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Mr Anand Pillai

Consultant Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeon

About Mr Anand Pillai

Personal Profile

Professor Pillai is Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon with University Hospitals Manchester, Wythenshawe. He has a specialist interest in foot and ankle surgery, and trained in Orthopaedic and Foot Surgery in the West of Scotland, then undertaking further sub-specialist fellowships in Adelaide, South Australia and Oxford.

Mr Pillai has visited and worked with surgeons from SportsMed SA, Mater Hospital Sydney and Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital in Perth. Furthermore, he completed a fellowship in Ilizarov Techniques and Limb Deformity Correction at the world-renowned Russian Ilizarov Scientific Centre in Siberia. He was initially appointed as Consultant to Ninewells University Hospital and Dundee Medical School in Scotland, before moving to the North West.   

He holds honorary academic positions with the Universities of Adelaide, Manchester, Salford and Malaya, and is Executive Editor for Orthopaedics & Muscular Systems and Current Research and Assistant Editor for SurgWiki. He also sits on the editorial board for the ANZ Journal of Surgery and the American Medical Journal. He has published and presented widely in numerous national and international meetings. He is a Surgical Examiner for University of Salford and Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh.

Mr Pillai was elected to the research committee of the European Foot & Ankle Society and Physician’s Resource Committee of the American Foot & Ankle Society. He is both a Faculty and Course Director for the British Foot and Ankle Society, delivering surgical training programmes.

Mr Pillai has treated members of the Team GB Olympic and Commonwealth Games squad, Ultimate Fighting Championship and within professional football. He is a member of the Selection Design Group with Health Education England and the Surgical Speciality Board for Orthopaedics at the Royal College. He was awarded an Honorary Professorship in Orthopaedics for his educational and research activity.

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Clinical Interests

Professor Pillai offers a complete and comprehensive spectrum of both diagnosis and operative and non-operative treatment for all foot and ankle disorders, with special interest in:

  • Sports injuries
  • Arthritis
  • Rheumatoid disease
  • Deformity and aesthetic surgery

Routinely performed:

  • Arthroscopic surgery
  • Ankle and toe joint replacement surgery
  • Tendon surgery

Professional Memberships

  • General Medical Council
  • British Orthopaedic Association
  • British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
  • American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
  • European Foot & Ankle Society
  • AO Trauma
  • Association of Diabetic Foot Surgeons
  • International Bone Service Research Association
  • Foot & Ankle Scotland

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Languages spoken

English

GMC number

5185400
A General Medical Council (GMC) number is a unique ID that shows a specialist is officially registered and approved to practice medicine in the UK.

Qualifications

MBBS, MS ORTH, MRCS Edin, FRCS Orth, FICS, PGdip Med Ed

Professional memberships

  • General Medical Council
  • British Orthopaedic Association
  • British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
  • American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
  • European Foot & Ankle Society
  • AO Trauma
  • Association of Diabetic Foot Surgeons
  • International Bone Service Research Association
  • Foot & Ankle Scotland

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