Professor Alister Hart

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Hip & Knee Specialist

QualificationsMA, MB BChir, MD, FRCSG (Orth)

Main NHS base:

• Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Clinical interests:

Professor Hart is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in Hip and knee Surgery at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore.

Training & background:

Alister Hart is the professor of orthopaedic surgery at University College London (UCL) and consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH). He is director of research and development at the RNOH. He studied medicine at Caius College Cambridge (q 1994). He trained at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals and then on the RNOH SpR rotation. In 2006 he was appointed Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Imperial College London. In 2012 he was appointed to his present position.

His surgical and research interests focus on the achievement of the best possible outcomes after hip and knee replacement by using tried and tested implant designs, precise surgical positioning and taking patient factors into account. He is a co-director, with John Skinner and Gordon Blunn, of the London Implant Retrieval Centre (LIRC).

He has raised £4 million in grants, published more than 60 papers, and performed more than 3000 operations including 750 primary or revision hip and knee replacements. He has reviewed for 6 journals and 4 grant bodies. He teaches on aspects of hip surgery to surgeons of all grades, including orthopaedic basic sciences, patient assessment using clinical examination and imaging, patient management and surgical technique.

Clinic Times

Please note these are regular clinics, other times may be available by appointment