Mr Malagelada, Francesc

Mr Malagelada is a fellowship trained Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeon at The Royal London Hospital, the UK’s largest trauma centre. He specializes in all aspects of the foot and ankle, involving degenerative conditions, sports injuries and complex trauma. By adopting an individualized approach to patient care, personal needs and preferences are addressed and included in the treatment plan. A vast majority of patients can benefit from tailored non-operative treatments and surgery is only advised when absolutely necessary.  When indicated he performs minimally invasive surgery (MIS) or arthroscopy (keyhole) using the latest techniques.  He is actively involved in research and has published extensively in the most respected international journals and textbooks in the field of orthopaedics. He holds a PhD degree for studies based on minimally invasive surgery of the foot. He has been awarded the esteemed ESSKA-AFAS fellowship to conduct research by the Ankle & Foot section of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy. He holds a honorary senior clinical lecturer post at Queen Mary University of London where he teaches and trains students and doctors. He is responsible for training junior surgeons at the Royal London and as part of the BOFAS accredited foot & ankle fellowship he runs.

Trauma; sports injuries; foot and ankle; arthroscopic; surgery; minimally invasive; bunion; toes; deformities; arthritis; replacement; arthroplasty; arthroscopy; diabetic foot; rheumatoid; achilles; tendons; tibialis posterior; peroneal; tendon rupture; tendinitis; tendinopathy; ankle ligaments; ligament repair; reconstruction; plantar fasciitis; Morton's neuroma; flat foot; cavus foot; surgical therapies; conservative treatment; non-operative treatment.