Biography:

Mr Ravikanth Pagoti is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Musgrave Park Hospital and Royal Victoria Hospitals, Belfast Trust. His undergraduate training was at Andhra Medical College, Vizag, India. He studied for Masters in Orthopaedic Surgery at Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, India. He has further completed Higher Surgical Training in Trauma & Orthopaedics in Northern Ireland attaining FRCS (Eng).

Mr Pagoti has a special interest in Lower Limb Arthroplasty and undertook 18 months of specialist fellowship training at Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast under the tutelage of Prof Beverland. He has also completed a Fellowship in Hip surgery under the auspices of renowned Prof Middleton at the Royal Bournemouth & Poole Hospitals.

Mr Pagoti treats all hip and knee problems performing surgical treatments including, primary and revision hip replacements, primary knee replacement, and knee arthroscopy. He is keen to utilise enhanced recovery techniques for patients and currently leading on the project in Belfast Trust. He is actively involved with research leading to several publications and a Book Chapter on Complex Total Knee Replacement. He is awarded a visiting fellowship with the Bournemouth University and ESSKA ALWIN JAGER Fellowship for the year 2019. He also plays an active role in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and has previously served as Clinical Lecturer, Queens University, Belfast.

Comments on time as Prof Middleton (ORI) Fellow:

Gained excellent clinical and operative experience in Primary, Complex THR, Revision, Periprosthetic THR and exposure to Robotic Hip Surgery. Expanded on my managerial experience playing an active role in running multicentre trials like G7, Master SL, Lead Investigator for TOPHIP study.

The fellowship has helped me in becoming an independent hip surgeon and lower limb arthroplasty surgeon. Prof Middleton has been a great role model to learn from not just surgical skills but life skills. Especially enjoyed being in ORI on Wednesdays and share the banter with colleagues and of course some serious research.