Mr Shahid Punwar

Professional statement

Mr Shah Punwar is a leading consultant orthopaedic surgeon based in London who specialises in hip and knee surgery, performing (both partial and total) hip and knee replacement, knee arthroscopy, ACL reconstruction, and meniscal surgery procedures. With over 20 years’ experience, he is also an expert in sports knee injuries.

Mr Punwar, who is part of the renowned London International Patient Services group, consults privately at The Blackheath Hospital and The Sloane Hospital. His NHS base is Lewisham and Greenwich, where he is also clinical director. In addition to these roles, Mr Punwar also holds an honorary consultant post at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

Mr Punwar qualified from Imperial College London in 2001, with an MBBS and an intercalated BSc in Neuroscience. After basic surgical training in London and Kent, Mr Punwar completed five years of orthopaedic and trauma higher specialist training on the prestigious Bristol rotation, as well as a year of specialist arthroplasty training at the Avon Orthopaedic Centre. In 2013, Mr Punwar was awarded an AOA-accredited fellowship in complex hip and knee arthroplasty and sports injury in Perth, Western Australia.

He is a member of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine since 2007 and a fellow of both the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Higher Education Academy. He practised in Devon for four years before he was appointed as a consultant knee surgeon at University Hospital Lewisham in 2019.

Alongside a Diploma in Sports Medicine, Mr Punwar has a postgraduate certificate in medical education, and clinical research work published in peer-reviewed journals. He is also an honorary senior lecturer at King’s College London and a GMC-accredited trainer on the specialist register.