User:Jeremyfieldhandsurgeon/sandbox

Jeremy Field is a consultant Orthopaedic and Hand surgeon. He has an extensive practice in Gloucestershire and 90% of his work is hand surgery. This involves both trauma (broken fingers/wrists and tendon and nerve repairs) and non-emergency work, treating conditions such as Carpal Tunnel, Trigger Finger, Dupuytrens treatment and Arthritis in the hand.

He is married and has three children, two girls and a boy. He lives in rural Gloucestershire. His interests are classic cars, shooting, rugby (sadly now watching, not playing), skiing, water skiing and running. He has completed two marathons and raised £30,000 for the cot death charity FSIDS, which is close to his heart.

In addition to his surgery, he has a strong research interest, a keen interest in teaching trainees and also more senior surgeons. He also has a large hand medicolegal practice acting as an expert witness in personal injury and medical negligence cases. Jeremy Field, Consultant Orthopaedic and Hand Surgeon, qualified in London and took an SHO post there before moving to Southampton to become a general surgical registrar. He followed this with Plastic Surgery in Cambridge for six months where he developed an interest in Hand Surgery and was appointed to an Orthopaedic Registrar job in Bristol. It was there that he wrote a thesis in algodystrophy (CRPS or complex regional pain syndrome type 1).

A move to Sydney in Australia followed where Jeremy did a hand fellowship for a year. He worked at Sydney Hospital and St Lukes Hospital where he was allowed to perform all aspects of hand surgery particularly scaphoid fractures. He gained huge experience working for Professor Bruce Connolly and Tim Herbert and this confirmed the career path he wanted to follow in hand surgery.

On his return to Bristol he completed his registrar training writing various papers on Colles fractures, Darrachâ's procedure and algodystrophy.

With a very strong academic background he still has a keen research interest. He submits a paper in a peer-reviewed journal approximately once a year. 90% of his surgery is hand surgery and the remainder is general orthopaedics. His particular interests are Dupuytren's disease and arthritis and consequently joint replacement in the hand.

He was appointed as an orthopaedic college examiner in 2004.

He currently holds an NHS post at Cheltenham General Hospital where he has been since 1996.