Prof. Nima Heidari : Trauma & orthopaedic surgery

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Overview

Specialises in

Foot & Ankle

Trauma

Offers

Face-to-face consultations
Video and telephone consultations

About me

Nima Heidari is an expert orthopaedic and trauma surgeon who specialises in treating all conditions of foot and ankle including sports injuries, fractures as well as arthritis and deformity. He also treats complications of previous surgery such as infection related to fracture fixation and osteomyelitis. He has set up the bone infection and limb reconstruction unit at The Royal London Hospital, the largest trauma centre in the UK and one the busiest in Europe.

He has recently been awarded a Visiting Professorship at the George Emil Palade University of Medicine in Targu Mures.

Professor Heidari’s guiding principle is to put the patient at the centre of his approach to care. Arriving at the correct diagnosis is key. This requires patience and open mindedness to listen, assess and examine the patient in order to understand the true nature of their problem. He is in the privileged position of having many referrals from colleagues both in his NHS and private practice where the patients have had a complication or have a complex problem requiring his unique and specialist skills.

He works with a group of internationally acclaimed surgeons and doctors: Orthopaedic Specialists. In the setting of this exceptional multi-disciplinary team, patients are guaranteed a quick and accurate diagnosis and a personalised care plan.

Author of over 80 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and several book chapters, Professor Heidari has written extensively about all aspects of foot and ankle injuries and their treatment as well as techniques for limb reconstruction and minimally invasive techniques of fracture fixation. He has a particular interest in joint preservation for arthritis with the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence to improve and enhance the accuracy of clinical decisions, reduce risk by mitigating bias and guiding treatment. He has developed and published on proprietary machine-learning predictive algorithms which mitigate less-represented-class bias in data.

He is very aware of the profound effect foot and ankle pain or injury can have on a person’s quality of life. The foot is an extremely complex organ with many possible sources of pain and dysfunction. The approach to each individual’s problem needs to be bespoke to deal with their unique set of issues, whether surgical or non-surgical, he aims to provide his patients with the best and most optimal treatment.

Areas of interest

Foot & ankle:
Ankle arthritis;
Ankle joint preserving surgery for arthritis;
Ankle arthroscopy;
Great toe bunion correction;
Morton's neuroma;
Arthritis of the foot and great toe;
Reconstruction of the foot following trauma;
Complex foot and ankle fractures;
Adult flat foot (pes planus);
Adult high arch (pes cavus);
Sports injuries of the foot and ankle.

Lower limb reconstruction:
Deformity correction;
Limb lengthening (with external fixators and intramedullary devices);
Treatment of bone infection;
Complex post-trauma reconstruction;

Orthopaedic trauma:
Complex intra-articular fractures of the lower limb;
Complex foot fracture including... lis franc, calcaneus, talus, cuboid, navicular.

Medical secretaries

Nicci Hughes
OS Clinic 45 Queen Anne Street London W1G 8HU
020 7046 8000
020 7046 8000
info@os.clinic

Anaesthetists worked with

Dr William Whiteley Fee Assured
Dr Sanjoy Bhattacharyya Fee Assured
Dr Ali Mofeez Fee Assured

Dr Kalyani Gorrela Fee Assured
Dr Thivanka Asela Wimalaratne Fee Assured
Dr Ian Fleming Not Fee Assured

About me

External resources

Peer Reviewed Publications

Current NHS consultant posts held

My NHS practice was at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, London. I treated some of the most complex lower limb injuries seen at the Royal London Hospital which is one of the busiest Trauma units in Europe. My areas of subspecialist interest include the treatment of the conditions of Foot & Ankle, complex lower limb trauma and complex reconstruction of the lower limb including correction of deformities and limb length discrepancy.

Research interests

My past research includes:
The effect of mesenchymal stem cells on the integration and remodelling of impaction grafting
The response of physis to injury
Many anatomical studies related to surgical techniques

My current areas of research includes the role of infection in degenerative diseases of the skeleton

Awards received

Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travelling Fellowship
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Clinical Training
Fellowship Award
Synthes Travelling Fellowship
OrthoSolutions Travelling Fellowship
Bank of Austria Visiting Scientist Program Grant
Medical University of Graz
EFORT Foundation Travelling Fellowship
British Orthopaedic Association Travelling Fellowship

(Additional) Languages spoken

Publications

I have over 90 peer reviewed publications:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3532-1096

Courses offered to GPs

Many talks are available here: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthopaedicSpecialists/videos

About my work

My qualifications & training

My private practice

Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)

Procedures completed

X4810
Change of cast without general anaesthetic (as sole procedure) - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
W1800
Drainage/debridement of bone(s) (including sequestrectomy for osteomyelitis) - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
W2830
Removal of internal fixation from bone / joint, excluding K-wires +/- image guidance - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
W3030
Removal of external fixation from bone - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
S4183
Debridement and primary suture of wound with involvement of deeper tissue - trunk & limbs - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
W3100
Bone graft (as sole procedure) - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
T6722
Primary open lengthening of Achilles tendon - (1-5)
20365
Follow-up out-patient consultation - remote - (1-5)
S0633
Excision of lesion of skin or subcutaneous tissue - up to three, Trunk & Limbs (excluding lipoma) - (1-5)
T7482
Platelet Rich Plasma injection for tendinopathy with/without dry needling and ultrasound guidance - (1-5)
W3040
Application of IIizarov frame for secondary non-union / mal-union (including osteotomy) - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
W3020
Adjustments to IIizarov frame/rings - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
W6019
Ankle syndesmosis reconstruction - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
T5540
Fasciotomy of limb - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
W0462
Complex procedure to mid foot or hindfoot with autogenous bone graft (osteotomy/fusion +/- tendon transfers/fixation) - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
W2380
Locked intramedullary nailing of fractured long bone - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
S0653
Removal of benign lesion in muscle or deeper tissue (excluding lipoma) - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
W7580
Open surgical stabilisation of patella, including soft tissue/tendon transfer or release, +/- application of cast (adult) - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
W1920
Primary open reduction of long bone with fixation - (1-5)

London Clinic (1-5)
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