John Paul Whittaker is a highly-experienced consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in hip and knee conditions and procedures. He has a broad experience with complex hip and knee problems and has developed from fellowships at international centres of excellence, including Exeter (Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre) and Canada (London Health Sciences Centre). Furthermore, ongoing research & training remains an integral part of his practice. Patients describe him as considerate, attentive and professional.

• Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at RJAH Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry
• Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham

• MB ChB Liverpool Medical School 1995
• MRCS Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh 2000
• FRCS (Orth) Royal College of Surgeons England 2005
• Exeter Hip Fellowship Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre 2007
• London Ontario Knee & Hip Reconstruction Fellowship London Health Sciences Centre 2008

• British Association of Knee Surgeons (BASK)
• British Hip Society (BHS)
• General Medical Council
• British Medical Association
• GMC number 4193797

• Govilkar S, Gandhi MJ, Bhachu DS, Whittaker JP, Evans CR, Spencer-Jones R. The survivorship of revision total hip replacement with severe proximal bone deficiency using a modular taper fluted prosthesis. Acta Orthop Belg. 2022 Jun;88(2):303-309.
• Kalson NS, Mathews JA, Alvand A, Morgan-Jones R, Jenkins N, Phillips JRA, Toms AD. Investigation and management of prosthetic joint infection in knee replacement: A BASK Surgical Practice Guideline. BASK Revision Knee Working Group. Knee. 2020 Dec;27(6):1857-1865
• Kalson NS, Mathews JA, Miles J, Bloch BV, Price AJ, Phillips JRA, Toms AD, Baker PN Provision of revision knee surgery and calculation of the effect of a network service reconfiguration: An analysis from the National Joint Registry for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. BASK Revision Knee Working Group. Knee. 2020 Oct;27(5):1593-1600
• Whittaker JP, Dwyer KA, Howard J, Huey V, Lesko J, Nunley RM, Verdonk P. Learning curve with a new primary total knee arthroplasty implant: a multicenter perspective with more than 2000 patients. Arthroplasty Today. 2018 Jul 9;4(3):348-353.
• Kunutsor SK, Whitehouse MR, Blom AW, Board T, Kay P, Wroblewski BM, Zeller V, Chen SY, Hsieh PH, Masri BA, Herman A, Jenny JY, Schwarzkopf R, Whittaker JP, Burston B, Huang R, Restrepo C, Parvizi J, Rudelli S, Honda E, Uip DE, Bori G, Muñoz-Mahamud E, Darley E, Ribera A, Cañas E, Cabo J, Cordero- Ampuero J, Redó MLS, Strange S, Lenguerrand E, Gooberman-Hill R, Webb J, MacGowan A, Dieppe P, Wilson M, Beswick AD; Global Infection Orthopaedic Management Collaboration. One and two-stage surgical revision of peri-prosthetic joint infection of the hip: a pooled individual participant data analysis of 44 cohort studies. Eur J Epidemiol. 2018 Oct;33(10):933-946.
• Hip arthroscopy versus best conservative care for the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (UK FASHIoN): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. UK FASHIoN Study Group. Lancet 2018; 391: 2225–35
• Kunutsor SK, Whitehouse MR, Webb J, Toms A, Stockley I, Taylor A, Jones S, Wilson M, Burston B, Board T, Whittaker JP, Blom AW, Beswick AD. Re-infection outcomes following one- and two-stage surgical revision of infected hip prosthesis in unselected patients: protocol for a systematic review and an individual participant data meta-analysis. Syst Rev. 2015 Apr 25;4:58
• Strange S, Whitehouse MR, Beswick AD, Board T, Burston A, Burston B, Carroll FE, Dieppe P, Garfield K, Gooberman-Hill R, Jones S, Kunutsor S, Lane A, Lenguerrand E, MacGowan A, Moore A, Noble S, Simon J, Stockley I, Taylor AH, Toms A, Webb J, Whittaker JP, Wilson M, Wylde V, Blom AW. One-stage or two-stage revision surgery for prosthetic hip joint infection--the INFORM trial: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2016 Feb 17;17:90
• Malek IA, Royce G, Bhatti SU, Whittaker JP, Phillips SP, Wilson IR, Wootton JR, Starks I. A comparison between the direct anterior and posterior approaches for total hip arthroplasty: the role of an 'Enhanced Recovery' pathway. Bone Joint J. 2016 98-B(6):754-605
• Moulton LS, Green NL, Sudahar T, Makwana NK, Whittaker JP. Outcome after conservatively managed intracapsular fractures of the femoral neck. Ann R Coll Surg Eng 2015; 97(4):279-82
• Whittaker JP, Naudie D, McAuley J, McCalden RW, Bourne RB. Does bearing design influence midterm survivorship of unicompartmental arthroplasty Clin Orthop Relat Res 2010; 468: 73-81
• Whittaker JP, Charron KD, McCalden RW, MacDonald SJ, Bourne RB. Comparison of steady state femoral head penetration rates between two highly cross-linked polyethylenes in total hip replacement. J Arthroplasty 2010; 25(5): 680-6
• Whittaker JP, Warren RE, Spencer Jones R, Gregson PA. Is prolonged systemic antibiotic therapy essential in two stage revision hip arthroplasty for chronic infection. Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery [Br] 2009; 91: 44-51
• Kostamo T, Bourne RB, Whittaker JP, McCalden RW, MacDonald SJ. No difference in gender-specific hip replacement outcomes. Symposium papers from the Hip Society 2008. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 2009; 467: 135-140
• Whittaker JP, Dharmarajan R, Toms AD. The management of bone loss in revision knee arthroplasty Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery [Br] 2008; 90(8): 981-7
• Whittaker JP, Veale R, Gregson PA. Osteitis Pubis. CME Orthopaedics 2007; 4(2): 19-22
• Whittaker JP, Nancarrow JD, Sterne GD. The role of antibiotic prophylaxis in clean incised hand injuries: a prospective randomized placebo controlled double blind trial. Journal of Hand Surgery [Br] 2005; 30(2): 162-7
• Whittaker JP, Smith G, Makwana N, Roberts S, Harrison PE, Laing P, Richardson JB. Early results of autologous chondrocyte implantation in the talus Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery [Br] 2005. 87(2): 179-183
• Whittaker JP, Goude W, Robbins S, Hay SM. An algorithm to investigate the undiagnosed traumatic painful adult hip Annals Royal College of Surgeons 2005; 87: 181
• Whittaker JP, Kelly CP, Gregson PA. Acute flexor calcific peritendinitis of the wrist. Injury Journal 2003; 34(7): 533-4
• Whittaker JP, Kelly CP. Glass foreign body in a healed fracture. Injury Journal 2001; 32(1): 80-81
• Book Chapters
• The Exeter Experience, 1st Edition 2010
• Cement in cement revision.
• Approaches in primary and revision total hip replacement.
• Clinical evaluation of the painful total hip replacement.
• Oswestry Basic Sciences Book, 2nd Edition 2006 Personal experiences from the FRCS Orth.
• Metabolic response to trauma