Edwards, Miss Caroline

MB ChB, MRCS ENG, FRCS Tr&Orth

Specialty

Trauma and orthopaedics

Sub-specialty

Paediatric orthopaedics

My current role

I am a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon with a specialist interest in cerebral palsy and neuromuscular disorders. I also have a role in Professor Clarke’s congenital dysplasia of the hip team after having done his fellowship.

I run a specialist neuromuscular/cerebral palsy clinic at Southampton General Hospital.

My interests and experience

I have come from a family background of cerebral palsy physiotherapy which led me to medical school at Bristol University and basic and specialist surgical training in Devon and Cornwall. This included paediatric training in hip dysplasia and clubfoot.

My specialist fellowship has been here at UHS alongside Professor Clarke and the rest of the high class team. This has given me broad expertise across children’s orthopaedic conditions as well as accidents and trauma.

My second visiting fellowship was at the Cerebral Palsy Institute of Australia in Sydney. This fine tuned my training for cerebral palsy with a modern multidisciplinary team approach to maximise the function and enjoyment of life for children with cerebral palsy. I believe surgery is an augment to a great therapy programme. It has also given me my specialist training in other neuromuscular conditions such as spina bifida, hypotonia and a range of syndromic conditions.

My research

Vitamin D deficiency in childhood
Alstroms syndrome and orthopaedic features
Treatment and scoring of complex regional pain syndrome in childhood
Frame correction of complex foot deformities
Surgical Hip debridement outcome
MRSA eradication in elective orthopaedics