Andrew Collier

I am a consultant orthopaedic surgeon, based at Harrogate District Hospital (since 2001). I undertook my specialist training in orthopaedic surgery in York, Northallerton, Harrogate, Bradford and the Leeds Teaching Hospitals where I was a Honorary Tutor.

As past President of the British Orthopaedic Trainees Association, I was involved in the British Orthopaedic Association working party looking at training issues of junior doctors. Additionally, I sat on the orthopaedic specialist training committee (Yorkshire Deanery).

I have co-authored articles on upper limb conditions and training issues, and served on the Editorial Board of Current Orthopaedics. I have been active in instruction on Advanced Trauma Life Support provider and instructor courses.

Whilst being a general orthopaedic surgeon I have an interest in conditions of the hand and wrist. In addition to the excellent training I received on the hand and upper limb units in Leeds, I was the National Hand Fellow in Oxford, U.K. and an AO fellow in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

I specialise in:

Hand and wrist conditions including:

• Dupuytren’s surgery
• Thumb Arthritis Surgery
• Wrist Trauma and Arthritis surgery
• Nerve compression surgery (carpal tunnel syndrome, and Ulnar Neuritis)

and continue to work within General Orthopaedics and Trauma including:

• Fracture fixation
• Joint Replacement Surgery (Hip and Knee)
• Foot surgery such as that for Bunions and Morton’s neuroma

I am an independent medical practitioner.

When I am looking for rest and relaxation I indulge myself by learning to play the guitar, cycling, and fishing (both game and coarse), and am frequently shown up by my son with whom I pursue said activities!

The following link to will take you to my other web-site at http://www.handandwristsurgery.org which also contains information on common orthopaedic conditions that I treat within the generality of Trauma and Orthopaedics and of course within my specialist field of hand and wrist surgery.