Mr Dean Michael is a Consultant Lower Limb Surgeon at Ashford and St. Peter’s NHS Trust. He specialises in all aspects of lower limb surgery. His special interests are in hip and knee replacement including minimally invasive hip replacement, hip resurfacing, computer-navigated and patient-matched knee replacement, revision joint replacement, hip arthroscopy (key-hole surgery of the hip), sports injuries and hip problems in young adults, foot and ankle surgery and bunion surgery. He is particularly interested in hip problems in younger adults, sports injuries and improving the outcome and recovery in hip replacement.

After qualifying from St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Mr Michael completed his postgraduate orthopaedic training in London. He then undertook specialist training in hip and knee surgery at Middlesex Hospital and The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore and went on to complete a specialist Hip and Knee Surgery Fellowship in Sydney working at the Orthosports Unit, The New South Wales Institute of Sports Medicine and at the New South Wales Orthopaedic Research Institute.

Mr Michael has been a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon since 2005 and is keenly involved in training of future orthopaedic surgeons. He is a member of the British Orthopaedic Association, The British Hip Society and The British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society.