Mr Joyti Saksena
BMSc(Hons), MRCS, FRCS (Trauma & Ortho)
Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon

Mr Saksena has been a Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust since October 2010. Prior to this he was a locum consultant and honorary senior lecturer at The Whittington Hospital since January 2009.

He qualified from the University of Dundee Medical School in 1995.  He underwent his basic surgical training (BST) in the UK and Australia before embarking on his specialist orthopaedic training (HST) on The Royal London Hospital Rotation. He has thus worked in the local area since 2002.

During his training he undertook 3 specialist fellowships:

1. Hip Reconstruction under the guidance of Miss Sarah Muirhead-Allwood at the Princess Grace and King Edward VII hospitals, London.
2. Hip and Knee arthroplasty fellowship at The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. Under the guidance of Mr K Tucker (past president British Hip Society)
3. Knee fellowship at The Royal Free and Wellington Knee Unit and the guidance of Mr GSE Dowd.

Joyti Saksena’s clinical practice lies in hip and knee replacement, complex primary hip replacement and revision hip and knee replacement. He has a special interest in the management of infected joint replacements.  In addition he performs knee arthroscopy, and fracture fixation.

His research interest is in improving surgical and quality of life outcomes.  His aim is to provide enhanced recovery by adopting approaches that improve the whole patient journey from pre-operative assessment to post-operative rehabilitation. He has published and presented his research work in europe and the USA.

Joyti Saksena keeps up to date by attending national and international scientific meetings. He recently undertook a traveling surgeon visit to Mr Joe Lombardi, Ohio and Mr Schmaltz, Pennsylvania, who specialise in mini hip and custom knee replacement techniques, September 2009.  He is a faculty member on three orthopaedic courses and is an author reviewer for a number of prestigious journals including The Knee, British Medical Journal and the Journal of Case Reports.

In his NHS practice he is an educational supervisor and undertakes the teaching of trainees from the London deanery.

His professional memberships include: The Royal college of Surgeons and Physicians Glasgow, British Orthopaedic Association, British Hip Society, Efort Member, AO Alumni Member.

Procedures undertaken:

1. Hip replacement (Primary, Complex Primary & Revision)
2. Knee replacement (Partial, Primary & Revision)
3. Arthroscopic Knee surgery
4. Fracture/Trauma Surgery

Useful links:

www.orthopaedichipandkneesolutions.com