Mr Thomas Hester
Mr Thomas Hester is a highly regarded consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in complex trauma, and all foot and ankle conditions. Currently working at Kings College Hospital, a major trauma and tertiary referral centre, he has a keen interest in research and innovation in his field of expertise.
Bio
Mr Thomas Hester is a highly regarded consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in complex trauma and all foot and ankle conditions including minimally invasive surgery (arthroscopy), ligament injuries, ankle fractures, cartilage damage, bunions and heel pain.
He works within a multidisciplinary team managing complex tertiary referral cases, including diabetic foot and Charcot reconstruction. Based at King鈥檚 College Hospital, a major trauma and tertiary referral centre, he is actively involved in research, innovation, and education. He serves as an honorary senior clinical lecturer at King鈥檚 College London and co-chairs the AOUK Foot & Ankle course, teaching complex trauma cases.
Mr. Hester graduated with distinction from St. Bartholomew鈥檚 and The Royal London School of Medicine in 2006. He earned a 1st-class BSc with Honours from UCL in 2005, receiving the Scales Prize for Orthopaedic Science, and later completed an MSc (Hons) at the University of Brighton.
Having completed his orthopaedic training on the South East London Training Rotation, he pursued prestigious fellowships, including a British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Fellowship in Toronto, a British Orthopaedic Society Fellowship in Calgary for Complex Trauma, and a Foot & Ankle Fellowship at Guy鈥檚 and St Thomas鈥� Hospital.
Additionally, Mr Hester was part of the Broken Earth Medical Mission surgical team in Guatemala, a non-profit group of healthcare professionals offering medical assistance in places around the world that need it most.
Mr Hester is a conscientious, proactive and caring consultant, dedicated to achieving the best outcomes for his patients.
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All conditions
- Fractures: Toe, Ankle, Foot, Tibia, Fibula, Stress Fractures and Osteoporotic Fractures
- Pain: Foot, Ankle, Toe, Heel
- Ankle and Foot Sprains
- Arthritis: Foot, Ankle, Toes
- Ankle Instability
- Sports Injuries
- Ankle Ligament Injury
- Achilles Tendon Problems
- Achilles Rupture
- Ankle Tendonitis
- Anterior Ankle Impingement Syndrome
- Bone Spurs
- Bursitis
- Hallux Valgus (Bunions)
- Tailor's Bunion (Bunionette)
- Corns
- Foot Drop
- Ganglion Cyst
- Hammertoe
- Ingrown toenail
- Morton's Neuroma
- Neuromas
- Osteoarthritis
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
All treatments
- Minimally Invasive Foot & Ankle Surgery
- Hallux Valgus Correction
- Ankle Joint Fusion
- Ankle Ligament Reconstruction
- Bunionette Deformity Correction
- Tendon Repair
- Achilles Tendon Reconstruction
- Ankle Arthroscopy
- Ankle Replacement
- Big Toe Fusion Surgery
- Cartiva Implant (Big Toe Joint Replacement)
- Cheilectomy
- Chondral Grafting
- Claw Toe Correction
- Diabetic Foot Care
- Excision of Mortons Neuromas
- Wedge Excision for Ingrown Toenail
- Flatfoot Correction
- Hammertoe Correction
- Mallet Toe Correction
- Osteotomy
- Partial Nail Removal
- Plantar Fascia Release Surgery
- Revision Surgery
- Qualified 2006
- St Bartholomew鈥檚 and The Royal London School of Medicine 2006
- UCL 2005
- University of Brighton
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Kings College Hospital - Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
Kings College Hospital
Throughout his medical career, Mr Hester has had a keen interest in research and innovation within orthopaedics. He has contributed to numerous medical journals with 36 publications listed on .
He has undertaken many professional development courses, both surgical and managerial, and is currently collaborating in several notable research projects. He has used his interest in IT to design a surgically oriented app together with an online training module.
- Scales Prize for Orthopaedic Science
- British Orthopeadic Foot and Ankle Society
- AOUK Foot & Ankle Co Chair