Mr Akash Sharma

Biography

Mr Sharma is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. He qualified with a Distinction in Clinical Practice from St. Georges Hospital Medical School, London in 2007 and undertook his Basic Surgical Training in London and Oxford. He went on to complete his higher surgical training in the West Midlands on the Birmingham Rotation and obtained his FRCS (Trauma and Orthopaedics) in 2016. Mr Sharma completed his highly competitive internationally renowned advanced knee fellowships from both the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford and Nottingham University Hospitals. Mr Sharma has a specialist interest in all aspects of knee surgery, including partial knee replacements, total knee replacements and failed knee replacements. He strives to use the latest technologies and advancements in orthopaedics to deliver the best surgical outcome for his patients and where possible uses robotic surgery. He is the chair of the Modern Interventions Group at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and is the surgical lead for same day discharge following knee replacement surgery at the Trust. Mr. Sharma has been awarded three academic prizes and has a strong research background in both clinical and basic sciences. He has co-authored 5 book chapters and lectures regularly at universities.