Mr Rob Pollock specialises in the management of hip and knee conditions as well as bone and soft tissue tumours throughout the body. He was the Clinical Director of the Joint Reconstruction and Sarcoma Units from 2017-2021 at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and has been a consultamt there since 2004. His private practice is run at The Princess Grace and The Wellington Hospitals operated by HCA Healthcare UK.

Mr Pollock has extensive experience in first time and revision hip and knee replacements and limb salvage surgery for musculo-skeletal tumours.

Qualifying at University College London in 1993 with a first class honours degree, his orthopaedic training took place in various London teaching hospitals including UCLH, St Mary's and the RNOH. He then undertook fellowships in Sydney, Australia and Denver, USA where he gained experience in hip and knee replacement, arthroscopic (keyhole) surgery, and the management of bone tumours.

In 2008 he was awarded the prestigious American, British and Canadian (ABC) Fellowship by the British Orthopaedic Association. He spent six weeks visiting the premier orthopaedic clinics in North America and the experience he gained has been of great benefit to him and his patients.

He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a member of the British Orthopaedic Association, British Hip Society, British Association for Surgery of the Knee, British Orthopaedic Oncology Society and European Musculo-Skeletal Oncology Society.

Mr Pollock has published over 90 research papers on joint reconstruction and bone cancer and regularly presents his work at national and international meetings. He enjoys teaching orthopaedic and is an instructor on many of the postgraduate courses at the RNOH. Mr Pollock has 7 clinical excellence awards related to his NHS practice.

In his spare time he is mostly found outdoors in the Chilterns with his young family enjoying cycling, running and walking his dog. He regularly competes in triathlons and in 2016 completed a full Ironman.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Knee arthroscopy
• Partial and total knee replacement
• Robotic assisted knee surgery
• Hip replacement
• Revision knee and hip replacement
• Bone and soft tissue tumour surgery
• Hips
• Knees
• Bone and soft tissue tumours
• Metastatic bone disease

Mr Mazin Ibrahim is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at The Princess Grace Hospital. He is an advocate for day-case arthroplasty surgery, and is interested in enhancing patient recovery following joint arthroplasty surgery. He considers robotic surgery an integral part of enhanced patient recovery.

Mr Ibrahim completed his higher surgical training at University College London. He trained at the University College London Hospitals, The Royal London Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Trust and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. He has completed two fellowships in lower limb arthroplasty and sports surgery: the first at the renowned Rorabeck Bourne Arthroplasty Centre, part of the London Health
Sciences Centre in Ontario, Canada; and the second at London’s University College Hospital.

Mr Ibrahim is as a substantive lower limb arthroplasty and sports surgery consultant at the Whittington Health and the University College London Hospitals NHS Trust joint venture. He has published many research studies and book chapters, and has presented his work in the academic arena. He is passionate about teaching, and has a postgraduate degree in Medical Education from Staffordshire University. He is on the faculty for several courses, including at the Royal College of Surgeons.

For more information please visit: www.mazinibrahim.com 

Special interests Mr Mazin Ibrahim specialises in the following areas:

• Complex lower limb trauma

• Lower limb joint replacement surgery

• Robotic surgery

• Soft tissue sports surgery

Professor Fares Haddad is a Hip and Knee Reconstructive Orthopaedic and Sports Surgeon at University College Hospitals. He is Divisional Clinical Director of Surgical Specialties at UCH, and Director of the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health at University College London.

Professor Haddad’s clinical and research endeavours have centred around hip and knee reconstruction, with interests in the expansion of knee and hip arthroscopic techniques to deal with sports injuries, new bearing surfaces and outcomes assessment in hip, knee and revision surgery. His work also encompasses novel strategies to manage patients with knee ligament and cartilage injuries. He provides medical input at elite level for dancers and a number of elite sports including football, athletics, rugby, boxing and martial arts. He was the musculoskeletal lead at the 2012 London Olympics and runs the IOC research centre at ISEH, in addition to being the chief medical officer for the NFL in the UK.

Graduating with a First-Class BSc and MB BS from the University College London Hospitals, Professor Haddad undertook his basic training in hip and knee surgery and reconstruction on the St Bartholomew’s, Royal Free and Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital rotations, and fellowship training in the United States and Canada. He was the gold medallist in the FRCS (Orth) exam and has gained a large number of prizes and prestigious academic awards. He has been an EFORT Travelling Fellow, British Hip Society Travelling Fellow and ABC Travelling Fellow in 2004. He became a Hunterian Professor in 2005.

