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Mr Fahad Attar

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

FRCS Tr & Orth, MRCSEd, MBChB

Practises at: The Alexandra Hospital

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Personal Profile

Fahad Attar is a consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics, specialising in lower limb arthroplasty, knee and shoulder reconstruction surgery and sports medicine.
He has certified fellowship in lower limb arthroplasty, knee reconstruction surgery, sports medicine and joint preservation surgery from world renowned centres; the Nuffield Orthopaedic centre in Oxford, the Holland Orthopaedic centre, Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto, Canada and at Wrightington hospital here in the UK. 

He has an interest in education and training and this is reflected by his involvement in orthopaedic training courses as a tutor and facilitator over the last 5-6 years. He is an ATLS instructor and has held positions as an examiner for medical students at the University of Liverpool and Leicester here in the UK and also at the University of Toronto in Canada. He has also been invited as a guest speaker at International orthopaedic meetings and symposiums and GP teaching forums to give talks on biological therapies, specialist orthopaedic problems and musculoskeletal related problems.

He is well published and has been involved in ongoing clinical and lab based research right through his training and fellowship years and this has culminated in numerous peer reviewed publications and numerous oral and poster peer reviewed presentations in both national and international meetings. He is currently involved in numerous ongoing research projects with biological therapy treatments.
He also has an interest in disaster medicine and management and is currently on the UK International Emergency Trauma Register which deploys doctors in response to international disasters. 

Clinical Interests

He has a particular interest and expertise in managing young adult arthritis, cartilage injuries and sports related injuries.

He uses innovative, cutting edge, evidence based regenerative biological therapy options to treat and manage joint pain and sports injuries. These treatment modalities utilise the body’s own healing potential to resolve pain and symptoms and also help in delaying or avoiding any major surgery. These biological treatment therapies include; fat cell therapy, bone marrow aspirate cells, PRP (platelet rich plasma) therapy and APS (autologous protein solution) therapy. All the treatment options are driven by results and outcomes.

He also performs Total and partial knee replacement procedures including patient specific knee replacements for osteoarthritis. He has experience and expertise in joint preservation surgery and arthroscopic sports surgery for all knee and shoulder sports injuries including ligament reconstructions such as ACL reconstructions, cartilage reconstruction procedures, osteotomies around the knee, shoulder rotator cuff repairs and shoulder stabilisation procedures.

Professional Memberships

  • International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS)
  • International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS)
  • European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)
  • International Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SICOT)
  • British Orthopaedic Trainees Association (BOTA)
  • British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
  • British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK)
  • World Orthopaedic Concern UK (WOC)
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