Fares Haddad

Professor Fares Haddad is a world renowned Orthopaedic Surgeon with over 25 years experience specialising in Hip and Knee surgery, complex joint reconstruction, revision arthroplasty and sports injuries. 

Philosophy of care:

The aim is to return patients to an active, fulfilling lifestyle regardless of age or disability.

Professor Haddad lives this philosophy by being active both Nationally and Internationally in cutting edge evidence-based techniques. He is a pioneer of robotic-assisted joint replacement in the UK and continues to lead research into advanced surgical technologies.

He has published over 700 peer-reviewed scientific papers and leads an active clinical research group focused on joint preservation after injury, prosthetic design and performance outcomes measurement following hip and knee surgery and sports injuries. 

He is the current President of the International Hip Society as well as The European Hip society. 

He has served as President of the Royal Society of Medicine Orthopaedic Section, The British Hip Society and the British Sports Trauma and Arthroscopy Society. He served as Medical Director for NFL in the UK for 8 years providing a framework for games played outside USA . 

He is the only International member of both the North American Hip Society and the Knee Society.

He is Divisional Clinical Director of Surgical Specialties at University College London Hospitals (UCLH), Director of the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH) at University College London and Medical Director for Orthopaedics at HCA Healthcare UK.

He is a consultant at UCLH and The Princess Grace Hospital, Professor of Orthopaedic and Sports Surgery at University College London and Editor-in-Chief of The Bone & Joint Journal, one of the world’s leading orthopaedic publications.

His basic training in hip and knee surgery and reconstruction started in London on the St Bartholomew’s, Royal Free and Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital rotations and was subsequently enhanced by fellowship training in the United States and Canada. 

He was the gold medallist in the FRCS (Orth) exam and has gained a large number of prizes and prestigious academic awards. He has been an EFORT Travelling Fellow, British Hip Society Travelling Fellow and ABC Travelling Fellow in 2004. In 2005 he was appointed RCS Hunterian Professor. 

He is a keen athlete and played high-level rugby in his youth. He has completed several marathons with his wife and remains extremely active. Their love of sports has been passed on to their 5 children, several of whom have excelled at national and international level in running, rowing, and tennis.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Hip Arthroscopy
• Hip Replacement
• Complex Revision Hip Arthroplasty
• Knee Arthroscopy
• Knee Replacement
• Complex Revision Knee Arthroplasty
• Partial Knee Replacement
• Knee Pain
• Hip and groin pain
• Sports Injuries
• Hamstring Injuries
• Quadriceps Injuries
• Rectus Injuries
• Arthritis (Hip)
• Arthritis (Knee)