Mr Philip Mitchell

About Mr Philip Mitchell

Mr Mitchell trained at St Mary's Hospital and completed specialist training on the South West London Training Scheme, followed by fellowship training in Vancouver in one of the premier joint reconstruction fellowships. He was appointed Consultant at St George's Hospital, London in 2002 and currently serves as Medical Director at the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre, the busiest joint replacement centre in the UK. He employs an accelerated postoperative rehabilitation regime to allow early mobilisation and discharge. He is a member of the ODEP and Beyond Compliance boards and the board of the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA), and has served on the Council of the British Orthopaedic Association (2013-2016).

Qualifications: MBBS BSc(Hons) FRCS FRCS(Tr&Orth)

Recent and current appointments

• Consultant orthopaedic surgeon St George's Hospital, London
• Consultant orthopaedic surgeon and Medical Director, South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre
• Member of ODEP and Beyond Compliance boards
• Member of board, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance ARMA

Publications, lectures and teaching

• National and international speaker on hip and knee replacement
• Co-Convener of St George's Revision Hip meeting, UK's major Hip Revision meeting
• Publications in hip and knee surgery in peer-reviewed journals

Society memberships

• British Orthopaedic Association - member of Council 2013-2016
• British Hip Society
• British Association for Surgery of the Knee