Mr Divya Prakash is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in hip and knee conditions and procedures. He routinely performs surgery related to sports injuries and arthritis. His approach is to try and preserve the joints for as long as possible while giving his patients a good quality of life. He also offers conservative treatments such as keyhole surgery and injection therapies. Alongside his NHS positions and private practice, he holds multiple roles within education and sports societies, including Honorary lecturer at the University of Birmingham, Medical Director of Worcestshire Cricket Board and British Association for Surgery of the Knee Executive. He also holds the prestigious position of a BASK Executive (British Association for Surgery of the Knee), one of the largest surgical subspecialist organisations, which brings together knee surgeons with the single aim of improving their patient’s care. In addition, he also held the rank of Lt Colonel in the British Army, retiring in 2005; his deployments included Sierra Leone, Bosnia, and Iraq. Patients describe him as caring, reassuring and hard-working.

• Medical Director for Worcestershire Cricket Board and Honorary Surgeon for Warwickshire County - Cricket Club.
• Consultant and Clinical lead Dept. of Orthopaedics, Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals, West Bromwich
• Faculty of Examiners for FRCS (T&O)
• Faculty of Examiners for MRCS
• A faculty member of Stryker
• A faculty member of AO
• Executive member of ICRS
• Faculty of Examiners for MCh (T&O), Christchurch University, Kent
• Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Birmingham
• Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Aston, Birmingham
• Trauma surgeon to Warwickshire County Cricket Club, UK
• Treasurer, Midland Knee Society
• BASK Executive
• Nominated knee surgeon for the Consulate General of India

• FRCS (Orthopaedics) Glasgow, 2000
• MCh Orthopaedics Liverpool, 1998
• FRCS Glasgow, 1995
• FRCS Edinburgh, 1995
• MS Orthopaedics Rajendra Medical College, Ranchi, India 1992
• MBBS Patna Medical College, Patna, India 1984

• General Medical Council (GMC Number): 4272207
• British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
• British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK)
• International Cartilage Regeneration Society (ICRS)
• Indian Orthopaedic Society UK (IOSUK)

• Magnification error of digital x-rays on the computer screen. With S Ranjitkar, R Prakash, Sandwell General Hospital. Published in the NEPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE JOURNAL: Vol 16. No 2-4, 88/054-55, 182-185, 2016.
• Outcome of meniscal repair in skeletally immature and very young adults With R Prakash, Sandwell General Hospital. Published in the Abstracts of the ICRS World Congress, Sorrento, Sept 2016
• Periarticular Injection of Analgesia in Primary Total Hip Replacement- A Prospective Randomised Single-Blind Study With Ranjitkar S, Prakash R, Chokkalingam S Published in the NEPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE JOURNAL: Vol18 (1-2): 32- 36, 2016
• Patella Dislocation: An Online Video Analysis Of The Mechanism Of Injury With Varun Dewan, Mark Webb, Atul Malik, Sreenadh Gella, Courtney Kipps
• Early Clinical Outcomes of Proximal Patella Realignment Using A VMO Advancement Flap For Patellofemoral Instability With K Osman, W Ng, A Lloyd 14
• RESEARCHES & PUBLICATIONS
• Foot Patterns of Barefooted People - A Study on Podograms with Professor S Pandey. Dissertation for the Master of Surgery, Orthopaedics, 1992.
• Study of Mid-Term Results of JRI Hydroapatite Coated Acetabular Cups with Mr S Brooks at Solihull General Hospital. Dissertation for the MCh Orthopaedics, Liverpool, 1998
• The Natural Progression of Isolated Osteochondral Defect in the Knee with Mr D J A Learmonth at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. Published in The KNEE journal. The Knee 9 (2002) 7 – 10.
• Does the lumbar spine need to be supported while doing THR in lateral Position with Mr T.Wilton at Derbyshire Royal Infirmary. Published in THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY, Vol. 17, No.3, 2002, 347-348.
• Proximal femoral geometry & its application in primary Total Hip Replacements. With Mr P Antapur at the Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. Published in THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY, Vol 21, No.6, Sept 2006, 897-898
• Placement of uncemented acetabular components in hip arthroplasty – preserving the medial osteophyte (a prospective study) With Shyamalan G, Oppong N. Royal Hospital Haslar, Portsmouth. Published in JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDICS, 2008; 5(2) e15
• Minimal disruption of Quadriceps in Mini-incision TKR. Royal Hospital Haslar, Gosport. Published in Abstracts of CSOS Meeting, May 2005.
• Partial sparing of Gluteus Medius as a modification of Hardinge approach to avoid Trendelenburg gait. Royal Hospital Haslar, Gosport and Sandwell General Hospital. Published in the Abstracts of the British Hip Society meeting, 2006. Published in the Abstracts of 9th EFORT Congress, 29 May – 1 June 2008 Nice, France.
• Compartment syndrome of the foot secondary to fixation of ankle fracture—A case report (July 2010) With Shigong Guo *, Deepu Sethi, Sandwell General Hospital. Published in FOOT & ANKLE SURGERY: 16 (2010) e72–e75
• How to read a postoperative total hip replacement radiograph With Tim McBride, Sandwell General Hospital. Published in the POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL: Postgrad Med J 2011;87:101e109. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2009.095620 (Feb 2011)