Mr Amir Salama

Mr Amir Salama

Shoulder and Knee Surgeon

Mr Amir Salama qualified from Alexandria Medical School in Egypt and undertook his postgraduate training in the UK. He worked in the Birmingham area and then took a Fellowship in limb reconstruction surgery at the University of Sheffield followed by a Specialist Registrar post in Sheffield where he was trained to a very high standard and was involved in many publications throughout the training. Mr Salama is a consultant at Heart of England NHS Trust (Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital).

 

Mr Salama had Fellowship training in upper limb surgery at the Sheffield Shoulder and Elbow Unit in preparation for his consultant post and has a wide experience in upper limb joint replacements and arthroscopic surgery. Following that, as part of his sports injury interest, he took Fellowship training in knee surgery and ligament reconstructions and performs arthroscopic and joint replacement surgery. He is also interested in wrist surgery and performs most of his operations as a day case procedure in a minimally invasive or keyhole fashion.

 

Mr Salama wrote two chapters in the Oxford Textbook of Orthopaedics and was involved in several national and international presentations and Publications.

 

Mr Salama was selected as one of two European Fellows to take a mini Fellowship in Japan where he learnt many surgical techniques that could be beneficial to patients in Britain.

 

Mr Salama is a member of the British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) and the British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS).

Mr Salama is fully trained and accredited in all aspects of Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery, but his specialist clinical interests lie in minimally invasive arthroscopic (keyhole) surgery to treat injuries of the knee, shoulder, elbow and wrist, including:

 

• Sports / work related injuries

• Shoulder pain

• Knee pain

• Shoulder arthroscopy (rotator cuff repair, recurrent shoulder dislocation, shoulder impingement syndrome / tendonitis, frozen shoulder)

• Acromioclavicular joint disorders (arthroscopic reconstruction)

• Osteoarthritis/rheumatoid arthritis

• Knee replacements and partial knee replacement

• Knee and ankle ligament reconstruction

• Meniscal cartilage repair surgery

• Elbow pain & Elbow arthroscopy (tennis elbow, stiff elbow)

• Wrist pain

• Trauma and fractures of the upper limb

• Dupuytren’s contracture and Carpal tunnel

   

He can provide expert treatment, both surgical and non-surgical, of all conditions of the shoulder, elbow, wrist and knee. He uses the latest technology in diagnostic investigation, including MRI, MRA, 3-D CT scanning, high definition ultrasound, digital radiology, nuclear medicine scanning, and electromyography.

British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK)
British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS)