Andy Williams (surgeon)

Andy Williams
Born
Andrew Michael Williams

(1964-03-14)March 14, 1964
England, United Kingdom
EducationKing's College Hospital
OccupationOrthopaedic surgeon
Medical career
InstitutionsImperial College London; Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
Sub-specialtiesLigament injuries
AwardsThe Times' Britain's Top Surgeons 2011; Honorary Reader, Imperial College London 2010; Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2005-2006

Andrew Michael Williams (born 14 March 1964) is a British knee and sports surgeon who specialises in soft tissue knee injuries especially to ligament, menisci and joint surface. He is known for treating professional athletes, including English Premier League footballers.[1] and English Premiership rugby union players.[2] Williams is a Reader at Imperial College London and co-founder of London musculoskeletal health centre Fortius Clinic. He was named in The Times 2011 list of Britain's top surgeons.[3]

Biography

Williams qualified in medicine at King's College Hospital, London in 1987. He completed his orthopaedic training at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore in 1996, before undertaking a year-long fellowship in Brisbane, Australia in 1996-97 with Dr Peter Myers.[4]

He then became Senior Lecturer / Honorary Consultant at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, before becoming Consultant at The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital until 2015.

Williams is also a researcher and lecturer on knee-related issues. He is a Reader at Imperial College, London and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, University of Oxford.[5]

He has published award winning research - for this he received the British Orthopaedic Association / Royal College of Surgeons of England’s Arnott Prize, Hunterian Professorship, and The Robert Jones Medal. The research has been focused on understanding knee motion in health and disease with implications for knee replacement and knee injury, and soft tissue anatomy and biomechanics to further understanding of ligament and meniscus function, injury, and best treatment. In addition clinical follow up studies of athletes have shown how the lessons learned in the lab have improved patient outcomes.

In 2014 Williams became a member of the ESSKA (European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy) Sports Committee.[6] He was also a board member at The Bone & Joint Journal[7] for which he remains a reviewer as he is for The American Journal of Sports Medicine.[8] He was a lead editor on the 39th edition of Gray's Anatomy.[9]

He sits on the board of directors of ISAKOS (International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine), and will be president of The ACL Study Group in 2030.

Notable patients

Williams has treated a number of Premier League footballers and many at other levels, including Virgil van Dijk, Danny Welbeck,[10] Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain,[11] Andy Carroll,[12] Theo Walcott,[13] John Terry,[14] David Turnbull,[15] Saša Kalajdžić,[16] James Maddison,[17] Ben Chilwell. He treated international cricket players Andrew Flintoff,[18] Ben Stokes[19] and Shoaib Akhtar[20] in 2009, former England rugby union captain Lawrence Dallaglio in 2011,[9] and British Olympic snowboarder Billy Morgan in 2014.[21] He has also treated current UFC Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall.[22]

References

  1. ↑ Moodie, Clemmie (20 November 2014). "St George's Park boasts a sports rehab facility fit for Theo Walcott, Michael Owen - and a 3am girl". Mirror Online. MGN Limited. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Wildman, Rob (20 May 2008). "Surgeons operate on Danny Cipriani's ankle". Telegraph Media Group Limited. The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bupa Cromwell Hospital consultants featured in The Times "Britain's Top Surgeons" feature". Bupa Cromwell Hospital. Bupa. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Mr Andrew Williams MB BS FRCS (Orth) FFSEM (UK)". Fisic '15. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Mr Andy Williams Consultant Knee Surgeon". Fortius Clinic. Fortius London Limited. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "ESSKA Newsletter November 2015" (PDF). European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Editorial Board". The Bone & Joint Journal. The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "American Journal of Sports Medicine Supplementary Material". American Journal of Sports Medicine. The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  9. 1 2 Machell, Ben (10 December 2011). "The man who fixed Lawrence Dallaglio's knee". The Times. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  10. ↑ Burt, Jason (10 May 2016). "Danny Welbeck to meet surgeon Andy Williams to discuss knee injury treatment". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Setbacks, surgery and Milner's hug - The inside story of Oxlade-Chamberlain's injury 'nightmare".
  12. ↑ Corless, Liam (18 February 2015). "Andy Carroll uploads gruesome Instagram picture after undergoing knee surgery". The Mirror. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  13. ↑ Law, Matt (28 February 2014). "Arsenal's injured winger Theo Walcott says 'I'm learning to walk again'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  14. ↑ Newton, Kate (12 October 2011). "Injured All Blacks are just unlucky, says doctor". Stuff. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  15. ↑ David Turnbull: The Comeback Story, Motherwell FC, 3 March 2020
  16. ↑ Sasa Kalajdzic: False Start | A Wolves Studios documentary | Part One: The Injury, retrieved 6 January 2024
  17. ↑ James Maddison (10 October 2025). The Harsh Reality of Football: First 3 Weeks of Recovery!. Retrieved 15 October 2025 – via YouTube.
  18. ↑ Hoult, Nick (21 August 2009). "The Ashes: Andrew Flintoff to have major knee surgery after Oval Test". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  19. ↑ "Ben Stokes set to have knee surgery after England's Cricket World Cup ends".
  20. ↑ "Shoaib Akhtar hopes knee surgery would help prolong his career". ANI. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  21. ↑ Walter, Simon (14 January 2014). "From Shirley to Sochi - why Billy Morgan is still going to the Winter Olympics". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  22. ↑ "Ultimate victory". Smith & Nephew. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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