Mr Arthur Stephen

After training at University College & Middlesex Hospitals School of Medicine, London (graduating 1993), Mr Stephen undertook his basic surgical training in Nottingham. Following a year of research into osteoporosis, he then went on to specialist training in orthopaedics in the Mid Trent region.

Mr Stephen undertook a sabbatical in Exeter, where the Exeter hip was developed, and has also worked in Brisbane, Australia, on a hip fellowship. He commenced his consultancy in Derby in 2004 and has been instrumental in developing the Royal Derby Hospital as a reference centre for the use of the Exeter hip replacement. He has been a trustee of the British Orthopaedic Association and Vice Chair of their Orthopaedic Committee.

In 2023, Mr Stephen became the Chief Medical Officer for Nuffield Health, after 10 years of being the Divisional Director for Surgery at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton. He now operates exclusively at the Nuffield Health Hospital in Derby.

Mr Stephen specialises in the following treatments at Nuffield Health Derby Hospital:

• Hip replacement
• Knee replacement (Total knee replacement, not partial knee replacement)
• Hip pain investigations
• Hip injection therapy under X-ray guidance
• Steroid injections to the knee for early arthritis
• Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome (GTPS) advice and guidance.

Areas of expertise

Hip surgery

• Hip replacement (for all ages)
• Hip pain investigation
• Hip injection therapy (under X-ray guidance)
  
• Expertise with the Exeter hip replacement system
• Strong focus on enhanced recovery techniques for faster rehabilitation and muscle-sparing approaches to the hip.

Knee surgery

• Total knee replacement
• Strong focus on enhanced recovery techniques for faster rehabilitation.

• Mini (partial) knee replacements
• Knee ligament surgery
• Keyhole surgery for cartilage tears
• Knee arthroscopy (keyhole surgery) to 'wash out' the knee.

Mr Stephen does not require a GP referral.