Mr Andrew Chambler

Mr Andrew Chambler is an Orthopaedic Consultant and Specialist Shoulder surgeon at St Joseph's Hospital. 

Mr Chambler has been a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in the UK for the past 17 years. He qualified from St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, part of Imperial College, in London. Embarking on his surgical career, his interest soon became Orthopaedics and in particular shoulder and elbow surgery, being awarded his Masters of Surgery degree in this area by the University of London in 2000, under the supervision of Professor Roger Emery

He gained his Shoulder & Elbow Fellowship with Professor Carr in Oxford and has since been awarded travelling fellowships to UK & Europe as well as to the world-renowned Mayo Clinic in the USA, by the British Elbow & Shoulder Society.

He developed the shoulder & elbow service at Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, concentrating on new advanced arthroscopic techniques and joint replacement but also organising quality control with the prospective audit of surgical outcome to ensure the highest level of patient care. He became Clinical Director of Orthopaedics at YDH in 2011.

Recently he has been asked to provide a service to Royal Bahrain Hospital and King Hamad University Hospital in Bahrain for shoulder and elbow problems, visiting 3-4 times per year.

The areas of surgery include the management of sports injuries, instability, tendinopathies, and shoulder and elbow arthroplasty. He continues his interest in education and research being faculty for arthroscopic shoulder and elbow courses, a peer reviewer for Journals and invited lecturer both nationally and internationally.

Orthopaedic surgery 
Elbow surgery 
Shoulder surgery 
Sports injury

BSc(Hons) MBBS MS FRCS  FRCS(Orth)

British Orthopaedic Association

British Elbow and Shoulder Society

Shoulder and Elbow Society of Europe

Away from work, Andrew enjoys following sport, skiing, and time with his children.

Andrew collects independent outcomes on all surgical procedures he performs. This includes collecting adverse events, complications, readmissions, infections, etc.

Physiotherapists who work with him independently collect PROMS (Oxford score). Andrew uses these outcome measures to ensure the best care for patients and also to monitor and check his own surgical practice.

Mr Anthony, Patient:
I recently underwent a complex surgical operation to repair the tendons of my rotator cuff in my left shoulder. I first contacted Mr. Chambler’s, office following research into finding the surgeon with the requisite experience to enable me to potentially restore full function of my left arm following an injury.
My first impressions of Mr. Chambler were that of a highly experienced Consultant who was pleasant and easy to converse with. He spoke in a manner that put me at ease and was very thorough in asking all the questions regarding the cause of my injury and the subsequent timeline delay in seeking medical intervention.
Mr. Chambler then went through the possible scenarios that could result in operating on my rotator cuff and I appreciated the level of frankness in the way he outlined these, including the possibility of there being some restrictions to the use of my arm because of the time delay.
At every meeting I had with Mr.Chambler, I felt reassured that he was there for me and provided the confidence for me to completely trust the comments made and the subsequent surgery that he would perform. There were some issues with the health insurance but Mr. Chambler throughout maintained a level of certainty that he would do everything possible to provide a good outcome.
Post-surgery I have met Mr.Chambler who explained in detail the operation and the repair made. Following an examination, he confirmed that significant progress had been made, however tempering the positive with the practical realization that recovery would take a long period of time.
In summary I would comment that Mr. Chambler is a credit to his profession displaying all the qualities a patient requires when seeking medical aid. He is a very personable and I would have no hesitation in recommending his services as an expert in his field.