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Professional Details

Date of Birth	28/07/1946
Professional Title	Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon
GMC Registration Number	1445312
Discipline	Orthopaedic Surgery

Qualifications & Memberships

MB BS
LRCP
FRCS
MRCS

Expert Witness Memberships

The Society of Expert Witnesses
Medical Experts Online

Areas of Particular Expertise

Foot Surgery
Joint Replacement Knee Surgery
Knee Reconstruction Surgery

Willing to Undertake

Clinical Negligence	Yes
Legal Aid	Possibly
Personal Injury	Yes
Forensic	No
Family Court	No

Medico Legal Experience

I am a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon who retired from West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust in April 2006. I was appointed to this position in 1984 and practiced at Hemel Hempstead General Hospital and St Albans City Hospital during this period. I have now been made an Honorary Consultant to the Trust. I have prepared medico-legal reports on behalf of solicitors and/or their agents for the past 25 years. I am able to undertake medico-legal consultations at my surgery in Sewell, nr Dunstable and also in Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Norwich and Loughton. My claimant/defendant/joint ratio is approximately 50%/30%/20%. I am a member of the Society of Expert Witnesses and have had the experience of appearing in Court in such capacity. I have a special interest in knee cruciate and multi-ligament injuries. I am fully trained in general trauma and orthopaedic conditions and operations. I have a particular interest in the hip, knee, foot and spine regions and have prepared several papers in relation to these subjects. I have been involved in the development of artificial joints and instrumentation which has been integrated into a busy clinical practice. I am a member of the Society of Expert Witnesses and have had experience appearing in Court in such a capacity. PUBLICATIONS 1. Surgical Removal of Tattoos by CO2 Laser J.P. Beacon and Professor Harold Ellis. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Vol. 73, April 1980. 2. Excision of Adenocarcinomas in Mice using the Carbon-Dioxide Surgical Laser. J.P. Beacon and D.L. Leaper. Proceedings of the European Society for Surgical Research, May 1979. 3. The Carbon-Dioxide Laser as a Surgical Tool for the Removal of Bone Cement. J.P. Beacon. P.M. Aichroth and P.R.E. Baird. Proceedings of the Sheffield Meeting for Revision Arthroplasty. 4. Wound Healing after Experimental Surgery with CO2 laser. S. Cochrane, J.P. Beacon, G.H. Creasey and B.C.G. Russell. British Journal of Surgery, Vol. 67, no. 10. Oct. ?80 5. A Trial of Suction Drainage in Inguinal Hernia Repair. J.P. Beacon, R.W. Hoyle and Harold Ellis British Journal of Surgery, Vol. 67, No. 8. Aug. ?80 6. A Method of Reconstruction of the Goat Knee using Carbon-fibre. J.P. Beacon & P. Aichroth. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 62-B. 534 7. A mechanical Investigation of the Human Anterior Cruciate Ligament. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 63-B. 299. 8. Treatment of Major Skeletal Injuries in Patients with Severe Head Injuries. J.G. Kernohan, P. Dakin, J.P.Beacon, J.I.L. Bayley. British Medical Journal (accepted for publication). ORTHOPAEDIC CLINICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 1986 - 1993 1 The Development of a Prosthetic System to reconstruct posterior and anterior cruciate ligaments within the knee. This operation technique and artificial ligament progressed from research studies as a Registrar. The ligaments and instruments are now sold through an Orthopaedic Company for use by other

Languages

English

Venues

The clinic venue address/es are detailed below. The expert should only be contacted at the contact address as given above.

Venue Addresses - Copy	The Surgery Sewell Manor Farm Sewell Dunstable Beds LU6 1RP The Cardiac Clinic 115 High Road LOUGHTON Essex IG10 4HJ Elms Consulting Rooms 24 Hall Place Gardens ST. ALBANS Herts AL1 3SF The Medical Consulting Rooms 77 Newmarket Road NORWICH Norfolk NR2 2HW Milton House Surgery Doctors Commons Road Berkhamsted Hertfordshire HP4 3BY