Expert Witness

Mr Rishee Parmar

Upper Limb Orthopaedic and Trauma Consultant

MBChB, FRCS

Clinical practice experience

After graduating from Manchester University Medical School in 2000, Mr Parmar gained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2010 and later joined the GMC Specialist Register in 2014. In June 2014 he gained his Medical Leadership in Practice Certificate, receiving a Distinction. Mr Parmar a Shoulder & Elbow Orthopaedic and Trauma Consultant at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is a level one major trauma centre and tertiary referral centre for complex and revision cases. He has worked as a Consultant in Malawi so has knowledge of complex trauma in austere environments and regularly visited the Mayo Clinic in the US as well as other centres in Europe and the USA.

Clinical interests

Mr Parmar regularly treats all trauma presentations but maintains subspeciality interests in shoulder & elbow trauma and elective conditions. Mr Parmar has a number of regular clinics covering the whole of the North West. He performs arthroscopy (keyhole surgery), arthroplasty (replacements) and revision shoulder arthroplasty of the shoulder and elbow.

Research interests

Mr Parmar’s research interests are in the field of orthopaedic conditions specifically upper limb conditions. He is actively involved with a number of randomised controlled trials for NIHR and is a principal investor.

Teaching & training

Mr Parmar is an honorary lecturer at the University of Liverpool. He is a Specialist Training Representative for the trust in Orthopaedics and sits on the Annual Competency Assessment Panel for the trainees. He is the Education Director of the Mersey Region Orthopaedic Registrars for Health Education North West. He regularly teaches at international, national and local level.

Summary of publications

Mr Parmar has presented and published internationally on a variety of orthopaedic conditions with an interest in upper limb conditions. He has also written book chapters for an international book on upper limb trauma conditions in the austere environment.

Memberships of professional bodies

Management experience

Mr Parmar is the President of the NWULG, a trustee of two charities and the registrar lead in the orthopaedic department. He has been on the organising committee of the British Elbow and Shoulder Society. He is the Education Director of the Mersey Region Orthopaedic Registrars for Health Education North West.

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