Godfrey Charnley has
over twelve years of Consultant experience in major hip and knee
replacement surgery and revision surgery. His surgical practice
encompasses both young and old patients and various technologies in
this field.
He is an Examiner
for FRCS Orth Diploma and Regional Coordinator for the National
Joint Registry. In addition he regularly reviews papers for the
European Hip Societies Journal “Hip International”.
Mr Charnley is a
member of both British and European Hip Societies and the British
and French Orthopaedic Associations.
Mr Charnley
qualified in 1983 from St. Thomas’s Hospital in London. He
subsequently received training as a Registrar in London and as a
Senior Registrar in Bristol. His qualifications include FRCS, FRCS
Ed and FRCS Orth. In 2007, Mr Charnley achieved the status of
Fellow of The Higher Education Academy.
Complimenting his UK
training, Mr Charnley had Fellowship training in Knee Surgery in
Basel, Switzerland in 1992, Trauma and Revision Joint Replacement
Surgery in Paris, France and a Scholarship in Pelvic Fracture
Surgery in Seattle, USA both in 1995.
Prior to relocating
to Essex Mr Charnley was both an Honorary Senior Lecturer and a
Consultant at Derriford Hospital and the Plymouth Post Graduate
Medical School between 1995 and 2002.
Mr Charnley as well
as having a busy clinical practice is a frequent lecturer and
teacher at National and International meetings. He has published
several papers and book chapters on various aspects of joint
replacement surgery (please
refer to Research and Publications pages).
Mr Charnley is part of National Teaching
Faculties for surgeons in training of both cemented and cementless
hip replacement surgery. He has introduced many new technologies in
the realm of hip surgery to Mid-Essex, including biologically coated
cementless hip fixation, hip resurfacing and small incision surgery.
He has also had the pleasure of lecturing the regions Osteopaths,
Chiropractors and Physiotherapists in new surgical techniques and
advances in joint replacement surgery.
Over the past four
years he has presented original research in England, Italy, Eire,
France, Portugal and Austria. His current research interests
include hip replacement for hip fracture, minimally invasive
approaches to the hip and acetabular (hip socket) reconstruction.
In 2005, Mr Charnley
was awarded the prize for the best scientific presentation at the
HIP 2005 meeting in Toulouse, France and in September 2007 he gave
two Instructional Lectures to the South African Orthopaedic
Association on the use of Tantalum/Trabecular metal in hip
replacement surgery.
