Mr Johan Witt

About Mr Johan Witt

Mr Witt was appointed as Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon to University College London Hospitals in 1995. His training fellowships were completed in Boston, Sydney, and Bern, where he worked with Professor Reinhold Ganz on young adult hip conditions. He established and leads the young adult hip unit at UCLH, a tertiary referral center serving patients across the UK. He has been instrumental in raising awareness of hip conditions affecting younger patients through educational meetings and surgical courses nationwide, and possesses extensive experience with periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) surgery, having developed a minimally invasive keyhole approach to this procedure. His research focuses on minimally invasive PAO outcomes, hip morphology analysis using 3D CT imaging, ceramic hip bearing longevity, and minimally invasive total hip replacement via direct anterior approach.

Qualifications: FRCS (Orth)

Recent and current appointments

• Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Lead for Hip Surgery Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health, University College London

Publications, lectures and teaching

• Published a variety of peer-reviewed papers
• Reviews for The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and International Orthopaedics
• Runs annual courses on techniques of hip joint preservation surgery
• Invited faculty member for national and international meetings

Society memberships

• British Orthopaedic Association
• British Hip Society