Personal profile
He runs a busy NHS and private practice, placing emphasis on his patients receiving a clear explanation of their problem and the available treatments. He is keen to ensure patients are always involved and fully informed with their treatment decisions.
Mr Samarji was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Manchester Foundation Trust in 2001. He was the Clinical Director of the Orthopaedic Department at Manchester Royal Infirmary between 2012 and 2015. He has been extensively involved in teaching at Manchester University's Department of Orthopaedics, playing a lead role in medical student and junior surgeon education over the last 2 decades.
His surgical practice is almost exclusively knee, foot and ankle work. He has particular expertise in arthroscopic (keyhole) surgery of the knee and ankle, ligament repair and reconstruction of the ankle, joint replacement of the knee, surgery for bunions, toe disorders and flat foot, including minimally invasive techniques.
He qualified from the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin in 1990 and completed his specialist surgical training with a fellowship concentrating on foot and ankle, and knee surgery.
He was awarded the Leopold Muller Research Fellowship in 1994, spending a year in full-time research. He is amongst a fewer number of surgeons who have been awarded a Master of Surgery degree (Dublin), which he received for his work in 2000.
He has published peer-reviewed papers on knee, foot and ankle surgery, and founded a local foot and ankle interest group. He is actively involved in ongoing research projects.
