Mr Simon Jameson is a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon with a specialist interest in: primary hip and knee replacement including robotic surgery, revision hip replacement and complex surgery around the hip including reconstruction after failed trauma, peri-prosthetic joint infection, and management of metastatic bone disease. He is one of the highest volume revision hip surgeons in the country, performing 30-40 hip revisions annually.
He grew up in the north east and trained locally, in the west of Scotland, and in Exeter. During orthopaedic training he took time out of programme to carry out research with the National Joint Registry (NJR) as the inaugural research fellow in 2012. He continues to work with the NJR for quality assurance, data completeness and as representative for his NHS Trust and as a regional clinical lead. He sits on the Orthopaedic Device Evaluation Panel (ODEP) which evaluates and provides ratings on the global use of hip and knee prostheses.
He is fellowship trained, completing the World-renowned Robin Ling Hip Arthroplasty Fellowship in the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre in Exeter in 2015 and the Endeavour Revision Arthroplasty in James Cook University Hospital. He was a British Hip Society travelling fellow to Nijmegen in the Netherlands in order to develop his expertise in bone graft use in revision hip surgery, and he completed a trauma fellowship at the Major Trauma Centre in Middlesbrough before taking up his consultant post in 2016.
He was instrumental in the coordination and development of multi-disciplinary team working within the north east for complex hip and knee surgery, infection work and orthopaedic oncology, and coordinates regional periprosthetic joint infection and metastatic bone disease regional network meetings.
Mr Jameson’s quality improvement project was named best in year for the British Orthopaedic Association Clinical Leaders Programme in 2016 and he has been heavily involved in efficiency saving work for the NHS, helping to streamline implant usage and costs with local and regional procurement contract development.
He currently coordinates the Endeavour Revision Arthroplasty Fellowship for orthopaedic surgeons who have completed higher speciality training and wish to pursue a career in revision hip and knee surgery.
His research interests include: outcomes after joint replacement including influence of specific implant characteristics, management of peri-prosthetic joint infection and venous thromboembolic prophylaxis after hip and knee replacement.
Expertise
- Hip and knee replacement including robotic surgery
- Revision hip replacement and management of multiply revised hip replacements including the use of endoprosthetic replacements
- Managing fractures around lower limb joint replacements
- Management of prosthetic joint infection
- Metastatic bone cancer surgery
- Major trauma surgery
- Orthopaedic clinical research
Current positions
- Regional co-ordinator for North East Orthopaedic Oncology Network
- Local lead for prosthetic joint infection and orthopaedic oncology groups
- Orthopaedic Device Evaluation Panel (ODEP) member
- British Hip Society National Joint Registry Representative
- Trust lead clinician for the National Joint Registry
- National Joint Registry regional clinical coordinator
- Implant retrieval Advisory Panel member
- Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
Training
- MBBS – University of Newcastle upon Tyne (2002)
- MRCS – Royal College of Surgeons of England (2006)
- Surgical (orthopaedic) Training Programme, (West of Scotland Deanery and Northern Deanery (2004 – 14)
- FRCS Tr & Orth – Royal College of Surgeons of England (2014)
- PhD – Durham University School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health (2015)
Fellowships
- National Joint Registry of England and Wales Research Fellowship,
London (2011-12) - Robin Ling Hip Arthroplasty Fellowship,
Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Exeter (2014-15) - British Orthopaedic Association Clinical Leaders Programme (2015-16)
- Hip and Knee Primary and Revision Arthroplasty Fellowship,
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2015-16) - British Hip Society European Travelling Fellowship, Centre for Hip Arthroplasty, Nijmegen University Medical Centre, The Netherlands (2016)
- Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship, Regional Major Trauma Unit, The James Cook University Hospital (2016)
Research
- PhD thesis – Rationalisation of hip replacement prosthesis using evidence from linked national databases
- Publications – Authored more than 80 peer-reviewed research papers published in orthopaedic and general medical journals and several book chapters
- Presentations – Presented more than 100 papers at regional, national and international scientific meetings
- Research interests – outcomes following hip and knee replacement, patient experiences, venous thromboembolism, hip trauma, periprosthetic joint infection