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Mr. Ewan Kannegieter, founder of Kann Foot Surgery, is a Consultant Podiatric Surgeon with  25 years' experience in the foot business. He undertakes over 800 surgical foot procedures each year. To view his website please see kannfootsurgery.com

Based in central Essex at the Phoenix Hospital Chelmsford Mr. Kannegieter provides solutions for foot and ankle conditions including bunions, hammertoes, heel pain and many other foot issues.

A previous winner of the Glasgow Caledonian University Clinical Medicine Prize, he graduated with a distinction in Podiatric Medicine in 1999 and went on to further his training in Bishops Stortford, Epping, Colchester, Ilkeston and Reading before gaining his fellowship in Podiatric Surgery in 2012 and certificate of completion of podiatric surgical training in 2016

Following 3 years as a Specialist Registrar in Podiatric Surgery at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mr. Kannegieter relocated to the Essex countryside, where he now works both privately and for the NHS as a Consultant Podiatric Surgeon. Over the past 25 years, Mr. Kannegieter has honed his skills and experience in a broad range of elective foot surgery and has developed a special interest in diabetic limb salvage surgery and the rheumatoid foot, being a core member of the Mid Essex Diabetes Amputation Reduction Project (MEDARP) team.

Mr. Kannegieter holds an NHS post as a Consultant Podiatric Surgeon at Braintree Community Hospital, and Broomfield Hospital in Essex, employed by Provide CIC, and works closely with teams at the Diabetes Centre, Vascular Surgery and Plastic Surgery departments.

He is proud to be a tutor in Podiatric Surgery and has lectured at regional and national conferences with the Royal College of Podiatry. He is a reviewer for the UK Podiatry journal; Podiatrist, leads clinical governance and supervision for surgical units and is a mentor for surgical first assistants, non-medical prescribers and advanced clinical MSc students.

Ewan is an instructor for Marquardt fixation at their annual lower limb cadaveric surgery course in Frankfurt, works as a consultant for Novastep helping design internal fixation for the European-American market and has lectured for Acumed.  Ewan is also an affiliate lecturer for the University of Huddersfield Master in Podiatric Surgery programme.

Mr Kannegieter was appointed Dean of Podiatric Surgery for the Royal College of Podiatry (2024-2026), having previously been Vice-Dean, and Chair of the Southern Deanery for Podiatric Surgery. He was the co-chair of the Annual Scientific Conference for podiatric surgery (FOPS Conference) for 2022 and 2023. He sits on the Medical Advisory Committee at the Phoenix Hospital Chelmsford.

Mr Kannegieter has memberships of the Royal Society of Medicine, Royal College of Podiatry and its Faculty of Podiatric Surgery, the Health and Care Professions Council, the International Association of Diabetic Foot Surgeons (IADFS), the American Limb Preservation Society and the Artificial Intelligence in Medicine organisation (AIM).

In 2023 Mr Kannegieter was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow) FFPM RCPS (Glasg).

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Podiatric Surgery
• All aspects of foot surgery
• Achilles tendon repair
• Achilles tendon high volume injections
• Bump and lump removal
• Bunion surgery
• Gait analysis, biomechaincs, 3D scanning for orthotics
• Injection therapies; cortisone, Durolane, prolotherapy, high volume
• Heel graft
• Joint fusion
• Joint replacement
• Toe straightening
• Lesser toe surgery with internal (intramedullary) implant
• Plantar plate repair
• Ingrown Toenail
• Neuroma
• Plantar Fasciitis
• Skin lesion excision
• Verruca dry needling or excision
• Bunion (Hallux Valgus) Correction
• Toe Straightening - hammer, claw toe without external wires
• High volume injections for achilles tendinopathy
• Rheuamtoid foot surgery
• Diabetic limb salvage surgery