Mr Alastair Dick, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Mr Alastair Dick
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Mr Alastair Dick MBBS BSc FRCS (Tr & Orth) MSc MA
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Mr Alastair Dick
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon MBBS BSc FRCS (Tr & Orth) MSc MA
Mr Dick is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Areas of expertise
- Hip surgery
- Hip preservation
- Joint replacement
- Trauma
- Peri-acetabular osteotomy (PAO)
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Address
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The Princess Grace Hospital
42-52 Nottingham Place, London, W1U 5NY
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The London Hip Unit
30 Devonshire Street, London, W1G 6PU
About Mr Alastair Dick
GMC number: 7020367
Year qualified: 2008
Place of primary qualification: Imperial College London
Mr Alastair Dick is a dual fellowship-trained consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in all aspects of hip surgery. He joined the London Hip Unit in January 2024. Mr Dick has specific interests and expertise in high-performance hip replacement surgery and hip preservation surgery. He is particularly skilled in minimally invasive periacetabular osteotomy, hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement, and complex arthroplasty in younger patients.
Mr Dick graduated from Imperial College London with an intercalated BSc in surgery and anaesthesia. He completed his specialist orthopaedic training on the South-East Thames rotation, where he gained comprehensive experience in lower limb surgery, including major trauma centre experience in managing pelvic trauma. He was awarded his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2017. To further enhance his skills, he undertook sub-specialist fellowships in hip arthroplasty in Bournemouth and hip preservation surgery at Guy’s Hospital in London. In 2019, he was awarded the Zimmer Biomet BOTA Travelling Fellowship to gain further experience at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Mr Dick holds two higher degrees: an MSc in Trauma and Orthopaedics and an MA in Clinical Education. He is an honorary Associate Professor at University College London. He is a member of the British Orthopaedic Association, British Hip Society, and ISHA – The Hip Preservation Society. He regularly reviews for prestigious journals, including the British Medical Journal, The Bone and Joint Journal, and the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
His NHS practice is based at University College London Hospital, one of the busiest hip preservation units in the country. He is the Trust lead for hip trauma, implementing data-driven optimisation in care for those with a fractured hip.
Areas of expertise
- Arthroscopy
- Hip and groin pain
- Hip arthroscopy
- Hip preservation
- Hip replacement
- Hip surgery
- Joint replacement
- Peri-acetabular osteotomy (PAO)
- The young hip
- Trauma
Professional memberships
Articles by Mr Alastair Dick
The impact of mental health disorders on outcomes following hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome
Delayed allergic reaction to ChloraPrepTM in foot and ankle surgery
Reducing allogenic blood transfusion in pediatric scoliosis surgery
Hip fractures in centenarians
Accuracy of the relationship between the centre of the femoral head and tip of greater trochanter
The British orthopaedic surgery surveillance study: perthes' disease
The British orthopaedic surgery surveillance study: slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Outcomes for elderly patients with atypical femoral fractures compared to typical femoral fractures for length of stay, discharge destination, and 30-day mortality rate
C-reactive protein
The British orthopaedic oncology management (BOOM) audit
Outcomes after trifocal femoral fractures
An approach to hip pain in a young adult
