{"id":101,"date":"2022-01-12T15:23:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hipandpelvissurgeon.co.uk\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2026-03-01T20:42:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:42:05","slug":"about-the-surgeon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hipandpelvissurgeon.co.uk\/index.php\/about-the-surgeon\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Surgeon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/hipandpelvissurgeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1641986416309-1-173x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hipandpelvissurgeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1641986416309-1-173x300.jpg 173w, https:\/\/hipandpelvissurgeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1641986416309-1-590x1024.jpg 590w, https:\/\/hipandpelvissurgeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1641986416309-1-768x1333.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hipandpelvissurgeon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1641986416309-1.jpg 835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0Mr. Karthikeyan is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon working at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital\u00a0 \u00a0Birmingham specialising in Total Hip replacements and Pelvic &amp; Acetabular Trauma\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>\u00a0Queen Elizabeth Hospital is a Major Trauma Centre in England.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>\u00a0His Higher Specialist training in Trauma &amp; Orthopaedics was through the West Midlands\u00a0 Orthopaedic Training Programme, Birmingham, U.K.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>During his training, he passed the intercollegiate Board of the Royal College of Surgeons exam and obtained the FRCS in Trauma &amp; Orthopaedics in 2008.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>His Certificate of Completion of Training in Trauma &amp; Orthopaedics was awarded in October 2010.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>Having obtained his Certificate of Completion of Training in Trauma &amp; Orthopaedics, he further undertook two training fellowships in the area of sub speciality interest.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>The first of these was a one year prestigious Cavendish Fellowship in Lower Limb Arthroplasty and Revision Arthroplasty at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield.<\/p>\r\n<p>The second was a Pelvic and Acetabular Trauma Fellowship in Birmingham.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>On successful completion of fellowship training, he was appointed as a Locum Consultant in Trauma Orthopaedics in March 2012 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham<\/p>\r\n<p>He was then subsequently appointed as a Substantive Permanent Consultant in Trauma &amp; Orthopaedics at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham in June 2013.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>His area of expertise includes Total Hip Arthroplasty, Pelvic and Acetabular Fracture treatment, Periprosthetic fractures treatment around the hip and knee and Complex Lower limb Trauma treatment.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>He provides a tertiary service for Pelvic and Acetabular Fracture Service for the West Midlands region at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham which is the Major Trauma Centre within the West Midlands region<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>His NHS elective hip replacement services are based at the Solihull Hospital and Good Hope Hospitals.<\/p>\r\n<p>His Private outpatient clinic and operating lists are at The Priory Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham.<\/p>\r\n<p>He has an ardent interest in Medical Education and holds a Post Graduate Certificate in education for Health Professionals.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Birmingham in the school of Medical Sciences. 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