King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Tel : 02032999000 Honorary Senior Lecturer , King's College London Training Programme Director Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark London Bridge Hospital, 27 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2PR Ph: 020 3667 3131
Email: pa.venu.kavarthapu@hcahealthcare.co.uk
1993 MBBS, University of Health Sciences 1998 FRCS Edinburgh 2004 FRCS (Tr&Orth) Intercollegiate Board
South-East Thames Specialist Registrar Rotation 1998-2005 MIS and Computer Navigation Hip Surgery Travelling Fellowship, Dr. Lawrence Dorr, Arthritis Institute, Los Angeles, USA Hip Fellowship, Dr. Joel Matta, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, USA Hip Fellowship, Guy's Hospital, London Foot and Ankle Fellowship, Royal Surrey County Hospital and Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey
Diabetic Foot Limb Salvage 2022, Washington, 13/04/2022 Hendolat DF Masterclass 2022, Mexico, British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Annual Conference 2022 Newcastle Diabetic Foot Meeting 2022 Diabetic Foot Society of India Annual Conference 2021 Desert Diabetic Foot Meeting 2021, USA, D-Foot International World Diabetic Foot Day 2021 5th Tricounties Diabetic Foot Symposium 2021 Basildon Diabetic Foot Cadaver Workshop 2021 Annual Conference of the International Association of Diabetic Foot Surgeons 2021, London. Malvern Diabetic Foot Symposium 2021 6th Irish Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Meeting 2021 Super Bones and Super Wounds East Virtual Conference 2021, USA Southwest Indian Orthopaedic Conference 2021, India OSSAPCON conference webinar, India. 22/02/2021 Singapore Orthopaedic Association Annual Conference Diabetic Foot Conference, Barcelona Indian Arthroplasty Association Annual Conference European Foot and Ankle Society Conference European Orthopaedic Research Society Conference King's Yale Combined Diabetic Foot Symposium Charing Cross International Diabetic Foot Meeting Diabetic Foot Meeting, Milan AO Trauma Course King's Intra-medullary Nailing Course Indian Arthroplasty Association Annual Conference FRCS (Tr & Ortho) Intense Revision Course, London Foot Fractures Course, Kingston Upon Thames Computer Navigation Knee Arthroplasty Course, London Hip Skills Course, London Current Topics in Hip Arthroplasty Revision Hip Arthroplasty Course, London Complex primary and revision hip course, London Indian Orthopaedic Association Annual Conference Orthopaedic Association of South Indian States Conference South Asian Orthopaedic Association BiannualConference1. Liew H, Bates M, Vas P, Rashid H, Kavarthapu V, Edmonds M, Manu C. Resource use within a multidisciplinary foot team clinic. J Wound Care. 2022 Feb 2;31(2):154-161. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2022.31.2.154. PMID: 35148630.
2. Ahluwalia R, Cook J, Raheman F, Karuppaiah K, Colegate-Stone T, Tavakkolizadeh A, Kavarthapu V, Sinha J. Improving the efficiency of ankle fracture care through home care and day-surgery units: Delivering safe surgery on a value-based healthcare model. Surgeon. 2021 Oct;19(5):e95-e102. doi: 10.1016/j.surge.2020.08.004. Epub 2020 Nov 3. PMID: 33158745.
3. Kavarthapu V, Budair B. Two-stage reconstruction of infected Charcot foot using internal fixation: a promising functional limb salvage technique. Bone Joint J. 2021 Oct;103-B(10):1611-1618. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.103B10.BJJ-2021-0339.R2. PMID: 34587806.
4. Kavarthapu V. Is there a need for diabetic foot orthopaedic surgery as a sub-specialty? Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma. 2021;17:72-3.
5. Frykberg RG, Attinger C, Smeets L, Koller A, Bal A, Kavarthapu V. Surgical strategies for prevention of amputation of the diabetic foot. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma. 2021;17: 99-105
6. Kavarthapu V, Hester, T. Charcot hindfoot deformity reconstruction using a hindfoot nail- surgical technique. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma. 2021;17:277-284
7. Phyo N, Tang W, Kavarthapu V. Medium-term outcomes of multi-disciplinary surgical management of non-ischemic diabetic heel ulcers. J Clin OrthopTrauma. 2021;17:30e36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcot.2021.01.012.
8. Manas AB, Taori S, Ahluwalia R, Slim H, Manu C, Rashid H, Kavarthapu V, Edmonds M, Vas PRJ. Admission Time Deep Swab Specimens Compared With Surgical Bone Sampling in Hospitalized Individuals With Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis and Soft Tissue Infection. Int J Low Extrem Wounds. 2021 Dec;20(4):300-308. doi: 10.1177/1534734620916386. Epub 2020 May 5. PMID: 32370639.
