Andrew Michael Williams (born 14 March 1964) is a British knee and sports surgeon who specialises in

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injuries. He is known for treating professional athletes, including

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footballers. and English Premiership rugby union players. Williams is a Reader at

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and co-founder of London musculoskeletal health centr
Fortius Clinic
He was named in ''

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''’ 2011 list of Britain’s top surgeons.

Biography

Williams qualified as a surgeon at

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, London in 1987. He completed his orthopaedic training at the

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in Stanmore in 1996, before undertaking a year-long fellowship in

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, Australia in 1996-97 with Dr Peter Myers. Williams is also a researcher and lecturer on knee-related issues. He is a Reader at

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and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, University of Oxford. In 2014 Williams became a member of the ESSKA (European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy) Sports Committee. He was also a board member at The Bone & Joint Journal for which he remains a reviewer as he is for

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. He was a lead editor on the 39th edition of

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Notable patients

Williams has treated a number of Premier League footballers and many at other levels, including

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, David TurnbullDavid Turnbull: The Comeback Story
Motherwell FC, 3 March 2020 and

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. He treated international cricket players

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and

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in 2009, former England rugby union captain

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in 2011, and British Olympic snowboarder Billy Morgan in 2014. He's also treated current

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Andy Living people British sports physicians 1964 births Alumni of Imperial College London