Mr Oliver Dean Stone

Current role

Hand Surgery consultant Royal Devon and Exeter hospital

Clinical lead for orthopaedic hand surgery

Orthopaedic and governance lead

​About

Mr Oliver Stone completed his training as an orthopaedic surgeon in 2017 after spending seven years in Edinburgh and his final year on an Ortho-plastic interface fellowship in hand surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

He then spent a further year completing the internationally renowned Dandenong hand surgery fellowship in Melbourne, Australia.

During these two years on fellowship, he mastered skills in hand and wrist surgery gaining a broad exposure to the management of complex conditions including microsurgery, nerve surgery, joint replacement, keyhole surgery and major limb trauma.

Mr Stone has completed the British diploma in hand surgery and is now a tutor for the diploma program. He is an active member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand.

Mr Stone is actively engaged in research and has published several articles in peer reviewed journals. He is currently leading large quality improvement projects at the Royal Devon and Exeter hospital.

Mr Stone has a special interest in peripheral nerve surgery, Dupuytren's disease, hand and wrist trauma and arthritis of the hand and wrist including joint replacement surgery.

​

QUALIFICATIONS AND AWARDS

​Diploma in Hand surgery 2018 - University of Manchester

Certificate of Completion of Training Aug 2017

​MAcadMEd January 2017 (Member of the academy of medical educators)

AFHEA November 2016 (Associate Fellow of the Higher education academy)

Completion of Clinical Educators Programme (South east faculty of clinical educators)

MFSTEd April 2016 (Member of the Faculty of surgical trainers. RCS Edinburgh

FRCSed Tr&orth February 2016

Fellow of the Royal college of surgeons

Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh

MRCSEd, June 2010

Member of the Royal College of Surgeons

Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh

MBBS, July 2007

University of East Anglia, Norwich

BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy, July 2001

University of North London

Diploma Sports Therapy, July 2001

​

PUBLICATIONS

​1. Carpal tunnel decompression in patients with normal nerve conduction studies.MackenzieSP">MackenzieSP, Stone OD">Stone OD, JenkinsPJ">JenkinsPJ, ClementND">ClementND, Murray IR,">Murray IR,DuckworthAD">DuckworthAD, McEachan JE. ">McEachan JE. J Hand Surg Eur Vol.">J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2020 Mar;45(3):260-264.

2. The long-term outcome of simple trapeziectomy. Yeoman TFM, Stone O">Stone O, Jenkins PJ">Jenkins PJ, McEachan JE">McEachan JE J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2018 Jan 1:1753193418780898.

3. Long-Term Follow-up of Arthrodesis vs Total Joint Arthroplasty for Hallux Rigidus. Stone OD, Ray R, CE Thompson, Gibson JN Foot Ankle Int. 2017 Apr;38(4):375-380.

4. A Cross-sectional Study of Current Doctors' Performance in a Modified Version of a Medical School Admission Aptitude Test: The UKCAT. James P Blackmur, Nazir I Lone, Oliver D Stone. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 May;95(18):e3506

5. Quantifying Radiation Exposure in the Operating Theatre in the Management of Common Paediatric Upper Extremity Fractures. Maempel J, Stone OD, Murray A. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2016 Sep;98(7):483-7.

6. Severe arthritis predicts greater improvements in function following total knee arthroplasty. Stone OD, Duckworth AD. Ballantynne JA, Brenkel IJ. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2015 Oct 6

7. Carpal Tunnel Decompression in the super-elderly: functional outcome and patient satisfaction are equal to those of their younger counterparts. Stone OD, Clement ND, Duckworth AD, Jenkins PJ, Annan JD,McEachan. Bone Joint J. 2014 Sep;96-B(9):1234-8.

8. An unusual complication after Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty. Stone OD, Breusch SJ. Case Rep Rheumatol. 2013;2013:759193.

9. Deep infection after Hip Fracture Surgery: predictors of early mortality.Duckworth AD, Phillips SA, D, Moran M, Breusch SJ, Biant LC. Injury. 2012 Jul;43(7):1182-6.

10. Proximal Humeral Fractures due to blunt trauma producing skin compromise. Robinson CM, Stone OD, Murray IR. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2011 Dec;93(12):1632-7.