9. Ingvild Kummen, Ngwe Phyo, Venu Kavarthapu. Charcot foot reconstruction—how do hardware failure and non-union affect the clinical outcomes? Ann Joint 2020;5:25 | http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/aoj.2020.01.06
10. Venu Kavarthapu, Alexandros Vris. Charcot midfoot reconstruction—surgical technique based on deformity patterns. Ann Joint 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/aoj.2020.02.01
11. Robert G. Frykberg, Dane K. Wukich, Venu Kavarthapu, Thomas Zgonis, Luca Dalla Paola. Surgery for the diabetic foot: A key component of care. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2019;e3251
12. K Karuppaiah, A Saini, A Anugraha, V Kavarthapu, Mortality after Major Trauma – An Analysis of the Factors that Impact Trauma Survivorship between India and the United Kingdom. Int. J. of Orth. 2019 June 28; 6(3): 1079-1084
13. R Ahluwalia, E Vainieri, J Tam, S Sait, A Sinha, C Manu, I Reichert, V Kavarthapu, M Edmonds, P Vas. Surgical Diabetic Foot Debridement: Improving Training and Practice Utilizing the Traffic Light Principle. The Int J of Lower Extremity Wounds 1 –8, 2019
14. N Phyo, V Kavarthapu, M Edmonds, The orthopaedic contribution to modern diabetic footcare, The Diabetic Foot Journal Vol 22 No 2 2019
15. E Massa, V Kavarthapu. The Expanding Role of Hip Arthroscopy in Modern Day Practice. Indian Journal of Orthopaedics. Indian J Orthop 2019;53:8-1
16. Hip arthroscopy versus best conservative care for the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (UK FASHIoN): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Part of UK FASHION Study Group. Lancet 2018; 391: 2225–35.
18. Prashanth R. J. Vas1, Michael Edmonds, Venu Kavarthapu,1 Hisham Rashid, Raju Ahluwalia, Christian Pankhurst, Nikolaos Papanas. The Diabetic Foot Attack: “’Tis Too Late to Retreat!”, The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds. February 2018
26. Undiagnosed Severe Sleep Apnoea and Diabetic Foot Ulceration - A case series based Hypothesis: A hitherto under emphasized factor in failure to heal- Diab Foot Medicine 2015
27. The Diabetic Orthoplastics Team: Changing the paradigm in managing complex diabetic foot in United Kingdom- The Int Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds 2015
28. Outcome of one-stage correction of deformities of the ankle and hindfoot and fusion in Charcot neuroarthropathy using a retrograde intramedullary hindfoot arthrodesis nail. Bone Joint J 2015;97-B:76–82
29. Transformation of the Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Clinic Into a Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Day Unit: Results From a Service Evaluation. The Int Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds, 2014
30. Predicting the underestimation of the femoral offset in anteroposterior radiographs of the pelvis using 'lesser trochanter index': J Arthroplasty. 2014 Jun;29(6):1278-84.
31. Reproducibility and Accuracy of Templating Uncemented THA With Digital Radiographic and Digital TraumaCad Templating Software. ORTHOPEDICS 2009; 32:815
32. Divergent Dislocation Of Elbow With Ipsilateral Distal Radioulnar Joint Dislocation In A Gymnast: Successful Treatment For A Rare Injury. European Journal of Trauma
33. Distraction osteogenesis to improve limb function in congenital bilateral humeroradioulnar synostosis. Acta Orthop Belg. 2006 Dec;72(6):765-8,
34. Ilizarov Method for Management of Chronic Non-union of Distal Radius Causing a ‘Z’ Deformity of the Wrist. Injury Extra, Vol 36, Issue 8, August 2005, 346-348.
35. Subtrochanteric metastatic lesions of femur due to breast cancer: reconstruction with long gamma nail. European Journal of Surgical oncology2004 Nov;30(9):993-7
36. Proximal interphalangeal joint release in Dupuytren's disease of the little finger. Journal of Hand Surgery 2004 Feb, VOL: 29 (1), P: 15-7
37. Evaluation of The Symptomatic Supraspinatus Tendon – A Comparison of Ultrasound and Arthroscopy. Radiography vol8, issue4, 2002, 235-240
38. Treatment of patello-femoral arthritis using the Lubinus patello-femoral arthroplasty: A retrospective review. The Knee 9 (1) (2002) pp. 27-30
39. Dall-Miles Cable & Plate Fixation For Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures – A Retrospective Analysis Of 13 Cases. Injury 32 (2001) 395-40
