Ms Susan Alexander

Ms Susan Alexander graduated from Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School in 1996. Following basic surgical training in London, Susan attended the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Imperial College of London, and completed a PhD in Molecular Biology. Her research focused on cartilage proteins and their response to mechanical injury.

Her PhD experience led to an interest in teaching and Susan has since completed a Certificate in Adult Education. While undertaking her higher orthopaedic speciality training, she also achieved an MSc in Orthopaedic Biomechanics at the University of Strathclyde.

Susan has since focused on shoulder surgery and she has worked under some of the leading and most respected shoulder surgeons in the UK. Her fellowships in shoulder surgery were completed at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and, in 2011, at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH), Stanmore, under Simon Lambert and Ian Bayley.

She became a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at RNOH, specialising in shoulder and elbow surgery, in 2013. The trust is referred many challenging cases, including revision arthroplasty and complex instability.

She has published widely in clinical and scientific peer-reviewed journals and has won awards for presentations she has made at national and international orthopaedic meetings. She has personally organised several medical conferences and has also set up an online anatomy video resource, at TheFunkyProfessor.com, with Professor Vishy Mahadevan.

Since 2000, she has worked with fellow London Shoulder Specialist surgeon Andrew Wallace in the development of innovative arthroscopic techniques and they have worked with many top-flight athletes.