Mr Arun Kumar
Memberships
British Orthopaedic Association
British Hip Society
British Association for Surgery of the Knee
AO Trauma Europe
Indian Orthopaedic Association
Indian Orthopaedic Society UK
European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy
Journal reviews
I regularly review the scientific articles for publication the following International Journals:
Bone and Joint Journal
Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
The Knee Journal
Teaching
I am regularly involved in teaching of Medical students and Orthopaedic trainees. I also teach on Cadaveric courses for Core Trainees. I am a faculty member for AO basic Principles course for Fracture Fixation
Professional Qualification
- FRCS (Tr & Orth), RCPS, Glasgow.
- Intercollegiate Diploma in Sports & Exercise Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.
- F.R.C.S RCPS, Glasgow.
- MSc. (Trauma) University of Birmingham.
- M.S. (Orth), JN Medical College, Aligarh,India.
- M.B.B.S., JN Medical College, Aligarh,India.
Surgical training
Mr Kumar competed his specialist orthopaedic training in North-West on Manchester rotation in year 2006. During his training he also worked at famous Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Oswestry and Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. Having established an interest in management of complex orthopaedic problems affecting Hip and Knee joints he also undertook further specialist training in the UK and overseas at the end of the training programme.
Fellowship
Mr Kumar went to Toronto, Canada in July 2006 for 6 months fellowship at the Toronto East General Hospital. During this period he worked with Drs Maistrelli, Kraemer and Wong and gained extensive experience in lower limb arthroplasty particularly uncemented hip replacements and revision surgery. He also had an opportunity to visit Dr John Cameron at the Sunnybrook Orthopaedic and Arthritis Hospital in Toronto to see the complex Osteotomies around the Knee joint. Mr Kumar also visited Dr Allan Gross, who has extensive experience of using allografts in revision hip and knee surgery, at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto.
On return from Canada, Mr Kumar joined a fellowship at The University Hospital of Leicester, which has a large arthroplasty Unit. He worked with Mr Godsiff, Mr Power and Mr Birtwhistle and had an excellent training in all aspects of knee surgery including soft tissue surgery and hip arthroplasty including revision surgery. He worked in Leicester for just over 7 months before he was appointed at Wythenshawe hospital in September 2007.