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David Martyn Snow

David Martyn Snow was born the 30th of may in Neath, Wales. During his younger years go but from his GCSE's onwards nothing stopped him from working hard whilst still part time upholding a job at his fathers construction site.

he graduated from Edinburgh University and during his training he had his first child Maisie Snow in 2004 and once completing his training he had his second child in 2006 Ella Snow. After completion of my training, He spent 18 months on fellowship in North America. He spent 12 months in Halifax, Nova Scotia, undertaking a Sports Medicine fellowship at the Sports Medicine Clinic of Nova Scotia. David subsequently spent 6 months at the Holland Orthopaedic and Arthritic Centre in Toronto, gaining further experience in Shoulder and Knee surgery. And once returned to Manchester to have his third child in 2010.

In 2008 he was awarded the British Elbow and Shoulder Society North American traveling fellowship. This enabled him to spend a further 4 weeks visiting some of the world’s foremost shoulder surgeons in major centres such as New York, Los Angeles, San Antonio and Houston.

He is a honorary Professor at Birmingham and Aston University where he supervises PhD students investigating the use of stem cells in cartilage repair, tendon regeneration and rehabilitation following injury. He has over 60 scientific publications in various International medical journals and have written 4 book chapters on knee and shoulder injuries. And has presented over 100 papers and regularly teach other Surgeons as a faculty member at various national and International meetings.

In 2006 he completed an MSc in Orthopaedic Engineering from Cardiff University. He has since designed his own fixation device for use in ACL reconstruction, which is currently in use world-wide.

His interests include all aspects of shoulder surgery. In particular, arthroscopic procedures such as rotator cuff repair, shoulder stabilizations, capsular release for frozen shoulder and ACJ injuries. I also perform total and reverse shoulder replacement for arthritis of the shoulder. He has a major interest in sporting injuries of the knee, including Anterior and Posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, meniscal repair and patella dislocation.

He has particular expertise in cartilage repair and Martyn is a committee member of the International Cartilage Repair Society. He treats all aspects of cartilage injuries using the full spectrum of cartilage regeneration techniques and cell therapies. He performs all associated reconstruction surgeries including Meniscal transplant and Osteotomy in an attempt to prevent and delay joint replacement. In cases of osteoarthritis where the knee cannot be salvaged then he performs Unicondylar and Total knee replacement.

Qualifications

• MBchB Edinburgh University 1997 • FRCS Trauma and Orthopaedics Royal College of Surgeons 2006 • MSc Orthopaedic Engineering Cardiff University 2005

Additional training

European Society of Sports traumatology Knee surgery and Arthroscopy 2018 Asian travelling fellowship.

Professional bodies (positions held - last 3 yrs)

• Honorary Professor Aston University 2015 • Committee member International Cartilage Repair Society 2013 • Honorary Professor Birmingham University 2015

Affiliations / memberships

International Cartilage Repair Society

European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee surgery and Arthroscopy

British Orthopaedic Association

International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee surgery and Orthopaedic Sports medicine