Mr James Shelton

Biography

Mr J Shelton is a consultant revision arthroplasty/trauma surgeon at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Mr Shelton Graduated from the University of Dundee in 2010 and after completion of foundation & core training joined the Mersey rotation in 2014 for higher surgical training in trauma & orthopaedics achieving his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh in 2019 and Certificate of Completion of Training in February 2021. The excellent outcomes of joint replacement surgery drove Mr Shelton to seek further fellowship training in arthroplasty and complex trauma, completing The Cavendish revision arthroplasty fellowship here in Sheffield along with fellowships in young adult hip/arthroplasty at Prince of Wales Hospital Sydney and major trauma/metastatic arthroplasty at Royal Prince Alfred Sydney. Mr Shelton was appointed to his NHS role at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals in October 2022. Mr Shelton also has a keen interest in global development of orthopaedics and promoting access to orthopaedic care in low and middle income countries. Mr Shelton was the Kadoorie fellow at The Children’s Surgical Centre in Phnom Penh Cambodia and returns annually to provide support and training to the local Khmer surgeons working there. For his work in surgical education he has been awarded membership to the faculty of surgical educators by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Mr Shelton’s research interests focus around efficiency, systems and processes and is actively involved in the development of the South Yorkshire Major Revision Network promoting the best possible care for your patients around the region.