Winston Kim: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Knee and Hip Surgeon, Manchester and Cheshire

Specialist in Sports Medicine (such as keyhole surgery of the knee and hip, and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction), and Arthroplasty surgery (such as total hip and knee replacements).

Mr Winston Kim MBChB MSc FRCS(Tr & Orth) is Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Salford Royal University Hospital, Manchester, Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Manchester and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Salford. He graduated MB ChB from the University of Aberdeen in 1996, completed his Higher Surgical Training in Manchester, then underwent sub-specialist training in Lower Limb Arthroplasty in Vancouver with an Ethicon Foundation Travelling Fellowship Award. He was recipient of the British Orthopaedic Foundation Travelling Fellowship visiting the world renowned Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and the Hospital of Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City, USA. In 2006, he was awarded the PLUS Award, visiting the Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Research and publications

Mr Kim has a strong research background and has authored a large number of peer review publications, review articles and book chapters. He has original research articles published in major peer reviewed journals including The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. He has lectured widely in national and international meetings, presenting research findings to national and international meetings such as the British Hip Society, British Orthopaedic Research Society, European Orthopaedic Research Society, British Trauma Society and the British Orthopaedic Association.

Awards and prizes

• Ethicon Foundation Travelling Fellowship Award

• Ronald Raven Barbers' Award

• Peter Mallimson Prize (Winner, Best Basic Science Research)

• Harvey Green Surgical Teacher Prize 

• Sir John Charnley Trust Award 

• British Orthopaedic Foundation Travelling Fellowship 

• PLUS Orthopaedics Travel Award 

• Current Concepts Foundation Scholarship 

• Best Fellow Research Award, UBC, Vancouver, Canada (Winner)

Professional memberships and affiliations

Key publications

• Modular tantalum augments for acetabular defects in revision hip arthroplasty

  Siegmeth A, Duncan CP, Masri BA, Kim WY, Garbuz DS.

  Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2009 Jan;467(1):199-205. Epub 2008 Oct 16.

  PMID: 18923882 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

• Enhanced gap filling and osteoconduction associated with alendronate-calcium phosphate-coated porous tantalum

  Garbuz DS, Hu Y, Kim WY, Duan K, Masri BA, Oxland TR, Burt H, Wang R, Duncan CP.

  J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008 May;90(5):1090-100.

  PMID: 18451402 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

• Porous tantalum uncemented acetabular shells in revision total hip replacement: two to four year clinical and radiographic results

  Kim WY, Greidanus NV, Duncan CP, Masri BA, Garbuz DS.

  Hip Int. 2008 Jan-Mar;18(1):17-22.

  PMID: 18645969 [PubMed - in process]

• The relationship between acetabular retroversion and osteoarthritis of the hip

  Kim WY, Hutchinson CE, Andrew JG, Allen PD.

  J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2006 Jun;88(6):727-9.

  PMID: 16720763 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Treatments offered

Mr Kim is Fellowship trained in contemporary operative and non-operative techniques and offers a comprehensive assessment of acute and chronic conditions of the knee and hip, tailoring treatment according to the specific requirements of patients. His routine clinical practice is focused on Sports Medicine (knee arthroscopic/keyhole procedures, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction), keyhole or arthroscopic surgery of the hip for sporting injuries or early arthritis. He performs arthroplasty (total hip and knee replacements, hip resurfacing arthroplasty, unicompartmental knee replacements, patellofemoral replacement, complex primaries and revision hip and knee replacements). He performs on average over 200 primary and revision (re-do) hip and knee replacements a year and over 200 keyhole (arthroscopic) procedures of the knee and hip.

He has strong research links with the Universities of Manchester and Salford, with collaborative efforts allowing assessment and long term follow up of patients with early knee and hip osteoarthritis and sporting injuries, allowing better understanding of the natural history of these conditions and and the effects of surgical intervention in these patients.

Where can I get private treatment?

Consultations with Mr Winston Kim, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, may be made directly through the private hospitals listed below or please contact his Private Office at:

Tel/Fax: 0161 2322298
Office Mobile: 07722895990
E mail: manchesterhipandknee@gmail.com

Address for Corresspondence:
Russell House
Spire Manchester Hospital
Russell Road
Whalley Range
Manchester M16 8AJ
   

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Contact details

Tel/Fax: 0161 232 2298
Office Mobile: 07722 895990
E mail: manchesterhipandknee@gmail.com

Address for Corresspondence:
Russell House
Spire Manchester Hospital
Russell Road
Whalley Range
Manchester M16 8AJ

Website: www.manchesterhipandknee.com