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Prof Tim Board
2023-04-19
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19th April 2023
Professor Board took me into his care following a successful 4th hip replacement in the left leg on the retirement of my surgeon from private practice. Although Professor Board has not yet had to operate on either of my hips, seeing him regularly gives me confidence that when the time comes I will be in safe hands.
I have/had concerns that if a 5th is needed in the left leg, will the femur bone be strong enough. Professor Board has gone into much detail to explain what the outcome/s could be and his calm and reassuring explanations have allayed my concerns. Meanwhile I will continue to play as much golf as possible and enjoy my large garden and vegetable plots.
Thank you Professor Board.
Prof Tim Board
2022-03-03
Person
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3rd March 2022
I have had two hip replacement surgeries and one knee replacement surgery, each one with Prof Tim Board. The first two were NHS , the most recent ( knee surgery) privately. Each time excellent and sympathetic treatment. My underlying genetic condition was fully understood and accommodated to. My individual needs addressed , every step fully explained, and excellent surgical and pre and post surgery treatment. And to the same standard on the NHS and privately.
I was treated as an individual, not a ‘ condition’.
Prof Tim Board
2022-01-13
Person
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13th January 2022
By November 2019 I had been putting of a knee operation for many years because I understood that a return to skiing was not advised. Tim Board reassured me that following his surgery providing I did my physiotherapy properly I would be able to ski.
I am very pleased to say I decided to have the total knee replacement as recommended by Tim Board. The operation, recovery and recuperation were slightly less arduous than I had been led to believe. On Monday I returned home from my first skiing holiday since the operation. At the start of the week I skied cautiously by the end I was skiing as well as I ever had.
I originally damaged my knee playing rugby and had a cartilage the size of a grapefruit taken out in 1968. I have remained active all my life playing sport and farming for a living.
I am now doing all the above, since the operation, in no pain for the first time in many years. I would very much recommend anybody thinking about the pros and cons of having a knee operation to go ahead and get it done.
I can not speak too highly of Tim Board and his team
Prof Tim Board
2021-11-24
Person
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24th November 2021
very good I highly recommend
Prof Tim Board
2021-10-18
Person
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18th October 2021
A very knowledgeable, empathic and conscientious surgeon who goes the extra mile for his patients - he's even made an app to help guide his patients through each stage of preparation and recovery from surgery
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- Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
Profile
Tim Board is a Consultant Hip Surgeon working at the Centre for Hip Surgery at Wrightington Hospital in Lancashire. He is also a Visiting Professor in Orthopaedics at the Universities of Manchester and Leeds.
He is fellowship trained in dealing with complex hip problems including primary and revision arthroplasty. He is currently performing around 200 primary joint replacements and 50 revisions per year.
At Wrightington he has developed a special interest in treating young patients with arthritis and also treating patients who have problems after operations and dealing with revision surgery of the hip. He also has an interest in dealing with hip impingement using the latest arthroscopic surgical techniques.
He gained his Medical degree from the University of Manchester in 1996 (awarded with Honours). He also gained a first class honours degree in Anatomy whilst an undergraduate. He obtained Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1999. Speciality training in the North West led to completion of the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeon (Trauma and Orthopaedics) in 2005.
During his training Tim undertook periods of specialist training abroad, spending a year in Sydney, Australia and visiting fellowships in Hanover, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland. He also spent some voluntary time in Malawi, providing orthopaedic care and education, a visit funded by World Orthopaedic Concern.
He has an interest in research and undertook an MD at the University of Manchester investigating bone grafting techniques in revision hip surgery. He has presented at many national and international meetings and has published more than 50 papers and contributed to many textbooks. His main fields of research interest include bone grafting and tissue engineering, hip impingement and arthroscopy, heterotopic ossification, computer aided surgery, outcome of uncemented stems in revision hip arthroplasty and failure of hip resurfacing (ALVAL).
He holds a number of research grants, most notably an NiHR RfPB grant to run the HipHOP study - a randomised study to look at the difference in patient function after different types of hip replacement.
He also has a strong collaboration with Leeds University, where he is a Visiting Professor. He is working on the next generation of hip simulators and smart implants that sense their own environment.
Recently, he was elected as Chair of the British Hip Society Research Committee and also sits on the BHS Executive Committee. Has previously been a representative on the BOA Research Committee.