Andrew Julian Goldberg , professionally known as Andy Goldberg, is a British

orthopaedic Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternative spelling orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ...

surgeon specialising in

ankle The ankle, the talocrural region or the jumping bone (informal) is the area where the foot and the leg meet. The ankle includes three joints: the ankle joint proper or talocrural joint, the subtalar joint, and the inferior tibiofibular joint. The ...

disorders. He is an honorary consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) is a specialist orthopaedic hospital located in Stanmore in the London Borough of Harrow, run by the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust. It provides the most comprehensive range of neuro- ...

in London and

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. He serves as faculty at

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dealing with ankle and foot surgery. Goldberg runs a research programme focusing on ankle arthritis, the

subtalar joint In human anatomy, the subtalar joint, also known as the talocalcaneal joint, is a joint of the foot. It occurs at the meeting point of the talus and the calcaneus. The joint is classed structurally as a synovial joint, and functionally as a pl ...

and

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s. He sits on the AOFAS editorial board for the SAGE Journal, Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics (FAO) as well as the Editorial Committee and Medical Advisory Committee of the National Joint Registry for England & Wales. He has published more than 70 publications and authored the textbooks ''Surgical Talk'', and ''Surgery: Problems and Solutions'', distributed by World Scientific Publishing and is the editor of ''The Atlas of Ankle Replacements''. He consults a startup dealing with improving high heeled shoes.

Education and training

In 1994 Andrew Goldberg graduated from St. Mary's School of Medicine,

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. In 1997, he was admitted to the Fellowship of the

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is a not-for-profit medical professional and educational institution, which is also known as RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences. It was established in 1784 as the national body ...

, for the Higher Surgical Training program. In 1998, he attended the Fellowship Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS). In 2006 he became a Doctor of Medicine (MD),

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...

. In 2006, he completed Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST). He was awarded an

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in the

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for services to medicine.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldberg, Andrew 1970 births Living people British orthopaedic surgeons Officers of the Order of the British Empire