Mr Matthew Dodd is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon at Sancta Maria Hospital, Swansea, offering Monday and Tuesday morning clinics. He specialises in hip and knee surgery, including joint replacement, sports injuries and complex arthroscopic surgery. He set up and runs the South West Wales Young Adult Hip Service, taking tertiary referrals from West Wales for this patient group.

Specialist Interests

• Total hip replacement
• Total and partial knee replacement
• Young adult hip disorders
• Hip and knee revision surgery
• Hip arthroscopy for labral and impingement conditions
• Knee arthroscopy including ACL reconstruction and meniscal surgery
• Sports injuries of the hip and knee

Conditions Treated and Procedures Offered at Sancta Maria Hospital

Mr Dodd offers private consultations and surgery for a full range of hip and knee conditions at Sancta Maria Hospital. His arthroplasty practice covers primary total hip replacement, primary and revision total knee replacement, and partial knee replacement. He performs hip arthroscopy for labral tears and femoroacetabular impingement, and knee arthroscopy for meniscal surgery and ACL reconstruction. He also assesses and manages hip and knee sports injuries and takes complex young adult hip referrals from across West Wales.

The South West Wales Young Adult Hip Service

Mr Dodd established and leads the South West Wales Young Adult Hip Service, providing specialist assessment and treatment for younger patients with hip conditions including labral tears, femoroacetabular impingement and hip dysplasia. The high demands of hip conditions in the sporting and working population require specialist expertise, and this dedicated service ensures patients across West Wales have access to subspecialist care.

Training and Fellowships

Mr Dodd studied Medicine at Imperial College School of Medicine, graduating in 2001. He completed his post-graduate training on West London’s basic and higher surgical training programmes, including exposure to complex orthopaedic trauma, before undertaking two fellowships at the University of Toronto in 2011/2012, exclusively specialising in lower limb arthroplasty and soft tissue knee surgery. On completion of his Toronto fellowships, he returned to Imperial College NHS Trust, one of only four Level 1 Trauma Centres in London, for a six-month trauma fellowship. He was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon at Morriston Hospital in October 2012, and has been Clinical Lead for Hip Fracture Management since 2013.

Awards and Research

Mr Dodd holds the Donald MacCleod Medal from the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (2005), the Raine Prize from the SW Thames SpR Training Rotation (2008) for research on the pivot shift test in the ACL-deficient knee, and a Best of the Best award at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in San Francisco (2012) for research on patellofemoral arthroplasty. He runs a collaborative research programme in hip and knee conditions with Swansea University and is involved in international research projects with teams across Europe and the USA.

Personal

Mr Dodd was born and raised in London and relocated to Swansea with his family in 2013, drawn by the quality of life, the proximity of the Gower Peninsula and the appeal of bringing up children in South Wales. Outside of surgery he enjoys skiing, sailing and golf.

Professional Memberships

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Trauma and Orthopaedics) FRCS(Tr & Orth)
• Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FSEM), Diploma holder
• British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)

Mr Dodd’s NHS practice is at Morriston Hospital, Swansea Bay University Health Board.