Mr Karthik Karuppaiah, Orthopaedic and Upper Limb Surgeon
Mr Karthik Karuppaiah
Orthopaedic and Upper Limb Surgeon
Mr Karthik Karuppaiah M.B.B.S., M.S Orth, MRCS, MSc-Evidence Based Ortho(UK), MCh Orth(UK), FRCS (Tr&O)
Orthopaedic and Upper Limb Surgeon
Mr Karthik Karuppaiah
Orthopaedic and Upper Limb Surgeon M.B.B.S., M.S Orth, MRCS, MSc-Evidence Based Ortho(UK), MCh Orth(UK), FRCS (Tr&O)
Mr Karuppaiah is a recommended Orthopaedic and Upper Limb Surgeon
Areas of expertise
- Arthritis
- Shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist surgery
- Complex trauma and Sports injuries
- Dupuytren's disease
- Tendinitis (tennis & golfer’s elbow)
Recommendations for Mr Karuppaiah
These recommendations are for information purposes only. Doctors providing recommendations do so in good faith and are not responsible for clinical outcomes.
Recommended by:
byDr Haroon Mufti, GP
❝Mr Karuappaiah has excellent bedside manner and brilliant technical ability. Results reported from patients are very satisfactory and he is very experienced with complex cases too❞
byMr Paul Culpan, Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon
❝Karthik is a highly regarded upper limb surgeon with an impressive teaching hospital practice. He is known to be an excellent surgeon and patient centred in his approach - highly recommended.❞
byMr Edmund Fitzgerald O’Connor, Plastic and Reconstructive Consultant Surgeon
❝Karthik is a highly talented surgeon who has done wonders for his patients , I fully recommend him❞
❝Mr Karuappaiah has excellent bedside manner and brilliant technical ability. Results reported from patients are very satisfactory and he is very experienced with complex cases too❞
byMr Paul Culpan, Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon
❝Karthik is a highly regarded upper limb surgeon with an impressive teaching hospital practice. He is known to be an excellent surgeon and patient centred in his approach - highly recommended.❞
byMr Edmund Fitzgerald O’Connor, Plastic and Reconstructive Consultant Surgeon
❝Karthik is a highly talented surgeon who has done wonders for his patients , I fully recommend him❞
Make an appointment
Address
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HCA UK at The Shard
The Shard, 32 St Thomas Street, London, SE1 9BS
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London Bridge Hospital
27 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2PR
About Mr Karthik Karuppaiah
GMC number: 7034429
Year qualified: 2002
Place of primary qualification: Dr M G R Medical University
Mr Karthik Karuppaiah is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Upper Limb Surgeon at Kings College Hospital, London, where he has worked since 2014. He also provides tertiary referral service for complex upper-limb injuries. His special interests are upper limb, Dupuytren’s disease, hand and wrist, elbow, shoulder and fractures. He has comprehensive clinical expertise in evaluation and management of sports injuries, arthritis, and nerve and tendon problems in the upper limb. He recommends non-surgical management whereever possible and uses surgery only as the last resort. His master’s degree on Evidence Based Medicine in Orthopaedics trained him to only provide the most relevant and cutting-edge care.
Mr Karuppaiah had his orthopaedic training at Ganga Hospital, India and Kings’ College Hospital, London. He also trained at various hospitals in southeast London and northeast England. He completed his master’s degrees in orthopaedics from the Teesside University, UK and Madras Medical College, India. He is a member and fellow of Royal College of Surgeons.
Mr Karuppaiah lectures both nationally and internationally at leading conferences and training courses. He trains the next generation of surgeons by teaching modern orthopedic techniques to undergraduate students at Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Medical Schools. He is a faculty at Kings FRCS intense revision course, Hand surgery FRCS (Orth) revision course and Medway Upper-limb course. He is a clinical and educational supervisor for foundation year and specialty training doctors.
Mr Karuppaiah has a flourishing academic career and has published more than 25 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has won several accolades in upper-limb research both at the national and international levels. His research work is cited by numerous authors, journals and orthopedic textbooks. He is an editor or reviewer of various international scientific orthopaedic journals.
Areas of expertise
- ACJ arthritis
- Bursitis
- Clavicle fractures
- Complex trauma and sports injuries
- Cubital tunnel syndrome
- Distal radius fractures / wrist fracture
- Dupuytren’s disease
- Elbow fractures
- Fractures and dislocations in upper limb
- Frozen shoulder
- Hand and wrist – arthritis
- Humerus fractures
- Impingement syndrome
- Ligament injuries
- Metacarpal fractures
- Nerve and tendon problems in the upper limb
- Neuropathies (carpal tunnel/ cubital tunnel syndrome)
- Rotator cuff injury
- Scaphoid fractures
- Shoulder dislocation/instability
- Sports injuries
- Stiffness
- Tendinitis (tennis & golfer’s elbow)
- Trigger finger/thumb
Professional memberships
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Articles by Mr Karthik Karuppaiah
Swellings of the sternoclavicular joint
Scaffolds in the management of massive rotator cuff tears
Delayed reconstruction following incarceration of the medial epicondyle in the elbow joint
Barriers to staff reporting adverse incidents in nhs hospitals
Challenges faced in the management of radial shaft nonunion and implant failure on a background of distal radius malunion
Elbow instability following lateral collateral ligament complex avulsion fracture and joint interposition
The staged management of gleno-humeral joint osteonecrosis in patients with haematological-induced disease
Intraoperative life threatening acute lung injury
Management of heterotopic ossification and restricted forearm rotation
Unstable trochanteric fractures in elderly osteoporotic patients