He has presented and published widely (over 500 peer reviewed publications) on key aspects of hip, knee and sports surgery and continues to lead a clinical research group with interests in hip and knee joint preservation after injury, prosthetic design and performance and outcomes measurement after hip / knee surgery and sports injuries. He is editor in chief of the Bone and Joint Journal.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

Hip Arthroscopy

Hip Replacement

Knee Replacement

Knee Arthroscopy

Knee Replacement

Partial Knee Replacement

Knee Pain

Hip and groin pain

Sports Injuries

Arthritis (Hip)

Arthritis (Knee)

Mr Richard Carrington is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a vast experience in knee and hip surgery. He specialises in knee and hip joint replacement, and his areas of expertise include robotically assisted knee replacement surgery and revision knee surgery.

His NHS practice is at the world-renowned Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, where he has been a consultant since 2003. He qualified from St Bartholomew’s Hospital in 1989 and undertook specialist orthopaedic training on the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital training program. He completed his training in Harvard University, Boston, USA, where he was a senior joint replacement fellow.

Mr Carrington has a keen academic interest and publishes regularly in peer review journals. He is member of the prestigious Revision Knee Working Group, which has been set up to improve outcomes following revision knee surgery in the UK. He is regularly invited to speak on his areas of expertise both at national and international orthopaedic meetings. He was recognised as one of the top knee replacement surgeons in the country in The Daily Mail’s The Good Doctors Guide.

Special interests

Mr Carrington is a specialist in knee and hip surgery, with particular interests in:

o Knee replacement

o Partial knee replacement

o Robotically assisted surgery

o Knee arthroscopy

o Knee ligament reconstruction

o Knee articular cartilage transplantation

o Knee sports injuries

o Meniscus & ACL

o Patello-femoral joint disorders

o Hip replacement

Mr Jonathan Miles is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in London. Mr Miles specialises in hip and knee surgery, and he carries out many complex procedures for difficult cases. Mr Miles treats sports injuries for patients of all backgrounds and uses minimally invasive techniques to minimise recovery time. Mr Miles is one of the UK''s leading surgeons in cartilage repair. He uses robotic techniques and custom-made hip and knee replacement implants to achieve high quality outcomes. Mr Miles is interested in research, and he publishes papers and delivers courses on hip and knee surgery nationally and internationally. Mr Miles also advises the Department of Health on hip and knee replacement techniques.

It is important that HCA is transparent about our relationship with those doctors who provide us with clinical guidance on delivering the best possible care to patients and operating our hospitals safely and efficiently. We set out here some of the ways in which we work together and the amount we pay this doctor for such services.

Robotic hip and knee surgery

Dance knee and hip injuries

Complex revision hip replacement

Complex knee revision replacement

Infected joint replacement

Revision hip and revision knee replacement

Mr William Bartlett MBBS BSc MRCS FRCSEd (Tr&Orth) is an experienced Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon practicing in North and Central London. His specialist interest is in the surgical and non-operative management of hip and knee complaints.

Mr Bartlett began his medical career in 1994 at University College London where he won numerous prizes and scholarships including the Myerstein prize for best overall pre-clinical performance. His initial surgical training at University College Hospital and the St. Bartholomew’s Hospital rotation inspired him to follow a career in orthopaedics. Much of Mr Bartlett’s subsequent specialist orthopaedic training was at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore where he also undertook research and his subspeciality fellowship. Further training on cutting-edge techniques of joint preservation and minimally invasive replacement surgery was undertaken in: Presbyterian Hospital (Texas), New Albany Hospital (Ohio) and Chirurgish Orthopadische (Quickborn, Germany).

Mr William Bartlett sees a diverse spectrum of patients aged from young adults to the elderly. Many patients have active lifestyles including professional sports men & women. Mr Bartlett often also treats patients with more sedentary lifestyles. Indeed, he has gained a large experience of treating patients who have previously been denied surgery due to concerns relating to advanced age, obesity or complex medical conditions. In all groups, non-surgical treatment options will always be thoroughly explored initially, often through close working with expert physiotherapists, osteopaths, radiologists, sports physicians and rheumatologists. 

