Mr Sam Yasen, Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Research Lead for Trauma and Orthopaedics
Specialist interests
All aspects of knee surgery including sports injuries:
Arthroscopic surgery and all related arthroscopic procedures
Meniscal surgery including meniscal repair and transplantation
Cartilage surgery including complex osteochondral allografting
Ligament reconstructions around the knee from primary ACL reconstruction to complex multiligament cases including revision
Realignment osteotomy around the knee
Patellofemoral surgery
Knee replacement, partial knee replacement
Revision knee replacement
Primary hip replacement:
Cemented THR
Uncemented THR
Additional information and comments
Trained at King's College London, graduating with triple distinction in undergraduate medicine and Honours in BSc in physiology in 2006.
Completed surgical training in the Wessex region. Awarded the Sir Walter Mercer Gold Medal in Trauma & Orthopaedics in 2014, and The McLeod Medal in Sports and Exercise Medicine, also in 2014.
Completed fellowship training in trauma surgery (John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford), and advanced knee surgery (with Professor Adrian Wilson).
Hold degrees in Engineering (Masters - MSc - with distinction) from Cardiff University, and Teaching (Bristol University - PGCE - again with distinction).
Honorary university appointed Teaching Fellow at the University of Southampton, and Research Fellow at the University of Winchester.
Broad experience of teaching from undergraduate level to international lecturing and presentations. Published on ligament surgery and osteotomy around the knee.