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Mr Karthik Karuppaiah
2019-04-15
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15th April 2019
Mr. Karthik Karuppaiah absolutely deserves his reputation as one of the very best upper limb surgeons in the country, if not the world. I recently broke my right arm above the elbow in three places and my left ankle in a fall from high level, and was rushed to London's King's College Hospital trauma unit. The breaks in my arm were so bad that none of the surgeons at the hospital apart from Mr. Karuppaiah were willing to undertake the operation I needed. I lay waiting on a ward for five days at King's as there was no space for me in the operating theatre, but Mr. Karuppaiah was anxious to get me operated on as quickly as possible as the sooner I had the operation, he said, the quicker would be my recovery. As I had private medical insurance I was moved to London Bridge Hospital where Mr. Karuppaiah had an available slot in the operating theatre. Mr. Karuppaiah carried out a brilliant 3 hour combined operation on my broken ankle, placing two large screws in it, and on my right arm, inserting a long metal plate from above the elbow to my shoulder with 17 screws in it. I can safely say that Mr. Karuppaiah saved the use of my right arm for me, and as I am right handed, he has made a huge difference to my life going forward. Mr. Karuppaiah is the kindest and gentlest of men, and I will forever be grateful to him. I cannot recommend him more highly as a surgeon and as a dedicated, caring and attentive medical professional.
Mr Karthik Karuppaiah
2019-04-08
Person
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8th April 2019
All appointments were to schedule and he quickly diagnosed my issue and treated it immediately to my full satisfaction.
Mr Karthik Karuppaiah
2019-03-29
Person
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29th March 2019
The doctor made me feel as ease and give me a great experience in getting better a dhelp take away my pain.
Mr Karthik Karuppaiah
2019-03-29
Person
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29th March 2019
Mr Karuppaiah listened to my problems and decided to do the three problem areas with my right arm and hand, in one operation.
This saved me from returning for further surgery if the problem had not been cleared during individual surgeries.
I found him to be polite and friendly and would recommend him to any of my family and friends.
Mr Karthik Karuppaiah
2019-03-19
Person
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19th March 2019
Mr Karuppaiah has been a fantastic support to my 16 year old son who received a shoulder dislocation playing rugby in 2017. Mr Karuppaiah successfully operated on Michael in July 2018 and further supported him when he had a frozen shoulder in November 2018.
Mr Karuppaiah is a highly skilled surgeon/consultant and a credit to his profession, I would highly recommend him.
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- Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
Profile
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Special interest in Shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist surgery
Mr Karuppaiah joined as a Consultant in King’s College Hospital, London, in 2014 following completion of his advanced training in shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist surgeries. With this experience, he manages a wide range of orthopaedic conditions affecting the shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist. His clinical expertise is comprehensive evaluation and management of sports injuries, arthritis, nerve and tendon problems in the upper limb. He also treats multiply injured patients, at King’s College Hospital, one of the busiest Major Trauma Centres in the UK and also provides tertiary referral service for complex upper-limb conditions.
He regularly lectures both nationally and internationally at leading conferences and training courses and continues to teach the modern orthopaedic techniques to trainees. He is intensely involved in teaching and training the trainees from SE Thames Orthopaedic rotation.
He is a faculty member in King’s FRCS intense revision course, Hand surgery FRCS (Orth) revision course and Medway Upper-limb course and is a clinical and educational supervisor for foundation year and speciality training doctors. He is a keen teacher who teaches orthopaedics to undergraduate students at Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Medical Schools.
He has a brilliant academic career and has published more than 30 articles in peer-reviewed indexed journals. He has special interests in upper-limb research and has won several research accolades both at the national and international levels. His research work is cited by numerous authors, journals and orthopaedic textbooks. He is a member of the editorial board and is also a reviewer of various international scientific orthopaedic journals.
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