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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh
The Wright Choice for Orthopaedic Patients

We have more than 37 of the UK's leading Orthopaedic Consultants, and 60+ supporting Therapists, many of whom also have an international reputation for surgical excellence.

The Wright Choice for Orthopaedic Patients

MEET OUR OTHROPAEDIC CONSULTANTS AT

WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL

Find a consultant, choose a type of surgery:

Professor Tim Board

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hip and Knee Specialist

Qualifications

Qualifications: MB ChB(Hons), BSc(Hons), MRCS, MSc(Orth Eng), FRCS(Trauma & Orth), MD

Availability


Specialist Areas

  • Primary hip replacement
  • Revision hip replacement
  • Hip Impingement treatment, labral tear treatment
  • Hip Arthroscopy
  • Teenage and young adult hip problems 
  • Primary knee replacement
  • Complex hip and knee reconstruction
  • Infected cases and post trauma
  • Young patients with arthritis
  • Cemented and cementless fixation
  • Abnormalities such as hip dysplasia, Perthes, previous trauma
  • Bone grafting techniques
  • Femoral and acetabular reconstruction with bone grafting and/or mega prosthesis

Contact Details

Secretary: 01257 256528 
Email: andrea.j.birchall@wwl.nhs.uk   
More information on Tim is available at www.hipdr.co.uk
Twitter: @tim_n_board

Clinic Times

Tuesdays 9am - 5pm  Wrightington (Elective clinic)  


Background

Tim Board is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon working at the Centre for Hip Surgery at Wrightington Hospital. He is also a Visiting Professor in Orthopaedics at the University of Leeds, Honorary Senior Lecturer at University of Manchester and Honorary Professor at Salford University.

He is fellowship trained in dealing with complex hip and knee problems including primary and revision arthroplasty. He was appointed as a Consultant in 2007 and has developed a special interest in treating young patients with arthritis and also treating patients who have problems after operations and dealing with revision surgery of the hip. He also has an interest in dealing with hip impingement using the latest arthroscopic surgical techniques.

Tim gained his Medical degree from the University of Manchester in 1996 (awarded with Honours). He also gained a first-class honours degree in Anatomy whilst an undergraduate. He obtained Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1999. Speciality training in the North West led to completion of the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeon (Trauma and Orthopaedics) in 2005.

During his training Tim undertook periods of specialist training abroad, spending a year in Sydney, Australia and visiting fellowships in Hanover, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland. He also spent some voluntary time in Malawi, providing orthopaedic care and education, a visit funded by World Orthopaedic Concern.

He has a strong interest in research and undertook an MD at the University of Manchester investigating bone grafting techniques in revision hip surgery. He has presented at many national and international meetings and has published more than 110 papers (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=board+t) and contributed to many textbooks. His main fields of research interest include improving the outcomes of primary and revision hip replacement, hip impingement modelling, hip arthroscopy and paediatric hip replacement. He holds a number of research grants from NIHR, EPSRC and industry.

Tim is Greater Manchester NIHR lead for Orthopaedics and Chairs the British Hip Society Research Committee. Outside of work he is a keen fell runner, cyclist and sailor.

Consultants in a similar field:

Mr Anil Gambhir

Mr Aslam Mohammed

Mr Ben Coupe

Mr Simon Barton

Mr Bodo Purbach

Mr George Pavlou

Mr Henry Wynn Jones

Mr Jez Oakley

Martyn Porter

Mr Mukesh Hemmady

Professor Peter Kay FRCS

Mr Amol Chitre

Miss Debbie Shaw

Mr Robin Gilbert

Mr Robert Smith

Mr Anthony Clayson

Mr Videsh Raut

Mr Rafael Sales

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