Knee Specialist

Mr Sam Nahas is an orthopaedic surgeon at Royal Berkshire Hospital specialising in all knee conditions. This includes sports injury (ligament and cartilage surgery), deformity surgery around the knee (osteotomy), knee replacement (total and partial), knee fracture surgery, patella (kneecap) instability and knee keyhole surgery.  
  
He treats a variety of patients in his role as an expert knee surgeon. This includes those with issues ranging for osteoarthritis of the knee, to elite sports people with ligament and cartilage injury.  

Mr Nahas regularly attends international meetings and is up to date with the cutting-edge and best techniques. He has been involved in the care of many top-level elite athletes and has a deep understanding of the attention to detail and what it takes to get the best result possible. He is frequently referred complex cases by colleagues both in the context of knee replacement and ligament surgery.   

Mr Nahas is a respected teacher and educator for junior doctors, allied healthcare professionals and medical students. He has a pivotal role in Brunel Medical School, being head of Orthopaedics, and being responsible for aspects of curriculum design. Previously he had a substantial teaching commitment at Imperial College, having completed a Masters in University Learning and Teaching at the institution. He also has a strong interest in research and is currently undertaking several projects at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and aims to conduct innovative educational research at Brunel Medical School. He also instructs as an advanced trauma and life support educator, teaching other senior doctors. 

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Knee surgery: injuries; ACL, meniscus, cartilage, and instability; and total/partial knee replacement.

Qualifications and training:

MBBS, St Bartholemew’s and the Royal London Medical School (2011) 

BSc (Hons) Sports and Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary University of London  

Northwest Thames Trauma and Orthopaedic rotation 

Fellowship in knee surgery at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading 

FHEA, Higher Education Academy 

MEd Postgraduate Education and Learning, Imperial College London 

FRCS (Tr&Orth), Royal College of Surgeons 

Memberships:

General Medical Council: 7138356 

Royal College of Surgeons, England (RCS) 

British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) 

British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) 

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Royal Berkshire Hospital