Adrian qualified from The Royal London Hospital in 1995 and did his basic surgical training in central London and south-east England. He then moved to the north-west in 2000, when he was appointed to the registrar rotation in Trauma & Orthopaedics in the Mersey region. He spent the last two years of his training sub-specialising in hip and knee surgery, including one year as the Arthroplasty Fellow at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

 

Adrian is a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the British Orthopaedic Association and the British Hip Society.

 

Adrian's specialist interests include primary knee and hip replacement, including hip resurfacing replacement, unicompartmental knee replacement and patellofemoral joint replacement. He also has an interest in hip and knee replacement in young patients, including those who have previously suffered from paediatric hip disorders. He is also interested in alternate hard bearings such as ceramic on ceramic, metal on metal and, more recently, ceramic on metal.

 

Other interests include revision hip and knee replacement, in particular those patients with infected replacements, periprosthetic fractures, recurrent dislocations and those patients with significant bone loss. He is also interested in endoprosthetic limb salvage surgery for those patients who have undergone previous extensive revision procedures.

 

Outside work, he is married to a local GP and has 2 young children. He follows many sports, particularly rugby union and football. He is a keen golfer with a handicap of 11 and tries and go skiing every winter.