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Mr Rajiv Limaye

Mr Rajiv Limaye

MS, MCh(Orth), FRCS, FRCS(Orth)
Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon
Arthroscopic & Minimal Access Surgery Specialist
Fellow, AO International (trauma)

Mr Rajiv Limaye has undergone extensive medical training in India and UK. He undergoes regular appraisals of his practice every year to keep his practice standards up to date and to high standards. He is currently revalidated though the GMC. His experience in short is as follows -

  • 5 years undergraduate training and 3 years of post- graduate training in India to qualify as a medical doctor and specialist orthopaedic surgeon in 1993, before arriving into UK.
  • Further 10 years of junior and senior registrar level Orthopaedic and Trauma training in the UK across Liverpool, London and Oxford regions.
  • Fellowship level training in Foot/Ankle surgery in the UK, leading to entry onto specialist register in the UK in 2005. Further on-going worldwide top up training in foot and ankle surgery, every year for updating his current practice.
  • Appointment as a Consultant in Orthopaedics and Trauma surgery in the NHS since 2005.
  • Faculty position in local and international level courses and conferences in foot/ankle surgery, trauma and basic sciences, to keep up with his research activities.
  • Widely involved in publications for Orthopaedic journals, presentations of his experience in national/international meetings and contribution to book chapters for the Textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma. Currently serving as an Editor for an Orthopaedic journal.

Medical Qualifications

  • MBBS- 1990 - B J Medical School, Pune, India
  • MS (Orth) - 1993- B J Medical school and Sassoon Hospitals, Pune, India
  • MSc (Trauma surgery) - 1999 -University of Birmingham, UK
  • MCh (Orth) - 2000- University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
  • FRCS (General) - 2005- The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK
  • FRCS (Orth) - 2005- The Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland and England, UK
  • Trauma Fellowship - 2005 (AO International- Switzerland)

Advanced Training in Foot and Ankle surgery

  • Primary Foot/Ankle surgery- Mr's Sarkar and Belham- Luton Hospital and Watford Hospital, UK
  • Hindfoot surgery and Total Ankle replacements- Prof Hintermann, Liestal, Switzerland
  • Minimal access Forefoot Surgery- Prof Coillard, Lyon, France
  • Arthroscopic sports injury surgery- Prof Nick van Dijk, Amsterdam, Holland
  • Minimally invasive foot/ankle surgery- Prof De Prada, Murcia, Spain
  • Additional top up training- Various centres in the USA- Washington DC, New Jersey, Dallas and Chicago

Clinical Appointments

Consultant (NHS)- Lead Consultant, Division of Foot and Ankle surgery- University Hospital of North Tees and Hartlepool, UK

Consultant (Private and NHS) - Foot/Ankle/Knee surgery- BMI Woodlands Hospital Darlington and Nuffield Health Tees Hospital, Stockton on Tees

Academic Appointments

  • Adjunct Professor in Orthopaedics, PGISP, Miraj, NMC, India
  • Examiner MRCS, The Royal College of Surgeons of England- Since January 2012
  • Examiner - FRCS (Tr & Orth), Intercollegiate Boards in Trauma and Orthopaedics, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK- Since March 2013
  • Honorary Clinical Lecturer- University of Teesside, UK, Since March 2011
  • Examiner- MBBS, final year, University of Newcastle, UK- Since 2010
  • Past Registrar Trainer- Northern Deanery school of Orthopaedics and Trauma
  • Faculty- Basic science courses, Foot and Ankle surgery courses (National and International courses)

Membership of Societies

  • General Medical Council - Full Membership (GMC)
  • The Royal College of Surgeons of England: Fellowship
  • Specialist Register in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery in the UK
  • British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (BOFAS)
  • British Orthopaedic Association (Fellow)
  • British Medical Association

Personal Profile

Rajiv’s interests include nature walking, travelling and learning various cultures.

His passion however is water colour paintings and has received many national prizes in this specialty. Rajiv has completed elementary and intermediate drawing exams in India leading to a diploma in painting. His other interest lies in still photography and has received prizes in that.

Mr Rajiv Limaye

BMI Woodlands Hospital

Morton Park, Darlington, County Durham
DL1 4PL, United Kingdom

North Tees and Hartlepool Hospital

Hardwick Rd, Hardwick, Stockton-on-Tees
TS19 8PE, UK

Cleveland Nuffield Hospital

Junction Rd, Stockton-on-Tees TS20
1PX, UK