Andy Williams (surgeon)

Andy Williams
Born Andrew Michael Williams
(1964-03-14)March 14, 1964
England, United Kingdom
Nationality British
Education King's College Hospital
Occupation Orthopaedic surgeon
Medical career
Institutions Imperial College London; Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
Specialism Ligament injuries
Notable prizes The Times’ Britain’s Top Surgeons 2011; Honorary Reader, Imperial College London 2010; Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2005-2006

Andrew "Andy" Michael Williams (born 14 March 1964) is a British knee and sports surgeon who specialises in ligament injuries. He is known for treating professional athletes, including Premier League footballers.[1] and English Premiership rugby union players.[2] Williams is a Reader at Imperial College London and co-founder of London musculoskeletal health centre Fortius Clinic.[3] He was named in The Times’ 2011 list of Britain’s top surgeons.[4]

Biography

Williams qualified as a surgeon at King's College Hospital, London in 1987. He completed his orthopaedic training at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore in 1996, before undertaking a year-long fellowship in Brisbane, Australia in 1996-97.[5]

On returning to the UK in 1997, Williams was appointed Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore. From 2000 to 2014, he was a consultant Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. In 2011 Williams co-founded Fortius Clinic, a London musculoskeletal care centre, with a group of other leading orthopaedic surgeons and radiologists including Jonathan Webb and James D. F. Calder.

Williams is also a researcher and lecturer on knee-related issues. He is a Reader at Imperial College, London and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, University of Oxford.[6]

In 2014 Williams became a member of the ESSKA (European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy) Sports Committee.[7] He was also a board member at The Bone & Joint Journal[8] for which he remains a reviewer as he is for The American Journal of Sports Medicine.[9] He was a lead editor on the 39th edition of Gray’s Anatomy.[10]

Notable patients

Williams has treated a number of Premier League footballers and many at other levels, including Danny Welbeck,[11] Andy Carroll,[12] Theo Walcott,[13] John Terry,[14] Jewis Rivera and Didier Drogba.[15] He treated international cricket players Andrew Flintoff[16] and Shoaib Akhtar[17] in 2009, former England rugby union captain Lawrence Dallaglio in 2011,[10] and British Olympic snowboarder Billy Morgan in 2014.[18]

References

  1. ↑ Moodie, Clemmie (20 November 2014). "St George's Park boasts a sports rehab facility fit for Theo Walcott, Michael Owen - and a 3am girl". Mirror Online. MGN Limited. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Wildman, Rob (20 May 2008). "Surgeons operate on Danny Cipriani's ankle". Telegraph Media Group Limited. The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Mr Andy Williams". Bupa. Bupa. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bupa Cromwell Hospital consultants featured in The Times "Britain's Top Surgeons" feature". Bupa Cromwell Hospital. Bupa. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Mr Andrew Williams MB BS FRCS (Orth) FFSEM (UK)". Fisic '15. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Mr Andy Williams Consultant Knee Surgeon". Fortius Clinic. Fortius London Limited. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "ESSKA Newsletter November 2015" (PDF). European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Editorial Board". The Bone & Joint Journal. The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "American Journal of Sports Medicine Supplementary Material". American Journal of Sports Medicine. The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  10. 1 2 Machell, Ben (10 December 2011). "The man who fixed Lawrence Dallaglio's knee". The Times. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  11. ↑ Burt, Jason (10 May 2016). "Danny Welbeck to meet surgeon Andy Williams to discuss knee injury treatment". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  12. ↑ Corless, Liam (18 February 2015). "Andy Carroll uploads gruesome Instagram picture after undergoing knee surgery". The Mirror. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  13. ↑ Law, Matt (28 February 2014). "Arsenal's injured winger Theo Walcott says 'I'm learning to walk again'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  14. ↑ Newton, Kate (12 October 2011). "Injured All Blacks are just unlucky, says doctor". Stuff. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  15. ↑ McGrath, Mike (20 August 2016). "Sandro claims clubs treat players like pieces of meat after he 'fails' medical with Sporting Lisbon but medics give him all-clear". The Sun. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  16. ↑ Hoult, Nick (21 August 2009). "The Ashes: Andrew Flintoff to have major knee surgery after Oval Test". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  17. ↑ "Shoaib Akhtar hopes knee surgery would help prolong his career". ANI. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  18. ↑ Walter, Simon (14 January 2014). "From Shirley to Sochi - why Billy Morgan is still going to the Winter Olympics". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
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