Dishan Singh

Dishan Singh was appointed as a clinical senior lecturer in 1995, within the UCL Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science with clinical commitments at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and Barnet General Hospital. He took leave in 1996 to do a foot and ankle fellowship in Texas, USA and, on his return, set up with John Angel the foot and ankle unit of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital where he now works full time and is director of the unit. He is also an honorary senior lecturer in orthopaedics at the Royal Free Hospital, London and University College Medical School, University of London. Mr Singh is heavily involved in training and setting up the first foot and ankle fellowship in England with over a dozen past fellows now in post as consultant orthopaedic surgeons with an interest in foot and ankle surgery. Mr Singh is a past –president of the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society and is a referee for many international orthopaedic journals. He is an advisor to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and is a specialist advisor to BMJ Clinical Evidence. He has authored several textbooks and is currently editing the foot and ankle section of the European textbook of Orthopaedics and Trauma.