Consultant orthopaedic foot & ankle surgeon · King's College Hospital, London+44 20 7046 8004•th@os.clinic
Teaching
Lectures and teaching
I teach Charcot reconstruction and diabetic foot surgery to other surgeons, in the UK and abroad, and lead the King's Foot and Ankle Fellowship.
IADFS, PaduaNovember 2026Staged Charcot foot reconstruction for the infected, ulcerated Charcot foot (Orthoplastics session).
Hyderabad, IndiaJanuary 2027Biology of fracture healing in the diabetic foot; bone graft and biologics in Charcot reconstruction, with operating and teaching.
CX Symposium, London2026Invited faculty: new techniques in Charcot reconstruction.
King's Diabetic Foot Conference, London2025What to do in the failed vascular patient; how I manage infected Charcot foot deformities; current orthopaedic trends in ischaemic Charcot reconstruction.
King's Diabetic Foot Conference, London2024Midfoot Charcot reconstruction.
Turkey2024Two-stage reconstruction for the infected Charcot foot; the hindfoot nail construct; the origin of long-segment rigid fixation; diabetic foot ulcers; midfoot cadaveric workshop.
King's Charcot Midfoot Cadaver Workshop, London2023Faculty: surgical approaches, osteotomy planning, beaming and plating.
IADFS, Goa2022Tips and tricks in hindfoot nailing in Charcot arthropathy.
KDFS, London2022Rotational control in hindfoot nailing.
KDFS and IADFS2021Hindfoot nail for Charcot reconstruction; outpatient tendon balancing procedures.
WIROC, Mumbai2021Invited faculty: diabetic foot case-based discussions.
EFORT, Lisbon2019Complications of ankle fracture in diabetes: a systematic review (poster).
Illustration by Camilla Stewart from the 2019 Springer chapter.
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