KNEE CLINIC - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Medical Secretary

Anita has been a medical secretary since 2009 working in local private hospitals. She understands the demands of a busy private practice and ensures that all patients who choose The Knee Clinic for their treatment are dealt with in a friendly and professional manner. She worked for a number of years in the City but now enjoys life in Tunbridge Wells with her husband and son, you may even spot her pounding the streets, slowly, in pursuit of her running.

Job Titles:

• Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Paul Gibb has been a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Tunbridge Wells for over 20 years. His surgical practice consists entirely of Knee Surgery and he runs regular Knee Clinics and Knee Injury Clinics locally. He is a regular contributor of cases to the UK National Ligament, Knee Osteotomy and Joint Registries and undertakes large numbers of knee replacements, anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions, knee osteotomies and knee arthroscopies each year. Basic surgical training included periods spent working at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and in Regional Plastic and Neurosurgical Units. Higher surgical training was completed on the King's College Hospital Registrar and Senior Registrar rotations. Following Consultant appointment he helped develop the Knee and Knee Injury service in Tunbridge Wells and whilst Clinical Director of Trauma & Orthopaedics for the Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust he oversaw the reconfiguration of Trauma & Orthopaedic services from the old Kent & Sussex and Maidstone General Hospitals into the new build at Pembury. He left the local NHS Trust in 2017 to develop independent private practice at The Knee Clinic, also treating NHS patients at the Nuffield Hospital in Tunbridge Wells via weekly NHS Patient Choice e-referral clinics. He has published and presented on various topics related to Knee Surgery and remains actively involved in the teaching of Knee Surgery, lecturing at regional and national meetings on Knee Ligament injuries and on Knee Osteotomy. He runs the South East Knee Study Group, is a member of the British Association for Surgery of the Knee and the European Society for Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy and is a reviewer for The Knee journal.

Job Titles:

• Accounts Manager
• Practice Manager

Mrs Alison Gibb has a background in corporate finance. She helped develop The Knee Clinic and has been the Practice Manager since its inception. She has good working relationships with the management teams at local private hospitals and with private medical insurance companies which she uses to help and assist patients of The Knee Clinic. She has three daughters and enjoys playing bridge, cooking and gardening.

Nick Bowman is a graduate of Edinburgh University Medical School and completed his surgical training in London and Charing Cross Hospitals. He also gained international experience working in Australia for 18 months where he specialised in knee arthroscopy, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and knee replacement surgery. Nick was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at The Tunbridge Wells Hospital, Pembury in 2013, specialising solely in his chosen sub speciality area of knee surgery where he regularly performs knee joint replacements, ligament reconstructions and arthroscopic procedures on the knee. He is well published in knee surgery and his work has been presented at prestigious international conferences. He continues to undertake clinical research at The Tunbridge Wells Hospital into anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions in adolescents and in knee replacement surgery. He is a member of BASK and treasurer of the South East Thames Knee Study Group.

Job Titles:

• Medical Secretary
• Orthopaedic Nurse

Sue is a trained Orthopaedic nurse and has worked as a medical secretary in Harley Street, and at Guy's and the Royal Free Hospitals. Before moving to the Nuffield Hospital she worked locally at the Spire Hospital for fourteen years. She has three children and enjoys walking, sailing, reading, drinking red wine and eating chocolate.