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Mr Rohit Dhawan

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Mr Dhawan trained at the esteemed Oswestry Orthopaedic training programme at Robert Jones Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital and University Hospitals North Midlands. His training involved handling simple and complex primary and revision lower limb arthroplasty cases referred to the tertiary care referral centre. He gained extensive experience in managing complex poly-trauma, peri-prosthetic fractures, and other long bone fractures, as well as primary and metastatic bone tumours.

After completing his training, Mr Dhawan undertook an International Lower Limb Arthroplasty and Sports Fellowship in Australia at the Melbourne Orthopaedic Group. During this fellowship, he became proficient with the Optimised Positioning System (OPS), an innovative technology for total hip replacements that considers each patient’s Spino-Pelvic alignment and other biomechanics pre-operatively. OPS uses an intra-operative positioning system to guide surgeons in optimising implant positioning.

Following this, he completed an Advanced Hip Fellowship at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, where he further honed his skills in revision hip and knee surgery and Prosthetic Joint Infections (PJI).

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Additional information about Mr Rohit Dhawan

Prior to his orthopaedic training, Mr. Dhawan earned a master’s degree at University College London and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore. His research focused on investigating the cellular interaction of metal surfaces and soft tissue cells for Intra-Osseous Transcutaneous Amputation Prostheses (ITAP).

Mr Dhawan has extensively presented at 40 international and national conferences and has published 15 articles in peer-reviewed journals, along with several book chapters. He is an active member of the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) faculty and regularly teaches at the Royal College of Surgeons and various hospitals.

Outside of his professional life, Mr Dhawan is an avid cricket fan who enjoys leg spinning. He also likes road biking and spending time with his wife and two children. His Sundays normally involve spending time in the cricket nets with his two children in the morning and taking his dog, Rusty, out for a long walk in the afternoon. Currently, he is working on improving his grip strength and techniques to progress from a ‘beginner’ to an ‘intermediate’ climber in bouldering, finding it much more challenging than it appears on television.

Consultant Lower Limb Arthroplasty and Trauma Surgeon, Royal United Hospital, Bath

2001

Total Hip Replacement, Revision Total Hip Replacement, Hip injections, Total Knee Replacement, Revision Total Knee Replacement, Uni-compartment/Half a knee Replacement, Knee Arthroscopy, Optimised Positioning System (OPS®) for Total Hip Replacements.

Infection, Peri-prosthetic fractures, Lower Limb Arthroplasty, Revision Arthroplasty,

Epidemiology and Statistics.

Masters in Surgical Sciences, UCL (2008) - in vitro cultures of cells to test for adhesion to different metal surfaces.

British Orthopaedic Association

British Hip Society

British Medical Association

1. Alan Darby Medal – Awarded by Montgomery Unit, Oswestry, for exceptional published work in musculoskeletal tumour surgery. April 2022.

2. Weight-bearing – how partial are we? R Dhawan, A Roberts. Stoke and Oswestry Trauma and Orthopaedic Training Rotation, Oswestry, 2018

3. Animal bite-related injuries and the financial implications: R Dhawan, N Patel, AP Moreau. Stoke and Oswestry Trauma and Orthopaedic Training Rotation, Oswestry, 2015

1. Birmingham Hip Resurfacing at 20 years. Dhawan R, Young DA, Van Eemeren A, Shimmin A. Bone Joint J. 2023;105-B(9):946-952.doi:10.1302/0301-620X.105B9.BJJ-2022-0713.R2

2. Modular dual-mobility articulations in patients with adverse spinopelvic mobility. Dhawan R, Baré JV, Shimmin A. Bone Joint J. 2022 Jul;104-B(7):820-825. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.104B7.BJJ-2021-1628.R1. PMID:35775170.

3. Distal femoral replacement – does length matter? Mid-term results for distal femoral replacements. R Dhawan, P Cool, R Spencer Jones. Knee. 2021 Aug;31:97-109. doi:10.1016/j.knee.2021.05.008. Epub 2021 Jun 14. PMID: 34119999.

