Mr Simon Jameson

Biography

Mr Simon Jameson is a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon with an expertise in: primary hip and knee replacement, revision hip and knee replacement including reconstruction after failed trauma, peri-prosthetic joint infection and management of metastatic bone disease around the hip.

His research interests include: outcomes after joint replacement including influence of implant characteristics, management of peri-prosthetic joint infection and venous thromboembolic prophylaxis after hip and knee replacement.

Special interests

Hip and knee replacement
Revision hip and knee replacement
Managing fractures around joint replacements
Orthopaedic major trauma
Prosthetic joint infection
Bone cancer surgery
Orthopaedic clinical research

Current positions

Local lead for prosthetic joint infection and orthopaedic oncology groups
Orthopaedic Device Evaluation Panel (ODEP) committee member
British Hip Society National Joint Registry Representative
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York

Training

MBBS – University of Newcastle upon Tyne (2002)
MRCS – Royal College of Surgeons of England (2006)
Surgical (orthopaedic) Training Programme, (West of Scotland Deanery and Northern Deanery (2004 – 14)
FRCS Tr & Orth – Royal College of Surgeons of England (2014)
PhD – Durham University School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health (2015)

Fellowships

National Joint Registry of England and Wales Research Fellowship,
London (2011-12)
Robin Ling Hip Arthroplasty Fellowship,
Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Exeter (2014-15)
British Orthopaedic Association Clinical Leaders Programme (2015-16)
Hip and Knee Primary and Revision Arthroplasty Fellowship,
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2015-16)
British Hip Society European Travelling Fellowship, Centre for Hip Arthroplasty, Nijmegen University Medical Centre, The Netherlands (2016)
Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship, Regional Major Trauma Unit, The James Cook University Hospital (2016)

Research

PhD thesis – Rationalisation of hip replacement prosthesis using evidence from linked national databases
Publications – Authored more than 70 peer-reviewed research papers published in orthopaedic and general medical journals and several book chapters
Presentations – Presented more than 65 scientific papers at national and international meetings
Research interests – outcomes following hip and knee replacement, patient experiences, venous thromboembolism, hip trauma, periprosthetic joint infection