Professional profile
Samir Massoud read medicine at Alexandria University Medical School, Egypt 1980-86. After moving to the UK in 1989, he trained in general surgical specialities, attaining the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1993.
Samir joined the Nottingham Higher Surgical Orthopaedic Training Scheme in 1995, attaining the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Trauma & Orthopaedics in 1999.
Samir was appointed the Shoulder Surgery Fellow to the Reading Shoulder Unit in July 2000 for 1 year and trained in the Nottingham Shoulder and Elbow Unit for 6 months following that. He trained extensively in arthroscopic, reconstructive and joint replacement surgery and management of sports injuries of the knee and shoulder. He was appointed a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Arthroscopy Unit at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and University Hospital Birmingham in January 2003.
Samir is a founder member of the Birmingham Knee & Shoulder clinic established in June 2004. He performs around 800 arthroscopic, reconstructive & joint replacement procedures of the shoulder & knee annually.
Samir's NHS practice includes two full days of surgery, as well as a specialist Shoulder clinic, an acute Knee clinic and a fracture & sports injury clinic.
Professional affiliations and memberships
- British Orthopaedic Association
- British Elbow & Shoulder Society
- British Association for Surgery of the Knee
Research interests
Rotator cuff disease
Subacromial impingement
Frozen shoulder
Shoulder instability
Summary of recent publications
Journals
- Author(s): Massoud SN, Wallace WA, Title: The Injury Impairment Scale in Pelvic & lower limb, Journal: Injury, Volume: 27, Year: 1996, PageNo: 107-110
- Author(s): Massoud SN, Hunter JB, Holdsworth BJ, Wallace WA, Juliusson R, Title: Early femoral stem loosening in a newer design of , Journal: Journal Bone Joint Surgery, Volume: 79, Year: 1997, PageNo: 603-608
- Author(s): Massoud SN, Levy O, Copeland SA, Title: Inferior capsular shift for multidirectional shoul, Journal: Journal Shoulder Elbow Surgery , Volume: 11, Year: 2002, PageNo: 305-308
- Author(s): Massoud SN, Levy O, Copeland SA, Title: Subacromial decompression. A treatment for small &, Journal: Journal Bone Joint Surgery, Volume: 84, Year: 2002, PageNo: 955-960
- Author(s): Massoud SN, Levy O, Copeland SA, Title: The vertical apical uture Bankart lesion repair fo, Journal: Journal Shoulder Elbow Surgery, Volume: 11, Year: 2002, PageNo: 481-485
- Author(s): Massoud SN, Pearse EO, Levy O, Copeland SA, Title: Operative management of frozen shoulder in patient, Journal: Journal Shoulder Elbow Surgery, Volume: 11, Year: 2002, PageNo: 609-613
- Author(s): Dias R, Cutts S, Massoud SN, Title: Frozen Shoulder, Journal: British medical Journal, Volume: 331, Year: 2005, PageNo: 1453-1456
- Author(s): Massoud SN, Levy O, Copeland SA, Title: Radiofrequency capsular shrinkage for voluntary sh, Journal: Journal Shoulder Elbow Surgery, Volume: 16, Year: 2007, PageNo: 43-48
- Author(s): Massoud SN, Levy O, De Los Mentous OE, Musa F, Even T, Sinha J, Copeland SA, Title: Histological evaluation of the glenohumeral joint , Journal: Journal Shoulder Elbow Surgery, Volume: 16, Year: 2007, PageNo: 163-168
- Author(s): Pearse EO, Bruguera J, Massoud SN, Sforza J, Copeland SA, Levy O, Title: Arthroscopic management of the painful snapping scapula, Journal: Arthroscopy, Volume: 22, Year: 2006, PageNo: 755-61
- Author(s): Theivendran K, McBryde C, Massoud SN, Title: Scapula fractures: A review, Journal: Trauma, Volume: 10, Year: 2008, PageNo: 25-33
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