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Mr James Ritchie

Mr James Ritchie

The Foot and Ankle Centre Tunbridge Wells

Trauma & orthopaedic surgery 04231105

http://www.thefootandanklecentre.com

 

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Fee assured
Not in Open Referral network

Specialises in

  • Foot & Ankle
  • Paediatric

Offers

  • Face-to-face consultations
  • Video and telephone consultations

About me

Mr James Ritchie is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in Foot and Ankle Surgery in children and adults. He currently sees private patients at KIMS Hospital, Spire Gatwick Park Hospital, Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital and Sevenoaks Medical Centre. An acknowldged expert in the treatment of foot and ankle problems from foot pain and bunions to ankle arthritis and sports injuries, Mr Ritchie is frequently invited to lecture at international courses and conferences. He is a senior Council member and Executive Officer of the European Foot and Ankle Society.


Mr Ritchie graduated from Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals London in1995 and undertook a fellowship in Foot and Ankle Surgery at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital at Stanmore and specialises in all aspects of foot and ankle problems from foot pain and ingrowing toenails through sports injuries and fractures to total ankle replacement. He uses the most up to date surgical techniques to optimise outcomes and recovery times for his patients.

He was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells in 2005 and went on to lead the development of foot and ankle surgery in the area including setting up the only multidisciplinary Charcot diabetic foot and ankle clinic in Kent. Together with Lt. Col. Tania Cubison. he formed the regional complex lower limb reconstruction service, based at Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, but treating patients from across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and London.

He is committed to teaching and ran the Foot and Ankle section of the South East Thames Higher Surgical Training Programme, based at Guy's Hospital, from 2005-2017. Over the past year he has taught on the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore, Oxford and Cambridge Foot and Ankle Surgery courses as well as the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Advanced Foot and Ankle Course. He also contributed a chapter to "Core Topics in Foot and Ankle Surgery" (Cambridge University Press, 2018), one of the most up to date text books for foot and ankle surgeons.

Mr Ritchie is regularly asked to lecture both national and international conferences for foot and ankle surgeons and in the last few months has been an invited speaker not only to the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, but also to the European Foot and Ankle Society as well as teaching on curses at the universities of Copenhagen and Barcelona. He participated in the recent EFAS humanitarian course teaching surgeons in Algeria.

He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, the British Orthopaedic Association and sits on the Scientific Committee of the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society as well as the Orthopaedic Expert Working Group for NHS England. He also currently sits on the council of the European Foot and Ankle Society.

Areas of interest

Foot and ankle surgery for adults and children; total ankle replacement; bunion correction; hammer toe correction; ankle arthroscopy; sports injury; Achilles tendon problems; ankle instability; ankle sprain; ankle fractures; foot fractures; Morton's neuroma; mechanical foot pain; flat feet; toe-walking; in-toeing; plantar fasciitis; ingrowing toenails; Cartiva; hallux valgus; hallux rigidus; big toe joint replacement; children's foot problems; claw toe; curly toes; hammer toes; metatarsalgia; arthritis;ankle arthritis; Sever's disease; heel pain; stress fractures; shin splints; tibias posterior tendinopathy; toe deformity; gait abnormalities; leg pain;

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Anaesthetists worked with

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr Andrew Moran at the following hospitals:

    • Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr Garth Sommerville at the following hospitals:

    • Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr Raja Reddy at the following hospitals:

    • KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5)

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr Pavol Palcovic at the following hospitals:

    • KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5)

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr Antony Sanjiev Ratnasingham at the following hospitals:

    • Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr James Peerless at the following hospitals:

    • Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr Devaraj Nidagatte Dyamanna at the following hospitals:

    • KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5)

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr Robert Williams at the following hospitals:

    • KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5)

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr Asad Khan at the following hospitals:

    • Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr Richard J Griffiths at the following hospitals:

    • Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr Daniel Moult at the following hospitals:

    • KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5)

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr Trudie Phillips at the following hospitals:

    • Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr Snehasish Guha at the following hospitals:

    • Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr James Cook at the following hospitals:

    • KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5)

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr John Friis at the following hospitals:

    • KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5)

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr Helen Burdett at the following hospitals:

    • Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr Henry Boyle at the following hospitals:

    • Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)

  • Mr James Ritchie has worked with Dr Srinivasan Perumal at the following hospitals:

    • Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)
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