and Ankle Surgery as well ad Sports Surgery and Trauma. He completed this training at University Hospital Wales & the University Hospital Llandough and later received advanced training in France (University of Strasbourg), Germany (Munich and Frankfurt) and the Netherlands (Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam). Mr Turab Syed also completed a travelling fellowship at Klinikum Hoechst in Frankfurt. He has published extensively about both elective orthopaedic and trauma. He has around 28 publications comprising full articles and abstracts. He has had research published in the Journal of Clinical Research and as well as the prestigious Foot & Ankle Clinics of North America.

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Mr Sunny Deo is a leading consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon with over 25 years' experience. With his principal subspeciality being knee surgery, he is highly trained and skilled in the diagnosis, management and surgical treatment of knee conditions His has an expansive portfolio of knee procedures which includes, but is not limited to, knee replacement, partial knee replacement, knee arthroscopy, ligament knee injuries, sports knee injuries and treatment for meniscus and chondral damage to the knee. Mr Deo completed his higher surgical training in orthopaedics and trauma within the Oxford Programme in 2001. In his final training year, he was an Orthopaedic Trauma Fellow at Vancouver General Hospital / the University of British Columbia. In July 2001, he was appointed as a consultant. He is passionate about providing his patients with the utmost possible relief from symptoms and communicating openly about their condition, treatments and potential outcomes so that they can make fully-informed decisions regarding their health. He also dedicates his career to the education and training of future specialists. Mr Deo is a Clinical & Educational Supervisor for Trainees, Appraiser and Mentor for medical staff at the Great Western Hospital, Swindon. Furthermore, he contributes greatly to research. This research includes investigations into clinical complexity in orthopaedic and trauma surgery, pain following replacement surgery, diagnostic complexity, quality assurance of surgery, knee arthritis treatments and their outcomes, treatment of complex fractures around the knee, tendon injuries, hip replacements and spinal stenosis. Since 2001, he has published 20 peer-reviewed publications, three textbook chapters and he has been the senior author of more than 120 national and international meeting presentations. He is currently Clinical Lead for the Trauma Unit and for New Clinical Pathways at the Great Western NHS Foundation Trust. He has been Clinical Lead for the T&O department in the recent past and RCS England Surgical Tutor from 2003 to 2010.

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Mr Raheel Shariff is a leading consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Manchester who has a dedicated special interest in disorders affecting the foot and ankle. He is highly experienced in ankle replacements, revision ankle replacement, correction of flat feet and high arched feet deformities, arthroscopic surgery and sports injuries. Mr Shariff completed his basic and higher surgical training at Merseyside and successfully became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) in 2012. He has undertaken a foot and ankle fellowship at the Institute of Foot and Ankle Reconstruction, Mercy Medical Centre, Baltimore USA and a limb reconstruction fellowship at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Mr Shariff has published his research widely in peer-reviewed journals. He has presented his work at meetings both nationally and internationally. He is regularly invited as a contributing author for the Foot and Ankle Clinics of North America and he is a faculty member on courses for speciality orthopaedic trainees.

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Mr Conal Quah is a fellowship-trained consultant orthopaedic surgeon based in Derby and Mansfield who offers exceptional orthopaedic care for patients with a wide range of hip and knee conditions and injuries. His areas of expertise lie in total hip and knee replacements, hip and knee revision surgery, periprosthetic fracture surgery and certain non-invasive (arthroscopic) knee treatments. Following his graduation from the University of Dundee, Scotland, Mr Quah worked in the North East before moving to the East Midlands (North). There he completed the highly respected Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery training programme and then later completed prestigious national and international fellowships. This comprehensive training has provided him with a broad set of skills and expertise in managing complex joint problems, including joint infections, periprosthetic fractures and bone loss. To date, Mr Quah has published many peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters. He also co-founded a surgical journal steered towards trainees and has given numerous international and national presentations. Mr Quah regularly teaches medical students and is a faculty on several national and international courses. In these courses, he lectures and demonstrates clinical skills and surgical techniques. Here you can view Mr Quah's reviews on IWantGreatCare.

