Professor Philip Chapman-Sheath

Qualifications

BSc, MBBS, FRCS, FRCS (Tr Orth)

GMC number: 3679078

Practising since: 1992

Specialties

Orthopaedic surgery

Sub-specialties: Knee surgery

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About

Professor Chapman-Sheath is a highly respected experienced Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with an international reputation for excellence in knee surgery.

In his UK practice, Philip performs significantly higher volumes of complex knee procedures than the national average, including four times as many revision knee surgeries and twice as many knee replacements. His clinical outcomes for both primary and revision knee replacement surgery are consistently above national benchmarks. 

Philip has been recognised nationally for his expertise. He was featured in the Daily Mail Good Doctors Guide in 2018, where he was voted by his peers as one of the top 15 knee replacement surgeons in the UK. 

Philip holds regular clinics at many other hospitals and clinical locations in the South of England:

  • Spire Southampton Hospital
  • The Arches Physiotherapy Clinic in Lymington
  • Medicana Hospital in Winchester
  • specialist sports and knee arthritis clinic in Jersey every month where he consults and treats highly complex cases that require off-island expertise.

Partial knee resurfacing

He has an enormous experience over 25 years performing highly complex patellofemoral (partial knee) resurfacing and this is reflected in his surgical successes which are are amongst the best in the 2026 National Joint Register (NJR).

Sports-related knee injuries

He also specialises in the treatment and prevention of sports-related knee injuries. He works closely with leading sports clubs, the military, and schools across Hampshire, providing expert care for the high level International athlete as well as those at county and club level sports. 

Paediatric knee injuries

Philip is one of the few specialists on the South Coast with extensive experience in paediatric knee injuries (he treats children aged 12 above at his practice at the Spire Southampton hospital and children aged 18 and over at this Wessex Nuffield hospital). This includes cartilage growing techniques and damage repair, meniscal repair surgery and complex ligament reconstruction. He has over 25 years of experience in this specialist paediatric field.

Find out more on Professor Chapman-Sheath's website.

Education

Philip qualified in Medicine from the prestigious Imperial College London, gaining an additional undergraduate Honours degree in Psychology, helping him to truly understand and relate to the needs and concerns of his not only his patients, but also their relatives, helping them return quickly to full function with the specialist assistance of his expert physiotherapy network across the South of England and Channel Islands.

Teaching and research

In addition to his clinical work, he is a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton. 

He regularly teaches across the UK and worldwide, acting as invited faculty for national orthopaedic organisations. His teaching focuses on advanced knee surgery techniques and improving the skills of consultant knee surgeons and trainees.

He also collaborates with the Department of Electronics and Computer Science on research into wearable sensor technology in collaboration with the University of Winchester, helping to improve patient monitoring and surgical outcomes.

Philip is an active member of the European Knee Society, delivering educational courses and publishing the results of his surgery and research and is a Fellow of the British Association for Surgery of the knee (BASK).

Innovation

Philip is currently part of an international design team for the next generation of Revision Knee replacement implants, which he hopes will both simplify this complex surgery and benefit patients for decades to come with better patient reported outcomes (PROMS) and a longer survival for these implants.

Special interests

Professor Chapman-Sheath specialises in the following treatments on adults at the Nuffield Health Wessex Hospital:

Other interests

  • Sports injury (of the knee)
  • Knee arthroscopy ( keyhole surgery)
  • Cartilage transplantation surgery
  • Knee ligament ( ACL / PCL ) reconstruction
  • Primary and complex revision knee replacement
  • Specialised practice in partial knee resurfacing and minimally invasive knee surgery.

Personal interests

Philip has competed at high level in many sports throughout his life from athletics and rugby at school, county and university representation to International honours with both England and Great Britain in target long range fullbore rifle shooting. 

In 2026 Philip Captained the successful England Rifle team on their Tour to the West Indies and has once again been selected for the Great Britain team due to tour Canada in 2027.

His ongoing participation as an International athlete has helped him understand the psychology and drive of the high level athlete and the pressures they face once injured.

Treatments and tests offered by Professor Philip Chapman-Sheath at Nuffield Health

  • Knee replacement (Total knee replacement)
  • Revision knee replacement
  • Partial knee replacement
  • Chondroplasty
  • Manipulation under anaesthesia (MUA)
  • Knee arthroscopy (keyhole knee surgery)
  • High tibial osteotomy
  • Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair
  • Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction
  • Cartilage resurfacing
  • Joint resurfacing
  • Meniscectomy (meniscus tear surgery)
  • Patella stabilisation
  • Cartilage reconstruction

Locations Professor Philip Chapman-Sheath works with

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Research

Research in cartilage transplantation and stem cell growth

Development of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) – now used nationally as a measure of surgical success.

A selection of recent research papers includes:

  1. "A resorbable porous ceramic composite bone graft in a rabbit metaphysical defect model."; Chapman-Sheath P J et al; J Orthopaedic Research; Jul 2003; 21 (4): 655-61.
  2. "Response of a calcium sulphate bone graft substitute in a confined cancellous defect."; Chapman-Sheath P J et al; Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research; 2003; 406: 228-236.
  3. "Pelvic and Acetabular Fractures: Outcome Measures."; Chapman-Sheath P J and Willett K; Book chapter in: Measures in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery; 2003.

Memberships

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (England)
  • International Member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association
  • Fellow of the British Association of Knee Surgeons
  • Fellow of the Association for Computer Assisted Surgery UK
  • European Sports Traumatology and Knee Arthroscopy Society
  • International Cartilage Repair Society

Other posts held

  • Consultant Knee Surgeon, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust

Insurers Professor Philip Chapman-Sheath works with

Professor Philip Chapman-Sheath works with the following private medical insurance providers:

  • Healix
  • Bupa
  • Aviva Health
  • AXA Health
  • Cigna
  • Vitality Health (Pru Health)
  • WPA
  • Police Mutual
  • Aetna

Declaration

Professor Philip Chapman-Sheath does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.

Professor Philip Chapman-Sheath does not have a share or financial interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital.

Professor Philip Chapman-Sheath does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.