Mr Shahrier Sarker
MBBS MSc (Ortho Engr) FRCS (Trauma & Ortho)
Consultant Orthopaedic Hand and Wrist Surgeon

Introduction
Consultant Orthopaedic Hand and Wrist Surgeon Mr Shahrier Sarker MBBS MSc (Ortho Engr) FRCS (Trauma & Ortho) is a caring, dedicated practitioner, whose clear communication and expertise means that every patient receives first-rate treatment. Orthopaedic surgery is much more than a job to him, it is a vocation.
Three years after achieving his medical degree in 2006 from the National University of Singapore, Mr Sarker came to the UK to hone his skills in renowned hospitals like The Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. He undertook his specialist trauma and orthopaedic training under the auspices of Health Education East of England before studying complex management of elective and trauma hand and wrist surgery on a prestigious Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust fellowship, learning from the best plastic hand and orthopaedic surgeons around.
About Mr Sarker
In 2017 he gained his MSc in Orthopaedic Engineering from Cardiff University and his ongoing commitment to his own education is demonstrated by the fact that he is currently studying for the British Society for Hand Surgery (BSSH) Diploma in Hand Surgery. He is also active in the teaching and mentoring of junior surgeons, holds the post of the educational lead for orthopaedics at Broomfield Hospital for students from Anglia Ruskin University and Queen Mary University of London. He is an Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) instructor and an Excellence in Surgical Supervision faculty member at The Royal College of Surgeons of England. He has been widely published in academic and professional publications and presented frequently at medical conferences in the UK and overseas.
He has recently been awarded a highly coveted BSSH funded position for the British Orthopaedic Association Future Leaders Programme for which he is developing a Complex Wrist Trauma pathway for the patients of Mid & South Essex. He is currently based at Mid & South Essex NHS Foundation Trust and practises privately in London & Essex
Charity work plays an important role in Mr Sarker’s life, and he sits on the British Society for Surgery of the Hand’s Overseas Project in Bangladesh’s executive committee, where he partners local surgeons to improve specialist hand surgery techniques.
A family man with two children, he enjoys the performing arts, cooking, football and cycling.

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I would just like to thank you for the truly amazing results I have had with the surgical correction you made to fix the Dupuytrens Contracture I had on my left small finger. I was previously a professional guitarist and for the last two years the worsening condition meant I simply could not play the guitar.
Last time we spoke I explained that the brain was obviously confused over the fact I now had a working pinky. This confusion resulted in my inability to play even basic chords. However, a week later (7 weeks after surgery) my brain completed the rewiring and instantly I can now play the guitar as I used to. Unbelievable.
Can’t thank you enough.
Stephen, April 2022
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Professional background
Mr Shahrier Sarker
MBBS MSc (Ortho Engr) FRCS (Trauma & Ortho)
Consultant Orthopaedic Hand and Wrist Surgeon
- British Orthopaedic Association
- British Orthopaedic Trainee Association
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- British Society of Surgery for Surgery of the Hand
- European Wrist Arthroscopy Society
- NUS Medical Society Gold Colours Award (National University of Singapore), 2002
- Benjamin Chew Shield for Medical Ethics (National University of Singapore), 2004
- Dean’s Book Prize for Best Speaker of the Medical Ethics Debate (National University of Singapore), 2004
- BSSH Funding for BOA Future Leaders Programme, 2021
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
- OSPIS Course – Hand Fracture Fixation, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, 19th June 2021
- Medartis MAPP Course on Scaphoid Fixation, Broomfield, 18th March 2021
- ATLS Provider Course, Cambridge 19th – 20th November 2020
- BSSH-BDSSH Overseas Symposium, Bangladesh, 27-29th May 2019
- Medical Student Teaching, King’s College London, August – December 2019
- Singapore FRCR 2B Courses, Singapore 12-14th February 2019
- ATLS Provider Course, Cambridge, 8-9th November 2018
- The Norwich FRCS Course 2018, Norwich, 12-13th April 2018
- Singapore FRCR 2B Courses, Singapore, 26-28th February 2018
- Singapore FRCR 2B Courses, Singapore, 6-8th February 2017
