Personal Profile
Professor Snow is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital (Birmingham) and an Honorary Consultant at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital (Oswestry), two of only five dedicated orthopaedic hospitals in the UK.
He graduated from Edinburgh University and completed his Registrar training in the Manchester region. Following this, he spent 18 months on fellowship in North America, including a 12-month Sports Medicine fellowship at the Sports Medicine Clinic of Nova Scotia in Halifax and a 6-month fellowship at the Holland Orthopaedic and Arthritic Centre in Toronto, gaining further expertise in shoulder and knee surgery.
In 2008, he was awarded the British Elbow and Shoulder Society North American Travelling Fellowship, enabling him to train with world-renowned shoulder surgeons in major centres such as New York, Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Houston. In 2018, he was awarded the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (APKASS) Travelling Fellowship, visiting leading institutions in Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Thailand.
He is currently a Professor of Regenerative Medicine at Keele University and an Honorary Professor of Chemical Engineering at Birmingham University, where he supervises PhD research into stem cell applications for cartilage repair, tendon regeneration, and biological markers of joint injury. He has published over 70 scientific papers, contributed six book chapters on knee and shoulder injuries, and has presented more than 100 research papers at national and international conferences. His research funding exceeds £3 million, and his contributions to joint preservation have earned him membership in two prestigious invitation-only societies: the ACL Study Group and the Magellan Society.
In 2006, he completed an MSc in Orthopaedic Engineering from Cardiff University and has since designed a fixation device for ACL reconstruction, which is now used worldwide.
His clinical expertise includes all aspects of shoulder surgery, particularly arthroscopic procedures such as rotator cuff repair, shoulder stabilisation, capsular release for frozen shoulder, and ACJ injuries. He also performs total and reverse shoulder replacements for arthritis.
He has a special interest in sports-related knee injuries, including anterior and posterior cruciate ligament (ACL/PCL) reconstruction, meniscal repair, and patella dislocation treatment. As a committee member of the International Cartilage Regeneration and Joint Preservation Society, he is highly skilled in cartilage repair techniques, offering a full range of cartilage regeneration and cell therapies. Additionally, he performs meniscal transplants and osteotomy procedures to help preserve knee joints and delay the need for joint replacement.
He graduated from Edinburgh University and completed his Registrar training in the Manchester region. Following this, he spent 18 months on fellowship in North America, including a 12-month Sports Medicine fellowship at the Sports Medicine Clinic of Nova Scotia in Halifax and a 6-month fellowship at the Holland Orthopaedic and Arthritic Centre in Toronto, gaining further expertise in shoulder and knee surgery.
In 2008, he was awarded the British Elbow and Shoulder Society North American Travelling Fellowship, enabling him to train with world-renowned shoulder surgeons in major centres such as New York, Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Houston. In 2018, he was awarded the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (APKASS) Travelling Fellowship, visiting leading institutions in Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Thailand.
He is currently a Professor of Regenerative Medicine at Keele University and an Honorary Professor of Chemical Engineering at Birmingham University, where he supervises PhD research into stem cell applications for cartilage repair, tendon regeneration, and biological markers of joint injury. He has published over 70 scientific papers, contributed six book chapters on knee and shoulder injuries, and has presented more than 100 research papers at national and international conferences. His research funding exceeds £3 million, and his contributions to joint preservation have earned him membership in two prestigious invitation-only societies: the ACL Study Group and the Magellan Society.
In 2006, he completed an MSc in Orthopaedic Engineering from Cardiff University and has since designed a fixation device for ACL reconstruction, which is now used worldwide.
His clinical expertise includes all aspects of shoulder surgery, particularly arthroscopic procedures such as rotator cuff repair, shoulder stabilisation, capsular release for frozen shoulder, and ACJ injuries. He also performs total and reverse shoulder replacements for arthritis.
He has a special interest in sports-related knee injuries, including anterior and posterior cruciate ligament (ACL/PCL) reconstruction, meniscal repair, and patella dislocation treatment. As a committee member of the International Cartilage Regeneration and Joint Preservation Society, he is highly skilled in cartilage repair techniques, offering a full range of cartilage regeneration and cell therapies. Additionally, he performs meniscal transplants and osteotomy procedures to help preserve knee joints and delay the need for joint replacement.
