Jeremy Field - Consultant Orthopaedic and Hand Surgeon

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Jeremy Field, Consultant Orthopaedic and Hand Surgeon, qualified in London and took an SHO post there before moving to Southampton to become a general surgical registrar. He followed this with Plastic Surgery in Cambridge for six months where he developed an interest in Hand Surgery and was appointed to an Orthopaedic Registrar job in Bristol. It was there that he wrote a thesis in algodystrophy (CRPS or complex regional pain syndrome type 1).

A move to Sydney in Australia followed where Jeremy did a hand fellowship for a year. He worked at Sydney Hospital and St Lukes Hospital where he was allowed to perform all aspects of hand surgery particularly scaphoid fractures. He gained huge experience working for Professor Bruce Connolly and Tim Herbert and this confirmed the career path he wanted to follow in hand surgery.

On his return to Bristol he completed his registrar training writing various papers on Colles fractures, Darrachā's procedure and algodystrophy.

With a very strong academic background he still has a keen research interest. He submits a paper in a peer-reviewed journal approximately once a year. 90% of his surgery is hand surgery and the remainder is general orthopaedics. His particular interests are Dupuytren's disease and arthritis and consequently joint replacement in the hand.

He was appointed as an orthopaedic college examiner in 2004.

He currently holds an NHS post at Cheltenham General Hospital where he has been since 1996.

He is a very keen teacher both to nurses. medical students, and trainee doctors. He has been chairman of the AO principles of fracture fixation course which teaches young orthopaedic surgeons the practical aspects of fracture fixation

He was chair from 2009 - 2012. He is now chairman of the UK hand and wrist course which involves teaching more advances trainee orthopaedic and plastic surgeons key aspects of fracture fixation in the hand.