Orthopaedics
Mr Matthew Barrett
Specialty
Trauma and Orthopaedics
Qualifications
- FRCS (Tr and Orth) 2016
- MRCS, 2010
- MBBCh, 2006, Cardiff
Background
Completed higher orthopaedic training in Wessex 2011 to 2017.
Post CCT fellowship in Bournemouth.
Specialist shoulder and elbow fellowship in Auckland, New Zealand.
Research fellow at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore 2011 with Professor Tim Briggs.
Appointed as a Consultant at Dorset County Hospital in 2019.
Special interests
Shoulder surgery – arthroscopic and joint replacement.
Sports injuries.
Trauma surgery.
New treatments introduced
Bony increased offset reverse geometry shoulder replacement.
Contact
01305 255515
Mr Tim Crook
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine (University of Southampton) 2000
- Member of the Royal College of Surgeons 2004
- Post Graduate Diploma Sport and Exercise Medicine (Cardiff University) 2008
- Member of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (Royal College of Surgeons) 2009
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Trauma and Orthopaedics) 2009
Background
After graduating from Southampton University Medical School in 2000, I undertook my Higher Surgical Training in the Wessex region, obtaining Fellowship to the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) in Trauma and Orthopaedics in 2009.
I have worked with some of the world’s leading upper limb experts. In 2010 I travelled to Sydney, undertaking an internationally renowned Hand and Wrist Fellowship for one year. The Sydney Hand Unit is a centre of excellence for simple and complex hand and wrist conditions, including the treatment of professional sports injuries. I was awarded a Travelling Bursary from the British Society for Surgery of the Hand in support of this.
I returned to the UK to commence a consultant post at Dorset County Hospital in July 2011.
Special interests
Hand, wrist and upper limb surgery.
Upper limb sports injuries.
Member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand.
Member of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (Royal College of Surgeons).
New treatments introduced
Free osteochondral grafting (bone and cartilage graft) for complex finger intra-articular fractures.
Contact
01305 253124 (Secretary Jo Brown)
Mr Mohammed A Diab
Qualifications
- MBBCh
- MSc Tr and Orth
- FRCS
- MCH Tr and Orth
- FRCS Tr and Orth
Background
During my 30-year career as an Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon, I built up huge experience through my training and practice in different countries and working for consultants belonging to different Orthopaedic schools. Their interests have spanned almost the entire spectrum of Orthopaedic sub-specialities. I have been trained in joint replacement, spine, paediatric, hand, foot and ankle and shoulder surgery units. As a result, I became a competent, up to date and safe surgeon in both trauma and elective orthopaedics.
Special interests
I developed a special interest in the sub-speciality of foot and ankle surgery. I am fellowship trained after spending 12 months in Southampton University Hospital foot and ankle unit. I can manage all toes deformity/disorder, ankle sport injuries, fracture around the foot and ankle, arthroscopic surgery of the ankle, diabetic and rheumatoid foot disorders.
Contact
01305 253171
Mr Iain Findlay
Specialty
Orthopaedics
Qualifications
- MBChB (University of Edinburgh)
- FRCS (Tr and Orth)
- BSc Hons
Background
I qualified in 2002 at Edinburgh University. Basic Surgical Training was completed at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital in London, followed by Specialist Orthopaedic Training on the London and South East Thames Rotation. I was awarded the FRCS exam in Trauma and Orthopaedics in 2012. Following this I was awarded two specialist fellowships. I was the Knee and Trauma Fellow at King’s College Hospital, London and then the Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Fellow at the Royal Cornwall Hospital. I was appointed as a Consultant at Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester in 2015.
Throughout my career I have developed his interest in knee and hip surgery with several international publications and presentations. In particular, I have published work on knee replacement techniques, hip replacement outcomes and complex lower limb trauma. I am a reviewer for The Knee journal.
Special interests
My specialist interests are knee and hip surgery. My practice includes knee and hip replacements, revision knee replacements, arthroscopic (keyhole) knee surgery, ligament reconstruction, patient specific knee replacements and lower limb trauma.
New treatments introduced
Uncemeneted Oxford Unicondylar knee replacements.
