Richard Freeman is an experienced consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in foot and ankle procedures. His experience includes working with elite athletes, Premiership footballers and Olympians and ballet dancers. Richard is an expert in providing plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendinopathy treatment in Kent and Sussex. He is able to use advanced modern treatments to succeed in treating these chronic conditions where other methods have failed. Alongside his NHS roles and private practice, he is a Senior Clinical Fellow at the University of Sussex. Patients describe him as reassuring, warm and professional.

• Consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedics Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
• Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital
• Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Nuffield Health Haywards Heath Hospital
• Senior Clinical Fellow at the University of Sussex

• MBBS Kings College London 2005
• BSc (Hons.) Kings College London 2004
• MSc Trauma & Orthopaedics The University of Brighton and Sussex 2013
• FRCS (Tr. & Orth.) Royal College of Surgeons of England 2013
• Fellowship in Foot and Ankle The Fortius Clinic - London 2014

• General Medical Council (GMC) 6117327
• British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
• British Orthopaedic Association
• British Medical Association

• Primary arthroscopic tibiotalar fusion and antegrade nailing for C3 Pilon fractures October 2020 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19040.92164
• Intraoperative ankle arthrogram for assessment of traumatic syndesmotic injuries and surgical syndesmotic reduction February 2020 Conference: 4th International Trauma CongressAt: Dubai, U.A.E.
• Post-operative weight bearing after ankle arthrodesis September 2019The Bone & Joint Journal 101(10)
• Accelerating The Treatment Protocol of Stable Weber B Ankle Fractures June 2019 Conference: 20th EFORT CongressAt: Lisbon, Portugal
• Development and validation of the unifying elective orthopaedic score (UnEOS). A pilot study June 2019Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma 11(Suppl 1) DOI: 10.1016/j.jcot.2019.06.016
• Chronic osteomyelitis: a review on current concepts and trends in treatment April 2019Orthopaedics and Trauma 33(3) DOI: 10.1016/j.mporth.2019.03.005
• ‘Modern’ distal femoral locking plates allow safe, early weight-bearing with a high rate of union and low rate of failure. July 2017The Bone & Joint Journal 99-B(7):951-957 DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.99B7.BJJ-2016-0585.R1
• Meta-analysis and suggested guidelines for the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in foot and ankle surgery March 2016Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy 24(4) DOI: 10.1007/s00167-015-3976-y
• Non-insertional Achilles tendinosis January 2016 In book: Arthroscopy Association of North America – The Foot and AnkleChapter: 19Publisher: Slack IncEditors: Stone J, Kennedy J, Glazebrook M
• The Efficacy of Tranexamic Acid in Hip Hemiarthroplasty surgery An Observational Cohort Study July 2015Injury 88(10) DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2015.06.039
• Plantaris excision in the treatment of non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy in elite athletes November 2014British Journal of Sports Medicine 49(23) DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-093827
• Accuracy of internet images of glenoid labral injuries September 2013Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England 95(6):418-20 DOI: 10.1308/003588413X13629960046958
• Inappropriate requests for magnetic resonance scans of the shoulder June 2013International Orthopaedics 37(11) DOI: 10.1007/s00264-013-1968-4
• Inaccuracy of the AO Expert Lateral Femoral Nail recon jig: A case series March 2013Injury Extra 44(3):35–36 DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.12.015
• Surgeon administered regional blocks for day case forefoot surgery June 2012Foot and Ankle Surgery 18(2):141-3 DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2011.07.003