Experience
Mr Birch trained at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Medical School and completed his postgraduate training on the Nottingham surgical rotation, obtaining the Royal College of Surgeons of England Penrose-May Prize (1993). His Specialist Orthopaedic Training was on the Mid-Trent Orthopaedic Training Programme based at the Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham.
After passing the Intercollegiate exam in Orthopaedics and Trauma (FRCS Tr & Orth 2003), Mr Birch completed a British Orthopaedic Association recognised Specialist Fellowship in Knee Surgery under Mr Ian Forster in Nottingham, and Mr Tim Wilton in Derby. He won a further two Malkin Prize Travelling Fellowships. The first was to Gothenburg, Sweden, under Henrich Malchau and Mats Brittberg looking at the role of Autologous Cartilage Implantation (ACI). The second Travelling Fellowship was to the USA, under Kelly Vince MD (Los Angeles), Richard Berger MD (Chicago) and Donald Reilly MD (Boston). This enabled him to expand his knowledge and skills in minimally invasive and revision knee replacements.
Mr Birch has been a Consultant in Cheltenham since 2004 and has a specialist interest in knee surgery, working closely with the physiotherapists in the knee clinics to offer fast, high quality diagnosis and treatment of knee disorders.
