Mr Abtin Alvand
Qualifications
BSc(Hons), MBBS, DPhil (PhD), FRCS (Tr&Orth)
GMC number: 6029241
Practising since: 2001
Specialties
Orthopaedic surgery
Consultation times
- Monday all day
- Tuesday all day Weeks 2 & 4
- Saturday all day
- Overview
About
Mr Abtin Alvand is a Consultant Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon with an NHS practice based at the world renowned Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. Mr Alvand’s practice focuses entirely on knee surgery and he is one of the highest volume revision knee surgeons in England based on the National Joint Registry. He is Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Oxford. He graduated from University of London and completed his Orthopaedic training on the Oxford rotation. Mr Alvand also completed a PhD (DPhil) at the University of Oxford which focused on improving training methods for unicompartmental knee replacement surgery. He was appointed to the prestigious post of NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer at the University of Oxford in 2015, and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in 2017. He undertook two post-CCT sub-specialist clinical fellowships focusing on complex hip and knee surgery in Oxford and Stanmore (Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital). He was a European Bone & Joint Infection Society Travelling Fellow in 2017 and also completed a Fellowship focusing on peri-prosthetic joint infection at the Rothman Institute (Philadelphia, USA) with Prof. J Parvizi.
Clinical work: Mr Alvand has particular expertise in:
- Unicompartmental (partial) and total knee replacement surgery
- Revision (re-do) knee replacement surgery
- Management of infected knee replacements (Peri-prosthetic joint infection)
- Arthroscopic (keyhole) knee surgery
- Management of knee cartilage defects with stem cell implantation
Contact: admin@oxfordkneegroup.com
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Special interests
- Unicompartmental (partial) and total knee replacement surgery
- Revision (re-do) knee replacement surgery
- Management of infected knee replacements (Per-prosthetic joint infection)
- Arthroscopic (keyhole) knee surgery
- Management of knee cartilage defects with stem cell implantation
Treatments and tests offered by Mr Abtin Alvand at Nuffield Health
- Knee replacement revision
- Knee replacement
- Knee arthroscopy
- Chondroplasty
- Arthroplasty
Locations Mr Abtin Alvand works with
Related experience
Research
Mr Alvand has a strong academic background with numerous peer-reviewed scientific publications as well as national/international presentations. He is a regular invited guest lecturer at these meetings. Abtin was invited faculty and member of the International Consensus Group for the management of peri-prosthetic joint infection and has recently been invited to join the UK Revision Knee Surgery and Peri-prosthtic Joint Infection Working Groups with the aim of improving care delivery in these domains. His research focuses on:
- Improving teaching methods, surgical performance, and clinical outcome in unicompartmental knee replacement
- Management of peri-prosthetic joint infection
- Revision knee surgery
Use of simulation-based surgical education and virtual reality
techniques to teach arthroscopic and joint replacement surgery to orthopaedic
trainees.
Memberships
- British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
- British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK)
- European Knee Society (EKS)
- American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS)
- European Bone & Joint Infection Society (EBJIS)
Other posts held
- Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford Consultant Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon
Insurers Mr Abtin Alvand works with
Mr Abtin Alvand works with the following private medical insurance providers:
- Aviva Health
- AXA Health
- AXA - Global Healthcare
- Benenden Health
- Bupa
- Bupa On Demand
- Cigna
- Vitality Health (Pru Health)
Declaration
Mr Abtin Alvand does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.
Mr Abtin Alvand does not have a share or financial interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital.
Mr Abtin Alvand does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.
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