Mr Chinnasamy Senthil Kumar : Trauma & orthopaedic surgery

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Overview

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

Dr Robert Hart Fee Assured
Dr Elizabeth McGrady Fee Assured

Dr Shubhranshu Gupta Fee Assured

About me

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeon
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Glasgow

Research interests

Actively involved in setting up, supervising and conducting a number of research/audit projects in various aspects of foot and ankle surgery. Our team presents at least 2 or 3 completed projects in regional, national and international meetings every year. Please check the web site www.nuffieldhealth.com/consultants/mr-c-senthil-kumar for a list of presentations and publications in journals

(Additional) Languages spoken

Courses offered to GPs

I regularly conduct patient information and GP education events in foot and ankle surgery, hosted by the Nuffield Health Glasgow hospital. Further information is available on the Nuffield Health Website

About my work

My outcomes

My qualifications & training

Qualifications

FRCS Royal College of Surgeons of England 1992
FRCS (Glasgow) Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow 2002
FRCS (Tr&Orth) Royal College of Surgeons of England 1998

Additional training

Overseas Visiting Fellow in Foot and Ankle Surgery Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore. USA 2001

GMC registration

Reference number 3636596

Professional bodies (positions held - last 3 yrs)

Full Member British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society 1999

Details of entry to specialist register

Specialist register, General Medical Council , 1999

Affiliations / memberships

European Foot and Ankle Society
Member of the Educational Committee

My private practice

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

Procedures completed

W0460
Complex procedure to mid foot or hindfoot without autogenous bone graft (osteotomy/fusion +/- tendon transfers) - (5-50)

Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital (1-5)
W0321
Osteotomies (eg Scarf and Akin) for hallux valgus correction with or without +/- internal fixation and +/- soft tissue correction - unilateral - (1-5)
A6030
Transection of peripheral nerve for neuroma - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital (1-5)
W0464
Complex procedure to mid foot and hindfoot with autogenous bone graft (osteotomy/fusion +/- tendon transfers, fixation) - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital (1-5)
W0860
Metatarsophalangeal cheilectomy - unilateral, as sole procedure - (1-5)
W9040
Injection(s) +/- aspiration, into joint, cyst, bursa - unilateral - (1-5)
W8645
Multiple arthroscopic operations on ankle (including soft tissue +/- bony +/- joint surface procedures) with ligament reconstruction - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital (1-5)
T5900
Excision of ganglion - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital (1-5)
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)
W5940
Fusion of interphalangeal joint(s) of toe (including internal fixation) - unilateral - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital (1-5)
W1040
Osteotomy of short bone of foot (excluding hallux valgus and including internal fixation) - (1-5)
W0323
Revision of osteotomy/ies (eg Scarf and Akin) for hallux valgus correction with or without +/- internal fixation and +/- soft tissue correction - unilateral - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital (1-5)
T5250
Endoscopic plantar fascia release - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital (1-5)
X4810
Change of cast without general anaesthetic (as sole procedure) - (1-5)
T6722
Primary open lengthening of Achilles tendon - (1-5)
T6770
Peroneal sling/groove reconstruction & replacement of dislocated peroneal tendons - (1-5)

Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital (1-5)
W0462
Complex procedure to mid foot or hindfoot with autogenous bone graft (osteotomy/fusion +/- tendon transfers/fixation) - (1-5)
20365
Follow-up out-patient consultation - remote - (1-5)
W0850
Partial excision of bone (including exostoses) - (1-5)

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