Mr Sumedh Talwalkar
Consultant Upper Limb Surgeon
DEPARTMENT:
Upper Limb Consultants (Hand, Wrist, Shoulder and Elbow)
SPECIALITY AREAS:
Hand and Wrist Surgery
Rheumatoid Hand
Joint Replacements
1st CMC joint Arthroscopy
Wrist Arthroscopy
Tendon and Nerve Surgery
Dupuytrens
Ganglions
Carpal Tunnel
Fractures/Non Unions/Mal Unions
Elbow Surgery
Elbow Arthroscopy
Elbow and Radial Head Replacements
Trauma
Tennis and Golfers Elbow
Shoulder Surgery
Shoulder Trauma
Shoulder Arthroscopy
Shoulder Replacements
CONTACT DETAILS:
Telephone: 01257 256365
CLINICAL ACCESS TIMES:
Every other Monday 8:30am (elective clinic all day)
Every other Monday 1pm (elective clinic afternoons only)
Every other Wednesday 1pm (registrar elective clinic)
Every other Wednesday 1pm (fracture clinic – RAEI)
Every other Friday 9am (registrar elective clinic)
Every other Friday 9am (registrar elective clinic new patients only – clinic held at RAEI)
Qualifications: MBBS, MRCS, MS (Orth), MCh (Orth) Liverpool, FRCS (Tr and Orth)
Sumedh qualified from the University of Bombay and from the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Mumbai. He completed his Orthopaedic training in the Northwest of England, having worked as a Senior Fellow in Upper Limb Surgery at Wrightington Hospital prior to taking up his Consultant post in 2009.
In addition to being in charge of the senior fellowship programme at Wrightington Hospital, Sumedh also manages the highly successful FRCS Hand Course, which is held three times a year. He has a strong interest in research and undertook a year out of training at the University of Manchester investigating the role of fibroblasts in the healing of intra-synovial tendon injuries. He has presented at many national and international meetings and has published more than 20 papers and contributed to textbooks. He continues to maintain strong links with the Universities of Manchester and Salford and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Edge Hill University.
Sumedh's main interest lies in upper limb joint arthroplasty, including replacements of the small joints of the hand, wrist and elbow. In addition to this he is involved in the management of upper limb trauma, at Wigan, where in addition to local referrals, he manages a tertiary referral service for complex injuries from other regions.