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PROFESSOR VENU KAVARTHAPU FRCS(ED), FRCS (Trauma & Ortho)

Consultant Lower Limb Orthopaedic Surgeon
  • King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
    Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RT.
  • Tel : 02032999000
  • Honorary Senior Lecturer , King's College London
  • President Internal Association of Diabetic Foot Surgeons Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark
For Private Appointments and Enquiries, please contact
Private Secretary: Sarah Nixon

Correspondence: London Bridge Hospital
  • London Bridge Hospital, 27 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2PR
  • Ph: 020 3667 3131
  • Email: pa.venu.kavarthapu@hcahealthcare.co.uk

MEDICAL EDUCATION

  • 1993 MBBS, University of Health Sciences
  • 1998 FRCS Edinburgh
  • 2004 FRCS (Tr&Orth) Intercollegiate Board

ORTHOPAEDIC TRAINING

    SPECIALIST REGISTRAR TRAINING:
  • South-East Thames Specialist Registrar Rotation 1998-2005

    • SUBSPECIALTY FELLOWSHIP TRAINING:
  • 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

FACULTY FOR MAJOR CONFERENCES

  • IADFS Annual Conference and Desert Foot Meeting, Phoenix, USA, 10-13/12/25
  • Diabetic Foot Society of India Annual Conference and IADFS. Amritsar, India, 1-2/11/25
  • Russian Association of Foot and Ankle Surgeons Annual Conference, Moscow, 3-4/10/2025
  • European Wound Management Association Meeting, Barcelona, 26-28/03/25
  • King’s Charcot Foot Reconstruction Symposium, Antalya, Turkey, 14-17/11/2024
  • Diabetic Foot Society India Annual Conference, Mumbai, India, 27-29/09/2024
  • Beaumont Diabetic Foot Symposium, Dublin, Ireland. 19/06/2024
  • European Wound Management Association Meeting, London, 1-2/05/2024
  • Diabetic Foot Educational Center Course, Abano Terme (PD), Italy. 5-7/02/2024
  • IADFS Annual Conference, Windsor, UK, 13/11/2023
  • European Association on Study of Diabetes Annual Conference, Hamburg, 01/10/23
  • Indian Foot and Ankle Society Annual Conference, Nagpur, India, 25/08/2023
  • Foot & Ankle Invited Round Table Meeting, Stratford upon Avon, 15/06/2023
  • British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Principles Course*, London, 24/05/2023
  • European Wound Management Association Conference*, Milan, 03/05/2023
  • British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Principles Course, Manchester, 25/01/2023
  • Hendolat DF Masterclass 2022, Mexico,
  • Newcastle Diabetic Foot Meeting 2022
  • Desert Diabetic Foot Meeting 2021, USA,
  • 5th Tricounties Diabetic Foot Symposium 2021
  • Annual Conference of the International Association of Diabetic Foot Surgeons 2021, London.
  • 6th Irish Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Meeting 2021
  • Southwest Indian Orthopaedic Conference 2021, India
  • Singapore Orthopaedic Association Annual Conference
  • Indian Arthroplasty Association Annual Conference
  • European Orthopaedic Research Society Conference
  • Charing Cross International Diabetic Foot Meeting, London
  • South Asian Orthopaedic Association Biannual Conference
  • Diabetic Foot Meeting, Milan
  • Egyptian Orthopaedic Annual Conference, Cairo. 24-27/11/25
  • Singapore Orthopaedic Association Annual Conference and AFFS. Singapore 30-31/10/25
  • Hendolat Annual Meeting, San Jose, Costa Rica, 27-29/08/2025
  • British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Conference, Brighton, 23-31/01/25
  • ESICON 2024 (Endocrinology Society of India Annual Conference), Visakhapatnam, India, 8-10/11/2024
  • Indian Foot and Ankle Society Conference, Kochi, India, 23-24/08/2024
  • Danish Foot and Ankle Society Annual Conference, Copenhagen, 2-3/05/2024
  • Diabetic Foot Limb Salvage 2024, Washington, 11-13/04/2023
  • JPCPM Annual Conference, Okinawa, Japan, 22/12/2023
  • Stanmore Foot and Ankle Course, Stanmore, 07/11/2023
  • King’s Charcot Foot Reconstruction Symposium, London, 15/09/2023
  • British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society and Indian Foot & Ankle Society course and cadaver workshop*, Bangalore, 27-30/06/2023
  • Charcot International Consensus Committee Meeting, Paris, 02/06/2023
  • International Society for Diabetic Foot*, the Hague, 10/05/2023
  • Diabetic Foot Limb Salvage 2023, Washington, 27/04/2023
  • Diabetic Foot Limb Salvage 2022, Washington, 13/04/2022
  • British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Annual Conference 2022
  • Diabetic Foot Society of India Annual Conference 2021
  • D-Foot International World Diabetic Foot Day 2021
  • Basildon Diabetic Foot Cadaver Workshop 2021
  • Malvern Diabetic Foot Symposium 2021
  • Super Bones and Super Wounds East Virtual Conference 2021, USA
  • OSSAPCON conference webinar, India. 22/02/2021
  • Diabetic Foot Conference, Barcelona
  • European Foot and Ankle Society Conference, Portugal
  • King's Yale Combined Diabetic Foot Symposium, London
  • King's Intra-medullary Nailing Course, London
  • Indian Arthroplasty Association Annual Conference
  • 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

