Meet our surgeons and ward team.
Qualifications: MBBS, MRCS, FRCS(Orth)
Mr Anderson is a Consultant Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon. He is fellowship trained and an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Sheffield.
Joined The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust in 2007.
Email: rgh-tr.anderson.sec@nhs.net
Telephone: 01709 425302
Qualifications: MBChB, BSc, MSc, FRCS(Tr&Orth)
Mr Legg is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, with a specialist interest and fellowship training in knee surgery.
Joined The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust in 2016.
Email: rgh-tr.legg.sec@nhs.net
Telephone: 01709 425302
Qualifications: MBChB, MD, FRCS(Tr&Orth)
Mr Ali as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, with a special interest in lower limb Arthroplasty, spine, and general Orthopaedics.
Joined The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust in 2003.
Email: rgh-tr.ali.sec@nhs.net
Telephone: 01709 426338
Qualifications: FRCS(Tr&Orth)
Mr Blair is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, with a special interest in hip and knee replacement surgery.
Joined The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust in 2007.
Email: rgh-tr.blair.sec@nhs.net
Telephone: 01709 424553
Qualifications: MBBS, MSc(Trauma), MRCS, MCh(Orth), FRCS(Tr & Orth)
Mr Garneti is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with special interest in lower limb Arthroplasty and trauma.
Joined The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust in 2010.
Email: rgh-tr.garneti.sec@nhs.net
Telephone: 01709 424761
Qualifications: FRCS(Tr&Orth)
Mr Wembridge is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in hip and knee Arthroplasty (replacement). He is the Training Programme Director Trauma and Orthopaedics for Health Education England (HEE) Yorkshire and the Humber and an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Sheffield.
Email: rgh-tr.wembridgesec@nhs.net
Telephone: 01709 424553
Qualifications: MB ChB, FRCS Ed, FRCS Ed (Tr&Orth), dipSEM (GB&I), fMFSEM
Mr Carmichael is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon whose interests include foot and ankle surgery, primary hip and knee arthroplasty, and soft tissue knee surgery. Since joining the Trust, Mr Carmichael has held roles such as Foot and Ankle Surgeon, Clinical Director, Director of Surgery and, Regional Clinical Lead for the Paediatric Surgery Network.
Joined The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust in 2008.
Email: rgh-tr.carmichael.sec@nhs.net
Telephone: 01709 427365
Qualifications: MBBS, MS(Ortho), FRCS(Tr&Orth)
Mr Kapoor is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, with a special interest in foot and ankle surgery, lower limb trauma and reconstruction, and hip and knee Arthroplasty.
Joined The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust in 2009.
Email: rgh-tr.kapoor.sec@nhs.net
Telephone: 01709 424554
Qualifications: MBBS, MRCS(Eng), FRCS(Tr&Orth), MSc Orth Eng(Merit)
Mr Nanavati is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with fellowship training in foot and ankle surgery and an additional qualification in Orthopaedic Engineering.
Joined The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust in 2021.
Email: rgh-tr.secretarytomrnanavati@nhs.net
Telephone: 01709 426338
Qualifications: MBChB, MRCS, FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Miss Lauren Thomson is a consultant surgeon with training in the complex foot and ankle, lower limb trauma and the diabetic foot. She completed her subspeciality training on the prestigious Andrew Wines fellowship in Sydney Australia.
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Mr Tim Halsey
Qualifications: MB ChB, MRCS(Eng), MFST(Ed), FRCS(Tr&Orth), Dip Hand Surg
Mr Halsey is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with fellowship training and an additional qualification in hand surgery.
Joined The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust in 2014.
Email: rgh-tr.halsey.sec@nhs.net
Telephone: 01709 424579
Qualifications: MBBS, MSc, FRCS, FRCS(Tr & Orth)
Mr Kocheta is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, having had fellowship-level training. He specialises in elective and traumatic hand and wrist conditions.
Email: rgh-tr.kocheta.sec@nhs.net
Telephone: 01709 424579
Qualifications: MBBS, MRCS, MSc(Tr&Orth), FRCS(Tr&Orth), Dip Hand Surg(Br)
Mr Paniker is a Consultant Hand and Wrist Surgeon, and Clinical Lead for Trauma and Orthopaedics.
Joined The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust in 2016.
Email: rgh-tr.secretaryto.mrpaniker@nhs.net
Telephone: 01709 425363
Mr Rocha Cáceres is a UK Associate Specialist in General Orthopaedics who trained and qualified in Venezuela, with special interest in elective hip and knee surgery and traumatology.
Email: rgh-tr.rocha.sec@nhs.net
Telephone: 01709 424761
Qualifications: MBChB, BMsc(Hons), MRCS, MSc, FRCSEd (Tr & Orth), MFSTEd
Ms Dorman is a Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon. She has completed specialist training in Liverpool and fellowship training in Sheffield, Cambodia, Paris and Sydney. Areas of interest include general children’s orthopaedics, upper limb reconstruction, neuromuscular conditions including cerebral palsy, gait analysis and upper limb spasticity in children and adults.
Qualifications: MB BS, BSc(hons phys), MRCS(Ed), FRCS(Tr&Orth)
Mr Bryant is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with fellowship training and a specialist interest in shoulder and elbow surgery.
Joined The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust in 1998, becoming a Consultant in 2009.
Email: rgh-tr.bryant.sec@nhs.net
Telephone: 01709 427398
Qualifications: MBBS, Dip Ortho, MRCS, FRCS(Tr&Orth)
Mr Draviaraj is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon whose interests include all aspects of shoulder and elbow surgery - both elective and trauma, keyhole surgery for rotator cuff tears, frozen shoulder, sports injuries, shoulder dislocation, shoulder replacements, keyhole operation for arthritis of the elbow and elbow replacements.
Joined The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust in 2010.
Email: rgh-tr.draviaraj.sec@nhs.net
Telephone: 01709 427398
Lee qualified as a Registered Nurse in May 2004. Prior to that, he had worked at the Trust as a Healthcare Support Worker since 2001. Lee secured a Ward Manager role in 2009 and became Matron for Trauma and Orthopaedics in 2013.
Duties include managing both the Elective Orthopaedic Ward and the Trauma Ward, alongside the Fracture and Orthopaedic Clinic.
Laura joined the Trust in 2005. While a large part of her responsibilities include leading the ward team and managing safety, Laura also works clinically on the ward.
Neil has worked for the Trust in the Orthopaedic department since qualifying in 2003. The Orthopaedic department was his final placement as a student nurse and has always been his passion. Neil has worked in the elective and trauma pathways during his career; his current role is within Orthopaedic Trauma.
Amanda joined the Trust in 1997. Her duties include the management of the Fracture and Orthopaedic Clinic.
Charmaine qualified in 1986; her first staff role was a Staff Nurse in Accident and Emergency. Charmaine transferred to the General Surgery and Orthopaedic Ward in 1987, which eventually became the Orthopaedic Trauma Ward. She made the move across to the Fracture and Orthopaedic Clinic in 2005 and is proud to work alongside Sister Amanda Hobson.