Mr Alistair Hunter, Consultant Orthopaedic and Hand Surgeon
Mr Alistair Hunter
Consultant Orthopaedic and Hand Surgeon
Mr Alistair Hunter MA MBBS MSc FRCS (Tr&Orth) FHEA Dip Hand Surg
Consultant Orthopaedic and Hand Surgeon
Mr Alistair Hunter
Consultant Orthopaedic and Hand Surgeon MA MBBS MSc FRCS (Tr&Orth) FHEA Dip Hand Surg
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London Digestive Centre
41 Welbeck Street, London, W1G 8DU
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The Princess Grace Hospital Outpatients
30 Devonshire Street, London, W1G 6PU
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The Institute of Sport Exercise & Health (ISEH)
170 Tottenham, Court Rd, London, W1T 7HA
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The Princess Grace Hospital
42-52 Nottingham Place, London, W1U 5NY
About Mr Alistair Hunter
GMC number: 6072922
Year qualified: 2003
Place of primary qualification: University of London
Initial consultation fee: £275
Follow up consultation fee: £225
Mr Alistair Hunter is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Hand Surgeon at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He qualified from Cambridge University and University College London Medical School, completing his core surgical training at St. Thomas' Hospital, London, and obtaining his MRCS in 2006. He then undertook specialist training on the North Western and Middlesex/University College Hospital rotations, earning his FRCS in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery in 2013. Mr Hunter further specialised in hand, wrist, and upper limb surgery at the Hand Unit at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and the Upper Limb Unit at Wrightington Hospital. He also trained at the Institut Kaplan in Barcelona, Spain. In 2015, the British Society for Surgery of the Hand awarded him the Postgraduate Diploma in Hand Surgery.
Mr Hunter is an expert in all hand and wrist conditions. He manages both common and complex conditions of the hand, wrist, and elbow, as well as complex hand and upper limb injuries. He has extensive experience in minimally invasive techniques in hand and wrist surgery.
Mr Hunter is passionate about teaching, training, and research. He is actively involved in the training of orthopaedic surgical trainees and teaches on several national courses. He publishes extensively in his field of expertise and regularly lectures at national and international conferences.
Conditions Treated
- Sports injuries
- Dupuytren's disease
- Nerve-related pathologies
- Tendon injuries
- Trigger finger
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Fractures
- De Quervain's tendonopathy
- Thumb arthritis
- Arthritis (hand and wrist)
Mr Hunter's dedication to his field and his patients is evident in his comprehensive approach to treatment and his commitment to advancing medical knowledge through research and education.
Areas of expertise
- Arthritis (elbow)
- Arthritis (hand)
- Arthritis (wrist)
- Arthroscopy
- Bone spurs
- Carpal tunnel decompression
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Cubital tunnel (ulnar nerve) release
- Dupuytren's contracture
- Elbow fractures
- Elbow instability
- Elbow stiffness
- External fixation devices
- Finger joint replacement
- Forearm fractures
- Fracture (broken bone)
- Fracture fixation surgery
- Fragility (osteoporotic) fractures
- Ganglion cyst removal
- Golfer's elbow (medial epicondylitis)
- Hand deformities
- Hand extensor tendon injuries
- Hand flexor tendon injuries
- Hand fractures
- Hand pain
- Hand problems
- Joint fusion (hand)
- Joint fusion (wrist)
- Joint injection
- Kienbock's disease
- Mallet finger
- MRI scan (magnetic resonance imaging scan)
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteomyelitis (upper limb)
- Peripheral nerve injury
- Revision surgery
- Rheumatoid hand surgery
- Sports injuries
- Steroid injection
- Tendon repair
- Tendon repair (hand)
- Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)
- Trigger finger
- Wrist arthroscopy
- Wrist fractures
- Wrist replacement
Professional memberships
Articles by Mr Alistair Hunter
Is it safe to restart elective day-case surgery? lessons learned from upper limb ambulatory trauma during the covid-19 pandemic



