Mr Karthik Somasundaram

I am from a Southern Indian farming family Joined Medical School through State Level Competition in 1991 Completion in 1997 with recognition in Physiology, ENT, Medicine & Orthopedics Joined Post Graduation in Trauma & Ortho through National Competition in 1999 Completed Diploma in Orthopedics, 2000 with recognition in Exam Completed Masters in Orthopedics, 2003 (Board Certification) Rural Service as Junior Orthopedic Surgeon for 6 Months Joined as Assistant Professor in Medical College, Sep 2003 Passed Part I & II MRCS in India, 2005 Completed PLAB exams and arrived in United Kingdom for HST/FRCS T&O in 2005 Completed MRCS(Ed) Nov 2005 while doing clinical attachment at WMUH Passed Section I FRCS T&O, Jul 2007 as SHO Orthopedics Completed FRCS Trauma & Ortho Nov 2008 as LAS Registrar at WMUH Specialty Doctor at WMUH since 2009 Post CCT Fellowship in Hip Surgery from Jul 2011 at King’s College Hospital Returned and continued as Specialty Doctor – Associate Specialist level CESR application to GMC, Feb 2014 GMC recommended doing additional work in Foot & Ankle, Pediatrics and Hand surgery for CESR/CCT, August 2014 Paediatrics and Upper Limb Unit at West Middlesex Hospital from Aug 2014 to January 2015 Post CCT Fellowship in Foot and Ankle surgery at UHS Manchester, Wythenshawe Hospital from February 2015 Locum Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon ( Foot and Ankle , Trauma ) at Brighton & Sussex, deferred due to pursuit of CESR GMC accepted evidence granted CESR/CCT April 2016 Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon with Foot and Ankle Sub specialty interest from Sep 2016 at Morriston Hospital, Swansea

Segell Karthik Somasundaram is a Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon and a specialist in Foot and Ankle Surgery. He typically offers treatments such as Bunion surgery, Forefoot deformity corrections, Ankle instability surgery, Foot and Ankle Arthroscopic Surgery and Ankle replacements. He qualified in Medicine in 1997 from Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University, then Madras, India. Subsequently he completed Post graduation in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery in the year 2000 from the prestigious institute at Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India. He went ahead to be inducted as Diplomat of the National Board in Trauma & Orthopedics, Specialist Certification in 2003.He worked as an Assistant Professor in Trauma & Orthopedics at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences, a post graduate teaching institution at Coimbatore, India for three years. He came to the United Kingdom to achieve further higher surgical training in 2005, and passed the Membership exam of the Royal College of Edinburgh in the same year. He then joined West Middlesex University Hospital, London. He was accepted to sit the exit specialist Fellowship examinations of Royal College in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery with his overseas experience, successfully completed it in 2008 and inducted as Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He then worked as SAS Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon from 2009 to 2016 to become a Consultant after Specialist Certification into the Register in 2016. During the period he did post CCT Fellowship in Hip, Foot & Ankle, and Trauma Surgeries at King’s College Hospital, London. He later did Fellowships in Foot & Ankle Surgery at UHSM Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, AO Masters Foot & Ankle Fellowship and further honorary Fellowships in Hands & Paediatric Surgery again at King’s College Hospital, London.He was appointed at Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon at Morriston Hospital, Swansea Bay Health Board from 2016 and sub-specialises in Foot & Ankle Surgery.