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Consultant Profile

Mr Phillip Johnston

Name:
Mr Phillip Johnston BA (Hons), MB BChir, MA, MD, FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Practising at:
Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital
Specialties:
  • Hand and Wrist Surgery
    • Orthopaedic surgery
      • Wrist surgery
      • Upper limb surgery
      • Hand Surgery
    Special clinical interests:

    Dupuytren’s disease
    Carpal tunnel syndrome
    Hand & wrist arthritis
    Compression Neuropathy

    Research interests:

    Dupuytren’s disease – molecular influences (matrix biology)

    Current NHS and /or university posts:

    Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon -Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge

    Year of first medical qualification:
    1995
    Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:

    British Orthopaedic Association
    British Society for Surgery of the Hand
    British Medical Association
    Royal College of Surgeons of England

     
    Contact Details 
    Telephone number to make a private appointment:
    01223 516600
    Private secretary:
    Mrs  Jackie Forman
    Availability:
    Via Cambridge Medical Consultants (Jackie Foreman)
     
    Background Information 
    Professional profile:

    Educated at Cambridge University, basic surgical training in London and specialist orthopaedic training in East Anglia. Spent a final year in a subspecialty fellowship in hand and wrist surgery. Have undertaken a period of clinical research leading to the award of MD studying molecular mechanisms in Dupuytren’s disease. This overlaps at the cellular level with frozen shoulder, and have published research articles in this area also. Appointed at Addenbrooke’s Hospital to undertake complex upper limb trauma, shoulder and elbow surgery and further develop a clinical interest in hand and wrist surgery.

    Personal profile:

    Family man. Firm commitment to East Anglia and to Cambridge in particular. Supportive of countryside pursuits. Keen to maintain links with the University both in terms of research and education.

    Recommended links:

    British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH): www.bssh.ac.uk
    British Orthopaedic Association (BOA): www.boa.ac.uk
    Select my surgeon www.selectmysurgeon.com

    Cambridge Medical Consultants www.cambridgemedicalconsultants.co.uk/



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    Hand and Wrist Surgery at Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital

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