Personal Profile
Initially working as a Generalist, he soon found his calling for the treatment of disorders of the hip and knee joints.
In 2010 he was given a Trust award for his work on Rapid Recovery after hip and knee replacement. He and his team worked in particular on early mobilisation after surgery, alternative forms of pain relief and shorter stays in hospital.
In 2011 he became Clinical Lead for the William Harvey Hospital until 2014. He then became the Trustwide Lead for Hip and Surgery until 2018.
His special interest now lies with minimally invasive surgery for hip and knee replacement, the treatment and reconstruction of failing hip and knee replacements, as well as arthroscopy of the knee and reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. He is a founder member of the Bone and Joint Infection Group (BJIG) and the Multidisciplinary meeting(MDM) for revision surgery of the hip and knee joint at East Kent Hospitals.
He has been a leading surgeon at the Chaucer Hospital since 1999 and was a member of the Medical Advisory Board until 2010.
In his spare time Mr Zahn likes spending time with his family and children. He also has a passion for Road cycling, something he enjoyed since his teenage years.
His other passion is music. He plays the electric rock, blues and jazz guitar and performs regularly in Pubs and on Festivals in the region with his band The Bones (thebones.uk). Go and see him play when you get a chance.