Our Consultants

Mr. Ajeya Adhikari is a leading Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon based in South West London. He primarily deals with Lower Limb Conditions with a special interest in Knee Surgery. He is a high volume Knee Surgeon and is in the top decile nationally in terms of number of patients treated. He has pioneered the use of computers and robotics in orthopaedic surgery in the UK and is actively involved in the culture of cartilage cells and transplant for cartilage injuries

Common procedures:

• Total Knee Replacement
• Partial Knee Replacement
• Hip Replacement
• Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
• Corrective Osteotomy
• Arthroscopy of the Knee and Ankle
• Ligament repairs of the Knee and Ankle
• Cartilage Transplant
• Patella Realignment
• Patella Stabilization
• Patellofemoral Replacement

Special Interests:
Knee Surgery
Mr. Adhikari has a special interest in knee surgery. Over the last three years he has performed on average both in the NHS and private sectors.

Private sectors:
Knee Replacement 200 per year
Cruciate ligament Surgery 50 per year
Arthroscopy 200 per year

Clinic: Thursday pm/evenings/Alt Saturday am

Mr Mark Churchill is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon dealing with children, adult limb, trauma.

Undergraduate training
Guy’s Hospital 1975-1981
BSc, MB, BS Hons

Postgraduate training
London SE Thames
Germany Trauma Fellowship

Professional career
FRCS Orthopaedic and Trauma

Conditions treated
Children, trauma, adult lower limb

Clinic: Tuesday afternoons

Clinic: Alt Monday evening,Wednesday am, Alt Saturday am

www.hipandkneesurgeon.co.uk

Mr. Gillespie qualified from University College Dublin Medical School in 1993 and trained in orthopaedics in Leeds. Further Fellowship training was undertaken in lower limb arthroplasty and arthroscopy in Australia and pelvic and acetabular reconstruction in St. George’s Hospital, London.

He was appointed a Consultant to St. George’s Hospital in April 2010. His interests include hip and knee joint replacement surgery, knee arthroscopy and ligament reconstruction, pelvic, acetabular and general trauma.

Mr Gillespie is involved in the education and training of undergraduate medical students and postgraduate orthopaedic trainees, and is actively involved in research.

Clinics: Ad hoc

Appointments: Secretary – Debbie Newman – 01372 275161

Clinic: Tuesday mornings, Thursday mornings

Miss Kendall qualified from Guy’s Hospital in 1987 before being awarded a PhD in Medicine by the University of London in 1992. Subsequent surgical training was based in the Southwest obtaining FRCS England in 1994 and FRCS (Orthopaedics and Trauma) in 2001. Since 2001 she has specialised in Foot and Ankle surgery working at the Middlesex and UCL Hospitals before undertaking a Fellowship at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.

In 2003 she was appointed Consultant Foot and Ankle Surgeon at Kingston Hospital undertaking all elective foot and ankle surgery plus complex foot and ankle trauma. Since 2005 she has worked primarily in the private sector.

Miss Kendall has a firm commitment to education continuing to teach Basic Science at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and continues with her interest in research publishing extensively in peer reviewed journals and presenting at National Meetings including the British Foot and Ankle Meeting in 2007.

Clinic: Monday mornings and afternoons

Clinic: Tuesday afternoons, Friday afternoons

After my degree in human biology in England, I studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg, also gaining practical experience in London, Montreal and Lausanne. I was then accepted into the German orthopaedic training programme, and wanting to gain more international experience I was accepted as the first German registrar on the advanced orthopaedic training programme in Australia where I spent almost 2 years. After that I returned to Germany and finished my orthopaedic training in 1998.

In January 1999 I was offered my first consultancy and was also appointed acting director of the department by the end of that year. I then changed to the university teaching hospital in Lubeck, Germany, as a consultant in order to help and set up the new department of Trauma, Joint and Spinal Surgery. I also dealt with a lot of sports injuries and arthroscopic procedures which is my second line of interest.

As I had a main interest in spinal surgery I did a travelling AO fellowship in 2001 in Newcastle upon Tyne and in Oxford. In August 2004 was appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Mayday University Hospital in Croydon, specialising in spinal procedures including Kyphoplasty and minimally invasive shoulder repairs.

Clinic: Wednesday am

Mr Mitchell’s NHS appointment is at St George's Hospital, Tooting and his specialist areas of interest are in Joint Replacement of the lower limb and Revision Hip and Knee Replacement.

Mr Mitchell was educated at Epsom College and St Mary's Hospital, Paddington. His Registrar training took place on the South West Thames (St George's) Training Scheme. During the five years of training prior to his Fellowship Mr Mitchell set up and ran what is now the largest database world-wide of revision hip procedures performed using an extensively Hydroxyapatite coated implant. This work has led to several international presentations, including several in North America and one in New Zealand.

Mr Mitchell then spent a year on Fellowship in Vancouver. This is one of the premier Joint Reconstruction Fellowships in the world. In Vancouver Mr Mitchell wrote several Instructional Course Lectures for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, was involved in the setting up of the Academy on-line textbook and wrote original papers in several areas of Revision Surgery.

Mr Mitchell offers a tertiary referral service for complex hip and knee procedures, particularly management of the infected hip and knee replacement, management of significant bone loss in revision surgery and periprosthetic fractures.
Outside Orthopaedics, Mr Mitchell's interests are mainly sporting, especially Rugby, Cricket, Skiing and Mountain Biking.

