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Name:
Professor John A Fairclough BM BS
BMed Sci
FRCS
FFSEM (UK)
Practising at:
Spire Cardiff Hospital
Specialties:
  • Orthopaedic surgery
    • Sports medicine
    • Sports injury
    • Soft tissue injuries
    • Knee Surgery
    • Arthroscopy
Special clinical interests:
Knee surgery
Knee arthroscopy
Ligament injury
Research interests:
Cartilage regrowth and ligament injury
Osteoarthritis
Current NHS and /or university posts:
Professor Sports Medcine, University of Wales Institute Cardiff
Professor Orthopaedic Consultant, Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust
Year of first medical qualification:
1976
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:
Fellow Royal College of Surgeons
British Association of Surgery to Knee
British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma Association (Past President)
Fellow Royal College Sports Exercise Medicine
Chairman External Affairs Committee Royal College SEM (UK)
 
Contact Details 
Telephone number to make a private appointment:
029 2073 1112
Private secretary telephone number:
029 2066 4110
Private secretary email address:
Personal email address:
Availability:
Tuesday PM & Thursday AM
 
Background Information 
Professional profile:
As a Specialist Knee and Sports Surgeon over the last two decades I have developed the specialty of Knee Surgery in Cardiff introducing Arthroscopy and soft tissue Anterior Cruciate Reconstruction, I continue to teach nationally and internationally in Sports and Knee Meetings.

I have comprehensive experience in managing knee problems with a specific interest in arthroscopy, knee ligament surgery and joint replacement. I have developed a tertiary referral clinic for the investigation and management of knee pain at the CMAT centre (Centre for Musculoskeletal Analysis and Therapy) where there is provision both diagnostic and therapeutic rehabilitation and is widely used by professional and amateur sports teams and individuals.

I have a long association with a variety of professional sporting bodies and frequently referred lower limb injuries for acute and delayed presentation symptomatology.

I pioneered the development of day case arthroscopy in Cardiff South Wales in a variety of joints and particularly in the ankle provided a new method for the treatment of degenerative disease by arthrodesing the joint arthroscopically.

I developed a national and international referral pattern for sports injuries in particular those of the knee .

I was awarded a Foundation Fellowship of the Royal Collage of Surgeons Sports and Exercise Medical Collage and am currently the chairman of the `External affairs committee.

I have previously been the President of the British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma Association which is the national body for surgeons involved in dealing injury in sport.
Personal profile:
I have been privileged over the years to be the surgeon to the Welsh International Football team, Cardiff Rugby Club, Glamorgan cricket ,the Welsh Rugby Union and continue my involvement in Professional Sport acting as a referral opinion for knee problems nationally. I developed the MSc course in Sports and Exercise Medicine at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff where I am the course director.

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Professor John A Fairclough

Professor John A Fairclough Consultant knee surgeon at Spire Cardiff Hospital in Wales, offering knee surgery

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