Andy Williams (surgeon)

For other people named Andrew Williams, see Andrew Williams (disambiguation).
Andy Williams
Born Andrew Michael Williams
(1964-03-14)March 14, 1964
England, United Kingdom
Nationality British
Education King's College Hospital
Occupation Orthopaedic surgeon

Medical career

Institutions Imperial College London; Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
Specialism Ligament injuries
Notable prizes The Times’ Britain’s Top Surgeons 2011; Honorary Reader, Imperial College London 2010; Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2005-2006

Andrew "Andy" Michael Williams (born 14 March 1964) is a British knee and sports surgeon who specialises in ligament injuries. He is known for treating professional athletes, including Premier League footballers.[1] and English Premiership rugby union players.[2] Williams is a Reader at Imperial College London and co-founder of London musculoskeletal health centre Fortius Clinic.[3] He was named in The Times’ 2011 list of Britain’s top surgeons.[4]

Biography

Williams qualified as a surgeon at King's College Hospital, London in 1987. He completed his orthopaedic training at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore in 1996, before undertaking a year-long fellowship in Brisbane, Australia in 1996-97.[5]

On returning to the UK in 1997, Williams was appointed Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore. From 2000 to 2014, he was a consultant Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. In 2011 Williams co-founded Fortius Clinic, a London musculoskeletal care centre, with a group of other leading orthopaedic surgeons and radiologists.

Williams is also a researcher and lecturer on knee-related issues. He is a Reader at Imperial College, London and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, University of Oxford.[6]

In 2014 Williams became a member of the ESSKA (European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy) Sports Committee.[7] He is also a board member at The Bone & Joint Journal[8] and a reviewer for The American Journal of Sports Medicine.[9] He was a lead editor on the 39th edition of Gray’s Anatomy.[10]

Notable patients

Williams has treated a number of Premier League footballers and many at other levels, including Danny Welbeck,[11] Andy Carroll,[12] Theo Walcott,[13] John Terry,[14] and Didier Drogba.[15] He treated international cricket players Andrew Flintoff[16] and Shoaib Akhtar[17] in 2009, former England rugby union captain Lawrence Dallaglio in 2011,[10] and British Olympic snowboarder Billy Morgan in 2014.[18]

References

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  2. Wildman, Rob (20 May 2008). "Surgeons operate on Danny Cipriani's ankle". Telegraph Media Group Limited. The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  3. "Mr Andy Williams". Bupa. Bupa. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  4. "Bupa Cromwell Hospital consultants featured in The Times "Britain's Top Surgeons" feature". Bupa Cromwell Hospital. Bupa. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  5. "Mr Andrew Williams MB BS FRCS (Orth) FFSEM (UK)". Fisic '15. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  6. "Mr Andy Williams Consultant Knee Surgeon". Fortius Clinic. Fortius London Limited. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  7. "ESSKA Newsletter November 2015" (PDF). European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  8. "Editorial Board". The Bone & Joint Journal. The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  9. "American Journal of Sports Medicine Supplementary Material". American Journal of Sports Medicine. The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  10. 1 2 Machell, Ben (10 December 2011). "The man who fixed Lawrence Dallaglio's knee". The Times. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  11. Burt, Jason (10 May 2016). "Danny Welbeck to meet surgeon Andy Williams to discuss knee injury treatment". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  12. Corless, Liam (18 February 2015). "Andy Carroll uploads gruesome Instagram picture after undergoing knee surgery". The Mirror. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  13. Law, Matt (28 February 2014). "Arsenal's injured winger Theo Walcott says 'I'm learning to walk again'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  14. Newton, Kate (12 October 2011). "Injured All Blacks are just unlucky, says doctor". Stuff. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  15. McGrath, Mike (20 August 2016). "Sandro claims clubs treat players like pieces of meat after he 'fails' medical with Sporting Lisbon but medics give him all-clear". The Sun. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  16. Hoult, Nick (21 August 2009). "The Ashes: Andrew Flintoff to have major knee surgery after Oval Test". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  17. "Shoaib Akhtar hopes knee surgery would help prolong his career". ANI. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  18. Walter, Simon (14 January 2014). "From Shirley to Sochi - why Billy Morgan is still going to the Winter Olympics". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
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