Affiliations and Brief CV

  • Honorary Clinical Lecturer, University of Manchester
  • Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Salford
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
  • Member, British Hip Society
  • Member, European Hip Society
  • Member, British Orthopaedic Research Society
  • Member, British Association for Surgery of the Knee

Fellowships/Travel Awards

  • Clinical and Research Fellow Adult Reconstruction
    Department of Orthopaedics
    University of British Columbia
    Vancouver, Canada.
  • British Orthopaedic Foundation Travelling Fellowship
    Department of Orthopaedics
    Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), New York City, USA
    The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
  • Plus Travel Award
    Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
    Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Dr B W Schreurs, Dr Gardeniers

Awards And Prizes

  • Ethicon Foundation Travelling Fellowship Award
  • Ronald Raven Barbers’ Award
  • Peter Mallimson Prize (Winner, Best Basic Science Research)
  • Harvey Green Surgical Teacher Prize
  • Sir John Charnley Trust Award
  • British Orthopaedic Foundation Travelling Fellowship
  • PLUS Orthopaedics Travel Award
  • Current Concepts Foundation Scholarship
  • Best Fellow Research Award, UBC, Vancouver, Canada (Winner)

Publications: Book Chapters

  • Acetabular Cementless Revision
    Operative techniques Hip Arthritis Surgery.
    Publisher: Saunders Elsevier. Editor James P Waddell.
    Pages 261-272,Publisher: Saunders Elsevier. Editor James P Waddell.
    Kim WY, Masri BA.

Hip Reimplantation Surgery

  • Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery
    Publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    Editors J Parvisi and R Rothman
    Greidanus NV, Kim WY, Masri BA.

Publications: Peer Reviewed Articles

  • A comparison of the biomechanical effects of valgus knee braces and lateral wedged insoles in patients with knee osteoarthritis
    Gait Posture 2013; Mar 37(3):368-72
    Jones RK, Nester CJ, Richards JD, Kim WY, Johnson DS, Jari S, Laxton P, Tyson SF
  • Leg Length Discrepancy in Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty
    Surg Science 2011:(2);183-7
    Peck CN, Malhotra K, Kim WY
  • Modular Tantalum Augments for Acetabular Defects in Revision Hip Arthroplasty
    Clin Orthop Relat Res 2009;467(1):199-205
    Siegmeth A, Duncan CP, Masri BA, Kim WY, Garbuz DS.
  • Enhanced Gap Filling and Osteoconduction associated with Alendronate-Calcium Phosphate-Coated Porous Tantalum
    J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 2008;90:1090-1100
    Garbuz DS, YX Hu, Kim WY, K Duan, Masri BA, Oxland T, Burt H, Wang R, CP Duncan.
  • Porous tantalum uncemented acetabular shells in revision total hip replacement: 2 to 4 year clinical and radiographic results
    Hip International 2008;18:17-22
    Kim WY, Greidanus NV, Masri BA, Duncan CP, Garbuz DS.
  • Mini Subvastus Approach for Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement
    Techniques in Knee Surgery, 6(2):124-130, June 2007
    Masri BA, Kim WY, Pagnano M.
  • Perception of Orthopaedic Surgeons regarding Hepatitis C viral transmission: a questionnaire study
    Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2007;89(3):276-80
    Wallis G, Kim WY, Chaudhary BR, Henderson JJ
  • The relationship of acetabular retroversion with hip osteoarthritis
    J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2006; 88-B:727-9.
    Kim WY, Hutchinson CE, Andrew JG, Allen PD.
  • Eleven year results of the ABG I uncemented hip replacement
    Int Orthop 2006; 30(3):182-4.
    Kim WY, Muddu BN.
  • Training opportunities in the management of paediatric fractures
    Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2006; 88:(5)450-3.
    Kim WY, Zenios M.
  • Complex Dorsal Subluxation of the Metacarpo-phalangeal Joint of the
    Thumb requiring open reduction: a case report
    Acta Orthop Belg 2006:72;93-5
    Butt I, Kim WY
  • Dislocated Thomson hemiarthroplasty – the management of the recurrent dislocator
    Injury 2006; 37(7):665-6.
    Kim WY
  • The importance of leg length discrepancy after total hip replacement
    J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2005; 87(9):1307
    Kim WY.
  • Functional treatment of acute metatarsal fractures: A prospective randomized comparison of management in a cast vs. elasticated support bandage
    Injury 2005; 36:(7):832-5.
    Zenios M, Kim WY, Muddu BN.
  • Whiplash injury of the shoulder. Is it a separate clinical entity?
    Acta Orthop Belg 2005;71:385-7.
    Muddu BN, Umar R, Kim WY, Zenios M.
  • The removal of forearm plates in children
    Injury 2005; 36(12):1427-30.
    Kim WY, Kumar A, Abdulkadir U.
  • Non-traumatic childhood dislocation of the patella
    Acta Orthopaedica Belg 2005;71: 435-438.
    Paton RW, Kim WY, Bonshahi A.
  • Treatment of anaemia after joint replacement
    J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2005; 87B (3):433
    Kim WY.
  • Intraoperative findings in varus osteoarthritis of the knee
    J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2005; 87-B(2):277-8.
    Kim WY, Jari S.
  • A new biomechanical model for the functional assessment of knee osteoarthritis
    Knee 2004; 11(3):225-231.
    Kim WY, Richards J, Jones RK, Hegab A.
  • Congenital and irreducible dislocation of the patella – a modified soft tissue procedure
    Knee 2004; 11(2):117-20.
    Paton RW, Bonshahi A, Kim WY.
  • Displaced supracondylar humeral fractures in children: results of a national survey of paediatric orthopaedic consultants
    Injury 2003; 34 (4):274-7.
    Kim WY, Bonshahi A, Chandru R, Paton RW.
  • Anterior and posterior stabilization for atlanto-axial fracture dislocation: A case report
    Orthopaedic Update 2003;12(1): 51-3.
    Kim WY, Cross AT.
  • Early or delayed surgical treatment of supracondylar humeral fractures in children
    J Bone Joint Surg [Am] 2002; 84A (6): 1079-80.
    Kim WY.
  • Large bowel impaction by the BioEnterics Intragastric Balloon (BIB) necessitating surgical intervention
    Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2000; 82: 202-4.
    Kim WY, Kirkpatrick UJ, Moody AP, Wake P.
  • Isolated undisplaced fracture of the cuboid in a professional soccer player: a case report
    Foot and Ankle Surgery 1999 5:109-112.
    Kim W, Walsh J, Romaniuk C.

