Mr. Roy Twyman MBBS FRCS FRCS(orth)

Mr. Roy Twyman is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHSTrust specialising in knee surgery.

He undertook his undergraduate studies at the Westminster Hospital, qualifying in 1982, before obtaining his basic surgical training in London, Norwich and Cambridge.

Mr. Twyman completed his Orthopaedic training in London at The Westminster, Middlesex and Royal National Orthopaedic Hospitals. He then spent a year on a fellowship at Auckland Hospital in New Zealand. This time was split between Trauma, Children's Orthopaedics and knee surgery. On his return to the UK he worked as a Consultant specialising in sports injuries at The Middlesex Hospital for a year before taking up a permanent post at Epsom in late 1994.

His practice involves all aspects of knee surgery whether congenital, due to accident, sports injury or arthritis including meniscal (cartilage) problems, ligament injuries, patellar (kneecap) dislocation, total and partial knee replacement.

He has continued an interest in fracture management and hip replacement.

Those areas of his particular clinical and research interest are arthroscopic (keyhole) surgery, Anterior Cruciate ligament reconstruction, multiple knee ligament injuries, complex knee replacements including correction of severe deformities, bilateral knee replacements and revision knee replacement.

Mr. Twyman's teaching commitments include organising the training of knee surgery within the South West Thames Region. He has been the Clinical lead in the management of trauma and fractures at Epsom Hospital for a decade, and has taught on the National teaching programme of the foundation of fracture care in Leeds.

Mr. Roy Twyman is on the Specialist Register with the General Medical Council (No. 2584739).

Clinic: Friday afternoon