Paul Haslam is an experienced consultant orthopaedic knee surgeon who practices at Park Hill Hospital, Doncaster. He specialises in treating wide range of knee conditions. Watch Mr Haslam discuss what causes anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) damage, and why ACL reconstruction surgery is necessary.
Paul Haslam
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
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Paul Haslam: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Doncaster
Mr Paul Haslam is Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and fellowship trained specialist knee surgeon at Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Foundation Trust and Sheffield Children’s Hospital. He consults privately at Park Hill Hospital in Doncaster, Thornbury Hospital and The Coriel Clinic.
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Expertise
With over 17 years of experience as a consultant knee surgeon, Mr Paul Haslam has developed an interest and expertise in acute knee injuries and using a multidisciplinary approach has helped many sportsmen and women back to their pre-injury level of fitness.
He is now a faculty member and convenor of knee courses aimed at teaching other surgeons knee reconstruction surgery including the first paediatric knee course.
He keeps up to date with the latest developments in the world of knee surgery by attending meetings and has visited renowned knee specialists in the USA and Germany.
Mr Haslam is a knee specialist and suggests all patients insist they see a specialist!
Training and experience
Mr Haslam’s undergraduate training was at Sheffield medical school qualifying in 1994. He completed basic surgical training in Derby and Leicester moving on to Sheffield for registrar training.
During this time he developed an interest in knee surgery, presented at national and international meetings and published an undergraduate textbook.
He later undertook fellowships in Melbourne, Auckland and Sydney developing his expertise and interest in knee surgery.
Mr Haslam was a member of the specialist training committee which oversees the training of future surgeons in the region. He acts as a mentor and educational supervisor for several doctors in training.
Mr Haslam has had many leadership roles within the NHS including being Clinical Director during the COVID pandemic.
In 2019 Mr Haslam joined the team at Sheffield Children’s Hospital providing a specialist Paediatric Service for regional and national referrals.
Working as part of a team of 4 consultants the Sheffield paediatric knee unit has extensive experience in the treatment of congenital and traumatic knee conditions,
Treatments
Mr Haslam has a special interest in the management of sports-related and acute injuries to the knee and works closely with allied health professionals. Whilst Mr Haslam treats adult patients he has an interest in the treatment of paediatric knee disorders.
An initial consultation with Mr Haslam costs £240.
He is available for consultation at Park Hill Hospital every Tuesday 2-8pm and alternate Saturday mornings 8-11am.
He is consults at Thornbury Hospital in Sheffield on Fridays.
Mr Haslam also is available for consultations at The Coriel Clinic on alternate Monday afternoons 2-6pm
Specialist procedures offered by Mr Haslam include:
- Paediatric knee surgery
- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction
- Knee arthroscopy (including Baker's cyst debridement)
- Knee osteotomy
- Patella stabilisation procedures
- Total and partial knee replacement (including patient-specific instrumentation)
Expert anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction
Running diagonally through the inside of the knee joint, the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) plays a crucial role in joint stability and in controlling the back-and-forth movement of the lower leg. Injuries to the ACL are very common, particularly in sports that involve stopping or changing direction suddenly, landing awkwardly from a jump, or tackling, such as football, netball, tennis and skiing. Tears to the ACL do not repair themselves and result in long-term knee instability (giving way of the joint) and can lead to further cartilage tears if not addressed.
Mr Haslam uses the National Ligament registry which is a database to monitor the results of ACL surgery.
Mr Haslam works as part of an experienced multidisciplinary team to offer rapid assessment and expert management of ACL injuries. As a trainer in ACL reconstruction surgery, he is highly experienced in techniques to repair the ACL using a tendon harvested from elsewhere in the patient's body.
Clinical interests
Mr Haslam is interested in all different types of knee injuries, developing this interest over the 17 years he has been a consultant. He performs over 400 arthroscopic procedures every year inclduing regular ACL reconstructions, medial patello-femoral ligament reconstructions and meniscal surgery. Mr Haslam has developed a successful operation to treat Bakers cysts by key hole surgery. Most surgeons do not treat cysts at the back of the knee or do so using big incisions. Mr Haslam is the only surgeon in the region who treats Bakers cysts regularly with key hole surgery.
He also has a clinical interest paediatric knee surgery and together with his colleagues at Sheffield Children's Hospital regularly performs ACL surgery in children with open growth plates. In November Mr Haslam was part of the faculty for the first paediatric knee cadaveric meeting and in 2024 will be faculty for the 3rd Sheffield paediatric knee meeting
Research interests
Mr Haslam's research interests include the medial patello-femoral ligament and junior doctor training across the Yorkshire deanery.
He is involved in a number of research studies at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, particularly in congenital ligament deficiency.
Mr Haslam is interested in arthroscopic decompression of Bakers cysts and is currently reviewing his patients who have undergone this surgery.
Mr Haslam is committed to patient satisfaction and, with that in mind, takes time to find out the results of his surgery. You will be asked to fill in a questionnaire about your knee at the consultation and may be contacted after by email or in person.
Published papers
Whilst Mr Haslam was a trainee, he published and presented several papers on topics ranging from the Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Total Knee Replacement after High Tibial Osteotomy and Clubfoot.
During this time he was also able to co author an undergraduate textbook on Orthopaedics and Rheumatology which has sold all over the world and is now in its 2nd edition.
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Memberships and associations
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