Alwyn Jones: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Spinal Specialist, Cardiff

Mr Alwyn Jones is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and spinal surgery specialist based in Cardiff. He specialises in spinal fractures, infections and treatment of rheumatoid spinal conditions.

Mr Alwyn Jones, a Welsh speaker, graduated from Cardiff in 1993 and carried out his basic surgical training in South Wales. He progressed on to the All Wales Orthopaedic training scheme and spent two years specialising in spinal surgery. He then spent a year in Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, where he completed a nationally recognised spinal fellowship, treating both adult and paediatric spinal conditions.

He is now a Consultant Spinal Surgeon in Cardiff , where he treats wholly spinal conditions including adult and paediatric deformity (scoliosis), neck and arm pain, back pain and sciatica. He also treats spinal fractures with or without spinal cord injury, spinal infections, as well as patients with rheumatoid spinal conditions.

He is part of a spinal team who do an on-call rota covering spinal injuries across South Wales.

He has an active role in clinical and biomechanical research and is a member of the AO Spinal Faculty where he teaches practical and evidence based practice to nursing staff as well as junior orthopaedic and neurosurgical trainees.

Clinical interests

• Degenerative spinal conditions (neck, arm, low back and sciatica)
• Sports injuries - spinal
• Adult and paediatric deformity (scoliosis)
• Rheumatoid arthritis

Research interests

• Spinal fusion outcomes
• Spinal implant testing - laboratory studies

Professional qualifications

• MB ChB
• BSc
• MSc
• FRCS
• FRSC (Orth.)

Professional memberships

• Royal College of Surgeons
• British Orthopaedic Association
• British Medical Association
• British Scoliosis Society

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