Mr Rhidian Thomas : Trauma & orthopaedic surgery

Bupa Platinum consultant
Fee assured
Verified account
Open Referral network

Overview

Specialises in

Foot & Ankle

Knee

Offers

Face-to-face consultations
Video and telephone consultations

About me

Consultant Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeon.
Specializing in lower limb sports injuries.
BSc (Hons) MBBS MS FRCSEd(Tr&Orth) FFSEM(UK)
Works in NHs at Imperial healthcare NHS Trust, London
Immediate past president of BOSTAA (British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma association and arthroscopy)
Active ember International ACL Study group
Foundation fellow Faculty Sports and Excercise medicine
Widely Published and Presented on a wide variety subject at regional and international meetings related to knee, shin foot and ankle problems.
Has been the Match day Orthopaedic Surgeon for the English RFU for over 20 years

Areas of interest

Lower limb sports injuries;
Knee soft tissue injuries; including anterior cruciate; complex multi-ligament injuries; arthroscopic knee surgery; Anterior cruciate ligament; meniscus tears ; patella tendonopathy;
Knee Ligament reconstruction
Knee arthritis; articular cartilage repair; knee replacement surgery;
Ankle soft tissue injuries and ankle arthroscopy;
Ankle ligament surgery; articular cartilage repair; achilles tendonopathy ; peroneal tendonopathy
Foot surgery e.g ; Bunions, Morton neuroma; plantar plate tears; Plantar fasciitis;
Shin splints, exercise induced shin pain e.g stress fractures; chronic excercise induced compartment syndrome;

Medical secretaries

Hayley Rosenberg
Parkside Hospital 53 Parkside Wimbledon London SW19 5NX
020 8946 3007
07538 704294
thomas.secretary@hotmail.co.uk

Anaesthetists worked with

Dr Dejan Markovic Not Fee Assured
Dr Burhan Shawki Fee Assured
Dr Tharumalingam Gowripalann Fee Assured
Dr Paolo Perella Fee Assured

Dr Fuhazia Arif Fee Assured
Dr Martin S Chong Fee Assured
Dr Andrejs Dombrovskis Fee Assured

About me

Current NHS consultant posts held

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Charing Cross and St Mary's Hospitals

Research interests

Honorary Senior Lecturer Imperial College, London.
Widely pubished on a variety of knee, shin, ankle and foot disorders.
Including Arthritic problems, ligament disorders and tendinopathies, overuse injuries
Clinical examination techniques of the knee
Anteromedial rotatatory laxity of the knee AMRL (Feagin-Thomas Test).
Sign for degenerate meniscus tears of the knee Thomas-Feagin Test.

Personal interests

Match Day Orthopaedic Surgeon for the English RFU for over 20 yrs

Keeping fit, gardening and reading

Awards received

Travelling Fellow British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma and Arthroscopy Association to USA.
Member International Anterior Cruciate Ligament Study Group.
Honorary Fellow Faculty Sports and Exercise Medicine(UK).
Past President British Orthopaedic Sports, Trauma and Arthroscopy Association.

(Additional) Languages spoken

Publications

Over 100 publications and presentations at national and international meetings.
Publications in main Orthopedic journals such as Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American Journal of Sports Medicine, Clinical Orthopaedics and related research.

Courses offered to GPs

Regular speaker to GPs, Physios, Osteopaths, Chiropractors and Podiatrists via private hospitals as listed

My outcomes

My qualifications & training

Qualifications

Specilsit Register Orthopaedic and Truams Surgery London 1998
Master of Surgery London 1998
Fellow Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh 1991
BSc in Immunology and Microbiology St Mary's Hospital, London 1983
MBBS London St Bartholowew's Hospital, London 1986

Additional training

Sports Medicine Fellowship Duke University, USA 1997

GMC registration

Reference number 3119961

Professional bodies (positions held - last 3 yrs)

Training Programme Director Sports and Exercise Medicine Pan London 2011

Details of entry to specialist register

Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery , 1998

Affiliations / memberships

BMA
FRCS(Ed)
FFSEM(UK)
International ACL Study Grp
West London Medical Grp
past President British Orthopaedic Sports, Trauma and Arthroscopy Association (BOSTAA)

My private practice

Practice hours

Practice
Day
Hours
Appt Bookings

Ashtead HospitalThe WarrenAshteadKT21 2SB
Thursday
08:30 - 13:00
01372 221441

Charing Cross HospitalFulham Palace...
Tuesday
17:30 - 20:00
020 3311 1148

Parkside Hospital53 ParksideLONDONSW19 5NX
Monday
17:00 - 20:00
020 8137 8431

Parkside Hospital53 ParksideLONDONSW19 5NX
Wednesday
13:30 - 17:00
020 8137 8431

Parkside Hospital53 ParksideLONDONSW19 5NX
Thursday
17:00 - 20:00
020 8137 8431

Parkside Hospital53 ParksideLONDONSW19 5NX
Friday
14:30 - 20:00
020 8137 8431

Post treatment communication

Following treatment of a Bupa member, I will communicate with GPs in line with Department of Health, GMC and appropriate professional bodies guidelines.

In the event of an urgent query following treatment, Bupa members should use the following contact details

020 8946 3007

07538 704294

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

Procedures completed

W8500
Multiple arthroscopic operations on knee (including meniscectomy, chondroplasty, drilling or microfracture) - unilateral - (5-50)

Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital (5-50) Ramsay Ashtead Hospital (1-5)
W7420
Autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction without lateral tendonesis +/- meniscectomy - (5-50)

Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital (5-50) Ramsay Ashtead Hospital (1-5)
W4210
Total prosthetic replacement of knee joint +/- cement +/- patella resurfacing - unilateral - (5-50)

Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital (5-50)
T5540
Fasciotomy of limb - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital (1-5)
W2830
Removal of internal fixation from bone / joint, excluding K-wires +/- image guidance - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital (1-5)
W8646
Multiple arthroscopic operations on ankle (including soft tissue +/- bony +/- joint surface procedures) without ligament reconstruction - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital (1-5)
T6770
Peroneal sling/groove reconstruction & replacement of dislocated peroneal tendons - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital (1-5)
W7470
Revision of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction including autograft/allograft - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital (1-5)
W8230
Arthroscopic meniscal repair - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital (1-5)
W0850
Partial excision of bone (including exostoses) - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Parkside Hospital (1-5)
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