MBBS MSc (Ortho Engr) FRCS (Trauma & Ortho)
Shahrier Sarker is a Consultant Orthopaedic Hand and Wrist Surgeon practising across London and Essex, specialising in complex hand surgery, wrist arthroscopy, trauma reconstruction and minimally invasive upper limb procedures.
After graduating from the National University of Singapore, Mr Sarker moved to the UK in 2009 to undertake higher surgical training in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery through Health Education East of England. During his training, he worked at leading orthopaedic centres including Addenbrooke’s Hospital as well as Cambridge and Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital. Whilst there, he developed expertise in upper limb surgery and complex trauma care.
He later completed a prestigious subspecialty fellowship at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, training in advanced elective and traumatic hand and wrist surgery under both orthopaedic and plastic hand surgeons. His clinical practice focuses on the management of (but not limited to) Ligament injuries, fractures, tendon disorders, arthritis, nerve compression syndromes and sports-related injuries affecting the hand and wrist.
Mr Sarker holds a Master’s degree in Orthopaedic Engineering and the British Diploma in Hand Surgery, reflecting his academic interest in implant design, surgical innovation and evidence-based orthopaedic practice.
He was awarded a travelling fellowship by the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH) at the renowned Kaplan Institute in Barcelona. Whilst there, he refined advanced reconstructive and arthroscopic hand surgery techniques alongside internationally respected surgeons.
Mr Sarker is highly trained in wrist arthroscopy and keyhole hand surgery. As a member of the European Wrist Arthroscopy Society, he completed advanced master-level training at the IRCAD Institute in Strasbourg, internationally recognised for minimally invasive surgical education.
He has a particular specialist interest in thumb base joint replacement surgery and arthroscopic wrist ligament repair, including arthroscopic TFCC (triangular fibrocartilage complex) repair. He performs a high volume of these procedures and receives regional referrals for complex wrist ligament injuries from hospitals across East Anglia. He also teaches advanced wrist arthroscopy and ligament reconstruction techniques on specialist surgical courses.
Alongside clinical practice, Mr Sarker maintains an active academic and leadership role. He has authored book chapters, published research in peer-reviewed journals and presented nationally and internationally on hand and wrist surgery. He is the Educational Lead for the Orthopaedic Department at Broomfield Hospital and teaches on Royal College of Surgeons of England courses, including Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Excellence in Surgical Supervision programmes.
His leadership within hand surgery also extends internationally through the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH), where he serves on the Overseas Committee and leads the Bangladesh Overseas Project supporting specialist surgical training and service development.
Mr Sarker also completed the British Orthopaedic Association Future Leaders Programme, during which he established a complex wrist unit within Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust with BSSH funding support.
Outside medicine, he enjoys cycling, football, cooking and the performing arts with his wife and children.
Hand and wrist arthritis
Carpal tunnel syndrome
De Quervain’s syndrome
Intersection syndrome
Trigger finger
Thumb joint distraction
Wrist tendonitis
Hand and wrist surgery
MBBS MSc (Ortho Engr) FRCS (Trauma & Ortho)
COURSES AND MEETINGS
PUBLICATIONS
The Management of Suspected Scaphoid Fractures in the UK: A National Cross-Sectional Study
Benjamin Dean, SUSPECT study group
Bone & Joint Open, Vol 2, No. 11. Published online: 29 Nov 2021
https://doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.211.BJO-2021-0146
Single Operation Multiple Digit Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Swanson Arthroplasty
G Hourston, R Begum, S F Sarker, A Chojnowski
Accepted for publication to Journal of Hand Surgery (Asian Pacific Volume)
October 2021
Is it Safe to Restart Elective Day-case Surgery? Lessons learned from Upper Limb Ambulatory Trauma During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
S Trowbridge, S F Sarker, W Wignadasan, D Davenport, S Gidwani, A Hunter.
Accepted for publication by Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics & Trauma
July 2020
Weight-Bearing in Ankle Fractures – An Audit of UK practice.
BONE Collaborative. The Foot. 2019 Jun;39:28-36
An Audit of Clinical Training Exposure Amongst Junior Doctors Working in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery in 101 Hospitals in the United Kingdom.
