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Mr Steven Drew is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon who qualified in 1988 with a specilaist interest in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery.

Steve was appointed in 2000 as a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire. He trained in London and undertook advanced Fellowship Training in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery and Hand and Wrist Surgery at Wrightington Hospital. He was appointed to set up a new service providing Arthroscopic Reconstructive Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repairs (performed over 2000 operations) and Arthroscopic Stabilisation (performed 700) for shoulder dislocations) as well as Shoulder Replacements (performed over 1000). This was a new service for Coventry and Warwickshire . The Shoulder and Elbow unit at UHCW and Rugby is now the largest in the region (with 4 Fellowship-trained Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons) and takes a large number of second opinions for complex cases from South Birmingham, North and South Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.

Steve is the lead clinician for shoulder and Elbow research at UHCW and Warwick University. He has also been chair of the Research Committee for the British Shoulder and Elbow Society (BESS).

Steve lectures nationally on a number of courses and meetings and is the current President Elect of BESS and a member of Council.

He is one of the former orthopaedic surgeons for British Gymnastics and currently looks after a number of elite sportsmen and women.

As a national expert in shoulder and elbow surgery Steve has a large medical negligence practice providing reports and opinions for some of the UK's top legal practices.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

Stemless Total Shoulder Replacement

Reverse Fulcrum Total Shoulder Replacement

Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty with Pyrocarbon Head for Younger patients with Arthritis

Complex Arthroscopic Reconstructive Surgery for Massive Rotator Cuff Repairs

Bone Block Shoulder Stabilisation (Latarjet)

Arthroscopic Capsular Release for Frozen Shoulder

Hydro-distension Injection for Frozen Shoulder

Arthroscopic AC Joint Excision

AC Joint Reconstruction for dislocation/Instability

Surgery for Dupuytrens disease

Carpal tunnel and Trigger Finger Surgery