Professor Holly Morris

Qualifications

PhD CText FTI FRCSEd(T&O) FHEA

GMC number: 7013721

Practising since: 2008

Specialties

Orthopaedic surgery

Sub-specialties: Hand and Wrist Surgery

  • Overview

About

Professor Holly Morris graduated from the University of Leicester in 2008 with Honours.  Holly completed her foundation years training in the United Kingdom. Following this, she ventured to New Zealand where she spent several years working across a range of surgical specialities.

Holly returned to the United Kingdom and completed her Higher Specialist Training in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery in the East Midlands, graduating in 2023.  During this time, she trained in hand and wrist surgery under the supervision of Professor Joe Dias and in the Pulvertaft Hand Centre.

Following training, Holly completed a further attachment in the Pulvertaft Hand Centre before completing a Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship in the Auckland Reconstructive, Plastic and Hand Unit. During this time abroad, she furthered her skills in all areas of hand and wrist surgery. She undertook a short-term consultant post in Auckland following her fellowship.
 
Holly was awarded both the prestigious BSSH Stack Travelling Fellowship and Newton Travelling Fellowship to develop her interest in paediatric and congenital hand and wrist surgery. With these awards, Holly visited Stanford Medicine (California) and Washington University (St Louis) in the United States, North Shore Hospital[HM1]  (Sydney) and the Royal Children’s Hospital (Melbourne) in Australia and the Dr Paul Brand Centre for Hand Surgery in Vellore, India.

Due to the specialist nature of this branch of orthopaedic surgery, Holly now confines her practice to hand and wrist surgery. Holly was appointed as a Consultant Hand and Wrist Surgeon in 2025 in the Pulvertaft Hand Centre, where she treats both adults and children.  Holly has a special interest in the management of congenital hand differences, paediatric hand and wrist pathology and spasticity.  With a strong commitment to excellence, Holly offers specialised treatment for hand and wrist conditions, ensuring the highest standards of patient care.

By focusing her scope of practice, Holly is able to provide a high standard of care and maintain a high level of awareness of the developing trends and techniques within this exciting subspecialty. Holly has additional training in ultrasound-guided hand and wrist surgery and the SpirecutTM products and offers minimally invasive, percutaneous trigger finger and carpal tunnel releases.  Holly is a member of the Clinical Surgical Advisory Board for Sovereign Medical USA.

Special interests

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
  • Arthritis of the wrist, thumb and small joints of the hand
  • Thumb joint replacement
  • Dupuytren disease
  • de Quervain's disease
  • Trigger finger
  • Wrist fractures
  • Scaphoid fractures and their complications
  • Small bone fractures
  • Teenager and young adult hand pathologies
  • Adults born with congenital hand differences who are now experiencing symptoms.

Treatments and tests offered by Professor Holly Morris at Nuffield Health

  • Carpal tunnel release
  • Trapeziectomy
  • Dupuytren's fasciectomy

Related experience

Research

Professor Holly Morris is a Visiting Professor of Healthcare Textiles with the University of Huddersfield. Holly has an extensive research portfolio and has presented work internationally. Her research interests cover the breadth of hand and wrist surgery and she has a special interest in sustainability in hand surgery and in healthcare textiles.