Mr George Tselentakis is a highly qualified and experienced Consultant Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon. He is the Orthopaedic Lead Clinician at East Surrey University Hospital and an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Brighton & Sussex Medical School. His private practice is based at Spire Gatwick Park Hospital and Ramsay Northdowns Hospital .
Mr Tselentakis is responsible for the training of medical students, junior doctors and also senior surgical trainees with an interest in knee surgery under his Knee Fellowship Program. He came to the UK after qualifying in Greece. He underwent basic surgical training in London SW Thames, after passing his FRCS in 1994 he undertook research which was awarded with a PhD at Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Oswestry, with Professor J.B Richardson.
Upon completion of his research, Mr Tselentakis joined the North West Rotation where he received his higher orthopaedic surgical training in Manchester; he completed his training by passing the FRCS(Tr&Orth) exam and undertaking a knee fellowship in 2001 at the Royal Bolton Hospital as well as visiting a number of nationally and internationally renowned knee centres. He has presented nationally and internationally. He has published several papers in peer reviewed scientific journals and has authored book chapters.
He was appointed the position of Consultant Orthopaedic & Knee Surgeon at East Surrey University Hospital in 2002. His current practice encompasses partial, total knee replacements and complex revision surgery, ligament reconstruction (ACL, PCL, multiple ligaments) surgery, meniscal surgery, cartilage regeneration procedures such as microfracture, autologous chondrocyte implantation, chondrotissue as well as autologous cellular treatments with PRP injections etc.
Mr Tselentakis is registered with the GMC and he is a member of the British Medical Association, Royal College of Surgeons, British Orthopaedic Association and British Association for Surgery of the Knee.
