Professor Nicholas Harris

I worked as a Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon and Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust from August 2001 until December 2016. My areas of interest are Foot & Ankle Surgery, General Lower Limb Surgery as well as Trauma. I have produced over 100 original publications and presentations and am the author of a best selling textbook on Orthopaedic Examination.   

I was Clinical Lead for Trauma at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust from 2014-2016.

Currently I work privately at the Spire Hospital, Leeds, the Nuffield Hospital, Leeds and the Wellington Hospital, London undertaking Foot and Ankle Surgery, Sports Injury Surgery and Trauma.

I sat on the Spire Medical Advisory Committee from 2010-2025.

I was appointed visiting Professor of Sports Medicine at Leeds Beckett University in October 2017. My current research projects include long term function after achilles tendon rupture, novel amino acid supplements, and ankle syndesmotic injuries in athletes.

Together with Professor Schilders we funded a PhD student looking at the effects of isometric training on peri and post menopausal women.

I was awarded North of England Surgeon of the Year in 2019 and also received Best Paper Award at BOSTAA 2018 for research into ankle syndesmotic injuries.

I am subspecialty trained in Foot & Ankle Surgery and am member of BOFAS. I sat on the BOFAS Outcomes Committee from 2019-2022.

Approximately 90% of my practice is Foot & Ankle. A significant proportion  of this is tertiary referral. I was a member of the Zimmer-Biomet Total Ankle Replacement Faculty. I was the Orthopaedic Lead Designer of the Mobile Bearing Rebalance Total Ankle Replacement. Approximately 3000 have been implanted globally with 90% survivorship on the Swedish Joint Registry. I act as a reviewer for the Bone and Joint Journal. I have been a convenor of the Foot and Ankle Masterclass run in conjunction with the Royal College of Surgeons. I sit on the Foot &Ankle Faculty Program with Smith and Nephew. 

I was awarded the Aesculap Travelling Fellowship to visit Dr DuPlessis in South Africa. Dr DuPlessis is an internationally reknown knee surgeon and looks after the Springboks Rugby Team. I was awarded the BOTA Trainee of the Year Prize for research into pain relief following ACL reconstruction. I am a member of BASK.

MEDICO-LEGAL EXPERIENCE

I prepare approximately 100 personal injury reports per year. I strongly believe in my role as an independent advisor to the court and give honest opinions which are supported in most cases by the current literature.

A recent audit of my reports suggested 80% were regarded as good and 80% of instructing parties were pleased with the turn-around time.

I strive to remain up to date and have attended courses run by Bond Solon and the Royal Society of Medicine on both Report Writing and Courtroom Skills. 

I also undertake medical negligence work dealing in particular with issues relating to foot and ankle surgery.

Excellence in Report Writing, Bond Solon, London, October 2000
Courtroom Skills, Bond Solon, Birmingham, July 2001
Report Writing & Evidence in the New Millennium
Royal Society of Medicine, London, September 2001
Clinical Negligence Report Writing for Mobile Doctors, Leeds, July 2002

BOFAS, BASK