Mr Arun Kumar

Name:

Mr Arun Kumar MBBS, MS Orth, MSc. Trauma, FRCS, Diploma Sports Medicine, FRCS Tr & Orth

Practising at:

Spire Manchester Hospital

Specialties:

Orthopaedic surgery
- Hip Resurfacing
- Knee Surgery
- Hip Revision Surgery
- Hip Surgery

Special clinical interests:

Primary Total Knee Replacement, Unicompartmental knee replacement
Revision Knee Replacement
Primary Total hip replacement
Revision Hip Replacement
Arthroscopic surgery of Knee, including meniscal and cartilage surgery
Surgery for Patello-femoral joint disorders

Research interests:

Periprosthetic fractures around hip and knee replacements

Current NHS and /or university posts:

University hospital of South Manchester, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester

Year of first medical qualification:

1992

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:

British Orthopaedic Association
British Hip Society
American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Contact Details

Telephone number to make a private appointment:

0161 226 0112

Private secretary:

Mrs Olwen Guthrie

Private secretary telephone number:

0161 491 2441

Private secretary fax:

0161 428 1692

Background Information

Professional profile:

Mr Kumar completed his higher surgical training in Trauma and Orthopaedics on Manchester rotation and then went to Toronto for a fellowship in Lower Limb Arthroplasty for six months, where he gained experience in Uncemented hip arthroplasty and Revision Surgery. He then returned to join another fellowship at the University hospitals of Leicester gaining extensive experience in Lower Limb Arthroplasty and soft tissue surgery of the Knee, before joining Wythenshawe hospital in Manchester in September 2007.

Mr Kumar has published over 35 papers in different Orthopaedic journals and remains committed to teaching and training of Orthopaedic trainees.

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