Samantha Z. Tross: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Middlesex and West London

Consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon - specialist in minimally invasive hip surgery, hip resurfacing, primary and revision hip and knee replacement surgery.

Miss Samantha Tross is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Ealing Hospital NHS Trust. She is one of a small but growing number of female Orthopaedic Consultant Surgeons, and the only one practising in the area.

She graduated from University College and Middlesex School of Medicine in 1992, by which time she decided to pursue a career in surgery. After her SHO rotation at the Royal London and Basildon Hospitals, she decided to pursue a career in orthopaedic surgery. She trained on the South East Thames (Guy's and St. Thomas's) rotation and completed orthopaedic training in 2004. Thereafter she spent a short stint as a locum Consultant at Guy's and St. Thomas' hospital before her substantive appointment at Ealing Hospital.

A member of the British Hip Society, Miss Tross has had Fellowship Training in lower limb arthroplasty from the world renowned Orthopaedic and Arthritic Institute, part of Sunnybrook and Women's College, Toronto, Canada, as well as the Peninsula Orthopaedic Institute in Sydney, Australia. Experience was gained in minimally invasive hip surgery, hip resurfacing, knee arthroscopy and computer navigated knee surgery in addition to standard primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty.

Miss Tross's current practice reflects her skills gained in her general orthopaedic training, where she has experience in diagnosing and implementing treatment on most orthopaedic pathologies.

Treatments offered

• Hip replacement surgery

• Knee replacement surgery

• Minimally Invasive hip surgery

• Hip resurfacing

• Primary and revision hip and knee replacement surgery

• Knee and ankle arthroscopy

• Bunion surgery

• Carpal tunnel decompression

• Trigger finger release

• Dupuytren's surgery

• Fixation of long bone fractures

Consultation venues

• The Cromwell Hospital, London on Tuesday evenings.

• The BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital, Sudbury Hill, Harrow on Wednesday mornings.

• The BMI Bishops Wood Hospital, Rickmansworth, Middlesex on Wednesday afternoon.

• Ealing Hospital NHS Trust by special appointment.

Professional qualifications

• MB,BS, FRCS (Lon), FRCS (Ed), FRCS Ed(Tr & Orth)

Academic, teaching and research interests

• Teaching of medical students, foundation doctors and specilaist orthopaedic registrars

• Examiner Hammersmith & Imperial School of Medicine finals.

Past professional experience

• Presentations at British Hip Society and Society of Hand Surgery

• Examiner mock exam for Australian Fellowship exit exam, Sydney, May 2004.

• Examiner 1st Year Clinical Exam, Australian Medical Students, Sydney, June 2004

• Examiner for South East Thames mock Fellowship exit exam, Medway, Sept 2004.

• Examiner Imperial College school of Medicine final exams, June 2007.

• Faculty Member ' Surgical Approaches of the Long Bones Skills course, University of Sussex,' December 2004.

Professional memberships and organisations

• British Hip Society

• British Orthopaedic Association

• Women in Surgery

• Royal Society of Medicine

Extra-curricular activities

• Profiled in book ,  'Samantha Tross. Orthopaedic surgeon.' by Verna Wilkins. Publisher: Tamarind Ltd. ISBN 1-870516-48-6

• Featured in book,  'Millennium People, the soul of our success' by Derek Burnett. Publisher: Hibiscus Books London. ISBN 0953538303

• Featured in 'Black Britannia: Inspiring the next generation.' at City Hall. SE1 2AA. Project due to be opened in April, 2008.

Contact details

Mrs Khrishna Panchal (secretary): 07943947639
Fax: 0208 967 5156

Email: sztross@hotmail.com

Web: jointreplacementsurgery.co.uk