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About Mr Nikhil Kharwadkar
Personal Profile
Mr Kharwadkar specialises in hip and knee surgery. His clinical practice involves hip replacement surgery, knee replacement surgery and knee arthroscopy. He is a full-time Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
Mr Kharwadkar completed his higher surgical training in Orthopaedics and Trauma in March 2011 in the Yorkshire rotation based at Leeds. He then undertook sub-speciality fellowship training in hip and knee surgery at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham. He has also undertaken visiting fellowships in complex hip and knee surgery at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA and Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland which are world-famous institutions for the highest quality of care and leading advances in medical research. He worked as a Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon on a fixed-term contract for nearly two years at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge prior to his current appointment.
Mr Kharwadkar regularly attends national and international conferences to keep abreast of the latest advances in hip and knee surgery. He has presented papers in national and international meetings. He has published a number of research projects including prospective randomised trial and retrospective studies and has undertaken audits to improve the quality and safety of health care in the NHS. He is a clinical and educational supervisor for junior doctors in training and is invited as a faculty to teach on postgraduate courses in Orthopaedics and Trauma. He is an examiner for the FRCS (Orth) exam conducted by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Mr Kharwadkar is a keen runner and cyclist. He has completed a number of marathons and long-distance cycling events.
Clinical Interests
Mr Kharwadkar undertakes:
- Hip replacements
- Knee replacements
- knee arthroscopy
His scope of clinical work involves:
- hip pain in adults
- knee pain in adults
- Hip arthritis
- Knee arthritis
- Knee injuries
- Meniscal tears in the knee
Professional Memberships
- The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- British Hip Society
- British Society for the Surgery of the Knee