Contact
01305 255549
Ms Rebecca Mills
Qualifications
- BA (Medical Sciences – First Class Honours) University of Oxford 2007
- BMBCh (Distinction) University of Oxford 2010
- MA (Oxon) 2014
- FRCS (Tr and Orth) 2022
Background
I qualified from University of Oxford in 2010, completing my basic surgical training in London and my specialist orthopaedic training on the Kent, Surrey and Sussex rotation. During my specialist training I was awarded the Radcliffe Travelling Fellowship from the University of Oxford to spend 18 months out-of-programme researching novel antibacterial coatings for implants in an orthopaedic research lab in Sydney, Australia.
I developed my specialist interest in hand surgery at Canterbury, where I discovered WALANT techniques (Wide-Awake surgery under Local Anaesthesia and No Tourniquet) to improve patient experience. I then spent a year at the Sussex Hand Unit in Brighton, gaining unparalleled insight into novel arthroplasty techniques in the hand and wrist. I was awarded a national Advanced Training in Hand Surgery Fellowship to further my training in major trauma and reconstruction techniques at Southmead, Bristol Children’s Hospital and Bath. In 2023 I was selected to join Emerging Leaders programme at the Royal College of Surgeons, England.
I was appointed as a consultant at Dorset County Hospital in January 2023.
Special interests
Trauma.
Hand and wrist surgery.
WALANT techniques.
Contact
01305 254483
Mr Sean Walsh
Specialty
Trauma and Orthopaedics
Qualifications
- Batchelor of Medicine, Southampton 1990
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (England) 1995
- Master of Science (Orthopaedic Engineering) with distinction Cardiff 1999
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery) 2001
Background
1991-1994 Basic Surgical Training , East Anglia, Bury St Edmunds and Norwich.
1995 Training post in plastic and reconstructive surgery, Addenbrook’s Hospital Cambridge.
1996 Locum Trauma and Orthopaedic Registrar , Colchester Hospital.
1996 – 2003 Higher Surgical Training (Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery), Wessex Rotation, UK
2002-2003 – National Advanced Hand Surgery Training Post – Pulvertaft Hand Unit Derby, UK.
January 2003 – Locum Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon- Basingstoke, Hampshire , UK
In June 2003 I was appointed as a locum Orthopaedic and Trauma surgeon in Dorset County Hospital. My Substantive appointment was in September 2003.
Special interests
Hand, Wrist and Elbow Surgery.
WALANT surgery – wide awake and no tourniquet.
Overseas work in low and middle income countries.
I am a member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand.
New treatments introduced
I have set up and developed the Hand and Wrist Surgery Service at Dorset County Hospital.
I set up and developed the Hand Therapy service for hand surgery. There is now a Hand Therapy team specialising in hand and wrist problems.
Together with Duncan Farquhar-Thompson and Oliver Tweedie we have developed the regional anaesthesia service at DCH. This allows patients to remain awake for many hand/wrist surgery procedures. This allows greater patient choice as to type of anaesthesia and allows more patients to be discharged home on the day of surgery.
I set up the Dressing Clinic Service in the Orthopaedic Outpatients. This now runs as a daily clinic during the working week and is utilised by the whole department.
Contact
01305 254483
If GPs require advice I may be contacted by email on sean.walsh@dchft.nhs.uk
Mr Nicholas Savva (Foot and Ankle)
Qualifications
- MBBS, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, 1988-1994
- BMedSci, University of London, 1993
- FRCS(Eng), London, 1998
- FRCS(Tr&Orth), London, 2005
Background
I trained at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School and undertook house jobs in London. My basic surgical training was in Wessex as was my Orthopaedic Rotation. I then spent a year in Australia on a Foot and Ankle Surgery Fellowship before being appointed a Consultant in Dorchester. I have also undertaken a travelling fellowship in the United States.
I have been a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at Dorset County Hospital since 2006. Since then I have set up a multidisciplinary clinic in Dorchester including myself, a trainee registrar, an extended scope physiotherapy practitioner and two orthotists.
We provide a multidisciplinary approach to foot and ankle problems offering conservative, orthotic and surgical options for treatment.
Special interests
Trauma.
General orthopaedics.
Foot and ankle surgery.
