Mr Vasudev Shanbhag

Mr Vasudev Shanbhag is a Consultant Orthopaedic Hand and Wrist Surgeon. His NHS practice is based at Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire ,The Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport and Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr in Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly all part of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

His private clinics are at St Joseph’s Hospital Newport.

He has more than a decade of experience in the management and diagnosis of hand ,wrist and peripheral nerve disorder and sees patients from the Hereford, Brecon, Powys, Monmouthshire, Gwent and Cardiff areas.

Mr Shanbhag gained his primary medical qualifications at Bombay University, and came to the UK to undertake his basic and specialist training, with the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He trained on the All Wales Training programme in Trauma and Orthopaedics and obtained the FRCS in Trauma and Orthopaedics.

During his training, he developed an interest in Hand Surgery and completed two Fellowships in Hand and Wrist Surgery including a prestigious Advanced Training Fellowship at the Queens Medical Centre Nottingham.

Once qualified, he was appointed Consultant at the Nevill Hall Hospital in 2012.After practicing as a General Orthopaedic Surgeon dealing with all aspects of Orthopaedics, his now exclusively treats Hand ,Wrist and Peripheral Nerve disorders in his NHS and Private practice.Mr Shanbhag treats over a thousand patients annually across his NHS and private practices.

Mr Shanbhag is also a reviewer for the European Journal of Hand Surgery and a tutor for the British Society of Surgery of the Hand(BSSH)-Hand Diploma Exam. He is a keen Surgical Trainer and enjoys teaching and training Medical students,Core Surgical trainees and Higher Surgical trainees.He is a member of the Welsh Orthopaedic Training Committee.