Mr Dan Arvinte is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon based in Bedford, UK with a special interest in hip and knee replacement (lower limb arthroplasty) and revision (re-do) hip and knee replacement surgery, as well as knee arthroscopy (key-hole surgery). He had his Orthopaedic training in well recognised centres from Romania, Austria, Belgium, Japan, Hong-Kong and United Kingdom. He is also Fellowship trained in hip and knee replacement surgery and knee arthroscopy. He practises evidence-based medicine, has excellent communication skills and is passionate about enhanced rehabilitation (early discharge) after hip and knee replacement surgery. To date he has performed more than 1000 hip and knee replacements and his results in the UK National Joint Registry are very good.

Mr Arvinte is a Regional Clinical Supervisor for medical students from Cambridge University and a Clinical and Educational Supervisor for junior doctors from the East of England Foundation Programme. Mr Arvinte has delivered multiple presentations at national and international meetings and is published in well-recognised peer-reviewed Journals.

Outside medicine, he is a passionate tennis player and has enjoyed competing successfully in local and regional competitions for Riverside Tennis Club, Bedford.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

medical procedures (search terms):

hip surgery, knee surgery; hip and knee pain; various hip and knee conditions

Special interest in :

Hip Replacement (primary, complex primary, revision)

Knee Replacement (partial and total knee replacement, complex primary, revision)

Knee arthroscopy (cartilage surgery, meniscal surgery)

Periprosthetic fractures around hip and knee

Mr Arvinte completed his training in internationally recognised medical centres across the world including Romania, Japan, Hong Kong, Austria, Belgium, and the United Kingdom. He has completed two Fellowships in Lower Limb Arthroplasty, one at Bradford Royal Infirmary (2006, also including specialist training in knee arthroscopy) and one at Warwick Hospital (2009-2010).

Mr Arvinte is a Member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and a Fellow of both the Royal College of Surgeons (Trauma & Orthopaedics) and the European Board of Trauma and Orthopaedics. He has been recently awarded the membership of British Hip Society.

Qualifications/Memberships

• FRCSEd (Tr & Orth) Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, 2008
• MRCSEd Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, 2006
• FEBOT European Board of Trauma and Orthopaedics, 2005
• Specialist in Trauma and Orthopaedics by Ministry of Health, Romania, 2001
• MD - Doctor Medic at"Gr T Popa" University of Medicine, Iasi, Romania, 1995