Personal Profile
Mr Madhu Rao is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon working in University Hospitals Of Sussex, primarily working in Western Sussex Hospitals (St. Richard’s Hospital; Chichester and Worthing Hospital; Worthing).
He has been Clinical Director for Trauma and Orthopaedics for Western Sussex Hospitals (St Richard's and Worthing Hospitals) since July 2019.
He offers his professional services at Goring Hall Hospital for both private and NHS patients.
He has special interest in lower limb Orthopaedic surgery. He has expertise in -
- Minimal invasive primary hip replacements
- Primary knee replacements
- Partial Knee replacements
- Revision (redo) Hip replacement surgeries
- Revision (redo) Knee replacement surgeries
- Periprosthetic fractures - Fractures around Hip and Knee replacement
- Limb Reconstruction - Proximal & Distal Femoral replacement, Proximal Tibial Replacement
- Soft tissue injuries around knee and ligament reconstructions
- Management of muscle tears/weakness following hip replacement surgery.
Mr Rao is currently part of an on-call orthopaedic team at St Richard's Hospital, and he manages acute Orthopaedic emergencies and all fractures with specialist interest around Hip, Femur, Knee, Leg, Ankle, Elbow, Forearm and Wrist.
Having qualified in 1991, Mr. Rao undertook his higher specialist training in Orthopaedics in Kent, Surrey and Sussex deanery including London hospitals. He obtained his Fellowship from Royal College of Surgeons in 1999 and did his FRCS in Trauma and Orthopaedics in 2007. Post qualification he has trained in specialist hospitals in Germany, Belgium and USA to obtain more experience in lower limb arthroplasty including hip and knee revision arthroplasty.
He lectures nationally and internationally on primary and revision knee arthroplasty, hip abductor (muscles around hip) repairs and on management of fractures around hip and knee replacements.
He is part of emergency Trauma and Orthopaedic on call consultant team at St Richard’s hospital and manages acute Orthopaedic emergencies and fractures.
He is involved in teaching of Higher Surgical trainees, Core Trainees and medical students from Kent Sussex and Surrey Deanery, Southampton university hospitals and Brighton Medical school as well as other trainees at Western Sussex Hospitals.
