Mr David A Ward

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

QualificationsFRCSOrth FRCSEd

Main NHS base:

• Kingston & South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre

Clinical interests:

Hip surgery, lower limb joint replacement and revision surgery.

Fees, Training & Background:

David Ward qualified from Westminster Hospital in 1985 and undertook his higher surgical training around London, being admitted to the Royal College of Surgeons in London and in Edinburgh in 1989. After a hip surgery fellowship in Switzerland he was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton in 1995 and later at Kingston Hospital. He has been Clinical Director of the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (EOC) since 2004.

His private practice has been based exclusively at Parkside since 1995 and specialises in lower limb joint replacement. He has a particular interest and expertise in hip replacement surgery, especially younger patients, complex cases and hip revision surgery. Virtually all his work is lower limb joint replacement and he carries out a high volume of hip and knee replacements at the EOC and privately. He is a regular invited faculty member at international hip meetings with areas of interest including ceramic bearing surfaces and uncemented implant fixation.

Conditions he can advise on and treat include hip and knee arthritis, hip impingement, hip tendinopathies, hip fractures, as well as problems related to failing hip replacements and second opinions.