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Consultant Profile

Mr Tanvir Khokhar

Name:
Mr Tanvir Khokhar MChS DpodM
Practising at:
Spire Liverpool Hospital and Spire Manchester Hospital
Specialties:
  • Allied Health Professionals
    • Podiatry
Special clinical interests:

Musculo-skeletal foot and ankle assessment
Nail surgery
Management of diabetic feet/ulcers
Management of Charcot foot.
Management of Rheumatoid foot
Diabetic foot screening

  

Research interests:

Plantar Fasciitis
Osteomylietis of diabetic foot ulcers
Charcot arthropathy of diabetic foot

Current NHS and /or university posts:

Principal Podiatrist/Advanced practitioner & Orthotic Manager, The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital Trust

Year of first medical qualification:
1980
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:

British Health Professionals in Rheumatology (BHPR)
Foot in Diabetes UK (FDUK)
British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (BOFAS)
Podiatry Rheumatic Care Association (PRCA)

 
Contact Details 
Telephone number to make a private appointment:
0151 522 1826/27
Availability:
Thursday evening
 
Background Information 
Professional profile:

Mr Khokhar qualified in 1980 as a State Registered Podiatrist at The London Foot Hospital which is now amalgamated with the University College Hospital, London.

He has worked both in Primary and Secondary Care over the years in London, Trafford and Liverpool gaining valuable experience in managing podiatry patients across both care services and has over the years trained in diabetes, rheumatology, dermatology orthopeadics, wound care and specialised in treating foot and ankle patients with complex pathologies. 

He has helped to establish a shared care service with primary and secondary providers by setting up a care pathway for diabetics with foot ulcers in Liverpool.
He is a clinical lead working in an extended role as Advanced Practitioner in Musculo-skeletal foot and ankle clinics in The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals Trust. This involves a high level of clinical autonomy.

He has set up a direct GP referral service to Orthotics Service across Liverpool for the Trust and is in progress with setting up an orthotic workshop to manufacture insoles on site for the Trust.

He also provides a nail surgery service for high risk patients in Orthopaedics.

Mr Khokhar continues to advance his skills as part of professional development and is trained in steroid injection therapy. As part of the Trust wound care management group he also regularly audits and evaluates wound dressing products for the Trust wound formulary.
Presently he is training towards his Masters at Liverpool University and He is also training in management.

Mr Khokhar is a recognized figure in Liverpool in the field of podiatry. He has given numerous talks over the years to medics, AHPs, nurses, GPs and patient groups. He has as part of primary and secondary podiatry services group written patients information leaflets on the Diabetic foot. He has also written patient information leaflets on Footwear
for the orthotic department.

Personal profile:

Mr Khokhar enjoys playing badminton, football and cricket. He is a keen rambler especially in the Lake District. Likes travel and reading books and watching sci- fi movies.

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