Gunaratnam Shyamalan (Shyam)
Consultant Hand, Wrist, Elbow & Nerve Surgeon,
I specialise in...
- Carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel surgery
- Minimally invasive surgery for Dupuytren's disease including Xiapex (collagenase injection)
- Trigger finger surgery
- Ganglion surgery for the finger and wrist
- Hand, wrist & thumb arthritis
- Wrist and thumb arthroscopy (key hole surgery)
- Hand trauma including tendon injuries and microsurgical repair of nerves
- Wrist tendonitis (De-Quervain’s tenosynovitis)
- Peripheral nerve injury and compression
- Fractures
- Elbow tendon conditions (tennis/ golfers elbow and elbow instability)
Gunaratnam Shyamalan (Shyam)
Mr Shyamalan is a leading hand surgeon and wrist surgeon based in Birmingham and Solihull in the West Midlands. He is a top hand surgeon in the UK and is a director of The Midland Hand Clinic which is based at numerous private hospitals. He specialises in minimally invasive hand surgery and wrist surgery, offering expert diagnosis and treatment for a variety of chronic and traumatic conditions including sports injuries, wrist arthritis and scaphoid fractures.
Training and education
Mr Shyamalan gained his Bachelor of Medicine from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine. He then went on to complete his General Orthopaedic training on the South West Thames Rotation.
Since qualifying he has had the privilege of working with a variety of world-renowned experts, and was able to take his Hand and Plastics fellowship at a number of first-rate units around the world including Ganga Hospital in India, Royal North Shore Hospital in Australia and The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. During this time, he developed extensive expertise in complex nerve procedures, paediatric hand problems, soft tissue hand trauma, arthritis and wrist arthroscopy, becoming a hand specialist.
Clinical interests
Mr Shyamalan’s aim is to offer individualised, multi-disciplinary service in the management of hand and wrist conditions.
He is an expert hand doctor and wrist doctor, who offers a full range of treatments, for a variety of conditions:
- Arthritis in hand, thumb and wrist
- Carpal tunnel
- Cubital tunnel surgery
- Dupuytren's disease
- Elbow Stiffness, fracture and arthritis
- Elbow tendon conditions (tennis elbow/golfers elbow and elbow instability
- Finger, hand, wrist and forearm fracture and breaks
- Finger stiffness
- Ganglion surgery for the finger and wrist
- Hand trauma including tendon injuries and microsurgical repair of nerves
- Hand, wrist & thumb arthritis
- Peripheral nerve injury and compression
- Problems with the forearm
- Scaphoid fractures and non-union
- Trigger finger surgery
- Wrist and thumb arthroscopy (keyhole surgery)
- Wrist tendonitis (De-Quervain’s tenosynovitis)
Mr Shyamalan works directly with multiple skilled hand therapists and gives due consideration to both surgical and non-surgical options.
He offers his expert services privately at a number of hospitals and clinics across the West Midlands, including;
- Spire Parkway Hospital, Solihull
- Spire Little Ashton Hospital, Sutton Coldfield
- Nuffield Health Warwickshire Hospital
- The Priory Hospital, Birmingham
- The Vesey Private Hospital, Sutton Coldfield
Mr Shyamalan offers private consultations at all the above locations on an appointment basis.
Research interests
Alongside his clinical work, Mr Shyamalan is particularly interested in furthering his knowledge, and improving the quality of education regarding treatment related to wrist fractures, wrist arthroscopy and Dupuytren’s surgery.
Memberships and associations
Gunaratnam Shyamalan (Shyam) is a member of the following professional associations and organisations...
Treatments, operations and tests
- Carpal tunnel release
- Cubital tunnel decompression
- Dupuytren's contracture surgery
- Dupuytren’s disease - non-surgical treatment
- Ganglion cyst removal
- Trapeziectomy surgery
- Trapped nerve surgery
- Trigger finger release
- Wrist arthroscopy (keyhole investigation & surgery of the wrist)
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: Locations
Spire Parkway Hospital
1 Damson Parkway
Solihull
West Midlands
B91 2PP
- Consulting room
| Appointments and enquiries: | 07815 460 786 | |
| Phone: | 01827 89295 | |
| Main email: | pdziubany@hotmail.com |
Other locations I work at
Nuffield Health Warwickshire Hospital
The Chase
Old Milverton Lane
Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
CV32 6RW
| Appointments and enquries: | 07815 460 786 | |
| Phone: | 01827 892 952 | |
| Main email: | pdziubany@hotmail.com |
- Consulting room
Spire Little Aston Hospital
Little Aston Hall Drive
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B74 3UP
| Appointments and enquiries: | 07815 460 786 | |
| Phone: | 01827 892 952 | |
| Main email: | pdziubany@hotmail.com |
- Consulting room
Circle The Priory Hospital (BMI)
Priory Road
Birmingham
West Midlands
B5 7UG
| Appointments and enquiries: | 07815 460 786 | |
| Phone: | 01827 892 952 | |
| Main email: | pdziubany@hotmail.com |
- Consulting room
The Vesey Private Hospital
Reddicap Trading Estate
Sutton Coldfield
Warwickshire
B75 7BU
| Appointments and enquiries: | 07815 460 786 | |
| Phone: | 01827 892 952 | |
| Main email: | pdziubany@hotmail.com |
- Consulting room
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