BOTA Collaborators, Rashid MS.
BMC Medical Education. 2018 Jan 2; 18(1):1 DOI 10.1186/s12909-017-1038-5
Laser Osteoperforation : A Novel Minimally Invasive Technique for the Treatment of Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head.
S F Sarker, R Hossain, M Y Ali.
Abstracts from the International Combined Meeting BHS-SIDA, Hip International. Nov 2015; 25(1):2-59
Litigation in Trauma & Orthopaedics.
J T Machin, T W R Briggs, H Krishnan, S F Sarker, J B Bhamra, E Gillott.
Journal of Trauma & Orthopaedics. August 2014; 2(3):32-38
The use of the HintermannTM Distractor in Distal Radius Osteotomy.
S F Sarker, S P Walsh.
Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume). 2014 Oct;39(8):894-6.
Electronic Letter to Editor of JBJS (Br).
S F Sarker, L Pathmasuntharam, M Edwards.
http://web.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/eletters/93-B/2/245
BOOK CHAPTERS
The Thumb – Orthopaedics of the Upper and Lower Limb, 2nd Edition, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. ISBN 978-3-030-43286-7
INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS & LECTURES
Podium – Multiple Digit Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Swansons Arthroplasty
S F Sarker, S Ho, R Singh, A Chojnowski
BDSSHCON 2019, Bangladesh, 9-10th November 2019
Podium – Weight Bearing in Ankle Fractures
BOTA/BONE National Audit Project
19th EFORT Congress, Barcelona, 1st June 2018
Poster – BOTA “Lost Tribe” Audit Project
Lost Tribe Collaborators
SICOT 37th Annual Congress, Rome, 8th-10th September 2016
Podium – BOTA “Lost Tribe” Audit Project.
Lost Tribe Collaborators
BOA Congress, Belfast, 14th September 2016
Podium – Laser Osteoperforation : A Novel Minimally Invasive Technique for the Treatment of Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head
S F Sarker, R Hossain, M Y Ali
International Combined Meeeting, British Hip Society & Societa Italiana Dell’Anca, Milan, 26-27 November 2015
Podium – Early fever following pelvic and/or femoral osteotomies in children: A predictor of postoperative infection?
F Sim, S F Sarker, A Rehm
16th EFFORT Congress, Prague, 27-29 May 2015
Is early fever following pelvic and/or femoral osteotomy in children a predictor of postoperative infection?
S F Sarker, F Sim, A Rehm
EPOS 34th Annual Meeting, Marseille, 15-18 April 2015
Poster – Litigation of Compartment Syndrome Complaints
E Gillot, J Machin, H Krishnan, S F Sarker, J Bhamra, T W R Briggs
ASiT Conference, Glasgow, 27 Feb – 1 March 2015
Podium – Litigation in Foot & Ankle Surgery
J T Machin, S F Sarker, H Krishnan, J Bhamra, E Gillott, T W R Briggs
15th EFORT Congress, London, 4-6 June 2014
Podium – Relationship of Time to Surgery with Length of Stay in Elderly Patients with Neck of Femur Fractures
S F Sarker, N R Kharwadkar, A Norrish, M Vidlacheruvu
15th EFORT Congress, London, 4-6 June 2014
Poster – Can We Predict the Level of Trauma in a District General Hospital
S F Sarker, C Senior
Edinburgh International Trauma Symposium, 13-17 August 2012
NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Podium – The Management of Suspected Scaphoid Fractures in the UK: A National Cross-Sectional Study
SUSPECT Study Group
BOA Congress 2021, Aberdeen, 21-24 September 2021
Podium – Multiple Digit Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Swansons Arthroplasty
S F Sarker, S Ho, R Singh, A Chojnowski
BSSH Autumn Scientific Meeting, London, 10-12 October 2018
Poster – The Effect of a Lag Screw on the Strain Pattern at the Fracture Site in Vancouver B1 periprosthetic fractures.
