Orthopaedics

MBBS, MS (Tr & Orth), MRCS, MSc (Tr & Orth), FRCS (Tr & Orth), PG Dip (Health services and Management)
Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon

Mr Aniruddha Pendse specialises in shoulder and elbow surgery, sports injuries and soft tissue knee and knee joint preservation surgery. He was appointed as a Consultant at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in 2017 and has taken the Trust into the new era of modern shoulder and sports surgery with the latest understanding in this rapidly evolving branch of Orthopaedics.

Mr Pendse graduated from the prestigious MS University in India and completed his residency in Trauma and Orthopaedics in the busy University Hospital. Having completed his Basic surgical training and higher surgical rotation, he finished a Trauma and Paediatric surgery fellowship at Cardiff, followed by an advanced Shoulder and Sports Injury Knee fellowship at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham.

Mr Pendse has a strong academic background with extensive publications on different topics in orthopaedics. Mr Pendse has extensive experience in shoulder and knee surgery, and his NHS and Elective practice encompasses all aspects of modern shoulder and knee surgery.

MBBS, MS (Orth), FRCS (G), FRCS (Tr and Orth), Dip Hand Surg
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Mr Chennagiri is a full-time consultant in trauma and orthopaedics at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust with a special interest in wrist and hand surgery. Mr Chennagiri runs clinics and operates at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Wycombe Hospital.

He commenced his orthopaedic training in India and obtained a post-graduate degree. After passing the FRCS (Surgery in General) examination, Mr Chennagiri underwent Higher Specialist Training as a Specialist Registrar in trauma and orthopaedics at Oxford Deanery. He developed an interest in wrist and hand surgery and worked with hand surgeons in Oxford and Reading. Mr Chennagiri obtained the FRCS (Tr & Orth) in 2008.

He undertook further training in various aspects of wrist and hand surgery as a clinical fellow at Pulvertaft Hand Centre in Derby. The Unit is one of the few dedicated to hand surgery in the country and has renowned orthopaedic surgeons, plastic surgeons and hand therapists involved in clinical, research and educational aspects of wrist and hand conditions, including acute injuries.

BSc (Hons), BMBS, MRCS (Eng), MD (Res), FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Mr Davda is a fellowship-trained Orthopaedic surgeon specialising in all aspects of foot and ankle disorders. He is a Consultant at Wycombe General and Stoke Mandeville Hospitals, both part of the Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

He trained with the North West Thames Orthopaedic Programme, one of the most sought-after rotations in the country. He was based primarily at St. Mary’s and Charing Cross Hospitals, one of four Major Trauma Centres in London, working with some of the UK’s top surgeons in foot and ankle surgery and lower limb reconstruction. He gained experience with world-renowned surgeons treating complex foot and ankle conditions at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, an international centre of excellence. He further developed his foot and ankle reconstruction skills on a fellowship in Windsor, The Royal Surrey County and Frimley Hospitals, plus a year at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford. Mr Davda has a broad foot and ankle practice, seeing patients with various conditions, including arthritis, sports injuries, diabetic feet, childhood conditions and all aspects of trauma.

BMedSci(Hons,) BMBS, MMedEd, FRCS(Orth)
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon

Mr Jonathan Baxter is a Consultant Orthopaedic Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon offering expertise in treating acute injuries and degenerative conditions. He has a special interest in arthroscopic (keyhole) surgery and tendon injuries, including rotator cuff tears, fractures and dislocations of both joints. He offers treatment for both early and advanced arthritis and joint replacement surgery of the shoulder.

MD, MScRes, FRCS, FEBOT
Consultant Paediatric Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon

Mr Mifsud is a fully certified Consultant Paediatric Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon. He undertook subspecialist clinical fellowships in Paediatric Orthopaedics and in Limb Reconstruction in Oxford and another in Sarcoma and Joint Reconstruction in London at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Stanmore). Mr Mifsud also undertook a research fellowship in neuromuscular conditions in children in Toronto at the Hospital for Sick Children.

He now has a busy consultant practice in Paediatric Orthopaedics with a sub-specialist interest in Disorders of the Hip and lower limbs, Limb Reconstruction and Bone Infection, and Tumours.

Mr Mifsud has particular expertise in:

• Neuromuscular disorders, including cerebral palsy
• Bone tumours and complex joint reconstruction in children and young adults
• Hip disorders (including dysplasia) in children, adolescents and young adults
• Disorders of the paediatric knee, foot and ankle
• Limb deformities and bone infections
• Paediatric trauma

MD, MSc, PhD, FRCS (Tr&Orth)
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon 

Mr Ioannis Aktselis is a Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, specialising in Foot and Ankle Surgery and Lower Limb Reconstruction. He was appointed to Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in 2018.

