Orthopaedic surgery, Reading, Berkshire

Mr Andrew McAndrew

Name:

Mr Andrew McAndrew MB BS MD FRCSEd (Tr & Orth)

Practising at:

Spire Dunedin Hospital

Specialties:

Orthopaedic surgery
- Sports injury
- Soft tissue injuries
- Knee Surgery
- Foot Surgery
- Arthroscopy

Special clinical interests:

Mr. Mc Andrew is a general trauma surgeon treating injuries to both the upper and lower limbs. His sub-specialty interest is in the management of complex fractures and their complications, such as non-union, deformity correction and osteomyelitis. He undertakes some elective knee arthroscopy and forefoot surgery.

Year of first medical qualification:

1990

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

BOA - British Orthopaedic Association

BORS - British Orthopaedic Research Society

BTS - British Trauma Society

BLRS - British Limb Reconstruction Society

Fellow of Royal Society of Medicine

Contact Details

Telephone number to make a private appointment:

0118 955 3486

Private secretary:

Mrs Mary Wilkins

Private secretary telephone number:

0118 955 3486

Background Information

Professional profile:

Mr McAndrew qualified from St. George's Hospital Medical School, Tooting in 1990. He underwent Basic Surgical training in Yorkshire and undertook two years full time research in Sheffield. This was submitted as a thesis titled 'the Radiographic Classification of Callotasis' and an MD was awarded in 2004. Mr McAndrew underwent Higher Surgical training in Trauma & Orthopaedics in the Wessex Region.

He also spent one year as the Ilizarov Fellow in Chertsey, Surrey undergoing sub-specialist training in trauma and limb reconstruction. He was appointed to the Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in July 2007 as a Locum Consultant Trauma Surgeon and took up his substantive post in November 2007.

He has brought the Ilizarov system to Reading and set up a limb reconstruction service undertaking complex trauma, deformity correction and surgery for osteomyelitis. He is the lead trauma surgeon and is involved with the National Hip Fracture database. He is one of the members of the NOF working group and the group charged with implementing the recommendations of the NCEPOD document relating to trauma care.

He is the Director of Trauma and was part of the successful bid to have a designated Trauma Unit at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. He is also the representative for the Thames Valley Research Group for Injuries and Accidents.

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