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About Mr Tamer Sweed
Mr Personal Profile
Mr Sweed is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising exclusively in knee surgery and lower limb sports injuries. His NHS practice is at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust. His elective practice covers all areas of knee surgery with a special interest in knee osteotomies (realignment surgery), partial and total knee replacement, and ligament reconstruction.
Mr Sweed graduated from medical school at Alexandria University in Egypt in 2001. He completed his orthopaedic training at Alexandria University and moved to the UK in 2013. He obtained his FRCS Trauma and Orthpaedics in 2016 and has since completed specialist fellowship training in knee surgery at several prestigious institutions, including:
• The BOA Knee Osteotomy Fellowship at Northcumbria NHS Trust
• Sports Knee Fellowship at University Hospitals of Derby & Burton
• Lower Limb Arthroplasty Fellowship at Royal Berkshire Hospital
• Knee Fellowship at University Hospital Birmingham
Mr Sweed is passionate about teaching and cofounded the Birmingham Knee School (BKS). BKS runs a yearly course for trainees and knee fellows aiming for the dissemination of cutting-edge knowledge and skills, promoting innovation and expertise in the field of knee surgery.
Mr Sweed is married and has 2 children. Interests outside of work include football, squash and photography.
Mr Clinical Interests
- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction
- Reconstruction/repair of knee ligament injuries
- Patellar (kneecap) stabilisation (MPFL reconstruction, tibial tuberosity osteotomy)
- Knee ligaments reconstruction
- Knee tendon injuries
- Total knee replacement
- Partial knee replacement
- Unicompartmental knee replacement
- Patellofemoral knee replacement
- Knee arthroscopy (Keyhole surgery)
- Meniscal surgery (meniscectomy, meniscal repair, meniscal preservation surgery)
- Cartilage repair/regeneration
- Knee osteotomies (proximal tibial osteotomy and distal femoral osteotomies)
- Fractures around the knee
Mr Professional Memberships
- General Medical Council
- Medical Protection Society (MPS)
- British Medical Association
- British Orthopaedic Association
- European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)