S F Sarker, M Porteous, P Theobold
BOTA Annual Congress, 15th – 17th November 2017, Manchester
Podium – BOTA “Lost Tribe” Audit
Lost Tribe Collaborators
SCOT Meeting, Dunblane, 2nd September 2016
RCS Ed Council, 30th June 2016
JCST, 4th April 2016
Poster – Early fever following pelvic and/or femoral osteotomies in children: A predictor of postoperative infection?
Frank Sim, S F Sarker, A Rehm
British Orthopaedic Association Congress, Liverpool, 15-18 September 2015
Poster – A Comparison of Outcomes of Surgical Versus Conservatively Managed Bony Mallet Finger Injuries
S Eltz, S F Sarker, C Record, K Wallis, A Fleming, J Colville
British Society for Surgery of the Hand/ British Association of Hand Therapists Combined Scientific Meeting 2013, London, 17-18 October 2013
Poster – A Solution to the Inadequate Trauma Theatre Capacity – Predicting the levels of daily trauma to plan trauma service provision
S F Sarker, J T Machin, H Krishnan, C Senior
British Orthopaedic Association Congress 2012, Birmingham, 1-4 October 2013
Podium – Nine Years of Increasing Orthopaedic Litigation in the NHS: A Cause for Concern
J T Machin, H Krishnan, S F Sarker, J Bhamra, E Gillot, T W R Briggs
British Orthopaedic Association Congress 2012, Birmingham, 1-4 October 2013
Poster – Litigation in Knee Surgery
J T Machin, S F Sarker, H Krishnan, J Bhamra, M Reid, T W R Briggs
British Association for Surgery of the Knee Annual Meeting, Leeds, 12-13 March 2013
Poster – Litigation in Hip Surgery
J T Machin, J Bhamra, S F Sarker, H Krishnan, H Arshad, T W R Briggs
British Hip Society Annual Meeting, Bristol, 27 February – 1 March 2013
REGIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Podium – The Changing Face of Trauma Admissions
O Negus, S F Sarker, P Nicolai
East Anglia Orthopaedic Club Meeting, Bury St Edmunds, 18 November 2016
Podium – BOTA “Lost Tribe” Audit
Lost Tribe Collaborators
Pott Annual Scientific Meeting, London, 18th November 2016
Podium – BOTA “Lost Tribe” Audit
Lost Tribe Collaborators
Welsh Orthopaedic Registrar Research Meeting, Cardiff, June 2016
Podium – Osteomyelitis in a paediatric patient with varicella zoster infection
S F Sarker, R Hossain
East of England Regional Cases Clinical Symposium, Newmarket, 25 July 2015
Podium – Can we predict the level of Trauma in a District General Hospital
S F Sarker, C Senior
Gauvain Society Annual Scientic Meeting, Portsmouth, 16 June 2012
LOCAL PRESENTATIONS
Oral – Audit of Timing of Trauma Surgery.
S F Sarker , C Senior
Dorset County Hospital Trauma and Orthopaedic Education Day, 2011
Oral – Ankle and Foot Surgery Patient Satisfaction Survey M Kent,
S F Sarker , N Savva
Dorset County Hospital Trauma and Orthopaedic Education Day, 2011
Oral – Outcomes of Surgical Management of Mallet Finger Injuries
S F Sarker, J Colville
Clinical Governance Day, St. George’s Hospital, 2011
Oral – Audit on Neck of Femur Fractures – closing the loop
S F Sarker, T Koc
Academic Half Day, Princess Royal University Hospital, 2010
Oral – Audit on Neck of Femur Fractures T Koc,
S F Sarker
Academic Half Day, Princess Royal University Hospital, 2010
Oral – Functional outcomes of Cerbral Palsy patients with Split Tibialis Posterior Tendon Transfers
S F Sarker, H K Wong
Clinical Research Meeting, National University Hospital, Singapore, 2008
Poster – Working Towards Goal 2010
Y K Loh, K M Nah, S F Sarker, M Taufiq
Springfield Hospital
Lawn Lane
Chelmsford CM1 7GU
Harley Street Specialist Hospital
18-22 Queen Anne Street
London W1G 8HU
Wellesley Hospital
Eastern Avenue
Southend-On-Sea SS2 4XH