I
am a forty-seven year old Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon based at the University
Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust. I was born in Fareham,
Hampshire and my father was an Engineer in the Royal Navy, stimulating
my interest in all things mechanical.
I qualified from Charing Cross Hospital
Medical School in London in 1982 and followed my father and brother into
the Royal Navy. During the first three years I was attached to the Royal
Marines serving in Norway and Belize after completing the Green Beret
Commando Course.
My
orthopaedic training took place mainly through the Royal Navy and also
in Oxford at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, and my specialist training
in knee surgery and arthroscopic surgery was completed during a year’s
fellowship in Toronto, Canada at the Orthopaedic and Arthritic Hospital.
I took up a Consultant post at Royal Hospital Haslar, Gosport, in 1995,
developing my special interest in knee surgery while looking after service
personnel at home and abroad in the Gulf, Bosnia and Kosovo.
After
five years as a Consultant I left the Royal Navy to join the Orthopaedic
Team in Coventry and Rugby as specialist knee surgeon, in addition to
undertaking emergency care for trauma patients at Coventry.
My
interests cover the range of knee surgery including arthroscopic anterior
and posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction for the unstable knee,
meniscal surgery and reconstruction for the torn footballer’s cartilage,
surgery for patello-femoral problems, articular cartilage repair and autologous
chondrocyte transplantation for joint articular surface damage, through
to osteotomy and joint replacement for the worn knee. More recent interests
include meniscus transplantation.
Outside of the hospital and lecturing my interests lie with my family - my wife Alison, my daughter Maddie aged 13 and my twins Harry and Phoebe aged 8. Sailing is my main hobby and I regularly compete in Cowes Week in the Solent. In 2006 we won the Beneteau Cup and Class 3, and in 2007 we won Cowes week Black group overall. I am also the Chief Medical Advisor to the Volvo Ocean Race after advising on medical aspects for its predecessor, the Whitbread Round the World Race over the last ten years.
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