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About me

Mr Kambiz Hashemi qualified from Birmingham University Medical School in 1973 and spent his post-graduate training at United Birmingham Hospitals including Birmingham Accident Hospital where he conducted a two-year research on industrial injuries, leading to an MD Thesis granted in 1989.

Clinical practice
In September 1985 he took up the post of Consultant in Emergency Medicine with an interest in hand surgery and started the first open acute hand clinic in Surrey, initially focusing on acute conditions and by 1986 covering all aspects of upper limb disorders.
Mr Hashemi is a fellow of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand as well as the European Society for Surgery of the Hand.
Although retired from his post as a consultant hand surgeon Mr Hashemi continues with his commitment to the NHS (part-time) seeing mainly patients with upper (and lower limb) injuries at CUH.
Teaching and Training
He has for many years chaired the Specialist Training Committee at the London Deanery. He was a member of several committees at the London Deanery, including academic, training and education committees.
Mr Hashemi has been an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and remains an examiner for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
Mr Hashemi continues to teach and train undergraduate medical students as well as junior and middle-grade trainees in EM.
Mr Hashemi runs regular workshops on several topics, including �how to do research�, �risk avoidance�, as well as �upper limb injuries/disorders�.
Mr Hashemi has been an Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) instructor and course director for over thirty years and runs 4 ATLS courses a year for senior surgical and anaesthetic clinicians, including consultants.
Research and Publications
In addition to his MD, Mr Hashemi has carried out extensive research projects resulting in over 60 publications in scientific medical journals in various aspects of emergency medicine and hand surgery.
Mr Hashemi has given numerous presentations at local, national and international scientific meetings and conferences.
Awards
In 2007, in recognition of his services to the NHS, Mr Hashemi received the �Silver Award� (NHS Clinical Excellence Award).
In 2023, the Croydon Medical Society, in recognition of his significant contribution, on a sustained basis, to the development of health and health services for Croydon patients, awarded Mr Hashemi its Lifetime Achievement Award.


PREVIOUS POSITIONS HELD
Chairman, The Medical Commission on Accident Prevention, the Royal College of Surgeons
Chairman, Regional Specialist Training Committee, (EM) South Thames (West)
President, Accident & Emergency Section, the Royal Society of Medicine
University Clinical Tutor, Croydon University Hospital
Member of Board of Examiners, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Regional Adviser South Thames (West), Faculty of A&E Medicine
Speciality Adviser in Accident and Emergency Medicine, the Royal College of Surgeons
External Professional Advisor in EM to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Member of Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards - NHS Executive
Member of the Professional & Linguistic Assessment Board of the General Medical Council



Professional Memberships

(Please do not abbreviate) � Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
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� Fellow of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand
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� Founding Member, The Royal College of Emergency Medicine
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Professional Website

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Areas of interest

Carpal tunnel decompression
Ulnar nerve decompression
Excision of ganglia
Trigger finger release
Trigger Thumb release
Dupuytren's Surgery
Tennis Elbow surgery
Golfer's Elbow surgery
Trapeziectomy
Hand pain
Hand injury
Hand stiffness
Hand numbness
Finger/Thumb numbness
Finger injury
Finger stiffness
Thumb injury
Joint pain
Joint stiffness
Hand arthritis
Thumb arthitis
Hand weakness
Hand numbness
wrist pain
wrist stiffness
Elbow pain
Elbow stiffness
RSI/WRULD
Upper limb surgery

Medical secretaries

• Yvonne Woods
• Shirley Oaks Hospital Poppy Lane Croydon CR9 8AB
• 020 8683 0279
• 07710 350096
• 020 8401 3092
• yvonnewoods@nhs.net