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Minimally invasive and bone-preserving techniques for joint replacement
• Hip joint replacement
• Knee joint replacement
• Knee arthroscopy
• Non-operative and surgical management of hip and knee complaints (sports, traumatic and degenerative)
• Hip and knee arthroplasty (replacement) surgery including minimally invasive procedures, computer guided surgery and rapid recovery techniques  

Mr Zameer Shah is the Clinical Lead / Head of Department at Guys & St Thomas' Hospitals, the leading Hospitals in the UK. He specialises in treating Hip and Knee conditions. The advent of his distinguished career came through his initial training at Kings College, London. He would later undertake surgical training in Cambridge, Oxford and London. It should come as no surprise that Mr Shah has been awarded numerous prizes and honours throughout his medical career.

At the completion of his training he was selected as the International Fellow at the prestigious Insall Scott Kelly Institute and the world famous Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, USA. He returned to the UK and completed a further Fellowship at Guy’s Hospital. Mr Shah’s achievements are not limited to the field of medicine and healthcare: he has furthermore carried out an MBA to completion at Imperial College London and also received a Diploma in Sports Medicine from the Royal College of Surgeons. Whilst here, he focused primarily on measuring and improving healthcare performance and quality.

Mr Shah has a particular interest in the importance of research and teaching, maintaining his passion for uncovering new advances. To this extent, he is involved in national trials and programmes aimed to further medical and surgical knowledge and is currently Senior Clinical Lecturer at Kings College London.

In his personal life, Mr Shah enjoys numerous sports including football, cricket, tennis, badminton and mountaineering. In addition to this, he spends much of his free time travelling and reading history. He is also a budding musician and is currently trying to add to his plethora of talents by learning to play the piano. He lives in London with his family.

Mr Shah sees patients with all types of insurance.

Mr Arjuna Imbuldeniya graduated from St Bartholomew's and the Royal London Hospital Medical School in 2001. The duration of his surgical training was spent entirely in London, with specialised fellowship training across the world in Sydney, Australia.

Mr Imbuldeniya is an avid supporter of innovation and its ability to drive positive change in healthcare. His primary professional interests are robotic-assisted surgery, and national and international health policy and innovation.

The ICE Ortho Clinic - Mr Imbuldeniya's clinic - is wholeheartedly committed to combining Innovation, Compassion and Excellence to achieve optimum results for every patient under its care.

It should come as no surprise that Mr Imbuldeniya is recognised for his first-rate patient care as he puts his patients first beyond all else, and treats them like friends or family.

Outside of his private work, Mr Imbuldeniya proudly works as an NHS Consultant Surgeon in Trauma and Orthopaedics at the West Middlesex University Hospital, London, where his mother worked as a midwife and where he was born.

Professor John Hollingdale is a consultant in trauma & orthopaedic surgery and has over 32 years experience.

Professor Hollingdale qualified at the Westminster medical school in 1975 and then went on to complete his orthopaedic training on the Northwest London hospitals training rotation in 1987.

Since 2004 he has been actively involved in the development and promotion of minimally invasive techniques in total knee replacement in the United Kingdom. Recently he has been trained in Robotically assisted hip and knee replacement. Professor Hollindale has taught on many cadaver courses in Europe to teach other surgeons

Professor Hollingdale was president of the International Society for technology in arthroplasty and served on the council of the British Orthopaedic Association for three years.

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic he has started doing virtual consultations. 

Mr Luke Jones is a consultant knee surgeon who runs a high-volume, bespoke knee practice specialising in all aspects of knee surgery including minor sports injuries and complex joint reconstructions. He takes a patient-centred approach to treatment and tailors each treatment plan to the individual. Mr Jones performs more than 150 joint replacements and 200 arthroscopic knee procedures each year and has vast experience treating top-level athletes. His areas of expertise include sports knee injuries, anterior and posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, early knee arthritis, minimally invasive total knee replacement, and robotic knee replacement surgery. Mr Jones is a key opinion leader on partial knee replacement, minimally invasive knee replacement, and daycase knee replacement. His practice has recently become a visitation centre of excellence for Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Mr Jones undertook his medical qualifications in London before completing basic surgical training, followed by higher orthopaedic surgical training on the Oxford rotation. He went on to complete a PhD at Oxford University where his thesis focused on early knee osteoarthritis and the role of the meniscus on the aetiology of osteoarthritis. He has also completed two fellowships - one at Stanford University Hospital (USA), and one at the Oxford University Hospitals Sports Knee Service.