Mr. Ian Bacarese-Hamilton was born in Gibraltar, educated in Hertfordshire and qualified from Charing Cross and Westminster Hospital Medical School in London. His surgical training was initially at Charing Cross Hospital, he then Demonstrated at St Thomas' Hospital and went on to Kingston Hospital for his basic surgical rotation. Having passed his examinations in General Surgery he was appointed Junior Orthopaedic Registrar at University College Hospital and then trained as Senior Registrar at Westminster and Westminster Children's Hospital and on that rotation returned to University College Hospital, The Whittington Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. This programme allowed him to work with many renowned senior surgeons and as a result he had an excellent and varied training.

Mr. Bacarese-Hamilton is a specialist in orthopaedics and has maintained a broad interest in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery since his appointment as Consultant Orthopaedic and Hand Surgeon at the Whittington Hospital in 1994. He is a member of the British Hip Society, the British Association for Surgery of the Knee and the British Hand Society. He has a great deal of experience in arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder and knee, and extensive experience in hip and knee replacement surgery whilst maintaining an active role in the management of Trauma both in the N.H.S. and privately.

Mr Bacarese-Hamilton has recently been appointed Head of Department at Schoen Clinic London. His Private Practice is now based at Schoen Clinic London, 66 Wigmore Street, Marylebone, London W1U 2SB. His PA Terry, who has been with him for over 20 years can answer your telephone queries 020 7935 1025. Her email address is ibh@hotmail.co.uk