Mr Alastair Dick

Mr Alastair Dick joined the London Hip Unit in January 2024. He is a dual fellowship trained consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in all aspects of hip surgery. Mr Dick has specific interests and expertise in high-performance hip replacement surgery and hip preservation surgery, and also in minimally invasive periacetabular osteotomy, hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement and complex arthroplasty in the young.

Mr Dick graduated with an intercalated BSc in surgery and anaesthesia from Imperial College London. He undertook specialist orthopaedic training on the South-East Thames rotation where he gained comprehensive training in lower limb surgery including major trauma centre experience in the management of pelvic trauma. He holds two higher degrees - an MSc in Trauma and Orthopaedics and an MA in Clinical Education.

Mr Dick was awarded his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2017 and further enhanced his skills and expertise with sub-specialist fellowships in hip arthroplasty in Bournemouth and hip preservation surgery at Guy’s Hospital in London. He gained further experience at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston where he was awarded the Zimmer Biomet BOTA Travelling Fellowship in 2019.

Mr Dick is an honorary Associate Professor at University College London and is a member of the British Orthopaedic Association, British Hip Society and ISHA – The Hip Preservation Society. He is a reviewer for prestigious journals including the British Medical Journal, The Bone and Joint Journal and the American Journal of Sports Medicine.

His NHS practice is based at one of the busiest hip preservation units in the country at University College London Hospital. He is also the trust lead for hip trauma implementing data-driven optimisation in care for those with a fractured hip.