Mr. Alistair Phillips

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Biography

As the UK's sole member of Exception MD, I prioritise compassionate, personalised care designed to get you back to doing what you love.

Mr Alistair Phillips is a leading UK Hand Surgeon with over two decades of experience, specialising in the latest surgical and non-operative treatments for conditions from fingertip to elbow, including hand and wrist arthritis, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome and Dupuytren's disease.

His practice is distinguished by his deep empathy and compassion as well as his expertise in ultra-minimally invasive procedures, including ultrasound-guided carpal tunnel release, WALANT local anaesthetic surgery and advanced injection therapies like PRP (platelet-rich plasma) and Arthrosamid.

As the UK's sole member of Exception MD, he prioritises compassionate, personalised care designed to get you back to doing what you love.

Education

  • St George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London, studied medicine.
  • Fellowships in Hand surgery at: The Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Derby - 2014 | University Hospital Southampton - 2015
  • Travelling Fellowships: Worshipful Company of Barbers prize to visit Prof. Don Lalonde MD, New Brunswick, Canada - Wide Awake Local Anaesthetic No Tourniquet (WALANT). Subsequent contribution to Prof. Lalonde’s book “Wide Awake Hand Surgery”.
  • British Orthopaedic Association prize to visit Dr. Earl Campbell MD, Calgary, Canada - WALANT.
  • British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) prize for WALANT Basics video - viewed more than 10 000 times.

Qualifications

  • Higher Surgical Training in Devon and Cornwall.
  • Higher Surgical Training at the world-renowned Pulvertaft Hand Centre in Derby.
  • Founder of Walant. Surgery website - educating a global audience of hand surgeons.
  • Co-opted member of the Education Committee for BSSH.
  • Invited Faculty to many WALANT training courses - Belgium, France, UK, Spain.

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