Mr Saad El Ashry

Mr Saad El Ashry has 21 years of experience and holds a substantive post as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Birmingham. He specialises in upper limb surgery and general trauma. His sub-specialities are shoulder, elbow and hand including shoulder arthroscopic cuff repair, stabilisation for recurrent shoulder dislocations, shoulder replacement and ACJ arthritis He has also performed many hand surgeries including trapeziectomy for base of thumb arthritis with ligament reconstruction, scaphoid non-union, carpal and cubital tunnel surgeries, trigger finger, ganglions and Dupuytrens contracture. Mr El Ashry graduated from medical school at Alexandria University in Egypt. He had his initial Orthopaedic training at Alexandria University Hospital - Egypt and completed his training in the UK, passing the Royal College of Surgeons FRCS exams in 2014. He subsequently completed two prestigious fellowships, one for the shoulder/elbow at University Hospital Birmingham where he learnt arthroscopic cuff repairs, shoulder replacements and complex upper limb trauma.  His Bristol fellowship taught him how to approach and treat a variety of hand and elbow problems including tendon, ligament reconstruction and arthritis.  Mr El Ashry has also travelled around the UK, Europe, Canada and United States, visiting surgeons and centres of excellence and attending scientific meetings and conferences to keep up to date with the latest surgical techniques. Mr El Ashry has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals and presented in national and international meetings. He is keen on teaching and training and is an accredited trainer by the GMC, frequently teaching medical students from Aston and Birmingham Universities. Mr El Ashry tailors patient treatments in accordance with their needs to give them the best possible outcomes. He always involves his patients in decision making. Mr El Ashry is the safety lead and ED communication lead for the orthopaedic department at SWBH.