Mr Harold Nwaboku
MBBS, FRCSED, FRCSENG, FRCS (TR & ORTH)
Consultant Orthopaedic Hip, Knee and Trauma Surgeon
Mr Harold Nwaboku qualified in 1989 from The Middlesex and Unversity College Hospitals Medical School, University College Hospital London. He underwent specialist Orthopaedic training in various London teaching and District General Hospitals including the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and the Chelsea and Westminster hospital. He gained a great deal of experience in hip and knee replacement surgery and arthroscopic surgery of the knee working for world renowned hip and knee surgeons. He spent six months on the Professorial unit at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and gained more experience in hip and knee surgery. Mr Nwaboku worked for the Paeditaric Orthopaedic Surgeons at Chelsea and Westminster and also spent his last six months working for a knee surgeon before taking up his post at Barnet General hospital.
Mr Nwaboku is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is also a member of the British Orthopaedic Association and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Mr Nwaboku was Lead Clinician for two years at Barnet and the Service Line lead for Barnet and Chase Farm for two and a half years.
Mr Nwaboku is a founding member of a group of surgeons called Total Orthopaedics providing a multispecialty service for the assessment and treatment of patients with musculoskeletal complaints.
Hospital Locations
Royal Free Hospital, Hadley Wood Hospital
Specialities
- Hip Surgery
- Knee Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Trauma
Registration and licensing
GMC:3265501
Procedures offered
Hip surgery:
- Arthroscopy
- Preservation treatments for hip arthritis
- Replacement
- Revision replacement
- Stem cell and PRP treatments for hip disorders
- Trauma.
- Arthroscopy
- Knee injuries (ACL reconstruction, meniscus repair or resection, osteochondral defects, patellofemoral)
- Preservation treatments for knee arthritis
- Replacement partial and total
- Revision replacement
- Trauma
Special interests
- Day case hip and knee surgery
- Education of junior Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Enhanced recovery after surgery
- Postoperative pain control
- Stem cell and Platelet Rich Plasma therapy
- Treatments to preserve hip and knee joints