Mr Alexander Vaughan
Consultant Orthopaedic and Hand Surgeon
FRCS (Tr & Orth) MEd BSc (Hons) Dip Hand Surg (Eur)
Specialises in
- Hand and wrist fractures
- Dupuytren's contracture
- Carpal tunnel/trigger finger
- Ganglions
- Hand and wrist arthritis
I am dual fellowship trained in hand and wrist surgery. My first fellowship was at The Queen Elizabeth and The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospitals, Birmingham. This was a true ortho-plastics fellowship, including microsurgery and hand trauma. My second fellowship was at Guys and St Thomas’ London, a tertiary referral centre with more focus on complex hand and wrist orthopaedic conditions.
I graduated from Imperial College London in 2006, with junior surgical training at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington and also 2 years in Cornwall. I came back to London to complete a Master's degree at Imperial College in Surgical Education, my thesis on Orthopaedic training gained a merit award in 2010. During my junior doctor training I also spent time as a rugby team doctor, judo championship doctor, and as an expedition medic for Mount Kilimanjaro.
I subsequently spent a year at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore before gaining a higher Orthopaedic Training number in the Kent Surrey & Sussex deanery.
General Medical Council Number: 6149017
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Alexander Vaughan at Spire include:
Orthopaedics - hand and wrist
- Carpal tunnel syndrome surgery
- Dupuytren's contracture
Other treatments
- Complex carpal and wrist trauma (peri-lunate injury / dislocation / fragment specific fixation / spanning plates / post traumatic arthritis)
- Cubital tunnel decompression / anterior transposition
- Finger arthritis including joint replacements and fusion
- Rheumatoid hand
- Removal of growths and cysts in the upper limb (including ganglions / lipomas / enchondromas, GCT)
- Tendon disorders (trigger finger and thumb, tenosynovitis, tendon reconstruction and transfer)
- Thumb based arthritis management and steroid injections
- Trapeziectomy with tendon interposition and thumb base joint replacement / salvage
- Ulna sided wrist pain (TFCC / DRUJ / ECU / pisotriquetral joint arthritis)
- Wrist arthroscopy (keyhole surgery)
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Orthopaedic surgery
Wrist surgery
Research and publications
I have presented my research work at regional, national and international conferences, winning numerous prizes and I have published my research in peer reviewed journals. I regularly attend National and International conferences to keep up to date with the latest techniques and developments within hand and wrist surgery.
I am the current clinical audit and research lead for Trauma and Orthopaedics at Frimley Park, an educational supervisor and trains aspiring hand and wrist surgeons in the region.
Current NHS posts
Frimley Park Hospital, Heatherwood Hospital
Contact information
| Private secretary | Chanel Vanderpeer |
| Private secretary telephone | 020 3690 1703 |
| Private secretary email | vaughanpa@gop.health |