Mr Simon Palmer is an Orthopaedic consultant, with British & Specialist Australian expertise in surgery of the lower limb, mainly of foot, ankle and knee. He also has world wide recognised experience in trauma and sports medicine.

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 on 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 Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Worthing, Shoreham and Goring Hall hospitals, Mr. Palmer worked as a Consultant in orthopaedic surgery at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford. Mr Palmer is a part time lecturer in anatomy at Brighton and Sussex Medical school and trains 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 and minimally invasive foot and ankle surgery. He also has a busy medicolegal practice.

Mr Palmer is a keen triathlete and competes regularly for his local club. He is currently training for an ironman race. 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