Mr Simon Bridle
Mr Bridle specialises in hip and knee replacement surgery. As well as performing a large number of primary replacements, including complex cases, he has an interest in revision surgery following implant failure and in particular the treatment of infected hip and knee replacements.
Mr Bridle was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at St George’s Hospital in 1994 and continued this role until August 2016. As well as a busy clinical practice, helping run the Complex Arthroplasty Unit, he has been active in management, including roles as Lead for Orthopaedics and Clinical Director for Surgery and Clinical Director for Major Trauma
Mr Bridle runs a medico-legal practice, advising the lawyers on claims by patients with complications following hip replacement.
Mr Bridle has participated in research projects and contributed to a number of publications during his career and is heavily involved with training junior doctors and helped supervise a Senior Fellow at St George’s. He lectures on revision hip surgery on a regular basis and runs the Orthopaedic section of the annual Doctors Updates meeting.
For more information on Mr Simon Bridle, please visit his personal website.