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Miss Philippa Rust

Name:
Miss Philippa Rust MBBS FRCS(Tr&Orth) MD DipHandSurg
Practising at:
Spire Murrayfield Hospital Edinburgh
Specialties:
  • Plastic Surgery
    • Reconstructive surgery
    • Soft tissue injuries
    • Hand Surgery
  • Orthopaedic surgery
    • Hand Surgery
    • Wrist surgery
    • Sports injury
    • Arthroscopy
    • Soft tissue injuries
  • Hand and Wrist Surgery
    Special clinical interests:

    Carpal tunnel syndrome, including endoscopic (keyhole) surgery
    Arthritis
    Wrist pain, including arthroscopic (keyhole) treatment
    Dupuytren's Disease, including recent advances in injection techniques
    Hand and wrist injuries, including fractures, tendons and post-traumatic reconstruction

    Research interests:

    Base of thumb arthritis
    Carpal tunnel syndrome
    Innovative hand surgery techniques

    I was awarded an MD (Doctor of Medicine) from University College, London, for my thesis on the tissue engineering of bone and application in healing defects, on which I was invited to talk internationally. I have won prizes in UK and abroad for this research and been awarded research grants in both UK and Australia. I have published over 27 research publications.

    Current NHS and /or university posts:

    Consultant Hand and Wrist Surgeon, St John’s Hospital and Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

    Year of first medical qualification:
    1996
    Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:

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

     
    Contact Details 
    Telephone number to make a private appointment:
    0131 316 2530
    Personal email address:
    Availability:
    Wednesday evenings
     
    Background Information 
    Professional profile:

    I specialised in hand and wrist surgery early in my career, struck by the intricacy of the anatomy and the importance of the function to my patients’ daily lives. I am now a highly qualified hand and wrist surgeon, performing all related Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery.

    I trained in London as an Orthopaedic surgeon, specialising in hand and wrist surgery, and then completed a Plastic hand surgery fellowship at the Windsor Hand Clinic, Berkshire. At this time I was also one of the first to be awarded the Diploma of Hand Surgery by the British Society for Surgery of the Hand. I then headed to Australia and completed fellowships in Plastic microsurgery for the hand (Bernard O’Brien Institute, Melbourne) and in upper limb complex trauma and reconstruction (Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane).

    In Australia I also gained expertise in surgical advances which reduce recovery time, including wrist arthroscopy and endoscopic carpal tunnel surgery. I am one of a few surgeons in Scotland performing this keyhole surgery.

    Since 2010 I have worked as a consultant in Edinburgh, at the Plastic Surgery unit of St John’s Hospital, Livingston, and the Orthopaedic unit at the Royal Infirmary, where my practice consists wholly of hand and wrist surgery.

    Personal profile:

    I live in Edinburgh with my husband and our young son. We enjoy getting into the outdoors, especially hill-walking. My other interests include gardening, swimming and the theatre. I am also an enthusiastic member of a regular bookclub.

    Recommended links:

    British Society for Surgery of the Hand:  www.bssh.ac.uk/



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    Miss Philippa Rust Plastic Surgery, Orthopaedic surgery & Hand and Wrist Surgery Consultant, Edinburgh, private hospital specialist.

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