Professor Sanjiv Jari is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Surgeon with a strong commitment to combining clinical excellence, innovation, and education. He is regularly invited to speak nationally and internationally on knee surgery and sports injuries.

What distinguishes his practice is a dual focus on treating all patients from elite athletes to patients with degenerative joint conditions, using the same advanced, evidence-based techniques. His aim is to preserve the natural joint wherever possible, restore function efficiently, and tailor every treatment plan to the individual’s lifestyle and goals.

Treatments Tailored to Your Knee

Whether you are struggling with knee pain, an injury, or have been told you need surgery, Professor Jari offers a comprehensive range of the most advanced treatments available — chosen specifically to give you the best possible outcome and get you back to doing what matters most.

• Teating Arthritis Without Surgery — For patients with arthritic or degenerative knee pain, n-STRIDE injections are an advanced regenerative therapy that uses your body's own natural healing proteins to reduce pain, support joint health and return to your activities — a modern alternative to simply managing your pain.
• The Most Advanced Knee Replacement Technique Available — MAKO Robotic Surgery — Your knee replacement will be undertaken using the MAKO robotic-assisted system, the most precise technology currently available. As the first surgeon to perform this procedure in the North-West, Professor Jari uses this innovation to potentially deliver less invasive surgery, less scarring, faster recovery, and a knee replacement that should last you longer.
• Keyhole Surgery for Cartilage Problems — For conditions such as meniscal (cartilage) tears, Professor Jari performs minimally invasive keyhole (arthroscopic) surgery using small incisions and a tiny camera, minimising tissue disruption and supporting a faster, smoother recovery.
• Complex Knee Ligament Reconstruction — Including ACL reconstruction, restoring stability and protecting your long-term joint health. Professor Jari uses the Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone (BPTB) graft — widely regarded as the gold standard, including for elite athletes.
• Rehabilitation: The Essential Part of Your Recovery — Rehabilitation following any treatments are an important part of your recovery. With specified and enhanced rehab techniques together with liaising with your physiotherapists, will aid your return to function.

This range of options allows Professor Jari to provide truly personalised arthritis care, from early-stage management through to joint replacement where necessary.

Professor Jari holds academic roles as an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery at the University of Manchester and Honorary Clinical Professor at the University of Central Lancashire. His academic background also includes a previous professorial appointment within the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Bolton, reflecting his particular interest in biomechanics and its application to improving surgical outcomes. In his NHS practice at Salford Royal Hospital, he specialises in lower limb and trauma surgery.

Professor Jari has worked with athletes competing at the highest levels, including roles with the Commonwealth Games (Manchester 2002), the World Police and Fire Games (Indianapolis 2001), and the USA Amateur Boxing Association. He has also served as Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Great British Olympic Wrestling squad and continues to support professional and international athletes across sports such as rugby, football, netball, MMA and basketball. Professor Jari’s experience in elite sport has shaped his approach to patient care at every level. He trained in London and Manchester before undertaking a further specialist Sports Medicine and Knee Fellowship in the United States at a leading sports medicine clinic in Indianapolis.

Professor Jari is a member of the British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma Association and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Professor Jari remains actively involved in research, leading and contributing to studies in lower limb surgery, and he is committed to education through supervising postgraduate doctors, as well as mentoring medical students, rehabilitation students, and international fellows

Professor Jari’s experience gives him a detailed understanding of performance, rehabilitation, and safe return to activity, which he applies to all patients, not only elite athletes.

• Osteoarthritis
• MAKO robotic assisted knee surgery
• meniscus injuries
• ACL injuries
• stem cell type injections and hyaluronic acid for arthritis
• patellofemoral arthritis
• articular cartilage regeneration
• repair procedures

• British Trauma Society
• British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma Association
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons – International Affiliate Member
• British Association for Surgery of the Knee
• Society of Sports Therapists – Honorary Member,