Appointed Consultant:
2020
Mr Nanavati is a high volume, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in foot and ankle surgery. He is an expert in the generality of foot and ankle surgery with specialist skills in sporting injuries, keyhole surgery and complex deformity correction. He was a student at The Manchester Grammar School, studied Medicine at Brighton/Sussex Medical School and completed his Orthopaedic training on the Sheffield, South Yorkshire rotation.
Mr Nanavati has worked alongside 3 past presidents of the British Foot and Ankle Society which included a 16 month fellowship with Miss Patricia Allen in Leicester. He has undertaken a Trauma fellowship in Malawi, Africa and completed a post-graduate masters in Orthopaedic Engineering (Cardiff) which he passed with Merit. He ranked 11th in the country in his Orthopaedic training entry exam and 4th in Yorkshire in his basic surgical training entry exam.
He has served as the Deputy Divisional Director for Surgery in Rotherham and has won awards for innovation in Orthopaedic Surgery, as well as an NHS Clinical Excellence Award for Services to Foot and Ankle Surgery. Mr Nanavati has also published in multiple journals, including the British Medical Journal and is an Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor.
Mr Nanavati was selected as part of a team of highly-prolific names in foot and ankle surgery from around the world to write a chapter in ‘Essentials of Foot and Ankle Surgery’ which is an internationally-recognised gold standard book. He is vastly experienced in writing medicolegal reports and has developed a reputation based on the quality of his reports, efficiency of his work and responsiveness to any questions posed.
In his spare time he enjoys running, walking his dog and spending time with his young family.
Mr Nikhil Nanavati’s Areas of Expertise
Foot & ankle surgery (Surgery on the foot and ankle)
Achilles repair / Achilles reconstruction (Repairing or reconstructing the Achilles tendon)
Ankle fusion (Fusing the ankle joint)
Ankle ligament repair (Fixing torn ankle ligaments)
Ankle replacement (Replacing the ankle joint)
Bone graft (Transplanting bone tissue)
Bunion surgery (Bunionectomy) (Removing a bunion)
Cartilage reconstruction (Rebuilding damaged cartilage)
Cheilectomy (Removing bone spurs from the big toe)
Chondroplasty (Smoothing damaged cartilage)
Flat foot correction (Correcting flat feet)
Foot and ankle surgery (Surgery on the foot and ankle)
Forefoot reconstructive surgery (Rebuilding the front part of the foot)
Fusion of big toe (Fusing the joint of the big toe)
Hallux valgus surgery (Correcting a bunion on the big toe)