- 4th East of England Trauma & Orthopaedics ST3 Interview Simulation Course, Peterborough, 3rd March 2017
- Compartment Syndrome and Fasciotomies – Orthopaedic Day – East of England Core Surgical Training, Basildon Hospital, Sept 2015
- Total Ankle Replacement – Grand Medical Round, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, 2014
- Open Fractures – F1/F2 Teaching, Dorset County Hospital, 2011 – 2012
- Preoperative Work-up for Elective & Trauma Patients – F1/F2 Teaching, Dorset County Hospital, 2011 – 2012
- PIPJ Dislocations, Dorset County Hospital Education Day, 2011
- History and Non-surgical Management of Dupuytren’s Disease, St. George’s Hospital, 2011
- Anatomy Demonstrator, School of Medicine, Imperial College, 2010 – 2011
- Intramuscular Injections for Medical Students, National University of Singapore, 2008
COURSES AND MEETINGS
- IRCAD Advanced Techniques in Wrist Arthroscopy, Strasbourg, 25th- 26th February 2022
- FESSH Congress, Online, 16th – 19th June 2021
- Kerimedical Cadaver Lab, Chelmsford, 5th May 2021
- Advances in Hand Surgery Meeting, Online, 23rd – 25th February 2021
- Instructional Course in Hand Surgery 8.2: Congenital Hand Surgery & Tumours, Online, 5th-6th February 2021
- Instructional Course in Hand Surgery 8.1: Skin & Soft Tissue, Microsurgery and Infection, Manchester 31st January – 1st February 2020
- Derby BSSH Hand Diploma Booster Day, Derby, 6th December 2019
- Trimed Hand & Wrist Cadaver Course, London, 23rd November 2019
- BSSH/BFIRST Overseas Day, Edinburgh, 13th September 2019
- 14th IFSSH 11th IFSHT Trienniel Congress, Berlin, 17-21st June 2019
- Instructional Course in Hand Surgery 7.6: Wrist, Occupational and Medicolegal Aspects, Manchester, 14 – 15th June 2019
- Training Orthopaedic Trainers, London, April 8-9th 2019
- Cambridge Trauma & Orthopaedic Club Meeting, Cambridge, 29th March 2019
- Mini C Arm Training, Harlow, 12th December 2018
- Coventry & Birmingham Wrist Instability & Midcarpal Fusion Cadaveric Course, Coventry, 31st October 2018
- Coventry & Birmingham Wrist Arthroscopy Cadaveric Course, Coventry, 30th October 2018
- British Society for Surgery of the Hand Autumn 2018 Scientific Meeting, London, 11-12th October 2018
- British Society for Surgery of the Hand Trainee’s Day, London, 10th October 2018
- MIAD Leadership for StRs, Cambridge, 14th August 2018
- The Orthopaedic Institute Clinical Examination and Viva Course, Oswestry, 15-17th January 2018
- The Orthopaedic Institute Intensive Course in Basic Science in Orthopaedics, Oswestry, 7-12th January 2018
- BOTA Congress, Manchester, 15-17th November 2017
- BOTA Summer School: Senior Casting Training, London,16th June 2017
- BOTA Summer School: Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training, London, 16th June 2017
- Cambridge Basic Sciences Course, Cambridge, 15-17th March 2017
- Damage Control Orthopaedics Course, Cambridge, 27th February 2017
- BOA Instructional Course, Manchester, 7-8th January 2017
- British Society for Surgery of the Hand Autumn Meeting, Cardiff, 13-14th October 2016
- Fingertip to Shoulder Workshop, Cambridge, 6-7th October 2016
- Spinal Approaches for Anterior Cervical and Anterior Lumbar Procedures, Cambridge, 16th September 2016
- International Combined Meeeting, British Hip Society & Societa Italiana Dell’Anca, Milan, Nov 2015
- Upper Limb Anatomy Refresher Day, Cambridge, 2015
- Stryker IM Nailing Course, Selzach, 2015
- Cadaveric Shoulder Arthroscopy Workshop, Cambridge, 2014
- 15th EFORT Congress, London, 2014
- Elective Paediatric Orthopaedics Study Day, Norwich, 2013
- First East Anglian Orthopaedic Trauma Approaches Course, Cambridge, 2013
- Research Skills and SPSS Statistics Tutorial, Croydon University Hospital, 2012
- Extreme Orthopaedic Symposium, London, 2012
- Surgical Management of Foot and Ankle Fractures, Kingston Hospital, 2012
- Wessex Knee Course, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, 2012
- Stanmore Fracture Management Course, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. 2012
- Basic Techniques in Arthroscopic Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England. 2012
- Anatomy & Surgical Exposures Course, Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic & District Hospital NHS Trust, 2012
- BOA 41st Instructional Course, Manchester, 2012
- The Essentials of External Fixators, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, 2011
- Synthes Innovations in Upper Limb Trauma Course, Newcastle Surgical Training Centre, 2011
- BOA 40th Instructional Course, Manchester, 2011
- Road Map of Clinical Research, AO Foundation, Davos, Switzerland, 2010
- JRI Principles & Management of Femoral Neck Fractures, Kingston Hospital, 2010



