Mr Pierluigi Cuomo

Mr Pierluigi Cuomo is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. He is a general trauma and orthopaedic surgeon with a special interest in lower limb conditions, particularly hip and knee surgery including hip and knee replacement, knee arthroscopy and ACL reconstruction. Furthermore, he is an expert in the management of bone and soft tissue tumours.

He studied medicine in Italy at the University of Florence where he graduated in 1999. After obtaining his specialist degree in Trauma and Orthopaedics, he moved to London to perform basic science research on knee biomechanics at the Imperial Mechanical Engineering Department where he got his PhD degree. He focused on ACL reconstruction biomechanics and assessment of knee function. In 2007 he became a substantive consultant in Italy, at the Florence University Hosptial, in the world renowned Orthopaedic Unit for Bone Cancer and Joint Reconstruction He matured extensive surgical experience in orthopaedic trauma, hip and knee replacement, knee soft tissue reconstruction and orthopaedic oncology.

in 1029, he moved back to London to join The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore for fifteen months, where he worked as a consultant in Sarcoma and Joint Reconstruction Unit.

In 2020, he was appointed Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Department of Bioengineering where he is leading several research projects to improve patients surgical outcomes. He works as a substantive consultant at Ilford Practice Plus Group Hospital as kip and knee surgeon.