PUBLICATIONS

Interdisciplinary Approach to Limb Salvage of the Diabetic Foot Michael Edmonds & Bauer Sumpio. Springer, 2019

CX Vascular and Endovascular Challenges Update. BIBA Publishing, 2019

Recent Advances in Orthopedics- Evangel Publishing, 2021

Essentials of Foot and Ankle Surgery. CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), 2021

BOFAS Hyperbook, 2021.

Diabetic Neuropathy, Mitra Tavakoli, Elsevier, 2021

Functional Limb Salvage- The Multidisciplinary Approach. Chris Attinger, John Steinberg. Springer, 2021

HIP Arthroplasty: current & future directions- Mrinal Sharma. Springer 2021

Foot and Ankle Clinics- The Diabetic Foot. Mark Myerson, Fabien Krause. Springer, 2022

Management of Diabetic Foot Complications. Shearman. Springer 2022

11. Foot and Ankle Clinics- Diabetic Foot, Fabien Krause. Springer, 2022. Etiology, epidemiology and outcomes of managing Charcot arthropathy. T Hester, V Kavarthapu.

12. Foot and Ankle Clinics- Innovative Approaches on Cavovarus Deformity: Thinking Outside of the Box. Springer 2023. Managing cavovarus feet in diabetic patients. M Tiruveedhula, V Kavarthapu.

14. Surgical Reconstruction of Charcot Foot and Ankle: The Multidisciplinary Team Approach Springer 2025. Team Approach to this Complex Pathology and Who Manages this Around the World.

56. C Chandrasekhar, O Lahoti, V Kavarthapu. Frame Strategies for Ankle and Hindfoot Charcot Reconstruction. Foot and Ankle Clinics, 2024, ISSN 1083-7515,

55. S Shanmugasundaram, V Kavarthapu. Foot and ankle orthopaedic surgery in India: Where do we stand today? Editorial. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma 55 (2024) 102521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcot.2024.102521

54. A Staniszewska, F Game, J Nixon, D Russell, D G. Armstrong, C Ashmore, S A. Bus, J Chung, V Chuter, K Dhatariya, G Dovell, M Edmonds, R Fitridge, C Gooday, E J. Hamilton, A Jones, V Kavarthapu, L A. Lavery, J L. Mills, M Monteiro-Soares, M Osborne-Grinter, E J.G. Peters, J Shalhoub, J van Netten, D K. Wukich, R J. Hinchliffe; Development of a Core Outcome Set for Studies Assessing Interventions for Diabetes-Related Foot Ulceration. Diabetes Care 2024; dc241112

