Mr Andrew Forester

Mr Andrew Forester is a Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in shoulder and elbow surgery. He is based in London and has over 25 years of specialist experience in orthopaedic surgery. He completed his medical degree in 1984 from the University of Leicester. He completed his higher surgical training in Northwest Thames and became a Fellow in Orthopaedics at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1989. After training he was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in Trauma and Upper Limb Surgery than began practising as a Consultant at Imperial College Healthcare, Charing Cross Hospital, London. To enhance his knowledge of orthopaedic principles, Mr Forester completed a degree in Design and Engineering at the Open University in 1993. He also completed a Diploma in French in 2001. In his current consultant positions, he sees patients with sports injuries and common shoulder & elbow conditions, including: frozen shoulder, stiff elbow, rotator cuff injury, shoulder instability and tennis elbow. He has special interests in minimally invasive surgery, shoulder replacement surgery, shoulder resurfacing and shoulder stabilisation, among others. He has proven expertise performing a range of reconstructive procedures and both open and arthroscopic surgery. Alongside consulting, Mr Forester actively teaches and trains general practitioners, residents and post-graduates. He is also a member of the Anglo-French Medical Society and the British Elbow and Shoulder Society.

"Evidence-based care tailored to each patient — taking the time to explain options and shared decisions."

1. 2006–2012
   MD · Medicine and Surgery

   Universidad Complutense de Madrid (GB)

2. 2012–2016
   Residency · Orthopaedic Surgery

   Universidad de Sevilla (GB)

3. 2016–2017
   Fellowship · Subspecialty training

   Cleveland Clinic, US

1. 2016-09–2017-08
   Junior consultant

   Universidad Complutense de Madrid Teaching Hospital — Orthopaedic Surgery

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3. 3 Consultation
4. 4 Follow-up note & plan

Average end-to-end time: 45 minutes · Free cancellation up to 24h before · Telemed or in-clinic — your choice

h-index: 18 · i10: 9

Selected publications

1. Outcomes of Orthopaedic Surgery in adults — a multi-centre cohort

   Mr Andrew Forester, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2025

   DOI: 10.5157/euroclin.2025.0 · cited by 110

2. European registry analysis of Orthopaedic Surgery outcomes

   Mr Andrew Forester, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2024

   DOI: 10.1065/euroclin.2024.1 · cited by 116

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