Paul Sutton, MB ChB 1990, had his orthopaedic training in Leeds. He was appointed as an NHS consultant in May 2001. Prior to this Paul spent a year in Auckland working with an internationally renowned group of knee and sports trauma surgeons.

Paul graduated as Batchelor of Medicine and Surgery from Sheffield University in 1990 and was a general surgical trainee in Sheffield and Leeds. After passing the FRCS examination and becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of both England and Edinburgh he joined the Yorkshire Orthopaedic Training Programme in 1995. Whilst on this programme he developed his interest in knee and sports related Orthopaedics. Paul furthered his interest and expertise in knee and sports surgery with a twelve-month period spent working at the Adidas Sports Medicine Institute (www.sportsmed.net.nz) in Auckland, New Zealand with Barry Tietjens and his partners Bruce Twaddle and Stuart Walsh. This unit is internationally renowned as a centre of excellence for sports and knee surgery and Barry is well known as a past president of ISAKOS, the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (www.ISAKOS.com) Paul was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a special interest in Knee Surgery to the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals in May 2001. Working almost exclusively as a knee surgeon he treats patients with a wide range of knee and lower limb sports related conditions.