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Mr Rajkumar joined as a Consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics at Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley in 2019 after working as NHS consultant for 5 years in Northern Ireland and has been an NHS consultant in England since 2010. His main interests are upper /lower limb trauma, complex peri-articular fracture fixation, peri-prosthetic fracture fixation/replacement surgery, hip & knee arthroplasty(primary/revision), knee arthroscopic surgery and forefoot surgery.

He graduated from the University of Madras, India in 1992 and underwent post-graduate training in orthopaedics in both Madras and the UK leading to FRCS-Trauma & Orthopaedics degree. He completed a fellowship in lower limb arthroplasty surgery (primary/revision) and ACLR/knee arthroscopic surgery in Reading, UK. Subsequently, he started working as a consultant in trauma and orthopaedics in hospitals in England including Wrightington Hospital ( Centre of Excellence for joint replacement surgery) before joining the orthopaedic team at Craigavon Area hospital, NI.

Mr Rajkumar has published both trauma and orthopaedic related papers in peer review journals and is a reviewer for a number of medical journals including JBJS (BJJ). He is a Consulting Editor for 3 peer-reviewed international journals.

He has presented nationally and internationally and has been invited to lecture and examine for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students. He is a faculty member for Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons, Glasgow for training and development and FRCS-Tr & Orth teaching courses and a member of various medical and orthopaedic associations in the UK.

He has recently been appointed as Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Glasgow University in 2020 and Regional Surgical Advisor for Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons, Glasgow in 2016-2019 and College Tutor, RCPS, Glasgow from May 2019.

Research interest: He has been involved in research activities including setting up an RCT study and contributing to multi-centre trials in UK and Europe. His current interests are quality improvement in elective orthopaedic surgery and improving orthopaedic teaching and training. He is currently involved in a Qualitative research study conducted by Oxford University on shared decision making in Major surgery funded by National Institute for Health Research(NIHR).

Mr Rajkumar uses 100% ODEP 10A rated implants for his hip and knee replacement surgeries.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

Knee cartilage preservation surgery

Peri-articular fracture fixation

Peri-prosthetic fracture fixation/revision