Biography

Mr Kumar is currently serving as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with special interest in upper limb surgery with University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust based at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary since 2011.

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After training at the Mersey Deanery and the Welsh Orthopaedic training scheme, Mr Kumar became a Trauma & Orthopaedic fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. He also gained a post CCT fellowship in shoulder and elbow surgery at the prestigious Shoulder and Elbow Unit at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield. This post proved to be an educational experience and gave him wide exposure to a variety of shoulder and elbow conditions. He has also worked at the upper limb unit at Wrightington Hospital during the final year of his training. His term as a research fellow in hip fractures at the University of Leicester has given him the experience to analyse research summaries and arrive at meaningful conclusions. He specialises in disorders and injuries of the shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist.

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Over the years, Mr Kumar has published many peer-reviewed journals on topics related to Trauma and Orthopaedics. He is also a recognised trainer of junior doctors. As a Hon. Lecturer at Lancaster University, he is involved the teaching of medical students. He