Mr Aktselis has completed his Trauma and Orthopaedic Training in Athens, Greece and subsequently in the UK. He has gained his subspecialty training after completion of a Trauma Fellowship at Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham and a Foot and Ankle and Limb Reconstruction Fellowship in Bristol Royal Infirmary. Mr Aktselis has also undertaken a travelling Foot and Ankle and Limb Reconstruction Fellowship to Tampa General Hospital in Florida to visit Dr Roy Sanders, a pioneer in foot and ankle surgery.

Mr Aktselis has a strong academic background having completed an MSc in Health Management and a PhD with distinction in the surgical management of hip fractures.

His scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals have achieved more than 350 citations, and he has presented in National and International Orthopaedic Conferences. His strong interest in teaching and training has been acknowledged as he has been awarded the Trainer of the Month in Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, and he has been the recipient of a Care Award for his compassionate care towards his patients. Mr Aktselis has been appointed as the Major Trauma Lead for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

MBBS, MD, FRCS(Tr & Orth)
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Mr Parm Johal is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in knee surgery. His clinical interests comprise all aspects of knee conditions, including sports injuries, arthroscopic surgery, meniscal surgery, knee ligament surgery, partial and total knee replacements, patellofemoral arthritis and instability, including medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction.

Mr Johal qualified from the Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School, London, in 1994. He undertook his orthopaedic training in London, working at many centres of excellence, including University College Hospital London, the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore.

Additionally, Mr Johal undertook specialist fellowship training in sports surgery and joint replacement at Sportsmed-SA in Adelaide, Australia, and dedicated knee surgery fellowships at the Avon Orthopaedic Centre, Bristol, and Guy’s Hospital in London. He was also awarded a prestigious European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics & Traumatology (EFORT) fellowship to the University of Leuven, Belgium.

Mr Johal has a strong background in research. He wrote his MD thesis on the kinematics of the knee joint. This work has been cited by many other researchers and major implant companies in relation to their more modern knee prosthesis designs. He has published extensively in scientific journals and has presented to learned societies at both national and international conferences.

Mr Luthfur Rahman is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon with 20 years of experience in the NHS. Mr Rahman specialises in hip and knee problems including hip preservation surgery. He leads the Hip Fracture Service and is Orthopaedic Digital Lead in Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (Wycombe and Stoke Mandeville Hospital).

Mr Rahman has expertise in the full range of hip and knee problems and he was one of the first surgeons to develop a pathway and undertake same day discharge hip replacement in London at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. His clinical interests include hip replacement, knee replacement, partial knee replacement, revision surgery, hip arthroscopy and knee arthroscopy amongst other expertise including developing patient pathways based on his unique experience.

Mr Rahman graduated from University College London Medical School and subsequently undertook his postgraduate higher specialist training in the prestigious University College London Hospital training programme and has spent several years in London’s leading hospitals in addition to other multiple major teaching hospitals including the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. He is a highly trained specialist having completed multiple world-renowned fellowships in Canada where he spent a year as a hip and knee reconstruction fellow; UCLH as a fellow in hip preservation surgery and at the Royal London Hospital where he undertook the highly sought after major trauma fellowship.

Mr Rahman has a focus on enhanced recovery and strongly believes in patient centred care, ensuring his patients are his top priority in getting them back to their normal function. To achieve excellent results, Mr Rahman uses the most up-to-date modern techniques and equipment based on research evidence.

Mr Rahman has a significant interest in the latest research and innovation and has published in multiple peer reviewed journals with active development of Quality Improvement Projects and clinical research. He is a keen educator and has a formal qualification in medical education from the University of Nottingham. He teaches on the Internationally recognised Advanced Trauma and Life Support Course at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and has trained many up and coming surgeons.

Mr Rahman works closely with his team, but most of all with his patients and relatives to ensure the best outcomes for them.

BM, MMEd, MRCS(Eng), FRCS (Tr&Orth)
Consultant Spinal Orthopaedic Surgeon

Mr Edward Seel attended Southampton University Medical School in 1993 with subsequent Orthopaedic training in Wessex Deanery, considered Nationally as one of the best academic training schemes. He undertook advanced spinal fellowships at Oxford University Hospital and at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen’s Square, London. These experiences have given Mr Seel the breadth of knowledge and skills that underpin his expertise.

Mr Seel’s practice is sub-specialised to the field of Spine Surgery and provides services for the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with spinal conditions, including non-operative injection therapies and all aspects of open spine surgery. Areas of specific interest include sports injuries, back pain, sciatica, adult degenerative spine including spinal stenosis, cervical disease (for neck or arm pain), scoliosis, children’s spine, motion preserving surgery including cervical disc replacement and minimally invasive surgical techniques.

