Will Kieffer is a highly-experienced consultant spine surgeon specialising in spinal injuries, conditions and procedures. Alongside his private practice and NHS roles, he holds many substantive positions, including Regional Specialty Advisor for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and The British Orthopaedic Association. His main clinical interests are degenerative spinal disorders, and his research interests include spinal balance and adult deformity. He has also presented on Spinal and Orthopaedic Conditions both Nationally and Internationally and published widely with numerous peer-reviewed articles and five book chapters to date, winning several awards for research. Patients describe him as reassuring, diligent and kind.

• Consultant Spinal Surgeon Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
• Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor Royal College of Surgeons
• Specialty Training Committee and Annual Review Panels for the Kent, Surrey and Sussex region
• Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon with an interest in degenerative spinal conditions and minimally invasive surgery.
• Clinical Director for Trauma, SaSH.
• Regional Specialty Advisor for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and The British Orthopaedic Association.

• FRCS (Tr & Orth) Royal College of Surgeons of England 2016
• MRCS (Eng) Royal College of Surgeons of England 2010
• MBBS (Lond) Royal Free and University College School of Medicine 2007
• BSc in Medical University College London 1st Class Physics 2004
• BOTA Travelling Fellowship 2017

• General Medical Council (GMC) 6164309
• British Association of Spinal Surgeons
• British Orthopaedic Association
• North American Spine Society
• British Medical Association