Contact
01305 253171
Mr Colin Senior
Qualifications
- FRCS (Tr+Ortho) 2009 Wessex
- MRCS 2003
- BMBS 1998 Nottingham Medical School
- BMedSci 1996 Nottingham Medical School
Background
Following medical school I spent time in London, including one year at the Royal London Hospital trauma unit before entering higher surgical training in orthopaedics within the Wessex region.
Fellowship trained in the sub-specialties of arthroplasty, shoulder and trauma surgery during a year spent in Auckland, New Zealand.
Lead role in trauma surgery at DCH, also enjoys a general orthopaedic interest, with a special interest in lower limb arthroplasty and shoulder surgery.
As well as specialising in degenerative disease processes of joints he also deals with sports injuries
Special interests
Orthopaedic trauma.
Shoulder surgery.
Knee surgery.
Hip surgery.
New treatments introduced
Computer navigation surgery for total knee replacements
Contact
01305 254696
Mr James Smith (Knee and Hip Surgeon)
Qualifications
- BSc (First Class Honours in Biomedical Sciences)University of Southampton, 2002
- BM University of Southampton, 2003
- MRCS Royal College of Surgeons, England, 2007
- DM University of Southampton, 2013
- FRCS (Tr & Orth) Royal College of Surgeons, England, 2015
Background
2020 – Current Clinical Lead for South Walks House Outpatient Centre development.
2019 – Current Clinical Governance Lead, Orthopaedic Department.
2016 – 2017 Lower Limb Arthroplasty and Trauma Fellowship, Auckland, NZ.
2015 – 2016 British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) Knee Fellowship, Bournemouth, UK.
2008 – 2016 Higher Surgical Training (Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery), Wessex Rotation, UK.
2004 – 2008 Basic Surgical Training (General Surgery), Wessex Rotation, UK.
Special interests
All aspects of knee surgery – I have subspecialty training in ligament reconstruction, computer navigation and trauma surgery.
I have a keen research interest – my doctoral thesis investigated strategies for bone tissue engineering using stem cells and I have written clinical papers related to knee ligament, osteotomy and joint replacement surgery. I am keen to translate this research into clinical practice to continually improve patient outcomes. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James_Smith60
Founder Member of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine (BSLM) – Working together with patients and healthcare professionals, to prevent and treat orthopaedic problems using lifestyle modification.
New treatments introduced
Multidisciplinary complex knee clinic
Contact
01305 255549
Mr Peter Ward
Qualifications
- MbChB – Bristol 1984 – 89
- MSc – Oxford 1992
- FRCS Eng 1994 FRCS (Trauma and Orth)
Background
Registrar on Wessex Orthopaedic Training Program.
One year’s fellowship in hip Arthroplasty in Australia.
Seven years consultant experience as Arthroplasty and Trauma Surgeon.
Current Clinical Director, Musculoskeletal Services.
Special interests
Hip Arthroplasty in the young adult
Revision hip procedures.
Trauma.
New treatments introduced
Resurfacing Arthoplasties.
Contact
01305 255515
Mr Caesar Wek
Qualifications
- MB ChB – University of Manchester
- FRCS (Tr & Orth) – Royal College of Surgeons of England
- BSc (Hons) Orthopaedic Sciences – University College London
- PG Cert (Medical Education) – Queen Mary University of London
- PG Cert (Clinical Leadership) – British Orthopaedic Association Future Leaders Program
Background
Specialist Orthopaedic Training in London on the South-East Thames Rotation.
Two years Senior Registrar experience at a Major Trauma Centre – King’s College Hospital.
Awarded FRCS (Tr and Orth) in 2020.
Dual Fellowship trained.
Bournemouth Complex Primary and Revision Hip Fellowship, 2022 – 2023.
St George’s Revision Arthroplasty and Trauma Fellowship, 2023.
Published and presented on various aspects of hip and knee surgery.
Authored a book chapter on Minimally Invasive Hip Arthroplasty (Hip Arthroplasty: Current and Future Directions, Mrinal Sharma, Springer books, 2024).
Visiting Fellow to the Orthopaedic Research Institute, Bournemouth University, 2022 – 2023.
Currently Trauma and Hip Fracture lead at Dorset County Hospital.
Special interests
Complex Primary and Revision Hip Replacement.
Primary Knee Replacement.
Trauma surgery.
Contact
01305 254696