Professor Mr Alister Hart

Professor Alister Hart is the UCL chair of orthopaedics and a consultant orthopaedic hip surgeon. He leads a research team of surgical technologists, based at the UCL Stanmore Campus & RNOH NHS Trust, focussed on Implant Science and Surgical Imaging Technology. The unit includes the London Implant Retrieval Centre (LIRC), the RNOH/UCLH BRC collaboration and the Running for Science (RFS) project. His research has featured in the media: The BBC nicknamed him the “Hospital Hip Detective” ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7777932.stm ) The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/well/move/marathon-running-may-be-good-for-your-knees.html) The Times (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/running-after-40-no-it-wont-wreck-your-knees-hj3zj0626?shareToken=66b18938f75991f1d6e717701f6d7c2e); The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/jun/15/health.medicalresearch Radio four https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-e8c6cbab-da44-4a3c-8f9b-c4fccd53dd24 He trained at Caius College, Cambridge, and then Guy's and St Thomas' and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. He was appointed in 2012 to the Action Medical Research Chair of Orthopaedics at UCL and honorary consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH).  He is director of implant science at the RNOH (largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK), and member of The EFORT (European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology) committee of Implant and Patient Safety Initiative. He leads the RNOH collaboration with UCLH for NIHR BRC with the theme of quantitative musculoskeletal imaging.

Hip problems after sport and hip arthritis. Operations are hip replacement (W3712 and W3713), hip revision (W3733) and hip re-revision surgery (W3740).