Mr Simon Palmer is an Orthopaedic consultant, with British & Specialist Australian expertise in surgery of the lower limb including foot and ankle surgery and knee surgery. He also has world wide recognised experience in trauma and sports injuries.He now works and lives in West Sussex.

His initial surgical training included St Mary’s Hospital and The Hammersmith Hospital London. After demonstrating anatomy in London he was made a fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1994 before accepting a research fellowship in orthopaedics and trauma at Bath University. He completed a six year specialist registrar training in orthopaedics and trauma in Oxford, working at the John Radcliffe Hospital Trauma Unit and at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, thence obtaining the intercollegiate speciality examination.

Prior to his current post as a Sussex Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Worthing, Shoreham, Chichester and Goring Hall hospitals and a part time contract at the Sussex Orthopaedic Treatment Centre in Haywards Heath Mr. Palmer worked as a Consultant in orthopaedic surgery at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford. Mr Palmer also teaches at Brighton and Sussex Medical school and trains surgeons and surgical podiatrists in foot surgery.

Mr. Palmer developed his speciality in surgery of the foot, ankle and knee as a fellow of the North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic Australia. At this time he also developed his interests in sports medicine and sporting injury. He has an MSc in Sports Medicine from the University of Bath and is on the Faculty of Sports Medicine of the Royal College of Surgeons. Mr Palmer has a keen research interest and has published and presented papers worldwide.Current interests include cartilage transplantation, minimally invasive foot and ankle surgery (including minimally invasive bunion surgery) and ankle replacement. He also has a busy medicolegal practice and teaches at Brighton and Sussex Medical School.

Mr Palmer is a keen triathlete and regular ironman competitor. He enjoys skiing, watching rugby and a busy family life!

Mr Palmer is a member of the following specialist societies:General Medical Council, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Member of the British Orthopaedic Association, Member of the British Association for Surgery of the Knee, Member of the British Trauma Society, Member of the British Orthopaedic Foot Society, Member of British Orthopaedic Research Society

,Fellow of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine (RCSI), Member of UK branch of cartilage transplantation group