- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Foot & Ankle
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr Senthil Kumar is a senior orthopaedic foot and ankle surgeon in Scotland. His special interests include sports injuries of foot and ankle, ankle replacement surgery and complex hind foot deformity correction operations. He was a founder member of Glasgow Sports Surgery Service which treated elite athletes and players from a variety of sport at club and national level in Scotland. He also treats dancers from Scottish Ballet and Glasgow Dance School. He has published a number of research papers on various aspects of foot and ankle surgery and plays an active role in teaching and training. He heads the Foot and Ankle Fellowship programme at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, a leading teaching hospital in Scotland where he was also the Clinical Director and Clinical Lead Surgeon from 2013 until 2018. He has served 10 years in the faculty of examiners for both the FRCS and MRCS examinations of Royal Colleges of Surgeons in United Kingdom and Ireland.
Areas of interest
Sports injuries; Foot surgery; Ankle surgery; Ankle replacements; Arthroscopy of the ankle; Arthritis of foot and ankle; Tendon disorders; Shock wave therapy for plantar fasciitis (heel pain) and Achilles tendinitis; Bunion (hallux valgus) corrective surgery is routinely done under local anaesthesia with or without sedation;Medico-legal reports relating to foot and ankle injuries.
I offer consultations and treatment for patients over the age of 16.
Medical secretaries
- Debbie Clearie
- Glasgow Royal Infirmary Castle Street GLASGOW G4 0SF
- 0141 201 3751
- deborah.clearie@nhs.scot
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Chinnasamy Senthil Kumar has worked with Dr Elizabeth McGrady at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Chinnasamy Senthil Kumar has worked with Dr David MacPherson at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Chinnasamy Senthil Kumar has worked with Dr Shubhranshu Gupta at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Chinnasamy Senthil Kumar has worked with Dr Robert Hart at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital (1-5)
HALLUX VALGUS (Bunion) surgery, before anda fter x-rays 
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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W0460
Complex procedure to mid foot or hindfoot without autogenous bone graft (osteotomy/fusion +/- tendon transfers) - (5-50)
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W0464
Complex procedure to mid foot and hindfoot with autogenous bone graft (osteotomy/fusion +/- tendon transfers, fixation) - (1-5)
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W0321
Osteotomies (eg Scarf and Akin) for hallux valgus correction with or without +/- internal fixation and +/- soft tissue correction - unilateral - (1-5)
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T5250
Endoscopic plantar fascia release - (1-5)
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W0860
Metatarsophalangeal cheilectomy - unilateral, as sole procedure - (1-5)
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W4410
Total prosthetic replacement of ankle joint - (1-5)
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W9040
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa - unilateral - (1-5)
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W0300
Multiple procedures on forefoot, distal to and including the tarsometatarsal joint, which involves at least two distinct procedures not intrinsic to each other - unilateral - (1-5)
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W2830
Removal of internal fixation from bone / joint, excluding K-wires +/- image guidance - (1-5)
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A6030
Transection of peripheral nerve for neuroma - (1-5)
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T5900
Excision of ganglion - (1-5)
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T6722
Primary open lengthening of Achilles tendon - (1-5)
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S0651
Removal of benign lesion on trunk or limbs less than 10 cm in diameter or on scalp less than 5cm in diameter (excluding lipoma) - (1-5)
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W0850
Partial excision of bone (including exostoses) - (1-5)
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W1590
Correction of retracted/dislocated metatarsophalangeal joint (including tendon transfer, division/realignment of bone and internal fixation) - (1-5)