Professor Nick Harris

Professor Nick Harris is a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon based in Leeds. He has private practices at Spire Leeds Hospital, Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital, Ramsay Yorkshire Clinic, and Wellington Hospital. His areas of interest are foot and ankle surgery, knee surgery, general lower limb surgery, and trauma. He has previously been clinical lead for trauma at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and, in 2019, he was named North of England Surgeon of the Year

Professor Harris achieved his MB ChB in 1989 from the University of Aberdeen. In 1996, he was awarded British Orthopaedic Trainee of the Year, and he gained his FRCS(Tr and Orth) in 1999. He went on to complete a foot and ankle fellowship in Dublin the following year. Professor Harris has also been awarded the Aesculap Travelling Fellowship to train in knee surgery in South Africa under the renowned knee surgeon, Dr DuPlessis.

Professor Harris is actively involved in research and is currently looking at the long term function after Achilles tendon rupture and bone density and body composition in athletes. In 2018, he achieved the Best Paper Award at BOSTAA for his research on ankle syndesmotic injuries. He is also a reviewer for the British Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.