Orthopaedic Hand Surgeon | Cardiff
Mr Andrew Rogers was born in Newport, Wales. He attended medical school in Cardiff qualifying as a doctor in 1992.
He undertook his orthopaedic training on the Welsh rotation and passed his FRCS Orth exam and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2001 . He was granted his certificate of completion of specialist training (CCST) in 2002 .
During his orthopaedic training he became interested in hand surgery and this led to him undergoing two hand surgery fellowships the first was at the Pulvertaft Hand Centre Derby and the second in the USA was at the world famous Christine M Kleinert Institute of Hand and Microsurgery.
Upon returning to the United Kingdom he took up an orthopaedic post at the Royal Gwent Hospital Newport where as well as undertaking general orthopaedic treatments he has increasingly sub specialised in hand and elbow surgery. He has an extensive NHS practice seeing and treating over one thousand patients annually.
Outside of an active family life he maintains an interest in Rugby and continues to instruct on both the WRU and English RFU immediate care in sport courses as well as being an examiner on the British Orthopaedic Association Plaster Course.