Professor Mr Tommy Lindau

Tommy Lindau qualified from the University of Lund, Sweden in 1985. He became a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in 1992. He developed a special interest in patients with hand and wrist problems and completed his training in Hand Surgery at the recognised Universities of Lund and Malmö, Sweden where he became a certified Hand Surgeon in 1997. Prof Lindau received an ¨Award of Excellence¨ at the International Hand Meeting (4th IFSSH) in Vancouver, Canada in 1998. He embarked on a doctoral thesis on the subject of “Distal radial fractures and effects of associated ligament injuries” at the University of Lund, Sweden; this was completed in 2000 and he continued as a Consultant Hand Surgeon in Sweden as well as in Norway, Denmark and later the UK. He has written 100+ original articles, reviews and book chapters and has been a frequently invited lecturer at various national and international meetings.  Prof Lindau took up the post of Consultant Hand Surgeon at The Pulvertaft Hand Centre in August 2005, following Professor Burke’s reduction in clinical sessions.  Prof Tommy Lindau works with general hand surgery, but has a special knowledge and interest in wrist problems, particularly problems after distal radius fractures.

General hand surgery with a special interest and experience in wrist problems; both post-traumatic, sport and other causes such as arthritis in all forms.