Mr Simon Lambert

Simon was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the University College Hospital in central London in 2017 to undertake complex and revision reconstruction of difficult conditions of the shoulder and elbow. His particular interests are in the reconstruction of post-traumatic deformity, neuromuscular disorders of the shoulder and elbow, soft tissue reconstruction for rotator cuff disease and instability of the shoulder and elbow, and complex and revision joint replacement and rehabilitation in the shoulder and elbow. He will help develop the shoulder and elbow service at UCLH into the leading tertiary referral centre in London and the South East for the treatment of infection and revision joint replacement in the shoulder and elbow. He is Corresponding Member of the German Trauma and Orthopaedic Society, International member of the Innsbruck Shoulder Society, and Gold member of AOTrauma. During his training Simon was invited to two AO Fellowships in Switzerland working under Professors Gerber and Hertel, both shoulder surgeons of international reputation. He was appointed as Consultant to the University Hospital of Southampton in 1996, developed the busy orthopaedic trauma service at that hospital, and was awarded the prestigious North American Travelling Fellowship of the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and Elbow (ESSSE) in 1998. He was appointed to the staff of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in 2001, working with Mr Ian Bayley, and developed the service into a nationally-regarded centre for specialist shoulder rehabilitation. Simon has published over 110 peer-reviewed papers, editorials and reviews, and 20 book chapters, including a revision of the chapters on the shoulder girdle and shoulder joint in Gray’s Anatomy, on a wide range of topics related to the shoulder and elbow. His major research interests are on the anatomy of shoulder pain, the anatomy and biomechanics of the shoulder girdle, joint replacement of the shoulder and elbow. He reviews papers for several major orthopaedic journals including the JBJSAm, BJJ, JSES, and Shoulder and Elbow, being on the editorial board of the last.  He is Chairman of the Upper Extremity Global Expert Committee of the AO Technical Commission in Switzerland, has convened and chaired Masters' level cadaver-based surgical anatomy courses which he developed for the AO, and has helped in the design of several trauma implants currently in global use. He is co-developer of an AO App designed to help learn the foundation principles of osteosynthesis. He is a member of the AO Surgery Reference editorial college, and is a faculty member (elected) of AORecon, dealing with the teaching of shoulder arthroplasty. Simon participates in the hospital-based audit of surgical practice at HCA, and invites comments from patients through the Doctify web-based feedback system in order to make sure that his patients receive the best possible care.  

1. Shoulder reconstruction: primary and revision shoulder replacement; reconstruction of the shoulder for congenital, post-traumatic, and degenerative deformities, arthritis, and pain. 2. Elbow reconstruction: primary and revision elbow replacement; reconstruction of the elbow for congenital, post-traumatic, and degenerative deformities, arthritis, and pain. 3. Neuro-orthopaedic conditions: muscular dystrophy, palsy of the shoulder and elbow; sequelae of brachial plexus palsy (including clavicular and scapular deformity correction). 4. Acute shoulder and elbow trauma, including fracture fixation, soft tissue repair (rotator cuff and instability repair). 5. Painful conditions of the scapular suspension, cervicoscapular pain syndromes, cervicobrachial pain syndromes, decompression of the infracoracoid brachial plexus (particularly with/after shoulder surgery or trauma) 6. Rehabilitation of the shoulder and elbow following trauma or surgery.