Mr Nicholas Cullen

MBBS, BSC(Hons), FRCS, FRCS(Tr&Orth)

 Nick Cullen is the clinical lead to
the foot and ankle unit at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital,  where he was appointed as a Consultant
Orthopaedic Surgeon at in 2005.  He
specialises purely in disorders of the foot and ankle. The RNOH is the national
centre of excellence, recognised as the leading orthopaedic hospital in the UK
and in the top 10 ortjhopaedic hospitals worldwide. The foot and ankle unit is
a tertiary deals with complex cases that have been referred from centres all
over the United Kingdom. 

Nick qualified from UCH and Middlesex
school of medicine in 1993, worked as a junior doctor in London and Cape Town,
South Africa before embarking on my orthopaedic training on the Middlesex
hospital rotation. he has undertaken postgraduate fellowships at the RNOH
Stanmore and Addenbrookes Hospital Cambridge. He is actively involved in
research and in the training of the next generation of orthopaedic surgeons and
allied health professionals. He works closely with physiotherapists,
orthotists, podiatrists and osteopaths tailoring care to each patient’s needs. 

His interests include sports
injuries, Total ankle replacement, Nick is actively involved in teaching, I am
the co-convenor of the internationally renowned Stanmore foot and ankle course.
I lecture on the regional orthopaedic training programmes and nationally and
internationally on various courses including the British foot and ankle society
and the European foot and ankle society.  

The ethos of the foot and ankle unit
is to provide state of the art multidisciplinary treatment for patients. We
take a stepwise approach and believe that with careful consideration, and
co-ordination, many disorders of the foot and ankle can be treated with
non-operative measures. 

Special
interests: 

Nick has a special interest in sports
injuries, having been a keen sportsman himself and been part of the medical team
at Saracens rugby. He was the foot and ankle surgeon for the national institute
of dance medicine. 

Nick is interested in total ankle replacement, having been
involved in the TARVA trial, He is one of the highest volume ankle
replacement surgeons in the country. 

The unit also use new joint preservation
treatments for cartilage disorders of the ankle. His practice involves
treatment of neurological disorders, complex deformity, toe deformity, bunions,
arthroscopy, arthritis, and tendon disorders. He deals with many revision and
complex cases. Nick sees over 800 new patients and perform over 500 foot and
ankle operations per year. 

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Procedures
undertaken: 

Foot and Ankle surgery; complex and tertiary referral
foot and ankle disorders; Cartilage replacement  Hallux valgus; bunion surgery; sports
injuries; dance injuries, ankle sprains; keyhole surgery; ankle arthroscopy,
ankle arthritis; osteochondral lesions; cartilage damage; total ankle
replacement; achilles tendinosis; achilles tendon rupture; flat foot; tibialis
posterior insufficiency; foot and ankle fractures; arthritis; hallux rigidus;
peroneal tendon disorders; foot deformity; lesser toe deformity; minimally
invasive surgery; mortons neuroma; Rheumatoid foot;