The Suffolk Foot & Ankle Clinic provides Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
led Foot and Ankle care to patients from across Suffolk, North Essex and further afield. Clinics are run at Gilmour Piper and the
Nuffield Hospital in Ipswich.
Training
Mr Al-Nammari is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
specialising in surgery of the Foot and Ankle. His undergraduate
medical training was in Edinburgh. He was subsequently awarded a
scholarship to the University of Oxford where he furthered his studies in
musculoskeletal medicine and was awarded a distinction for his dissertation on
Charcot arthropathy.
His general
surgical training, of four years, was divided between Edinburgh and
London. This was followed by his appointment to the renowned six year
Royal London Orthopaedic Surgery Training Programme where he began to
specialise in Foot and Ankle surgery. He has spent time training at The
Royal London, St Bartholomew’s, Guy’s & St Thomas’, King’s College, St
George’s and The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospitals. Following on from
this he was awarded highly competitive awards from the European Foot
and Ankle Society, The Royal College of Surgeons and finally the British
Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society gold medal- these facilitated two
further years of advanced Fellowship training in Foot and Ankle surgery at
centres of excellence across the UK, Europe and the USA.
Conditions Treated
Mr Al-Nammari treats all
adult musculoskeletal conditions affecting the Foot & Ankle. Working with a team of
● Hallux valgus (bunions)
● Hallux rigidus (big toe arthritis)
● Lesser toe deformity- hammer toe, mallet toe and claw
toe
● Sports injuries including ankle sprains and instability
● Arthroscopic (keyhole) surgery
● Plantar fasciitis (heel spur / policeman’s heel)
● Morton’s neuroma
● Metatarsalgia
● Ingrown toenails
● Achilles tendinopathy
● Soft tissue lumps & bumps (ganglions, lipomas etc.)
● Foot and Ankle arthritis
● Ankle replacement
● All Foot and Ankle trauma
● Minimally invasive surgery of the Foot & Ankle in
high risk patients
● Deformity correction and complex cases
Academic and Research Interests
Mr Al-Nammari maintains an active research interest and
is committed to advancing the field of Foot & Ankle surgery. His current research interests include
minimally invasive surgery in high risk patients, novel surgical treatments for
hallux valgus, ankle instability and cartilage regeneration. He has published book chapters, over forty
peer reviewed scientific papers and has presented over fifty pieces of
scientific work at national and international meetings. He remains committed to surgical innovation
and has previously described and published a variety of new surgical techniques-
including for bunions, joint preservation in ankle arthritis and complex ankle
fractures.
He is a scientific reviewer for several Orthopaedic and
Foot & Ankle surgery specific journals.
He continues to be involved in the training of both undergraduate and
postgraduate trainees- training medical students from the University of Cambridge
and junior Orthopaedic surgeons from across the east of England deanery.
Professional Memberships
British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
British Orthopaedic Association
European Foot & Ankle Society
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
Royal London Hospital
Orthopaedic & Trauma Society
Bone & Joint Journal
(Scientific Reviewer)
Journal of Foot &
Ankle Surgery (Scientific Reviewer)
