Hancock, Mr Nick

MBChB, FRCS(Tr&Orth)

Specialty

Trauma and orthopaedics

Sub-specialty

Trauma and lower limb reconstruction; Knee surgery

Training and education

Basic Medical Qualification: University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1998
Basic Surgical Training Rotation: Bristol and Somerset, UK, 2001 to 2004
Higher Orthopaedic Surgical Training, Wessex Deanery, UK, 2005 to 2010
Fellowship in Lower Limb Reconstruction, Sydney, Australia, 2010

Experience

Mr Hancock has worked for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust since March 2011. 

Mr Hancock qualified in 1998 and spent 2 years working in renowned Major Trauma Centres (Groote Schuur and Tygerberg Hospitals) in South Africa. In the UK he advanced his interest in orthopaedic surgery by working with leading international experts across the country.

Mr Hancock has been in continuous employment in the NHS since 2000. He completed his higher surgical training rotation in the South of England, attaining Fellowship to the Royal College of Surgeons in 2009. During this time he established a broad experience in all aspects trauma and orthopaedic surgery.

In 2010 he was awarded a year’s fellowship in Sydney, Australia, researching bone graft substitutes and artificial ligaments with the University of New South Wales. During this time he developed expertise in the latest techniques in hip and knee surgery, working at Concord Repatriation General Hospital, University of Sydney.

Key awards and prizes

ANZAC Research Award, ANZAC Research Institute, Sydney, Australia, 2010
SACS University Scholarship, University of Cape Town, South Africa 1997

Research

DVT following Total Knee Replacement, AOA, 2010
Precision in Computer Navigated Total Knee Replacement, AOA, 2010
Dislocation of Large Diameter Metal on Metal Bearings in Total Hip Replacement: An Indicator of Metal Reaction? J Arthroplasty 2010
Nanostructured TCP in Rabbit Posterolateral Spinal Fusion Compared to Commercial Osteobiologics. AAOS, 2011