Mr James Robinson

James  is an internationally recognised specialist knee surgeon based in Bristol and Bath, UK, and a founding partner of Knee Specialists. With a distinguished career focused on knee preservation and reconstruction, James is particularly renowned for his expertise in arthroscopic (“keyhole”) surgery, ligament reconstruction, meniscus and cartilage repair, and partial knee replacement. He is frequently referred complex cases from across the UK and abroad.

James is the current Co-Chairman of the ISAKOS Knee: Sports and Preservation Committee, and a former Chair of the ESSKA Collateral Ligaments Working Group. He is also a member of several prestigious international bodies, including the Meniscus International Network, the International Meniscus Reconstruction Forum, and the ACL Study Group—an invitation-only organisation with just a handful of UK surgeons elected to date. He also serves on the Steering Committee of the UK National Ligament Registry, committed to improving outcomes through continuous analysis of knee ligament surgery.

Further underscoring his leadership in the field, James has recently served on the steering committees for major international consensus statements, including the Formal EU-US Meniscus Rehabilitation Consensus and the ESSKA Consensus on the Management of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Revision in Adults. These roles highlight his direct involvement in shaping the latest global standards of care in knee surgery.

He completed his orthopaedic training in London and was awarded a Master of Surgery (MS) degree from Imperial College for his thesis on knee ligament injuries. His fellowship training included time at the Clinique du Sport in Bordeaux—France’s leading sports orthopaedic centre—where he advanced his skills in anatomical double-bundle ACL reconstruction and computer-assisted surgery. He later completed further training in partial knee replacement in the UK and spent an 18-month sabbatical at the International Knee and Joint Centre in Abu Dhabi, where he helped to develop a meniscal transplant service.

James has published over 90 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and received multiple awards for his research across the UK, France, and Germany. He is a reviewer for leading journals including the American Journal of Sports Medicine, Bone & Joint Journal, KSSTA (Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy), and the ISAKOS Journal.

He is a past recipient of the BASK (British Association for Surgery of the Knee) President’s Medal, and regularly lectures and teaches around the world as an invited international speaker. His global academic and clinical engagements ensure he remains at the forefront of the latest developments in knee surgery.

Alongside his clinical practice, James acts as a consultant to several orthopaedic device companies and has helped develop surgical instruments and techniques for knee ligament reconstruction, cartilage treatment, and partial knee replacement.