Achieving Best Practice for Hip Fractures

Mr Atif A Malik is a Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon with a special interest in Hip, Knee and Sports Injuries.

Mr Malik completed his under-graduate training at the University of Manchester Medical School. His interest in trauma, orthopaedics and sports injuries developed whilst working with the Orthopaedic surgeon looking after Manchester United Football Club. He went onto be appointed to the prestigious Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore Higher Surgical Rotation for Trauma & Orthopaedics.

He continued to develop his sub-speciality interest in hip and knee pathology by completing the highly sought after John Charnley Fellowship at Wrightington Hospital with Professor Peter Kay (Medical Director for MSK Services, NHS England) and Professor Martyn Porter (Medical Director of the National Joint Registry).

He was awarded the European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy Fellowship in 2014 allowing him travel to centres of excellence in Innsbruck, Vienna, Paris, Lyon, Rome, Genoa, Madrid and Lisbon to further refine and develop his surgical practice. He was also awarded the Ronald Raven Barbers Award by the Royal College of Surgeons of England allowing him to visit Dr Charles Brown, a world renowned figure in knee surgery specialising in meniscal injury and knee ligament reconstruction. He was also awarded the Ethicon Travelling Fellowship Award by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. In addition, Mr Malik was a participant in the Academic Exchange Program at the Endo Klinik in Hamburg, Germany with Professor Thorsten Gehrke, a leading expert in prosthetic joint infections.

He continued developing his interest in sports injuries and was appointed as a sports doctor for the Wrestling events at the Commonwealth Games and was also the resident sports doctor and Field of Play doctor for the football games at Old Trafford during the Olympics in 2012. He was the Club Doctor for the London Skolars Rugby League Club until 2016 and continues to look after elite athletes. He has also completed a Diploma in Football Medicine with Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). He has also been awarded Fellowship of the American College of
Surgeons.

Mr Malik is passionate about teaching and training medical students and junior doctors. He has completed a Post-Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education and is currently the Deputy Block lead for MSK at the University of Buckinghamshire Medical School. He is also a member of the Faculty of
Surgical Trainers with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

He has over 30 publications in international journals including invitations to act as guest editor for special editions of several journals. He has also been invited to write numerous book chapters with a particular emphasis on trauma and sports injuries and has presented his research at numerous
national and international conferences.

Mr Malik also acted as the orthopaedic advisor to the popular BBC drama series Holby City.

Outside of medicine, he strives to spend time with his wife and 2 children. He enjoys playing cricket, football, table tennis and badminton. He is a passionate Manchester United supporter and tries to attend as many home games as possible.