Speciality: Trauma & Orthopaedics
Services: Orthopaedics
Position: Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon
Interests:
- Hip and knee replacement, including partial knee replacement
- Joint preservation for early arthritis
- Sports knee injuries
- Complex trauma, including fractures around joints and around joint replacements
- Paediatric orthopaedics (Paediatric Orthopaedics Lead)
- Metastatic bone disease (Tumour Lead)
Qualifications: BSc, MBBS, Dip SEM, FRCS (Tr & Orth)
GMC Number: 6044607
Date Qualified: 1999
Date Started at Trust: 2022
Profile:
Mr Muhammad Umar is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at Macclesfield District General Hospital. He has been a consultant at East Cheshire NHS Trust since 2022, where he leads the paediatric orthopaedic service and the metastatic bone service.
His practice covers hip and knee replacement, including partial knee replacement, joint preservation for early arthritis, sports knee injuries and complex trauma, including fractures around joints and around previous joint replacements. He works closely with Royal Manchester Children's Hospital in the care of children, and with regional oncology centres in the care of patients with cancer-related bone disease.
He qualified in medicine in 1999 and was awarded the FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics) in 2014. He completed the British Orthopaedic Association National Clinical Fellowship in lower limb surgery at Wrightington Hospital and a Major Trauma Fellowship at Aintree University Hospital. He also holds a Diploma in Sports & Exercise Medicine from the University of Bath.
He is an Educational Supervisor for medical students from the University of Buckingham, supervises junior doctors and takes part in clinical governance, audit and quality improvement. He is also an appraiser for the Trust and a consultant LNC member. He speaks English, Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi.
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