Meet The Team

Derek Bickerstaff MD FRCS FRCSEd - Knee Specialist

Derek is a Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon with an interest in knee surgery, particularly arthroscopic and ligament reconstruction commonly required in sports injuries and joint replacement. He is recognised as one of the UK’s leading knee surgeons and takes referrals nationally and internationally including many high profile athletes. He has recently finished his term of office as the Knee Tutor at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and as a member of the British Association of Surgery of the Knee. He has also been on the board of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and The Knee Journal. He is frequently invited to lecture on knee surgery at national and international meetings.

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Mr Andrew Howard MB ChB FRCS FRCS(orth) - Spine Specialist

Mr Howard graduated from Sheffield University in 1985. He undertook his basic and higher surgical training on the Sheffield University Teaching Hospitals training programmes. He spent one year as a clinical fellow in Adelaide as part of his higher surgical training specialising in Spinal surgery. During his training he was Secretary and then President of the British Orthopaedic Trainees Association.

In 1997 he was appointed as a consultant spinal surgeon to the Sheffield University Hospitals NHS Trust and made honorary senior lecturer to the University of Sheffield. He also became Director of Post Graduate Medical Education. In 2004 he joined the One Health Group and is developing spinal services for this “chamber” of orthopaedic surgeons.

A comprehensive spinal service has been established in Sheffield and Windsor. Mr Howard in conjunction with the Woking Nuffield Hospital has now started a spinal service in Woking offering a complete diagnostic, conservative and surgical management service.

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Shantanu Shahane MS(orth) Mch(orth) FRCS(orth) - Shoulder/Elbow Specialist

Shantanu is a Consultant shoulder and elbow surgeon at the Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital NHS Trust. He has completed a fellowship at Wrightington Hospital, a center of excellence for surgery of the upper limb and a further six months as a fellow at the Cappagh Hospital, Dublin to obtain further training in surgery of the shoulder and elbow joints.

He specialises in arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder and elbow including shoulder decompressions, rotator cuff repairs and instability surgery. He also performs shoulder and elbow replacements for arthritic joints and has a special interest in trauma surgery including sports injuries of the shoulder and elbow.

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Joe Garcia FRCS(orth) - Hand/Wrist Specialist

Joe is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a general practice including hip and knee replacements and a special interest in hand surgery at the Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital. His appointment followed a one year Hand Fellowship at the internationally renowned St. Luke’s and Sydney Hospital Hand Unit in Sydney, Australia. He is well known in the local community and his interests encompass treatments for conditions such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Dupuytrens Disease, arthroscopic surgery of the wrist, complex reconstructions for traumatic bone, joint and soft tissue hand injuries and the treatment of the painful, debilitating conditions of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

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Fazal Ali MBBS (Tr&Orth) - Knee Specilaist

Fazal is a lower limb consultant orthopaedic surgeon. Special interest is in Knee surgery although some hip and foot & ankle surgery is also undertaken. Within knee surgery he has developed a special interest in ligament reconstruction and the management of the Young Arthritic Knee.

Orthopaedic training was in Sheffield and has been a consultant since 2004.
Fellowships were undertaken at Newcastle upon Tyne (Knee Surgery) and New York (Trauma Surgery).

Training of junior doctors has always been an important part of his practice and
has been twice voted North Trent Orthopaedic Trainer of the Year (2005 and 2007).

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James A Fernandes M.S. (Orth), M.ch (Orth), FRCS (Orth) - Feet/Ankles Specialist

James is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Sheffield Children's NHS Trust and Barnsley District General Hospital delivering paediatric orthopaedics and limb reconstruction services including special interest in foot and ankle surgery. He also specialises in adult foot and ankle disorders including forefoot surgery i.e. Hallux Valgus (bunion), Metatarsalgia and toe deformities in his private practice at BMI Thornbury Hospital.

He has had broad training in general Orthopaedics in India, Liverpool and Sheffield in the UK, with further double fellowship training in paediatric orthopaedics and limb reconstruction at Sheffield Children's Hospital a Centre of Excellence. He is a member of the British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery, British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Skeletal Dysplasia Group and is a committee member of the British Limb Reconstruction Society. He is frequently invited to lecture at national and international meetings.

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Mr Sanjeev S Madan FRCS (Orth), MSc (Bioeng), MCh (Orth), MBA - Hips/Knees Specialist

Mr Madan graduated from Bombay University in 1990 and did his Orthopaedic training in Bombay and then in Wessex, England. He did further specialist training in hip surgery, limb reconstruction, foot and ankle surgery and hip, knee, and ankle arthroplasty at Memphis, New York, U.S.A, Oxford, and Berne, Switzerland.

His practice involves lower limb arthroplasty, sports injuries of hip and foot and ankle and he is one of the world experts in young adult hip problems.

He is active in research and regularly lectures internationally and nationally. He has published extensively in orthopaedic literature.

He trains future orthopaedic consultants in Britain, and organises national and international workshops for practicing orthopaedic consultants in Britain and abroad.

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Amanda Rees MB BChir FRCS(orth) - Hips/Knees Specialist

Amanda took up her post as Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Rotherham District General in 1993.

Her major interest is knee surgery, particularly ligament reconstruction and joint replacement. This interest was stimulated following a post as Research Fellow in knee surgery in London. She is presently Clinical Director of the Orthopaedic Services at Rotherham District General Hospital and an active member of prestigious national and international knee surgery and sports trauma organizations.

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