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Prof Venu Kavarthapu is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with specialist
interest in lower limb orthopaedics. He was appointed as a Consultant at King’s
in 2006. He qualified at the AP University of Health Sciences in India, before
completing his basic surgical and specialist registrar rotation training in the
South East Thames Region. His sub-speciality training included a Minimally
Invasive Hip Surgery Fellowship in Los Angeles and a Foot and Ankle Fellowship
in London. Prof Kavarthapu was the orthopaedic member of the King's Diabetic
Foot Team, which in 2007 won a prestigious Hospital Doctor Award. Prof
Kavarthapu lectures at national and international conferences on diabetic foot
surgery, trauma, hip arthroscopy, and primary and revision hip arthroplasty. He
is also actively involved in research and has published several scientific
articles on Trauma and Orthopaedics. Prof Kavarthapu’s other roles include
Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College London, lead clinician for the
Orthopaedic department, and Orthopaedic Training Programme Director for SE
London. He has been appointed Associate Professor at Odense University Hospital
and University of Southern Denmark. He is also chairs the British Indian
Clinical and Academic Partnership.
