Mr Stephen Lipscombe

Stephen is a keen sportsmen and the majority of his leisure time is spent training for Olympic distance triathlon, competing in Chester, Salford, Bala, and Cholmondely events each year. He lives locally in Chester with his wife Hilary and daughter Anabelle. Chester Zoo is one of their favourite destinations. He is a member of the Folio Society for book collections and has a season ticket at Manchester United.

Stephen is an Orthopaedic Upper limb surgeon with a specialist interest in hand and wrist surgery, training and working within the Mersey deanery having merited an Honours degree at Liverpool Medical School. He has a strong academic background having completed a First class degree in Physiology at Liverpool University where he studied calcium signalling in pancreatic acinar cells. The majority of his Orthopaedic surgical experience involves Upper limb surgery, having finalised his training with one of the few nationally recognised Advanced Training post fellowships in Hand/wrist surgery and successfully completing the British Diploma in Hand surgery. His surgical practice includes traumatic injuries to the upper limb and elective hand/wrist surgery including nerve disorders (carpal tunnel syndrome and ulnar nerve procedures), joint replacement (base of thumb, finger joints, and wrist arthroplasty), Dupuytrens disease (collagenase injection, fasciectomy, and skin grafting), and minimally invasive wrist arthroscopy.