Mr
John Timperley
Orthopaedics, Hip Unit
John Timperley was excellent. I was made to feel welcome at all stages of my stay.
Professional profile
Mr Timperley is a specialist hip consultant whose practise at
CircleBath concentrating on primary complex, primary and revision
total hip replacements, in which he has particular expertise.
He carried out his postgraduate education in several centres of
excellence in the UK including the Exeter Hip Unit under Robin Ling
OBE. Mr Timperley was awarded a British Orthopaedic Association
grant as well as the John Charnley Research Fellowship in order to
travel to centres of excellence in North America.
He completed a PhD at the University of Oxford and his research
interest continues in the Academic Hip Unit in Exeter. He is a
member of the Educational advisory board for the Homer Stryker
Centre based in Mahwah, New Jersey. He lectures extensively on hip
surgery both nationally and internationally.
Mr Timperley has recently been elected to the council of the
British Orthopaedic Association where he serves of the Executive
and the Professional Practice Committee. He is also the elected
Honorary Secretary of the British Hip Association and is Chairman
of the Exeter Hip Foundation.
Recently Mr Timperley was listed by the Daily Mail as one of the
UK's Top 10 Hip
Surgeons, based on opinions of the UK's top orthopaedic
surgeons who were asked who they would choose to treat their
"nearest and dearest".
Current NHS or research position
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS
Foundation Trust
Research interests
- Primary Hip Replacement
- Complex hip replacement
- Revision hip replacement
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies
- British Medical Association
- British Orthopaedic Association
- British Hip Society (Member of Council 2009 - 2011)
- International Affiliate Member of the American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Orthopaedic
Biomechanics, University of Bath
- Industrial Steering member for the Centre for Orthopaedic
Biomechanics, University of Bath
- Member of the International Educational Advisory Board for the
Homer Stryker Education Centre, Mahwah, New Jersey, USA