Mr Winston Kim

Winston Kim is an experienced, full time private Hip and Knee Specialist who has performed the largest number of private MAKO robot-arm assisted hip and knee replacements in the United Kingdom.*

Robot-arm assisted hip, total knee and partial knee replacements (MAKO, Stryker) are considered by many to be leading edge technology in hip and knee replacement surgery. Mr Kim has performed more than 1,500 robot-assisted hip, knee and partial knee replacements (almost equal split of hip and knee replacements)and more than 2,000 conventional hip and knee replacements. Mr Kim pioneered Robotic-Assisted lower limb surgery in the North West. The main focus of his practice is treatment of hip and knee arthritis. Multiple studies have shown the higher the volume of hip and knee replacements performed by a surgeon, the better the outcomes.

In the media centre located below, you will find videos where Mr Kim provides an overview of the benefits of MAKO Robotic arm assisted hip and knee surgery alongside a testimonial from one of his patients who underwent the procedure for her hip:

Mr Kim graduated with his MBChB from the University of Aberdeen in 1996. He completed higher specialist training in the North West Rotation in England, obtaining the FRCS (Tr & Orth). He underwent a further one-year sub-specialist training in Vancouver, Canada. He was awarded the British Orthopaedic Foundation Travelling Fellowship visiting the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and the Hospital of Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City, USA. He was recipient of the PLUS Award to the Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Salford Royal University Hospital June 2006. He was an Honorary Clinical Lecturer in the University of Manchester and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Salford. He is currently in full time private practice at The Alexandra Hospital, Cheadle and Spire Manchester Hospital.

His practice is supported by a full team of secretaries, practice manager, clinical assistants, anaesthetists who are dedicated to ensuring the best possible care and outcome for each patient and every time.

Mr Kim has garnered several awards and prizes, including Prizes for Best Basic Science Research (Peter Mallimson Prize, Best Fellow Research Award UBC, Vancouver), Ronald Ravens Barbers Award, Current Concepts Foundation Scholarship and the Sir John Charnley Trust Award. He was awarded the Harvey Green Surgical Teacher Prize. He is a member of the British Hip Society (BHS) and British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK).

* (Largest private numbers Year-end 2022, 2023 and 2024, total of more than 1,500 private robot assisted hip/knee replacements performed, almost equal split of hip and knee replacements. In addition, Mr Kim has performed more than 2000 conventional hip and knee replacements )