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Specialises in
- Foot & Ankle
- Paediatric
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;
Medical secretaries
- Clare Ritchie
- Unit B6 Speldhurst Business Park Langton Road Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells TN3 0AQ
- 01892 740990
- info@thefootandanklecentre.com
Anaesthetists worked with
- Dr Andrew Moran
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- Dr Garth Sommerville
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- Dr Raja Reddy
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- Dr Pavol Palcovic
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- Dr Kate Stannard
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- Dr Antony Sanjiev Ratnasingham
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- Dr James Peerless
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- Dr Asad Khan
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- Dr Richard J Griffiths
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- Dr Robert Williams
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- Dr Daniel Moult
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- Dr Trudie Phillips
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- Dr Snehasish Guha
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- Dr Helen Burdett
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- Dr James Cook
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- Dr Henry Boyle
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- Dr Srinivasan Perumal
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Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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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 - (5-50)
KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5) Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (5-50)
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T8002
Minor release of muscle for pain or contracture (involving small joint) - (5-50)
Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5) KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5)
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W6019
Ankle syndesmosis reconstruction - (5-50)
Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (5-50) KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5)
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T8003
Major release of muscle for pain or contracture (e.g. quadriceps) (involving large joint) - (5-50)
KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5) Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)
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W0460
Complex procedure to mid foot or hindfoot without autogenous bone graft (osteotomy/fusion +/- tendon transfers) - (1-5)
KIMS Hospital Limited (1-5) Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital (1-5)
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