Rapid Recovery Hip
Replacement Programme

 

G J STRANKS BSc FRCS (Ed) FRCS (Ed) Orth

North Hampshire Hospital
Aldermaston Road
Basingstoke
Hampshire RG24 9NA

01256 473202 

NHS Sec                Karlyn Buchan - 01256 313147

e-mail NHS               Karlyn.Buchan@nhht.nhs.uk

 The Hampshire Clinic
Basing Road,Old Basing,
Basingstoke
Hampshire RG24 7AL

Private Sec                                   Janet Napier – 01256 377731

e-mail Private      Stranks-calder@orthohampclinic.demon.co.uk

 

 

 

Personal notes

Born in London, grew up around London and went to medical school at St George’s Hospital Medical School.  Completed a BSc in Basic Medical Sciences with Anatomy in 1980 and qualified in 1983.  .  Initially I started on a career in General Surgery.  I gained my fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1989.  I switched to Orthopaedics in 1989 initially working in Bristol and then as a Wessex Rotational Registrar at QAH Portsmouth and Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital.  I was a senior registrar at Southampton and took the FRCS (Orth) in 1995.

I was appointed a consultant at the North Hampshire Hospital in Basingstoke in 1995.  I started as a general Orthopaedic Surgeon but after a few years started to develop an interest in lower limb Arthroplasty.  I now spend more of my time undertaking Hip primary and revision Arthroplasty.

I am married with two children and dog. I live in the countryside outside Basingstoke.  I have quite a wide range of interests from music to gardening and holidays abroad.

Over the last few years I have developed an interest in M. I. S. hip surgery and Rapid Recovery.  I have enjoyed teaching ever since becoming a doctor and more so since becoming a consultant.  I have run the registrar teaching in Basingstoke since 1995.  For the last few years I’ve also looked after the Houseman/Foundation doctors. I am an examiner for the FRCS Orth Exam.

Organisations / wider responsibilities

Previously

Clinical Director Orthopaedic Dept NHH
BOTA Consultant Representative SAC

 Presently

Orthopaedic Clinical Tutor NHH
Examiner for FRCS Orth Exam
BOA Link NHH
Wessex Regional Specialist Training Committee
Registrar teaching supervisor
Faculty Biomet MIS and Registrar Courses 

Presented and Published work

Includes Foot Pump and DVT, Ankle Arthrodesis, Rapid Recovery and MIS Hip Replacement.

Essence of practice

Electively - main interest Hip Primary and Revision Arthroplasty, including MIS, Rapid Recovery and Hip Resurfacings. I also enjoy Knee Arthroplasty, basic hand and foot surgery, general orthopaedics and trauma.  Still a general orthopaedic surgeon at heart.