53. V Kavarthapu, A Haldar. Reconstruction of unstable ankle Charcot deformity using a 3-D printed titanium porous block and hindfoot nail – A case report. The Foot Volume 60, September 2024, 102116,

52. Konstantinos Tsikopoulos, Konstantinos Sidiropoulos, Gabriele Meroni, Savvas Christofilos, Konstantinos Kazamias, Kirellos Said Abbas, Periklis Papaioannou, Dimitris Mavridis, Venu Kavarthapu, Panagiotis Givissis- Deap-seated infection and nonunion following internal fixation for Charcot foot deformity correction. A proportional meta-analysis of level 4 evidence. J Orthop Sci2024 Mar 27:S0949-2658(24)00049-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jos.2024.03.004.

51. Omeair Khan, Meghana Kavarthapu, Michael Edmonds, Venu Kavarthapu, Surgical management of Charcot foot – The advancements over the past decade. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma 47 (2023) 102317

50. Yousif Alkhalfan, Thomas Lorchan Lewis, Venu Kavarthapu, Thomas Hester. Investigation and management of diabetic foot osteomyelitis: An update for the foot and ankle orthopaedic surgeon. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma 48 (2024) 102330

49. Wukich, Robert G. Frykberg, Venu Kavarthapu. Charcot neuroarthropathy in persons with diabetes: It's time for a paradigm shift in our thinking. Diabetes Metabolism Research and Reviews. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2024;e3646

48. Rajesh Simon, Venu Kavarthapu. India Becoming an Emerging Diabetic Capital Burdened with an Explosion of Unrecognized Charcot Feet- Editorial. Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery (Asia-Pacific), Volume 10 Special Issue 1 (August 2023) DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10040-1303

47. Amit S Patel, Manjunathan Sivaprakasam, Ines LH Reichert, Raju Ahluwalia, Chris Manu, Venu Kavarthapu. Reconstruction of the ‘Foot at Risk’ during Acute Charcot Neuroarthropathy. Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery (Asia-Pacific), Volume 10 Special Issue 1 (August 2023) DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10040-1304

46. Madhu Tiruveedhula, Venu Kavarthapu. Managing Cavovarus Feet in Diabetic Patients. Foot Ankle Clin Volume 28, Issue 4, December 2023, Pages 873-887. DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2023.05.006

45. Kavarthapu V, Giddie J, Kommalapati V, Casey J, Bates M, Vas P. Evaluation of Adjuvant Antibiotic Loaded Injectable Bio-Composite Material in Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis and Charcot Foot Reconstruction. J Clin Med. 2023 May 1;12(9):3239. doi: 10.3390/jcm12093239. PMID: 37176679; PMCID: PMC10179343.

44. Kavarthapu V, Gudur Vi, Hester T. Combined Charcot hindfoot and midfoot reconstruction using internal fixation method—surgical technique and single surgeon Series. Ann Joint 2023;8:10

43. Thomas Hester, Venu Kavarthapu Etiology, Epidemiology, and Outcomes of Managing Charcot Arthropathy Foot Ankle Clin 2022 Sep;27(3):583-594. doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2022.03.002. Epub 2022 Aug 10

42. Ali-Asgar Najefi, Razi Zaidi, Oliver Chan, Thomas Hester, Venu Kavarthapu. Predictors of metalwork failure and nonunion after hindfoot Charcot reconstruction. Bone Joint J. 2022 May; doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.104B6.BJJ-2022-0127

41. Savvas Ilias Christofilos, Konstantinos Tsikopoulos, Alexios Tsikopoulos, Dimitrios Kitridis, Konstantinos, Sidiropoulos, Panagiotis Nikolaos Stoikos, Venu Kavarthapu. Network meta-analyses: Methodological prerequisites and clinical usefulness. World J Methodol 2022 May 20; 12(3): 92-98

40. Hitchman L, Nandhra S, Gooday C, Cowan A, Bowling F, Nixon J, Pickard J, Cohen J, Atkin L, Rudarakanchana N, Collings R, Kavarthapu V, Shalhoub J, Games F, Russell D. Tenotomy for diabetic foot ulcers: a scoping survey of current practice. J.Vasc.Soc.G.B.Irel. 2022;1(2):54-58

39. 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.

