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About Mr Turab Syed
Personal Profile
Mr Turab Syed is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in Hip, Foot, and Ankle Reconstruction. He holds a dual fellowship in Lower Limb Arthroplasty and Foot & Ankle Surgery, providing him with a unique "whole limb" perspective on mechanical alignment.
Mr Syed brings elite sporting expertise to his practice, holding a Masters in Sports & Exercise Medicine from the University of Bath. He has served as Team Doctor for the England C National Team, England XI FA Teams, and the MK Dons Academy. This background drives his philosophy of "Motion Preservation." He is one of the few surgeons in the region to offer Big Toe Replacement (Joint Arthroplasty) as an alternative to fusion. This technique is critical for golfers and active patients who wish to maintain toe flexibility for sports and footwear.
Mr Syed is a dedicated educator and a Member of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers (MFSTEd) at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He also serves as an Academic Tutor & Examiner for the Masters (ChM) in Trauma & Orthopaedics at the University of Edinburgh. He is also a Senior Clinical Lecturer for Glasgow Medical School and supervises students carrying out SSC academic projects.
Mr Syed has been published extensively in both trauma and elective orthopaedic papers. He has 30 publications of full articles and abstracts and has presented his scientific work (more than87 posters and podium presentations including 5 as international moderator and faculty) to learned societies at both national and international levels. His work has been published in the prestigious journal “Foot and Ankle Clinics of North America.”
Mr Syed has been invited as an instructor for the Arthroscopy Skills Course and is a moderator for the Scientific Sessions at the 40th SICOT World Congress in Muscat, Oman (2019) and BPOS Annual Scientific Meeting sessions 2023 (Stanmore, London), 2024 (Birmingham) & 2025 (Moderator at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre – Oxford).
His medical students' projects have won awards at Foot & Ankle Scotland and Winter SCOT Meetings. He also served on the faculty of Charring Cross Ex-Fix course and Femoral Nailing / DHS Course for Orthopaedic Surgeons in Training.
He has received 10 awards during his medical career including “The Best Young Researcher Award“ by UKSEM in 2011, Health and Social Services Jersey’s “Quality Improvement Award 2015” and “NHS Innovations SE runners up”.
You can find out more about Mr Syed on his website here - www.drturabsyed.co.uk
Clinical Interests
- Total hip replacement
- Total knee replacement
- Achilles tendon reconstruction
- Achilles tendon repair
- Achilles tendon lengthening
- Plantar fasciitis injections / surgery / release
- Sports surgery for foot and ankle
- Ankle ligament repair and reconstructions for instability
- Ankle internal brace
- Fore foot and bunion surgery
- Scarf / weil’s / maceira osteotomy
- Hammer / mallet Toe
- Toe shortening
- Toe arthritis
- Big toe cheilectomy
- Big Toe fusion
- Big Toe Silastic joint replacement
- Nail surgery / problems
- Injection therapy (steroids, platelet rich plasma, stem cells injections)
- Heel and fore-foot pain
- Callosities, corns and metatarsalgia
- Jogger’s / runner’s feet
- Stress fractures
- Tendinitis (tendon inflammation)
- Flat foot
- Morton’s neuroma excision
- Baxter’s nerve release
- Lateral plantar nerve release
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome
- Tarsal nerve release
- Ganglions / cysts excision
- Microfracture
- Nano-fracture
- Hind foot surgery fusion
- Arthroscopic ankle fusions
- Open Ankle Fusion
- Minimally Invasive Foot Surgery
- Arthroscopic management of ankle impingement
Links
Professional Memberships
- The British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (BOFAS)
- European Foot & Ankle Society (EFAS)
- Foot & Ankle Society Scotland (FaST)
- West of Scotland Foot & Ankle Society (WosFAS)
- Ankle and Foot Associates (AFAS), a Section of ESSKA
- Member of the Academy of Experts (UK)
- British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
- International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT)
- British Medical Association (BMA)
