www.hipandkneesurgery.org.uk

Mr Robert U Ashford MD FRCS (Tr. & Orth.)

Consultant Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Tumour Surgeon

 

Areas of expertise - Knee, Hip, Skeletal Malignancy, Trauma

Adult Knee Surgery
Arthroscopic surgery of the knee, primary and complex primary total knee replacement.
 
Adult Hip Surgery
Primary and complex primary hip replacement.
 
Surgery of Skeletal Malignancy
Management of pathological fractures, benign bone tumours, metastatic malignancy, endoprosthetic replacement and soft tissue sarcomas
 
Trauma Surgery
Specifically management of pathological fractures
 

Professional Training

University
London Hospital Medical College (University of London) 1987 - 1992
 
Surgical Training

Basic Surgical Training 
London and East Anglia

Orthopaedic Higher Surgical Training 
Yorkshire Orthopaedic Rotation

Orthopaedic Fellowships
Orthopaedic Oncology & Lower Limb Arthroplasty
Dr P.D. Stalley
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital,Sydney, Australia.
 
Joint Reconstruction & Sarcoma Surgery
Messrs S.R. Cannon, T.W.R. Briggs, J.A. Skinner & R.W.J. Carrington & Miss S. Muirhead-Allwood
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore


Higher Surgical Degree


Doctor of Medicine, University of Sheffield, 2011


Thesis: Improving the patient journey in breast cancer metastatic to the skeleton

 

Prizes
British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) Travelling Fellowship Award, 2004.
Ethicon Foundation Award, 2005.

Qualifications and Society memberships

Bachelor Medicine & Surgery 1992
Surgical Member Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow 2000
Fellow Royal College Surgeons FRCS(Tr & Orth) 2004 (CCT Trauma Orthopaedic Surgery 10/9/2006)

British Orthopaedic Association
British Orthopaedic Oncology Society
Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow
European Hip Society

GMC Number 3678668
Professional Indemnity MDU 259150X

Consultant Appointment - 2007 
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon – Orthopaedic and Sarcoma Surgery
University Hospitals of Leicester
East Midlands Sarcoma Service

Orthopaedic Appointments & Admitting Rights

Spire Hospital Leicester
The Leicester Nuffield Hospital

Private Secretary: Pat Rouse 0116 265 3042
NHS Secretarial Contact: 0116 258 5325 – A GP referral is required for all NHS appointments

 

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