Mr Suresh Chandrashekar is a Consultant Foot and Ankle Orthopaedic Surgeon in the UK. He held the position of Clinical Lead for the Trauma and Orthopaedic Department (2019 - 2022) at the Homerton Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust during the challenging period of the pandemic. Leading the team, he successfully restored elective services while collaborating with his counterparts in North East London. He believes in teamwork and collaboration within a multidisciplinary framework of surgeons, physicians, and other practitioners to deliver the best possible standards of care backed by evidence-based practice.

Mr Chandrashekar graduated in 2001 from the University of Mumbai, India. Following this, he undertook residency training in Surgery in General and Trauma & Orthopaedics at the St. Petersburg State Medical Academy, Russia, from 2001-2004. He furthered his UK training in trauma and orthopaedics, rotating across various subspecialty firms in NHS trusts in Manchester, Harlow (Essex), and Royal London Hospital. He successfully passed the Royal College of Surgeons exams, securing the Fellowship Diploma for FRCS (Orth), and undertook sub-speciality fellowship training in Foot and Ankle Orthopaedic surgery at The University Hospitals of Southampton Foundation Trust.

Mr Chandrashekar has also been on additional visiting fellowship training in Germany for Orthopaedic trauma and Joint replacement in Freiburg and specialist Foot and Ankle visitation to Klinik Rummelsberg, near Nuremberg, with the European Foot Society president, Prof. Dr. med. Martinus Richter. His Foot Society connected visitation helped him gain experience and skills in managing complex foot and ankle injuries and cartilage disorders in young and old.

Mr Chandrashekar practices minimally invasive surgery when indicated and supports enhanced patient recovery and early rehabilitation. He is committed to research projects for foot surgery and has peer-reviewed publications, successfully presenting at international and national medical conferences. Besides speaking English as his first language, he is fluent in Hindi, Tamil, and caters to Russian-speaking clients as well.

Mr Chandrashekar is passionate about teaching and actively trains medical students and orthopaedic trainees within the NHS, as well as acting as an examiner/faculty for The Royal College of Surgeons in England F.R.C.S. Orth. Revision courses. He has extensive experience in Foot and Ankle surgery with a specialist interest in sports injuries and cartilage injuries of the ankle joint in the young and sporty population.