Mr Shiv Kumar Shankar

Mr Shankar is a fellowship-trained surgeon with a specialist interest in computer and robotic navigation-assisted hip and knee arthroplasty, and was the first surgeon to perform computer-assisted total hip replacement in the Essex and North East London region. He has been involved in over 3,000 elective and trauma procedures, including more than 1,000 hip and knee replacements. He trained on the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital rotation, with fellowships at RNOH Stanmore and the Golden Jubilee Hospital, Glasgow, in lower limb arthroplasty and navigation-assisted surgery, and a travelling fellowship in Rummelsberg, Germany, in anterior approach hip arthroplasty. He has previously served as Clinical Lead for Trauma and Orthopaedics, is a faculty member on national training courses, and has published on computer-assisted navigation in joint replacement.