Mr Adam Ajis is a Consultant Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Surgeon in Sussex specialising exclusively in foot and ankle surgery.
He has been a consultant since 2013 and is dual fellowship trained in specialist foot and ankle surgery in the UK and USA.

His main areas of expertise are ankle arthritis and total ankle replacement, minimally invasive (keyhole) bunion surgery, complex foot and ankle reconstruction and revision surgery.

He sees patients at Goring Hall Hospital in Worthing and welcomes patients from across Sussex and further afield, including those seeking a specialist second opinion.

Mr Adam Ajis is a specialist Consultant Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Surgeon whose practice is devoted exclusively to foot and ankle surgery.
He is an NHS Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust and has been a consultant since 2013. He participates in the trauma rota and frequently has complex foot & ankle injuries referred to him from Worthing and other Hospitals. 

He treats the full range of adult foot and ankle conditions, with particular expertise in ankle arthritis and ankle replacement, minimally invasive bunion surgery, complex reconstruction and revision surgery.

Ankle arthritis and ankle replacement
Mr Ajis has extensive experience in treating patients with ankle arthritis, including those with severe arthritis following previous injury, deformity or surgery.

For suitable patients, he performs total ankle replacement using modern implant technology and CT-based three-dimensional planning with patient-specific surgical instrumentation where appropriate.

His ankle practice includes:

• Total ankle replacement
• Patient-specific ankle replacement
• Revision ankle replacement
• Ankle arthritis
• Ankle fusion
• Complex ankle reconstruction
• Ankle arthroscopy
• Ankle instability and ligament reconstruction

Patients with advanced ankle arthritis are given an individual assessment of the available options, including the relative advantages of ankle replacement and ankle fusion.

Mr Ajis also welcomes patients seeking a second opinion about ankle arthritis or ankle replacement, particularly following previous surgery or where more than one treatment option has been suggested.

Minimally invasive bunion surgery
Minimally invasive foot surgery has been a major part of Mr Ajis’s practice since he became a consultant in 2013.

He has extensive experience in minimally invasive, or keyhole, bunion surgery, using specialist instruments through small incisions to correct the underlying deformity.

He treats:

• Bunions
• Recurrent bunions
• Hammer and claw toes
• Lesser-toe deformity
• Metatarsalgia (a painful foot condition causing inflammation and aching in the ball of the foot)
• Plantar plate problems (an injury or tear to a thick band of tissue under the ball of the foot that stabilizes the base of the toe, most often the second toe)
• Bunionette deformity (a bony bump that forms on the outside of the foot at the base of the little toe)
• Big-toe arthritis

Mr Ajis performs both minimally invasive and conventional foot surgery and selects the technique most appropriate for each individual patient and deformity.

Complex and revision foot and ankle surgery
Mr Ajis also has particular experience in complex foot and ankle reconstruction and revision surgery, including patients who have had previous operations or significant injuries.

His specialist practice includes:

• Flatfoot reconstruction
• High-arched foot deformity
• Midfoot and hindfoot arthritis
• Foot and ankle fusion surgery
• Achilles tendon disorders
• Tendon reconstruction
• Foot and ankle fractures
• Lisfranc injuries (damage to the bones or ligaments in the middle of the foot)
• Post-traumatic reconstruction
• Revision foot and ankle surgery

Patients with persistent symptoms following previous treatment or surgery are welcome to seek a specialist second opinion.

Specialist fellowship training
Mr Ajis completed his Trauma & Orthopaedic surgical training in Cheshire and Merseyside before undertaking two specialist foot and ankle fellowships.

He trained at the Institute for Foot & Ankle Reconstruction in Baltimore, USA, followed by further specialist fellowship training in the UK.
This provided advanced training in ankle replacement, complex reconstruction, revision surgery and modern foot and ankle surgical techniques.

Teaching and professional expertise
Alongside his clinical practice, Mr Ajis is actively involved in teaching, research and medical education.
He has published research in peer-reviewed orthopaedic journals, contributed to review articles and book chapters, and has presented and taught at national and international meetings.
He is involved in undergraduate medical education at Brighton and Sussex Medical School and has contributed specialist expertise to NICE.

His professional memberships include the:

• British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
• European Foot & Ankle Society
• Minimally Invasive Foot & Ankle Society
• American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
• Royal College of Surgeons

Specialist foot and ankle surgery in Sussex
Mr Ajis sees private patients at Goring Hall Hospital in Worthing, West Sussex.

His principal areas of specialist practice are:

• Ankle arthritis
• Total ankle replacement
• Patient-specific ankle replacement
• Minimally invasive bunion surgery
• Complex foot and ankle reconstruction
• Revision foot and ankle surgery
• Specialist second opinions

 

Surgical and non surgical treatments to all parts of the foot & ankle including:

• Bunion surgery
• Hammer toe straightening
• Minimally invasive and keyhole surgery
• Shockwave therapy
• Heel pain
• Plantar fasciitis
• Achilles tendon surgery
• Tendoscopy
• PRP therapy
• Arthroscopy
• Arthritis of the big toe (hallux rigidus), ankle, hindfoot, midfoot and forefoot
• Ankle joint replacement
• Toe and ankle joint fusion
• Flat foot surgery
• Cavus (high arch) foot surgery
• Mortons neuroma
• Trauma surgery
• Ankle instability
  
   

• British Orthopaedic Association
• British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
• American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
• Medical Protection Society
• British Medical Association
• Royal College of Surgeons