John English is a New Zealand trained orthopaedic surgeon, obtaining his undergraduate medical degree from the University of Otago and is member of the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association and a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS Ortho).
He has a public consultant position at Auckland City Hospital and also works privately at Domain Orthopaedic Surgeons in Parnell.
He has spent several years training in hospitals throughout New Zealand, spending his last three years in Auckland’s major centres. He has also completed fellowships in London, England with further subspecialist training in upper extremity surgery, joint replacement, arthroscopy and trauma.
What is Orthopaedics?
This is an area that deals with conditions of the musculoskeletal system (disorders of bones and joints of the limbs and spine). The specialty covers a range of different types of conditions starting with congenital (conditions which children are born with) through to degenerative (conditions relating to the wearing out of joints). The field of orthopaedics covers trauma where bones are broken or injuries are sustained to limbs.
Other conditions that sit under the spectrum of orthopaedics are metabolic conditions, neurological and inflammatory conditions.