Msc Thesis

  • Entitled ‘A new biomechanical model for the functional assessment of knee osteoarthritis’,
    University of Wales, Cardiff, July 2003.

Abstracts Incl…

  • Enhanced Osteoconduction and defect filling associated with alendronate coated porous tantalum
    J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2008, Suppl, in press
    Kim WY, K Duan, Hu YX, Masri BA, Garbuz, Wang R Duncan CP.
  • Gap filling and enhanced Osteoconduction associated with alendronate coated porous tantalum
    J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2008:90-B:541
    Kim WY, K Duan, Hu YX, Masri BA, Garbuz, Wang R, Duncan CP.
  • Porous tantalum uncemented acetabular shells in revision total hip replacement: two to four year clinical and radiographic outcome
    J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2008:90-B:535
    Kim WY, Greidanus NV, Masri BA, Duncan CP, Garbuz DS.
  • Direct and indirect orthotic management of medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee
    Jones RK, Nester CJ, Kim WY, Tyson S, Laxton P. Jari S, Johnson DS, Richards JD.
    Gait & Posture 24S (2006) S98-289
  • Biomechanical changes in the conservative management of medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee
    Proceedings 8th International conference Orthopaedics, Biomechanics, Sports Rehabilitation, Assisi, Nov 2004; p 90-91.
    Richards JD, Jones RK, Kim WY.
  • Plaster immobilization in acute metatarsal fractures: A prospective randomized trial
    Injury Extra 34;11-12 Nov 2003; 21
    Zenios M, Kim WY, Sampath J, Muddu BN.
  • Training opportunities in paediatric fractures: A district general hospital perspective
    Injury Extra 34; 11-12, Nov 2003; 56.
    Kim WY.
  • Impingement syndrome associated with whiplash injury
    J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2003; 85B: 1208-9.
    Kim WY, Zenios M, Muddu BN.
  • Single limb stance adduction moment in medial compartment osteoarthritis
    European Orthopaedic Research Society Transactions 2002; 12(98).
    Kim WY, Richards J, Hegab A.
  • Training and use of compartment pressure monitoring devices
    Injury 2002;33(10):859.
    Kim W, Chandru R, Doyle J.
  • Screening for diabetes in patients with vascular disease
    Diabetic Medicine 1997; 14 (S4): 39-40.
    Shaw JAM, Engelhardt T, Kim W, Linklater G, Ross IS, Cross KS, Pearson DWM.