MD,FRCS Ed, FRCS Ed (Orth)
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I have been a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon for 28 years and I am an expert in shoulder and upper limb surgery.
I specialise in orthopaedic surgery with specific interest in shoulder and upper limb surgery, sports injuries, shoulder replacement surgery, minimally invasive shoulder surgery/keyhole surgery, frozen shoulder, rotator cuff tears, shoulder impingement, shoulder and ACJ dislocations, biceps tendon and pectoralis major tendon tears. I also specialise in upper limb soft tissue surgery such as tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow and carpal tunnel syndrome.
To date I have performed over 200 shoulder joint replacements and carried out over 10,000 arthroscopic procedures on shoulders over a 28 year period in both my NHS and private practice.
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Anestis Iossifidis at Spire include:
Orthopaedics - elbow and shoulder
Orthopaedics - hand and wrist
Orthopaedics
Other treatments
COVID-19 testing or antibody tests are not available as a standalone service at Spire St Anthony's Hospital.
FRCS Ed (Orth) / Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh / 1996
Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Intercollegiate Board
FRCS Ed / Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh / 1988
Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
MD / University of Montpellier, France / 1984
Doctoral Thesis in Medicine
British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS)
British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
European Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (SECEC)
I am the Lead Educational Supervisor for all orthopaedic surgery junior doctors and specialist registrars of Croydon University Hospital.
I was the Orthopaedic Department Lead for three years until 2020.
I have been the Honorary Editor-In-Chief of the International Journal of Orthopaedics since 2014.
Rotator cuff partial - thickness tears: review of current surgical management. International Journal of Orthopaedics;9(5): 1699-1703, 2022
Long head of biceps tendon pathology in rotator cuff tears: review of incidence, pathology and current trends of management. International Journal of Orthopaedics;9(1):1585-1590,2022
First-time shoulder dislocation: review of operative versus non-operative management. International Journal of Orthopaedics;8(6):1568-1572, 2021
Hill-Sachs Remplissage procedure and its role in arthroscopic stabilisation of the shoulder. International Journal of Orthopaedics; 8(4):1493-1496, 2021
Detection of rotator cuff tears by surgeon-performed ultrasound scan. International Journal of Orthopaedics 7 (5), 1370-1373, 2020
Ultrasound for the detection of full thickness rotator cuff tears: the learning curve for an orthopaedic surgeon. Shoulder and elbow, July 2015, Vol7(3)158-162, 2015
Total Daycare shoulder surgery. Journal of British Elbow and Shoulder society. 2009
Croydon University Hospital
I enjoy spending my spare time with my wife and four children, playing the piano and walking our dog at the common.