Mr Mr David Ward

My London and Surrey private practice specialises in hip surgery and joint replacement. I see and treat patients at Parkside Hospital, New Victoria Hospital, Fortius Joint Replacement Centre and the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). I have been an NHS Consultant for 23 years and continue to run a busy joint replacement practice at Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre, which opened as a pioneering NHS orthopaedic treatment centre in 2004. I qualified from Westminster Hospital in 1985 and undertook my surgical and orthopaedic training around London, being admitted to the Royal College of Surgeons in London and Edinburgh in 1989.   After a hip surgery fellowship in Switzerland I was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton in 1995 and later at Kingston Hospital. I was involved from the outset in 2004 with setting up the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC) and was Director of Surgery there, before taking over as Medical Director from 2013 to 2017.   I have a particular interest and expertise in hip replacement surgery, especially younger patients, complex cases and hip revision surgery. Virtually all my work is lower limb joint replacement and I carry out a high volume of hip and knee replacement surgery at SWLEOC and privately. A successful modern joint replacement offers relief from pain and return to excellent function – all my patient outcomes are carefully monitored through a research programme at SWLEOC and through submission of cases to the National Joint Registry (NJR).  A choice of implants are used, ensuring the best available option for the individual patient.  I have been a regular invited faculty member at international hip meetings in areas such as ceramic bearing surfaces, uncemented implant fixation and revision surgery. Conditions I can advise on and treat include joint replacement for painful hip and knee arthritis, hip impingement, hip tendinopathies, hip fractures and fractures around hip replacements.  I am also an expert in revision hip surgery and problems to do with failing hip replacements, including metal-on-metal hip issues and second opinions. In addition to my joint replacement work, I am also very experienced in amputation surgery having been the orthopaedic surgeon for the renowned Roehampton Rehabilitation Unit since 1995.  

All aspects of lower limb joint replacement surgery Hip surgery Problematic hip replacements and revision hip replacement surgery Second opinions Amputation surgery