Specialising in foot and ankle disorders, Mr Andrew Goldberg is a fellowship trained Orthopaedic Surgeon based in London. As well as his role as Visiting Professor in Trauma and Orthopaedics at Imperial College London, Mr Goldberg leads a number of large national clinical research studies looking to discover new and innovative therapies and advance the field of orthopaedics.

Mr Goldberg adopts a non-interventional approach to treatment and always keeps the patient's wishes, concerns and lifestyle at the heart of his decision making. He is supported by a strong multidisciplinary team, which includes a network of highly skilled physiotherapists, podiatrists, orthotists and pilates instructors, who together help more than 85% of his patients avoid surgery.

In recognition of his outstanding contribution and service to Medicine, Mr Goldberg was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) by the Queen in 2011. He is also an accomplished international lecturer and has published widely in leading peer-reviewed journals.

Mr Giles Stafford is a London-based Consultant Orthopaedic Hip Surgeon with specialist expertise in sports-related hip injuries, minimally invasive and custom hip replacement (including hip athroscopy), femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) surgery, hip dysplasia (DDH), among many other kinds of hip and pelvis complaints. Having had extensive training and years of experience in hip and knee surgery, Mr Stafford's is a true expert when it comes to hip arthroscopy and sports hip injuries and even shares his insights and expertise through teaching hip arthroscopy courses.

After graduating with a medical degree in 1999 from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital (King's College London School of Medicine), Mr Stafford went on to train at Bart's and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Following this, he went onto to complete a specialist training programme in orthopaedics as part of the North West Thames Foundation School (Imperial College London). He also went on to complete fellowships at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, Norfolk and Norwich.

Mr Stafford practices privately at Sport Hip London, where he works closely with leading sports physicians and physiotherapists to help patients receive the optimal care both before and after surgery. He is a firm believer in providing an individual and tailored approach to each of his patients, according to their wishes, needs and their particular injury. Mr Stafford is also equipped with the latest technology and specialist techniques when it comes to treatment, including 3D-printed instruments and customised implants, and often uses a particular technique called ‘Enhanced Recovery’ for patients requiring a hip replacement, which helps to minimise post-operative pain and complications.

Mr Stafford has also published widely in the field of orthopaedics and is often invited to speak at both national and international conferences.

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

Professor Richard Field is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in the management of hip-related problems. He is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at St George’s University of London. His NHS clinical practice is undertaken at the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC), where he was the Director of Research from 2004-2021. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery. His private practice is undertaken at The Lister Hospital in Chelsea and occasionally at SWLEOC.

Professor Field is the UK’s most experienced surgeon in Direct Anterior (minimally invasive, muscle sparing) Hip Replacement and has used this approach for over 2000 patients since 2008. He uses the standard longitudinal and the less-visible bikini incisions, as appropriate.

He lectures internationally and has operated with surgeons in more than 10 countries. He is a pioneer of Arthroscopic Hip surgery and was the President of the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA), isha.net, in 2017. Professor Field has been actively involved in the design and evaluation of new implant designs since 1983. He is currently undertaking clinical studies on short femoral stem implants, as well as some of the new generation of hip resurfacing designs. He is comfortable using robotic-assisted surgery and patient-specific custom cutting blocks to achieve optimal component alignment, where appropriate. Patients wishing to be considered for inclusion in studies on new implants may need to be treated at SWLEOC.

Professor Field completed his medical training at the Westminster Hospital in 1980 and went on to hold positions at a number of hospitals across London, including St Stephen’s Hospital, University College Hospital, and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. After being awarded a PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1988, he continued to his specialist training in Orthopaedics in London, Cambridge and Melbourne. He was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at St Helier Hospital, Surrey in 1994. Over the past 25 years, he has gained enormous experience in complex sports and developmental-related hip problems and is a world leader in hip preservation and rapid recovery hip replacement surgery. He continues to undertake over 200 hip operations per year. He has previously been an adviser to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.

Professor Field treats patients at the following locations:

The Lister Hospital Chelsea, Bridge Road, London SW1W 8RH

Chelsea Outpatient Centre, 280 King’s Road, Chelsea, London SW3 5AW

Special interests: 

Professor Field is a specialist in orthopaedics with particular interest in: 

• Anterior Hip Replacement 

• Robotic assisted hip replacement 

• Arthritis (Hip) 

• Avascular Necrosis (AVN) of the Hip 

• Femoroacetabular Impingement 

• Hip and Groin Pain 

• Hip Dysplasia 

• Osteoarthritis

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

Mr Hugh Apthorp is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon. Within the field Mr Apthorp specialises in Hip Surgery and joint replacement, performing around 600 primary and revision joint replacements each year. His clinical interests lie in rapid recovery hip replacement, minimally invasive surgery, complex and revision hip surgery and hip problems in young adults.

After qualifying from St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, Mr Apthorp commenced Orthopaedic training at St Thomas' Hospital. Following this, he moved to Perth, Australia where he spent a year working with Professor David Wood developing his expertise in complex hip surgery.

