Orthopaedic consultants
Mr Paul Whittingham-Jones
Name, qualifications:
Paul Whittingham-Jones MB BS, MRCS(Eng), FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics)
Practising at:
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, St. Albans City Hospital and Watford General Hospital
Specialty:
Trauma and Orthopaedics
Sub-specialty:
Lower limb surgery
Special Clinical Interests:
General orthopaedics including fractures. All aspects of hip and knee surgery, including: primary, complex & revision joint replacement. Mr Whittingham-Jones also performs hip arthroscopy and knee ligament reconstruction.
Current posts:
Mr Whittingham-Jones provides a specialist trauma & orthopaedic service at West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust. Clinics are held at Watford General and St Albans City Hospital and operations at Watford and St Albans City Hospitals. You can be referred to Mr Waters by your GP under the 'Choose & Book' system.
Year of first medical qualification:
MBBS London 2000
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Fellow of The British Orthopaedic Association
- Member of the British Hip Society
Contact details:
- Direct telephone number: 01727 897 235
- Secretary's name: Lynne Breg
- Secretary's telephone number: 01727 897 235
- Secretary's email address: westherts.orthopaedics@nhs.net
Background:
Professional profile
Mr Whittingham-Jones qualified from The Royal Free and University College London Medical school in 2000. He underwent specialist training on the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, specialist training rotation. He developed an interest in surgery around the hip and knee and undertook higher level training at St George’s, Tooting in pelvic and acetabular surgery as well as reconstructive surgery of the hip and knee.
Sub-specialist training in internationally reputed fellowships then followed. He developed skills in treating young adults with hip problems at the RNOH, Stanmore with Aresh Hashemi-Nejad. He spent a further year in Ottawa, Canada under Professor Paul Beaule.
Personal profile
Mr Whittingham-Jones remains involved in research looking into various aspects of orthopaedic surgery of the hip and knee. He continues to publish work and present research at international meetings.
Any free time is spent with his family, cycling and following football.
