Professor Philip Turner has been a consultant orthopaedic surgeon based at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, UK from 1990. He was the senior surgeon in the department and now has an Honorary contract. He specialises in all aspects of knee surgery having established a tertiary referral unit for complex knee problems. His clinical interests are in sports injuries of the knee, complex knee ligament reconstructions, the arthritic knee in younger patients, disorders of the patello-femoral joint and the failed knee replacement. He has been Council and Executive member of the BOA and President from 2018 to 2019. He has previously been the North West Orthopaedic Training Programme Director, Head of the HENW School of Surgery, Chair of the Confederation of Post-Graduate Schools of Surgery and Chair of the BOA Training Standards and Curriculum Committee. He has been involved in surgical education throughout his career and has been the Chair of the IQA Committee of the Joint Committee on Intercollegiate Examinations. He was awarded the Fellowship of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers of the RCS Edinburgh in 2016. He was active in promoting research and service delivery in his role as a domain clinical lead in the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre and Chair of the Greater Manchester Orthopaedic Alliance. He holds an Honorary Professorship in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Salford. Professor Turner was elected to Council of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2019 and is Chair of the Professional Standards Committee.
Additional specialties and sub-specialties
Trauma and orthopaedic surgery - Hip & Knee
Special clinical interests
Knee surgery including arthroscopy, ligament reconstruction, osteotomy, partial and total knee replacement and revision knee replacement. Within knee surgery he has a specialty interest in the patella-femoral joint and the surgical management of knee arthritis in younger patients.
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