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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. Mr Houlihan-Burne 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 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 G. Michael Hess is a highly skilled orthopaedic surgeon based at the London Spine Clinic and the KIMS Hospital (Kent). He specialises in minimally invasive and endoscopic spinal surgery, treating conditions such as sciatica, slipped discs, and osteoporosis of the spine. He founded InsightSpine in 2016, offering an in-depth spinal disc pain service in London and Maidstone (with Dr A. Hammond), Munich and Lisbon (with Dr A. Barbosa). Mr Hess qualified from the Heinrich Heine Universitat Dusseldorf in 1995, before training in trauma surgery in St. Moritz, Switzerland and at the Spine Center at Orthopaedische Klinik Muenchen-Harlaching. He also undertook a fellowship in spine surgery and interventional radiology at the University Hospital in Quebec City. Following this, he was made Lead of the Back Pain Center at Orthopaedische Klinik Muenchen-Harlaching. He has a PhD in Orthopaedics. Mr Hess's years of experience have given him expertise in a wide range of endoscopic techniques and is world-renowned in the field of minimally-invasive spine surgery and interventional pain therapy. He helped to perform the world's first successful fully endoscopic nucleus replacement surgery in 2009 and is currently the principal clinical investigator of an international multicenter study for a novel nucleus implant. He has presented over 200 scientific papers and since 2003 he has held the position of Master Instructor for Spine Intervention Society (SIS) in the US and Europe.

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Mr Hemang Mehta is a top consultant orthopaedic shoulder and upper limb surgeon practising in Cardiff, Newport and Hereford. He has extensive experience treating all shoulder and upper limb conditions such as shoulder arthritis, sports injuries, shoulder dislocation and tennis elbow. He is also fully trained and an expert in performing minimally invasive (keyhole) shoulder and elbow replacement surgery and rotator cuff repair surgery. He applies advanced arthroscopic techniques that he acquired during clinical visits to leading centres across Europe. He also holds a fellowship in Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge and New York University (NYU) Hospital, USA. In addition to his areas of expertise, Mr Mehta has a special interest in arthroscopic joint release surgery, debridement of arthritic joints, radial head replacement and complex elbow trauma. Mr Mehta is a member of the British Shoulder and Elbow Society and the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons and publishes widely in international journals. He is also actively involved in teaching medical students and junior surgeons both in the UK and worldwide. In addition to being a faculty member for AO International Trauma courses, he is a trainer on the Basic Orthopaedic skills course for the Royal College of Surgeons.

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Mr Andrew Fitzgerald is a highly experienced consultant orthopaedic surgeon based in Manchester, who specialises in spinal surgery, hand and wrist surgery, and elbow surgery. He has a specialist interest in nerve problems in the arm, including carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel syndromes, arthritis and tendon disorders, trigger finger and DeQuervain's tendinitis, hand and wrist arthritis, ligament and tendon repairs/reconstructions as well as expertise in treating complex trauma. Mr Fitzgerald graduated from Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School (University of London). He completed specialist training in the Congenital Hand Disorder and Peripheral Nerve Injury Unit at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London, which involved training in the management of complex hand problems, such as peripheral nerve dysfunction, injury and reconstruction. He also underwent further specialist training at Great Ormond Streeet Hospital (paediatric hand surgery) and Broomfield Hospital (orthopaedic and plastic surgery). He has also had special training for the management of Dupuytren's disease including injection therapy. Mr Fitzgerald completed specialist training in spinal surgery at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London in the spinal deformity unit as well as the Specialist Back Pain Unit, his special interests include management of low back pain and sciatica. Mr Fitzgerald has over two decades of experience. He is still involved in teaching, having trained both undergraduates and post-graduates during his time in the NHS. In his private practice, he works closely with his patients to give them the best care and direct, hands-on treatment.  

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