Mr David McKenna

David McKenna is an experienced hip and knee surgeon and has been a consultant since 2015. He performs over 250 joint replacements per year. David McKenna grew up in London and was educated at the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School in Holland Park. Mr McKenna studied pre-clinical medicine at Oxford University and clinical medicine at the University of London, graduating with the Esther Frances White Memorial Prize and Distinction in Surgery in 2002. He undertook his Basic Surgical Training on the Cambridge Training Programme at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. He went on to undertake his Higher Surgical Training on the Percival Pott (Bart’s Hospital) Training Programme, spending time at St Bart’s & The Royal London Hospitals, The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore and The Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. Mr McKenna undertook a year’s fellowship at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford specialising in complex revision hip arthroplasty and bone tumour surgery with Duncan Whitwell. He has had consultant positions at the internationally renowned Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore before taking up his substantive post in Worcester.  Mr McKenna’s areas of interest are primary hip and knee arthroplasty, partial knee replacement, knee preservation surgery, knee arthroscopy, revision hip and knee arthroplasty, metastatic bone disease and general trauma.

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

1. 2001–2007
   MD · Medicine and Surgery

   Universitat de València (GB)

2. 2007–2011
   Residency · Orthopaedic Surgery

   Universidad de Navarra (GB)

1. 2011-09–2012-08
   Junior consultant

   Universitat de València Teaching Hospital — Orthopaedic Surgery

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

h-index: 9 · i10: 12

Selected publications

1. Long-term follow-up of Orthopaedic Surgery across GB

   Mr David McKenna, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2026

   DOI: 10.3667/euroclin.2026.0 · cited by 180

2. Validation of clinical scoring in Orthopaedic Surgery

   Mr David McKenna, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2025

   DOI: 10.6847/euroclin.2025.1 · cited by 174

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