Miss Valerie Nuñez
Qualifications
MBBS, FRCS (Tr&Orth)
GMC number: 3616451
Practising since: 1992
Specialties
Orthopaedic surgery
Consultation times
- Guildford: Tuesdays 15:30 - 17:00
- Woking: Monthly Wednesdays 09:00 - 12:30
- Overview
About
Miss Nuñez is a Consultant Orthopaedic Hand and Wrist Surgeon with expertise in the management of all aspects of hand and wrist disorders and injuries. She has been a specialist in hand and wrist surgery for almost 20 years.
She completed her specialist surgical orthopaedic training on the South West London rotation, after which she completed three sub-speciality plastic surgery Hand Fellowships at The Hand Clinic, Windsor, St George's Hospital Plastics and Reconstructive Unit and The Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead.
She has published a number of papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international meetings in Europe and abroad. She is a keen educator and has travelled internationally to establish sub-speciality training and educational courses in El Salvador and Sudan.
She was elected as Chairman of the Hand & Wrist Faculty of the AOUK Trauma society in 2014, and is an invited International member of the Hand Expert Group of the AOTK Trauma Foundation based in Switzerland since 2016.
Special interests
All aspects of Hand and Wrist surgery, including trauma and elective diagnoses and treatments.
In particular, she is specifically interested in and has expertise in, minimally invasive procedures for:
- Wrist injuries and their sequelae & Basal Thumb Osteoarthritis
- Dupuytren's Disease and Contractures, in particular minimally invasive outpatient procedures under local anaesthetic
- Arthritis Treatment including keyhole surgery of the thumb base joint, and finger joint replacements
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, open and keyhole release
- Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
- Trigger finger and thumb
- Keyhole surgery of the Wrist
- Injuries and Fractures of the Hand & Wrist and their sequelae
- Joint pain treatment (joint injections)
Languages spoken
English, French, Spanish
Treatments and tests offered by Miss Valerie Nuñez at Nuffield Health
- Excision of a ganglion
- Trigger finger release
- Carpal tunnel release
- Hand surgery
- Dupuytren's fasciectomy
Locations Miss Valerie Nuñez works with
Related experience
Memberships
- Chairman of the Hand & Wrist Daculty of the AOUK Trauma Society
Other posts held
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Frimley Park Hospital
Insurers Miss Valerie Nuñez works with
Miss Valerie Nuñez works with the following private medical insurance providers:
- Aetna
- Aviva Health
- AXA Health
- Bupa
- Cigna
- Vitality Health (Pru Health)
- WPA
Declaration
Miss Valerie Nuñez does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.
Miss Valerie Nuñez does not have a share or financial interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital.
Miss Valerie Nuñez does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.