Launch
Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Knee
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Joel is a specialist knee surgeon working as a consultant at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. He manages the full range of simple and complex, operative and non-operative knee conditions. He has a masters degree in Orthopaedic Engineering. He was trained in the Wessex region during which time he was awarded the FRCS in Trauma and Orthopaedics followed by the CCT in Orthopaedics and Trauma surgery. After this, he spent a year of fellowship training in knee surgery in Sydney, Australia working at the world renowned North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre. Here, he gained further experience in all aspects of sports medicine, the management of knee ligament injuries, the management of knee arthritis and knee replacement surgery. He has also spent time completing fellowship training in limb reconstruction techniques and as an AO fellow in Marseille, France.
Areas of interest
Sports injuries; Arthroscopy; Knee surgery; Anterior knee pain; Knee arthroscopy; Cartilage repair; Ligament reconstruction including anterior cruciate ligament; Mulitligament reconstruction; Degenerative knee disorders; Osteotomy; Knee pain; Arthritis; Knee; Knee replacement surgery; Revision Knee Replacement
Medical secretaries
- Sam Lilley
- Cambridge Spire Lea Hospital 30 New Road Impington Cambridge CB24 9EL
- 01223 516600
- sam.lilley@cam-med.co.uk
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Joel Melton has worked with Dr Rakesh Tandon at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital (>50)
- Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (>50)
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Mr Joel Melton has worked with Dr Amr Abdelaal at the following hospitals:
- Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (1-5)
- Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Joel Melton has worked with Dr Vibhay Kakhandki at the following hospitals:
- Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Joel Melton has worked with Dr Anand Kumar Bangalore Puttappa at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Joel Melton has worked with Dr Ram Adapa at the following hospitals:
- Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Joel Melton has worked with Dr Hemantha Alawattegama at the following hospitals:
- Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Joel Melton has worked with Dr Anand Jain at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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W8500
Multiple arthroscopic operation on knee (including meniscectomy, chondroplasty, drilling or microfracture) - (>50)
Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital (5-50) Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (5-50)
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W7420
Autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (including arthroscopic and meniscectomy) - (5-50)
Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital (5-50) Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (5-50)
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W1920
Primary open reduction of long bone with fixation - (1-5)
Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital (1-5)
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W1660
Tibial osteotomy - (1-5)
Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital (1-5) Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (1-5)
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W3110
Osteochondral grafting as a single stage procedure - (1-5)
Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital (1-5)
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W9040
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa - unilateral - (1-5)
Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital (1-5)
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W5200
Unicompartmental knee replacement - (1-5)
Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital (1-5) Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (1-5)
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W4210
Total prosthetic replacement of knee joint, +/- cement, +/- patella - (1-5)
Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital (1-5) Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (1-5)
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W7583
Repair of patellar/quadricep tendon - (1-5)
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W2830
Removal of internal fixation from bone / joint, excluding K-wires +/- image guidance - (1-5)
Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital (1-5)
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W7580
Open surgical stabilisation of patella, including soft tissue/tendon transfer or release, +/- application of cast (adult) - (1-5)
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W4200
Complex primary total knee replacement (i.e. including bone graft, augmentation or osteotomy) - (1-5)
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W8580
Multiple arthroscopic operation on knee (including meniscectomy, chondroplasty, drilling or microfracture) - bilateral - (1-5)
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W4230
Revision of total replacement of knee joint - (1-5)
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W0960
Excision of benign tumour of bone with bone grafting - (1-5)
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W8230
Arthroscopic meniscal repair - (1-5)