• Medium-Term Mortality after hip fractures and COVID-19: a prospective multi-centre UK study Narang A, Chan G, Aframian A, Ali Z, Carr A, Goodier H, Morgan C, Park C, Sugand K, Walton T, Wilson M, Belgaumkar A, Gallagher K, Ghosh K, Gibbons C, Keightley A, Nawaz Z, Wakeling C, Sarraf K, Kieffer WKM, Rogers BA. CJT, In Press
• Radicular Arm Pain Patnaik S, Carr A, Inaparthy P, Kieffer WKM, Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2021 Mar 2;82(3):1-10. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2020.0365. Epub 2021 Mar 9.PMID: 33792377 National temporal variation in major trauma in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Trauma 2021, In Press and Online January 21
• RECOVERY Collaborative Group, Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19. N Engl J Med. 2021 Feb 25;384(8):693-704. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2021436. Epub 2020 Jul 17. PMID: 32678530; PMCID: PMC7383595.
• RECOVERY Collaborative Group, Effect of Hydroxychloroquine in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19. N Engl J Med. 2020 Nov 19;383(21):2030-2040. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2022926. Epub 2020 Oct 8. PMID: 33031652; PMCID: PMC7556338.
• Thirty-day mortality following surgical management of hip fractures during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from a prospective multi-centre UK study. Narang A, Chan G, Aframian A, Ali Z, Carr A, Goodier H, Morgan C, Park C, Sugand K, Walton T, Wilson M, Belgaumkar A, Gallagher K, Ghosh K, Gibbons C, Keightley A, Nawaz Z, Wakeling C, Sarraf K, Rogers BA, Kieffer WKM.Int Orthop. 2020 Aug 29. PMID: 32862265
• Lordosis Recreation with PLIF Surgery - What Is the Influence on Adjacent Segment Lordosis? - An Observational Study of Radiological Alignment Change. Kamlanathan V, Kieffer WKM, Zhu M, Baker J, Robertson PA. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2020 Mar 19. PMID: 32205687.
• Metastatic spinal cord compression. Patnaik S, Turner J, Inaparthy P, Kieffer WK.Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2020 Apr 2;81(4):1-10. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2019.0399.PMID: 32339020
• Predictors of mortality in elderly patients with fractures of the odontoid process - can we use non-spinal scoring systems? Shafafy R, Valsamis E, Luck J, Dimock R, Rampersad S, Kieffer W, Morassi G, Elsayed S Bone Joint J. 2019 Mar;101-B(3):253-259. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.101B3.BJJ-2018-1004.R1. PMID 30813791
• How not to miss major spinal pathology in neck pain. Haider Z, Rossiter D, Shafafy R, Kieffer W, Thomas M. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2018 Jul 2;79(7):C98-C102. PMID 29995537
• Judging Anterior Cervical Plate Length Capella S, Kieffer W KM, Way A Annals RCSEng, 2018 Mar 15:1. PMID: 29543043
• How not to miss major spinal pathology in patients with back pain. Rossiter DJ, Haider Z, David B, Kieffer WK, Way A. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2017 May 2;78(5):C66-C69. PMID: 28489442
• Consenting Patients with Femoral Neck Fractures – How well are we involving patient’s relatives? Qasim SA, Oyekan A, Boyd RP, Kieffer WK, Panose P. J Perioper Pract. 2016 Jun;26(6):148-52. PMID: 27498441
• Temporal Variation In Major Trauma Admissions Kieffer W KM, Michalik D, Gallagher K, McFadyen I, Bernard J, Rogers BA Annals RCSEng, 2016 Jan 7:1-10 PMID: 26741676
• Perioperative management of traumatic limb amputations due to civilian trauma: current practice and future directions Cumberworth J, Kieffer W KM, Harry L, Rogers BA JPP, 2015 Dec;25(12):262-6. PMID: 26845788
• An Opportunity in Op-Notes Rudra S, Kieffer W KM, Briffa N, Kantak A JPP, 2015 Oct; 25(10): 204-6 PMID: 26717589
• A comparative analysis of the patient characteristics and cost of managing intravenous drug users (IVDU) with soft tissue abscesses with non-IVDU. Chotai N, Gallagher K, Kieffer WKM, Rogers BA, Ricketts DM Surgeon. 2014 Sep 4. pii: S1479-666X(14)00103-6, PMID: 25201626
• Trauma related amputations in civilian practice Kieffer WKM, Yousaf S, Oliver T, McFadyen I, Ricketts DM, Rogers BA South Thames Orthopaedic Proceedings, Issue 12, May 2014, ISSN 1473-964X
• Abscesses in IVDUs Chotai N, Gallagher K, Kieffer WKM, Rogers BA, Ricketts DM South Thames Orthopaedic Proceedings, Issue 12, May 2014, ISSN 1473-964X
• Increasing Compliance with the WHO Safer Surgery Checklist Kieffer WKM, Quaye MC, Chotai N, Ricketts DM J Perioper Pract 2013 Dec;23(12):288-91 PMID 24404707
• The Results of Total Hip Replacement for Fractured Neck of Femur in Octogenarians Kieffer WKM, Dawe E, Linidisfarne EAO, Rogers BA, Nicol S, Stott P J. Arthroplasty, 2013 Aug 16, PMID 23958235
• Hand Infections Kieffer WKM, Gallagher K, Oliver T, Rogers BA, Leonard L BJHM August 2013;74(Sup 8) C124-127, PMID 24145673
• A Novel Drilling Technique (Abstract) Kieffer WKM, Gibbs JR British Journal of Surgery 2013; 100 (S4): 50–62
• Pre-Operative Albumin as a Predictor of 1 Year Mortality in Patients with fractured Neck of Femur Kieffer WKM, Rennie CS, Gandhe AJ Annals RCSEng, Vol 95 No 1 January 2013, PMID 23317722
• Predicting postoperative urinary retention after lower limb Arthroplasty; WKM Kieffer, TPC Kane; Annals RCSEng, Vol 94 No 5 July 2012, PMID 22943234
• Complications and reintervention following elective open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: a 10-year retrospective analysis; WKM Kieffer, S Sonneneberg, RA Windhaber, N Pal, RM Pemberton; Annals RCSEng, Vol 94 No 3 April 2012, PMID 22507722
• Migratory Abdominal Pain Kieffer WKM J Surgical Case Reports, 2010, 8:7, PMID 24946350