Clinical Associate Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics
University of Nottingham
Honorary Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon
Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Mr Alan Norrish
BSc, MB BChir, MBA, LLM, PhD, MSFEM(UK), SFHEA, FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon
Alan Norrish is a Clinical Associate Professor of Trauma, Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine at the University of Nottingham and an Honorary Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at Nottingham University Hospitals, based at Queen’s Medical Centre, home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre. He completed specialist training in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery in 2007, after training in the East of England, and has developed more than three decades of experience in medicine, surgery, teaching and research.
His clinical practice centres on complex lower limb trauma and reconstruction, including complex fractures, periprosthetic injuries, bone and joint infection, fracture non-union, limb reconstruction and hip replacement. He has worked as a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon in Zambia, the Middle East, Afghanistan, Cambridge, King’s Lynn and Nottingham, gaining wide experience across civilian, humanitarian and major trauma settings.
Alongside clinical practice, he has held undergraduate and postgraduate teaching roles at the University of Zambia, University of Cambridge, Anglia Ruskin University and University of Nottingham. He is a member of the Board of Examiners for the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa and has extensive experience in curriculum design and course leadership. He has contributed to international education programmes for nurses and junior surgeons, including AOTrauma initiatives and a funded surgical training programme in Myanmar. He has directed cadaveric courses in Australia and delivered invited lectures across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Australia and the Middle East, reflecting a longstanding commitment to surgical education, clinical excellence, global multidisciplinary training and service internationally.
Expertise Summary
Alan Norrish’s principal area of expertise is complex lower limb trauma and reconstruction surgery, supported by extensive experience in general orthopaedic trauma, hip arthroplasty and the management of complications following injury or joint replacement. Since appointment as a Consultant in 2007, he has treated complex acute and chronic trauma conditions across major trauma, humanitarian and international settings, including multiple fractures, long bone fractures, femoral, tibial, hip, knee, foot and ankle injuries, open fractures, bone loss and traumatic amputation.
He has particular expertise in periprosthetic fracture surgery, fracture non-union and malunion, bone and joint infection, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, prosthetic joint infection and revision-related complications. His reconstructive practice includes limb reconstruction using circular frames, external fixation, Ilizarov and Taylor Spatial Frame techniques, as well as mega-prosthesis surgery for trauma and infection indications. He founded and co-led a multidisciplinary regional bone and joint infection service in Cambridge and continues to practise in complex lower limb trauma, general trauma and hip replacement.
He can provide expert witness opinion, medico-legal reports and court evidence in personal injury and clinical negligence cases relating to complex trauma surgery, infection, limb reconstruction, joint replacement and revision surgery, including causation, condition, prognosis, assessment and liability issues in clinical practice.
Mr Norrish can take instructions on behalf of either claimant or defendant or as a Single Joint Expert.
