Mr Muhammad Akhtar

Mr Muhammad Akhtar is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon. Mr Akhtar specialises in knee and knee joint preservation techniques including realignment surgery (high tibial osteotomy), meniscal and cartilage procedures, general orthopaedics, and all aspects of musculoskeletal trauma including sports injuries management by practising enhanced recovery techniques.

Mr Akhtar received his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from the University of the Punjab in Pakistan. He received his MRCSEd from the Royal College of Surgeons in 2006, and an MD from the University of Edinburgh in 2015. He is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine UK, and the British Orthopaedic Association.

Mr Akhtar completed his basic surgical training in Yorkshire. He completed his specialty training in trauma and orthopaedics at the Northern Deanery. He has also completed a fellowship on “Lower Limb Arthroscopy, Arthroplasty and Osseointegration” in Sydney. He has received training in biological therapies from the Academy of Regenerative Medicine, and a postgraduate diploma in Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery from the Golden Jubilee Hospital in Glasgow.