38. 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.

37. 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.

36. 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.

35. 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

34. Kavarthapu V, Hester, T. Charcot hindfoot deformity reconstruction using a hindfoot nail- surgical technique. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma. 2021;17:277-284

33. 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.

32. 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.

31. 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

30. 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

29. 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

28. 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

27. 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

26. N Phyo, V Kavarthapu, M Edmonds, The orthopaedic contribution to modern diabetic footcare, The Diabetic Foot Journal Vol 22 No 2 2019

25. 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

24. 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.

23. Ebrahim Izadi, Rahij Anwar, Sarah Phillips, Venu Kavarthapu. Transmalleolar Approach for Arthroscopy-Assisted Headless Screw Fixation of an Osteochondral Talar Dome Fracture. The Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery 57 (2018) 622-626.

22. 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

21. Amit Patel, Aaron K. Saini, Michael E. Edmonds, and Venu Kavarthapu. Diabetic Neuropathic Arthropathy of the Knee: Two Case Reports and a Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Orthopedics Volume 2018, Article ID 9301496

20. Sarah J. Barsam, J. Patel, L Roberts, V Kavarthapu, R Patel, B Arya. The impact of body weight on rivaroxaban pharmacokinetics. Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2017;1:180–187

19. Correction of ankle and hind foot deformity in Charcot neuroarthropathy using a retrograde hind foot nail—The Kings’ Experience. Vasukutty N et al. Foot Ankle Surg 2018;24:406-10.

18. Computer Navigation of the Acetabular Component in Total Hip Arthroplasty: a Narrative Review. EFORT Open Rev 2016;1:279-285. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.1.000050.

17. Modern Orthopedic Inpatient Care of the Orthopedic Patient With Diabetic Foot Disease- International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds December 2015 vol. 14 no. 4 384-392

16. Examination of the Adult Spine- British Journal of Hospital Medicine December 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2015.76.12.C182

15. The medial column Synthes Midfoot Fusion Bolt is associated with unacceptable rates of failure in corrective fusion for Charcot deformity - Results from a consecutive case series- Bone Joint J 2015; 97-B:809–13

14. 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

13. The Diabetic Orthoplastics Team: Changing the paradigm in managing complex diabetic foot in United Kingdom- The Int Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds 2015

12. 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

11. 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

10. 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.

9. Reproducibility and Accuracy of Templating Uncemented THA With Digital Radiographic and Digital TraumaCad Templating Software. ORTHOPEDICS 2009; 32:815

8. Divergent Dislocation Of Elbow With Ipsilateral Distal Radioulnar Joint Dislocation In A Gymnast: Successful Treatment For A Rare Injury. European Journal of Trauma

7. Distraction osteogenesis to improve limb function in congenital bilateral humeroradioulnar synostosis. Acta Orthop Belg. 2006 Dec;72(6):765-8,

6. 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.

5. Subtrochanteric metastatic lesions of femur due to breast cancer: reconstruction with long gamma nail. European Journal of Surgical oncology2004 Nov;30(9):993-7

4. Proximal interphalangeal joint release in Dupuytren's disease of the little finger. Journal of Hand Surgery 2004 Feb, VOL: 29 (1), P: 15-7

3. Evaluation of The Symptomatic Supraspinatus Tendon – A Comparison of Ultrasound and Arthroscopy. Radiography vol8, issue4, 2002, 235-240

2. Treatment of patello-femoral arthritis using the Lubinus patello-femoral arthroplasty: A retrospective review. The Knee 9 (1) (2002) pp. 27-30

1. Dall-Miles Cable & Plate Fixation For Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures – A Retrospective Analysis Of 13 Cases. Injury 32 (2001) 395-40

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