Mr Nick Phillips

Mr Nick Phillips is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon with over 20 years' experience, he specialises in shoulder and elbow surgery. He sees patients with complaints such as shoulder pain, tendon injury, instability, arthritis, and elbow pain and stiffness. He performs the majority of his surgeries with minimally invasive techniques (arthroscopic surgery). He is currently based at Wythenshawe Hospital where he was clinical lead for the orthopaedic department for 3 years, and he has previously spent time as strategy lead for orthopaedic services across the Manchester Foundation Trust (MFT). During his time at MFT, Mr Phillips introduced reverse geometry total shoulder replacements and has been part of the continued development of minimally invasive surgical techniques.

Mr Phillips sees patients at his private clinic at the OthTeam Centre where he is a consultant shoulder and elbow surgeon, as well as at The Alexandria Hospital in Cheadle.

Dr Phillips qualified in 1990 from the University of Cambridge, then completed his higher surgical training in Sheffield before undertaking a Fellowship in Melbourne, Australia. During this time, Dr Phillips developed expertise in the use of hydrodilatation for the treatment of frozen shoulder, a technique he later introduced to the Manchester Foundation NHS Trust.

In 2004 he was also awarded the British Elbow and Shoulder Society Travelling Fellowship Award, which enabled him to train in South Africa and the USA.