Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Whinney Heys Road
Blackpool
FY3 8NR
Research interests
Fusion versus replacement in the management of arthritic conditions of the foot and ankle.
I am interested in the management of musculoskeletal infection and am involved in a study of outpatient management of musculoskeletal infections along with the department of microbiology at the Blackpool Victoria hospital
Personal interests
I have great interest in trekking and am a regular visitor to the Lake district. Outside of England, I have been to Nepal and Tibet on long distance treks which have been fantastic experiences. I am very interested in travel especially to historical sites.
Awards received
Year prize for the M.Ch Orth course
Languages spoken
English, Tamil, Malayalam
Publications
'Primary Hip Arthroplasty" - chapter in Mercers textbook of Orthopaedic surgery- co-authored chapter with Mr. Peter Kay
• Sreekumar R, Gray J, Kay P, Grennan DM. ‘Methotrexate and postoperative complications in patients with Rheumatoid arthritis undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery- a ten year follow up. Acta Orthopaedica Belgica. Dec 2011.
• Subramanian S, Jain K, Sreekumar R, Fox U, Hemmady,M, Hodgkinson J P.. Early results of whole femoral head allograft with articular cartilage for acetabular impaction grafting in revision hip replacements. .Ann R Coll Surg Eng Vol 92, No 1, Jan 2010 pp 27- 30.
• Sreekumar R, Subramanian S, Mohammed A, ‘Patellar Button dislocation in a mobile bearing LCS Patello femoral Joint arthroplasty- Case report’. Journal of Knee Surgery.2009; 22: 275- 278.
• Desai A, Sreekumar Ramankutty, Tim Board, Videsh Raut. ‘Does intra- articular steroid infiltration increase the rate of infection in subsequent total knee replacements’. The Knee. August 2009. Vol 16, Issue 4, pp 262-264.
• Sreekumar R, Venkiteswaran V, Raut V, ‘Infection in primary hip arthroplasty after previous steroid infiltration’ Int. Orthopaedics. 2007 31: 125- 128.
• Horwitz M, Sreekumar R. ‘Unicompartmental knee replacements- selected internet viewings’. Ann R Coll Surg Eng 2005; 87: 477- 481.
