Mr Owen Diamond

Consultants

Profile

Mr Owen Diamond was appointed as Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital and Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast in September 2018. He completed his medical degree in Trinity College Dublin in 2004, graduating with honours.

During his training in Belfast he undertook a Doctorate of Medicine, in hip surgery at Queens University Belfast under the supervision of Professor David Beverland. He has also completed a Master of Science in Trauma and Orthopaedic Research in the University of Warwick with Professor Matt Costa and a Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine in the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh.

Following completion of his training in Belfast in January 2015, he undertook extensive specialist fellowship training at internationally renowned centres in Birmingham, Vancouver (Canada), Bristol and also at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York (USA), focusing on Hip and Knee Replacements, Hip Preservation Surgery (Hip Arthroscopy) and Orthopaedic Trauma.

Current NHS Post

Consultant at Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast & Musgrave Park Hospital.

Practising At

Kingsbridge Private Hospital, Belfast.

Qualifications

MB BCh BAO (Honours)

Trinity College Dublin, June 2004

Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine

Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, November 2010

MSc, (Critical Appraisal and Understanding of Research in Trauma and Orthopaedics)

The University of Warwick, January 2013

MD (Doctor of Medicine by Research)

Queens University Belfast, May 2013

FRCSEd (Tr & Orth)

Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, February 2014

Fellow in Hip & Knee Arthroplasty

UBC, Vancouver, Canada January to December 2016

Additional Training

Fellow in Hip Preservation Surgery

Birmingham, UK, January to December 2015

Fellow in Orthopaedic Trauma (Major Trauma and Pelvic & Acetabular Surgery)

Bristol, UK February to July 2017

Orthopaedic Trauma and Hip Preservation Surgery

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA, August 2017 to August 2018

Professional bodies (Positions held in last 3 years)

British Orthopaedic Association

Orthopaedic Trauma Society (UK)

International Hip Arthroscopy Society

British Hip Society

Orthopaedic Trauma Association (USA- International Member)

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (International Member)

Publications

Numerous publication and presentations in Elective Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Trauma

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Owen_Diamond

Treatment Areas

Treatments and areas of interest

Hip Replacement Surgery
Knee Replacement Surgery
Hip Preservation Surgery/Sports Hip Injuries (Hip arthroscopy and Open Hip Surgery)
Orthopaedic Trauma/Fracture Surgery