4. Bone Tumours of the Talus: 18 year Cohort of Patients with Rare Osteoid Lesions. Western LF, Dhawan R, Cribb G et al. Cureus 13(2): e13565. Doi:10.7759/cureus. 13565. Feb 2021

5. Soft Tissue Radiological Knee (SToRK) Index: An observational cohort study to produce an index that quantifies the magnitude of soft tissue around the knee using standard radiographs. Soha Sajid, Jan Herman Kuiper, Rohit Dhawan, Robin Banerjee, Simon Lewthwaite. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, Volume 11, Supplement 5, October 2020, Pages

S909-S915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcot...

4. Minimising the need for high dependency unit support in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery. Is enhanced recovery and the multidisciplinary team key? Dass, Debashis; Dhawan, Rohit; Maybin, James; Kiely, Nigel T.; Davidson, Neil T.; Trivedi, Jayesh M. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics B: July 17, 2020 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue -doi: 10.1097/BPB.0000000000000764

5. Enhanced recovery and hidden blood loss in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: a case control study. Rohit Dhawan, Rathan Yarlagadda, John John, NM Graham – Indian J Orthop. 2017 Mar-Apr;51(2):182-186. doi:10.4103/ortho.IJORTHO_46_16.

6. ‘Periprosthetic femoral fracture due to biodegradable cement restrictor’. R.Dhawan, DC Mangham, NM Graham. Journal of Arthroplasty. The Journal of Arthroplasty Volume 27, Issue 8 , Pages 1581.e13-1581.e15, September 2012. PMID22521399. DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2012.02.013

7. Sternoclavicular joint. R Dhawan, R Singh, B Tins, SM Hay. Shoulder and Elbow – 2017. DOI: 10.1177/1758573218756880.

8. Shoulder and Elbow Injuries Related to Motocross Biking – 5 Year Review. R Singh, R Dhawan, M Gandhi, SM Hay – Int J Sports Sci Med. 2017; 1(2): 044– 0447.

9. Only walking matters: Evaluation of Spinal Stenosis Decompression Surgery. S Budithi, R Dhawan, BS Balain, DC Jaffray – Eur Spine J. 2017 Feb;26(2):481-487. doi: 10.1007/s00586-016-4881-x. Epub 2016 Nov 30.

10. Tri-Component, Mobile Bearing, Total Ankle Replacement Mid-Term Functional Outcome and Survival. Rohit Dhawan, Jake Turner, Vikas Sharma, RK Nayak. Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 566-569, September 2012. PMID: 22770902. DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2012.05.002

11. Hill-Sachs reconstruction and repair using a synthetic scaffold. Amit Kumar, Rohit Dhawan, Mohammad Maqsood. Acta Orthop. Belg., 2012 Feb, 78(1): 117-20. PMID: 22523938

12. Posterolateral elbow dislocation with sub flexor displacement of radial head fragment. R. Dhawan, Vikas Sharma. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology. Dec 2010. DOI 10.1007/s00590-010-0731-4.

13. Stress Fracture in Neck of Femurs: critical review. R. Dhawan, Fares Haddad. Sports Injury Bulletin, Jan 2009

14. Book chapter - ‘Complete arthroscopic synovectomy, M Carmont, U Haklar, R Dhawan, N Olsson’, Chapter 19 in EFOST Surgical Techniques in Sports Medicine – Knee surgery Vol.1: Soft Tissue

15. Book chapter - 'The Knee Joint' in 'Hypermobility, Fibromyalgia and Chronic pain', R Dhawan, Fares Haddad. Chapter 12iv - 1st Edition, Elsevier Ltd.

International

1. Total hip arthroplasty in patients with adverse spinopelvic mobility – results of modular dual mobility articulations. R Dhawan, C Madurawe, J Pierrepont, J Baré, A Shimmin. EFORT 2022, Lisbon

2. Birmingham Hip Resurfacing – 20 Years On. R Dhawan, D Young, A Shimmin. EFORT 2022, Lisbon

3. Incidence of revision surgery for adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) after primary cervical fusion surgery with 10 year follow up – EuroSpine 2020, Virtual Meeting.