In addition to his practice, Mr Apthorp assists with the training of young surgeons as well as teaching established surgeons new and advanced techniques. He pioneered rapid recovery hip replacement surgery in the UK with his patients enjoying the shortest length of stay for hip replacements in England.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

Rapid recovery Hip replacement

Young Adult Hip Replacement

• Rapid Recovery Hip Replacement
• Revision Hip Replacement
• Young adult Hip Problems 
• Complex Hip Surgery

Mr Simon Lambert is a highly experienced Consultant Surgeon with specialist expertise in surgery of the shoulder and elbow, as well as trauma surgery. Mr Lambert is based in London at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. He also works privately for HCA Healthcare UK. His specialist areas of interest include shoulder replacement, shoulder revision replacement, joint replacement, elbow replacement, elbow revision replacement, clavicle and humerus fractures and rotator cuff disease.

In 1984 Mr Lambert graduated with a medical degree from Charing Cross Medical School. He then embarked upon extensive orthopaedics training in London as part of a rotational programme, and also completed a fellowship in Switzerland. In 1996, he was appointed consultant at the University Hospital of Southampton and, in 1998, was honoured by the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and Elbow with a highly esteemed North American Travelling Fellowship.

Mr Lambert also has a passion for research in a number of orthopaedic areas including elbow replacement, as well as the anatomy of the musculocutaneous nerve and has published over 100 publications in leading medical journals. He also devotes his time outside of clinical practice to teaching and training, offering courses to GPs focused in examination of the shoulder and elbow and advice on when and when not to refer patients. He has also received several awards throughout his career, including the Wessex Regional Training Programme's Trainer of the Year 2000–2001.

Mr Robert Lee is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon at The Wellington Hospital, working within the hospital’s internationally renowned Spinal Unit. He routinely treats highly complex cases that have been referred from centres around the UK.

He has extensive experience in complex adult degenerative  disease, deformity (spondylolisthesis and adult scoliosis),  sacroiliac joint fusion, revision cases, infection, tumour  (primary and metastatic) and trauma work. He specialises  in posterior and anterior minimally invasive fusions and  decompressions, with the emphasis on preservation of the  paraspinal musculature and fast rehabilitation.

Mr Lee was fellowship trained in Vancouver, Canada, where  he developed his expertise in computer-navigated spine  surgery (O-arm and stealth navigation). He has performed  more than 1,000 cases using this novel technology.

Mr Lee speaks regularly at international and national  conferences, and is a faculty member on many courses on  minimally invasive techniques. He has published extensively  and his current research interests are the outcomes after  minimally invasive surgery, adult deformity correction and  computer-navigated spinal surgery. He is the National Lead  of the British Spine Registry and is a fellow of the Scoliosis  Research Society.

For more information please visit: www.robertleespine.co.uk

Mr Lee sees patients at the following locations:

The Wellington Hospital Elstree, The Waterfront Business Park Elstree Road, Borehamwood WD6 3BS

Thursdays, 1.00pm – 6.00pm Fridays, 2.00pm – 4.30pm

The Platinum Medical Centre, 15-17 Lodge Road London NW8 7JA

Wednesdays, 8.30am – 12.00pm and 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Special interests:

Mr Robert Lee specialises in the  following areas:

• Complex adult degenerative disease and deformity

• Computer-navigated spinal surgery

• Minimal-access spinal surgery

• Pars repairs

• Revision spine surgery

• Sacroiliac joint fusion surgery

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

Jonathan Hutt is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in Hip Surgery.

After completing his medical studies at New College, Oxford and Imperial College, Mr Hutt then undertook specialist orthopaedic training in London. He was awarded a Fellowship in Lower Limb Reconstruction at the Université de Montréal in Canada and an additional Fellowship in Young Adult Hip Surgery at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London.

His extensive experience and training has allowed him to develop a specialist interest in all aspects of hip surgery, He is experienced in advanced joint preservation techniques such as minimally invasive periacetabular osteotomy and hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) as well as hip reconstruction for other causes of hip pain in young patients. When preservation of the joint is not possible, he is experienced in hip replacement using both the direct anterior (DAA) and posterior approaches to the hip, as well as revision (redo) surgery. ​He has a particular interest in young patients with hip problems and complex surgery for failed hip replacements. He is involved in innovation and research in advanced hip preservation techniques as well as emerging hip technology and implants to improve patient outcomes. 

Within the field of Orthopaedics, Mr Hutt is actively involved in innovation and research in advanced hip preservation techniques as well as emerging hip technology and implants to improve patient outcomes. He is active in medical education and regularly contributes his experience at training courses and at national and international conferences.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Hip Preservation surgery including periacetabular osteotomy, femoral osteotomy, hip arthroscopy
• Primary hip replacement including minimally invasive techniques and the direct anterior approach (DAA)
• Revision hip replacement
• Hip Dysplasia
• Femoroacetabular Impingement
• Hip Pain in Young Patients
• Hip Replacement in Active People
• Complex Hip Reconstruction
• Revision Hip Replacement