Specialist Knee Surgeon - Mr Tim Spalding

Tim is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon previously based at the University Hospitals Coventry Warwickshire NHS Trust. He undertakes specialist knee surgery and consultations at the Warwickshire Nuffield Hospital in Leamington and at the Cleveland Clinic London . He continues to undertake surgery at UHCW NHS Trust.

He qualified from Charing Cross Hospital Medical School in London and completed a fellowship in knee and sports surgery in Toronto, Canada in 1995. He has been specialising in knee surgery since that time.

Tim's 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 and he has now done over 400 such cases which is the most in UK.

He is also actively involved with research and teaching both nationally and internationally. Most recently he is one of the lead developers of the National Ligament Registry dedicated to analysing and improving the outcome of Anterior Cruciate ligament reconstruction.

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