Orthopaedic consultants
Mr Ben Spiegelberg
Mr Ben Spiegelberg MBBS, BSc, MSc, FRCS(Trauma &Orthopaedics)
Practising at:
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, St Albans City Hospital, Hemel Hempstead Hospital, Watford General Hospital
Specialty:
Trauma and Orthopaedics
Sub-specialty:
Hip and knee surgery
Special clinical interests:
All aspects of hip and knee surgery, including: complex and revision joint replacements, partial joint replacement, arthroscopic knee surgery, chrondal grafting.
Current posts (NHS, University):
NHS Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon - West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Year of first medical qualification:
MBBS London 2004
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:
- Royal College of Surgeons of England
- British Orthopaedic Association
- British Hip Society
- Girdlestone Orthopaedic Society
Contact Details
- Secretary's name: Sue Angel
- Secretary's telephone number: 01923 217154
- Secretary's email address: westherts.orthopaedics@nhs.net
Background:
Professional profile
Mr Spiegelberg qualified from Imperial College School of Medicine (formerly St. Mary’s Hospital) in 2004. He underwent specialist training at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore and subsequent Specialist Registrar training on the Oxford registrar rotation centred at Oxford University. Subspeciality training followed in hip and knee reconstruction in Canada on the internationally renowned University of Western Ontario Adult Reconstruction Fellowship program. Prior to taking up consultancy he spent a further few months back at the RNOH with the Joint Reconstruction Unit.
Mr Spiegelberg sees and treats many orthopaedic conditions and fractures. His sub-specialty interests are hip and knee surgery; including knee and hip replacement, partial knee replacement, arthroscopy (keyhole surgery), cartilage transplantation, hip resurfacing and revision (redo) joint replacements.
Mr Spiegelberg remains active in research looking into various aspects of orthopaedic surgery of the hip and knee. He continues to publish and present research at international meetings. His free time is spent with his family, cycling, playing tennis and occasionally playing golf.
