Cardiff Experts

Chris Wilson

2016 International Faculty member Chris Wilson will be speaking at the Northern Osteotomy Masterclass event, 23-24 June 2016. visit www.northernosteotomy.co.uk for more details

Chris is a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at the University Hospital of Wales NHS Trust, Cardiff, one of the busiest units in the UK. Chris spends one day a week in theatre, conducting trauma operations, often emergencies, and a further day every week performing more routine reconstructive surgery, mainly in the fields of knee, hip and foot surgery.

Responsibilities also include; the supervision and training of specialist orthopaedic trainees and visiting trainees from overseas. When not in theatre, the remainder of his week is spent in out-patient clinics, in carrying out training and teaching commitments and participating in an on-call rota for emergency work. Most of his routine operating timetable involves surgery of the major lower limb joints, with a large number of joint replacements, particularly in the more complicated cases such as those involving rheumatoid arthritis.

Special Interests

Although he has a general orthopaedic practice, and sees the whole range of orthopaedic diseases, Chris has developed special interests in surgery of the lower limb and in accident and trauma surgery, together with reconstructive surgery following trauma.

Research

Chris Wilson holds several grants, funding research in trauma and tumour-related fields. He has several publications in peer-reviewed journals on trauma and related topics and has presented this work at four annual meetings.