4. ‘Nothing lasts forever’ – Shelf life of lumbar decompression, a comparison of 3 techniques. R Dhawan, B Balain, J Trivedi, DC Jaffray. AAOS 2018, New Orleans.

5. Incidence of recurrent dislocation of total hip replacement, Sahemey R, Dhawan R, B Youssef, Lim J. EFORT 2017, Vienna

6. Animal bite related injuries and the financial implications: R Dhawan, N Patel, AP Moreau. ECTES 2015, Amsterdam

7. Septic knee arthritis - accuracy and prediction of laboratory parameters; Rohit Dhawan, Jessica Harvey, James Stoddard, Paul Sutton. XXVI SICOT Triennial World Congress, 2014, Rio de Janeiro

8. Tibial Fracture Management with Circular Frames – Statistical Analysis of Variables Including Time to Fracture Healing, AO Fracture Type, Age and Gender; Rohit Dhawan, James Fagg, Simon Royston. EFORT 2014, London

9. Missed Diagnosis of Spondyloarthropathy; Rohit Dhawan, V Pullicino, JM Trivedi. Britspine 2014, Warwick

10. S-ROM® Noiles™ Rotating Hinge Knee system – long term results; Dhawan R, Pavlou G, Spencer Jones B, Spencer Jones R. Combined 33rd SICOT & 17th PAOA Orthopaedic World Conference 2012, Dubai

11. “Near non squeaking" outcomes with ceramic on ceramic total hip arthroplasty (THA); Dhawan R, Whittaker JP, Phillips SJ, Gregson PA, Graham NM. European Hip Society (EHS) 2012, Milan.

12. Humerus Fractures in Adults - Epidemiology and Analysis (1997 – 2009); Dhawan R, Sharma V; EFORT 2011, Copenhagen.

13. Adult Forearm Fractures Epidemiology in a District General Hospital (1997– 2009); Dhawan R, Sharma V. EFORT 2011, Copenhagen.

14. Calcaneal fractures prevalence and incidence in community over the last 13 years; Sharma V, Dhawan R. EFORT 2011, Copenhagen.

15. Treatment methods and radiographic assessment if Malone 2A and 2B intra-articular distal radius fractures; Sharma V, Dhawan R. EFORT 2011, Copenhagen.

16. Epidemiology of adult humerus fractures (1998-2009); Dhawan R, Al-Khouri M, Sharma V. SICOT 2011 XXV Triennial World Congress, Prague.

17. Total ankle replacement – long term survival analysis; Dhawan R, Sharma V, Nayak R; SICOT 2011 XXV Triennial World Congress, Prague.

18. Adhesion plaques of Fibroblasts affecting attachment on Diamond-like-Carbon coated titanium; Dhawan R, Pendegrass C, Blunn G. EFORT 2010, Madrid.

19. Viability of femoral heads in massive Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE), a report of six cases; Dhawan R, Hashemi-Nejad A, Eastwood D.EFORT 2010, Madrid.

National

24. Missed diagnosis of Spondyloarthropathy – Special poster presentation; R Dhawan, V Pullicino, J Trivedi. 8th Britspine Conference, 2014: 2 – 4th April, Warwick

25. Mid-term results of uncemented modular femoral revision system; R Dhawan, N Graham. British Hip Society Conference (BHS), 2012: 29th February – 2nd March, Manchester

26. Mid-term results of ceramic on ceramic bearing for uncemented total hip replacement; R Dhawan, JP Whittaker, S Karlakki, S Phillips, P Gregson, N Graham. British Hip Society Conference (BHS), 2012: 29th February – 2nd March, Manchester

27. Femoral head penetration into monoblock porous tantalum acetabular cups- 5 year follow up; V Patil, R Dhawan, S Umar, S Karlakki. British Hip Society Conference (BHS), 2012: 29th February – 2nd March, Manchester

28. The interaction of diamond-like-carbon coated titanium and keratinocytes’ Dhawan R, Pendegrass C, Blunn G. British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS), Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, June 2009

29. The interaction between diamond-like-carbon coated titanium and human dermal fibroblasts. Dhawan R, Pendegrass C, Blunn G. British Orthopaedic Research Society
(BORS), Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, June 2009.