MD FRCS (Eng)
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon

Mr Pollalis is a fellowship-trained Orthopaedic surgeon specialising in all aspects of hip and knee disorders. He is a Consultant at Wycombe General and Stoke Mandeville Hospitals, both part of the Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust. His private practice is based at the Chiltern and Shelburne Hospitals, Buckinghamshire.

Mr Pollalis prides himself in providing accurate diagnosis and exceptional treatment for his patients, giving them the possibility to resume an active lifestyle and a high quality of life. He is at the forefront of implementing the latest techniques and procedures, both surgical and non-surgical. He strives to offer highest level evidence-based care utilising personalised treatment plans with an excellent bedside manner and a personal touch.

Mr Pollalis has a special interest in hip and knee replacement surgery, both primary and revision. He is particularly keen in minimally invasive partial knee replacement surgery. He is also skilled in arthroscopic (keyhole) knee surgery.

He is renowned for his expertise in rapid recovery and day case hip and knee replacement. He has been the leading surgeon in the development and delivery of the rapid recovery joint replacement pathway in Buckinghamshire NHS Trust and in the last 2 years over 50 of Mr Pollalis’ patients have been discharged on the same day after their hip or knee replacement. The pathway encompasses all the latest research around preoperative preparation, intraoperative muscle sparing techniques, postoperative multi modal pain relief and early mobilisation.

Having graduated from Athens Medical School, Greece in 2002, Mr Pollalis completed his specialist trauma and orthopaedic training in Athens, Greece and in Oxford, UK. During his training he was widely exposed to the full spectrum of elective and emergency orthopaedic conditions.

He then undertook extensive specialist fellowship training in joint replacement and worked with some of the UK’s foremost surgeons in hip and knee surgery. During his first fellowship in the world-renowned Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford he expanded his experience in primary and revision hip and knee surgery. In particular, he worked extensively with the designer group of the Oxford Partial Knee Replacement, gaining unique expertise in this field. He then completed a second high-volume specialist hip and knee fellowship at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital which has an outstanding reputation for joint replacement surgery. During his third joint replacement fellowship at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, he gained further expertise in the treatment of complex joint and bone problems including surgery for metastatic bone disease.

Mr Pollalis has a strong research background. He has published and presented extensively throughout his career on hip and knee problems, as well as on enhanced recovery after surgery, both in the UK and abroad.

He is also a very keen educator with a passion for teaching and training. He is the Educational Lead for Trauma and Orthopaedics in Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and sits regularly on the ARCP panel assessing the annual progression of orthopaedic trainees of the Oxford Deanery.

Outside of medicine Mr Pollalis enjoys spending time with his family. He has a passion for sailing and has competed in various regattas worldwide. He also enjoys skiing, music, and traveling.

Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon
BM, MSc, MRCS (Ed), FRCS Ed (Tr & Orth)

Mr Mahmood graduated from University of Southampton in 1995. He underwent Basic Surgical Training in Southampton and Colchester. He was an Anatomy Demonstrator at University of Cambridge.

He completed his Higher Surgical Training in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery on the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore Training Scheme. He achieved his subspecialty training in Spinal Surgery at Stanmore with further consolidation with Fellowships at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Oxford University Hospitals.

Mr Mahmood was appointed as a Consultant Spinal Orthopaedic Surgeon at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in 2014. His current NHS and private practices are exclusively in Spinal Surgery. He deals with all aspects of spinal surgery (including degenerative, deformity, tumour, trauma and infection) from cervical, thoracic to lumbosacral spine).

Mr Shariati is a neurosurgeon with special interest in Spinal Surgery.

He finished his medical school in Lodz, Poland in 1998 with subsequent Neurosurgical training in Poland. He finished two years skull base fellowship in Barts and The Royal London Hospital. He continued his carrier in spinal surgery in the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen’s Square, London. These experiences have given Mr Shariati vast knowledge about intradural and extradural tumours, transnasal and transoral endoscopic approach to upper cervical and skull base for cervical pathology and adult scoliosis. He finished his spinal fellowship at the prestigious spinal unit at Nottingham University Hospital. Before starting his job in Buckinghamshire NHS Trust, he had worked as a spinal consultant at the University Hospital of North Midlands, Sheffield, and Frimley Park Hospital.

Mr Shariati has strong academic background and at present he is a tutor at Buckingham Medical University.

Mr Shariati’s special interest is in minimally invasive spinal techniques including robotic surgery. He is sub-specialised in different aspects of whole spine pathology including non-operative spinal injections for diagnosis and pain managementand SIJ pathology. His areas of special interest include neck and back pain, adult degenerative spinal disorders in lumbar spine including disc prolapse and spinal stenosis and deformity, cervical surgeries including fusion, disc replacement and laminoplasty.