Professor Mohamed Imam

Professor Mohamed Imam is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in upper limb. He provides expert treatment, both surgical and non-surgical, on all conditions of the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand.

Training and Appointment

Professor Imam has completed two degree-level theses including a PhD on the healing of rotator cuff tendons tears.

During his training, he was awarded multiple international awards and travelling fellowships from American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA), International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS), the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT), AO and others.

Following the completion of specialist training, he undertook international and national upper limb fellowships at distinguished centres of excellence. These included embarking on specialist upper limb fellowships training at internationally recognised units: the Wrightington Upper Limb Unit, an Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence, the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham and an upper limb fellowship in the Rowley Bristow Orthopaedic Unit, Chertsey, Surrey where he currently works as a substantive consultant.

He also undertook another fellowship overseas with Professor Christian Gerber, arguably the world-leading pioneer of modern shoulder surgery, at Der Balgrist University Orthopaedic Centre in Zurich, Switzerland.  He also undertook a complex trauma fellowship in Oxford and BGU Trauma centre in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

Professor Imam has undertaken travelling fellowships to gain an up-to-date international experience in Mayo Clinic, The Steadman Clinic (US Olympic team centre of excellence) and Stanford University in the USA. He also undertook multiple travelling fellowships in Europe; these include Madrid, Munich and Heidelberg.

Research and Publications

Professor Imam is heavily involved in research, having published over 70 peer-reviewed publications in top international medical journals and written more than 12 textbook chapters on upper limb injuries.  In addition, he has authored two books, one on the use of stem cells in orthopaedics and another reference book for shoulder arthroscopy.

His current research interests include novel materials, the impact of Covid 19 on orthopaedic and trauma outcomes, artificial intelligence in surgery, the use of stem cells for cartilage and tendon repair, bone marrow concentrate, platelet-rich plasma, ligament and cartilage regeneration, optimising outcomes after total joint replacements, minimally invasive fracture fixation devices, arthroscopy outcomes, bone healing and techniques to aid rapid return to sport after injury.

He has designed orthopaedic instruments and has published more than ten novel surgical techniques.

 

Keyhole surgery to treat many conditions of the upper limb such as:

• Rotator cuff tears
• Frozen shoulder
• Rotator cuff tendonitis
• Shoulder dislocation
• Bicep problems
• Tennis elbow
• Wrist problems and arthritis
• Stiff elbow.

All kinds of upper limb replacement surgery and open procedures including:

• Tendon transfers and reconstruction surgery.

• Gold member and Fellow, AO Trauma Foundation, Davos, Switzerland
• Fellow, The Royal College of Surgeons, London, UK
• Member, British Elbow and Shoulder Society, UK
• Member, Fragility Fracture Network UK
• International Scholar and Member, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, USA
• Member, FIFA Medical Network, Zurich, Switzerland
• Faculty, Committee member of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, USA