Clinics: by arrangement

Private secretary: 01737 356411
zoe@hipclinic.co.uk

Mr Dominic Nielsen graduated from St Georges Hospital London, and undertook his Orthopaedic training in South East England. To complement his general orthopaedic training, he has 18 months specialist training in foot and ankle surgery and also spent 2 years in a centre for complex trauma and limb reconstruction.

He is a Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon at St George's Hospital, London with special interests in foot and ankle surgery and complex trauma reconstruction.

Dominic is an examiner for Medical School Finals examinations, and regularly teaches at national education meetings.
He has written papers on a range of trauma and foot and ankle subjects including clavicle fractures, hip fractures, major injuries, Achilles tendon problems and has presented his work both nationally and internationally.

Clinic: Alternate Friday afternoon

Mr Vipul Patel studied medicine and completed an Orthopaedic residency in Ahmedabad, India. He moved to England in 1989 where he continued his orthopaedic and surgical training at hospitals in the South West Thames region qualifying as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1991.

Mr Patel completed his higher surgical training in Orthopaedic surgery at St George’s Hospital and affiliated hospitals and spent a year on fellowship in Baltimore, USA, developing subspecialist interests in the shoulder, elbow and knee.

In 1999 Mr Patel was appointed Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon in Chichester and in 2001 moved to Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals, where he is currently the Clinical Lead for Trauma and Orthopaedics. Mr Patel specialises in arthroscopic and joint replacement surgery of the shoulder, elbow and knee. He was instrumental in introducing shoulder surgery to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (EOC) in 2005. Mr Patel is actively involved in training future orthopaedic surgeons and is on the faculty of a number of national and international courses on Trauma and Shoulder surgery.

Mr Patel is a member of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), the British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS), the British Trauma Society (BTS) and an International affiliate member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).

Clinic: Wednesday evening, Tuesday am

Special Interests: Foot and Ankle Surgery, Trauma
Fore foot/ Mid foot/ Hind foot reconstruction, Rheumatoid Foot Surgery, all Bone and Soft tissue disorders of the adult Foot and Ankle, Sports injuries, Arthroscopy of knee and ankle, all aspects of Trauma and Degenerative Disease to Foot/Ankle, general Trauma in children and adults.

After graduating from medical school in Germany Miss Sott subsequently completed 10 years of basic and higher Surgical OrthopaedicTraining in London on the SW Thames Training Programme.

She is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England , the British Orthopaedic Association, the British and American Foot and Ankle Surgery Society with entry into the GMC’s Specialist register as fully trained and specially qualified Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon in 2004. She has published several papers in her field.

In 2004 Miss Sott joined Epsom & St Helier University Hospital NHS Trust as a Consultant Surgeon for Trauma, general Orthopaedics and Foot/Ankle Surgery.

Her special interest into Foot and Ankle Surgery and Trauma was developed further through Fellowships in Germany and the USA and clinical visits to France, Switzerland and around the U.K. to learn special surgical techniques

Clinics: Friday mornings, Sat am by arrangement

Secretary: 0208 296 2647

Appointments: 0208 335 4678

I qualified as a doctor from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College. My basic surgical training was at the Royal Free Hospital and my Orthopaedic Training was based at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore. I then spent a year in Richmond, Virginia, USA training in arthroscopy before completing my shoulder training at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.

My NHS practice is entirely shoulder and elbow surgery. This includes the treatment of arthritis (including joint replacement), sports injuries and fractures.

My particular area of interest is the use of arthroscopic techniques in the treatment of both joints. Arthroscopy provides many advantages in treatment as it allows an excellent view of the joint that is not always possible with conventional techniques. The small incisions are also more cosmetically acceptable and facilitate a more rapid recovery. It is not possible to treat all conditions in this manner although the list is increasing yearly.

Clinic: Wednesday afternoon

Appointments Tel. 0203 318 5775

Palanisamy Ramesh was appointed as a NHS consultant Orthopaedic surgeon with a special interest in Foot and Ankle surgery at Kingston Hospital, Kingston upon Thames in August 2005. He also conducts clinics at Molesey hospital.

Mr Ramesh underwent his higher surgical training in Orthopaedic surgery in the South East Thames region including Guy’s & St Thomas’ hospitals in London and completed a fellowship in Preston / Chorley hospitals. He was entered on to the Specialist register for Orthopaedic surgery in 2005.

Working privately at St Anthony’s hospital in Cheam, the New Victoria hospital in Kingston, and Parkside hospital in Wimbledon, his areas of expertise are Foot and Ankle disorders, arthroscopy of the ankle and sports injuries.

He was the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle society’s (AOFAS) international travelling fellow in 2007 and DePuy travelling fellow 1n 2006 .This allowed him to visit and train with a number of Foot & Ankle surgeons within North America including Columbus, Galveston, Houston, Minnesota, Toronto, Rochester, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore. Mr. Ramesh is involved in clinical research and academic development and has presented his research at Orthopaedic conferences both nationally and internationally.

He is a member of British Orthopaedic association, BOFAS, AOFAS, AAOS and IOA. Visit Mr Ramesh's website at www.kingstonfootandanklespecialist.com.