Simon was born in 1960 in Newcastle, Staffordshire. He attended Newcastle-under-Lyme High School for boys before studying medicine at St John's College Cambridge.
Whilst at Cambridge Simon studied medical ethics and law as his final year elective. Simon transferred to Charing Cross Hospital in London for his clinical studies and was awarded his medical degree in June 1985 followed by a Master of Arts degree in 1988.
After obtaining his surgical fellowship Simon completed his orthopaedic training in December 1996; this included 15 months at Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital where he was supervised by Neil Thomas, past president of the Knee Society, and a two-year period as senior registrar at the Royal United Hospital in Bath.
Simon was appointed consultant to Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust which he commenced at the end of December 1996. Initially Simon was appointed as a general trauma and orthopaedic surgeon; however with time, Simon made the conscious decision to specialise in knee surgery.
He left the NHS in 2016 but continues to treat NHS patients at KIMS, and the Spire Alex via his regular NHS patient choice e-referral clinics and the Choose & Book scheme.
Simon has invested considerable time in the study of knee surgery, in particular maintaining a keen interest in the development of soft tissue knee surgery.
An invitation to the Stryker Arthroscopic International Forum and a tour of America led to Simon exploring the frontiers of arthroscopic knee surgery and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and the decision to concentrate purely on knee surgery. He introduced the accelerated rehabilitation in anterior cruciate ligament to Kent which resulted in many sportsmen and women being able to return to training within 3-4 months of surgery.
Simon’s interest in knee arthritis has resulted in him leading the implementation of the Depuy Attune knee replacement in Kent - a recent addition to joint replacement which appears to give improved patient satisfaction. He follows the up to date guidelines of the enhanced recovery programme.
In addition Simon has been asked to lecture on anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction at international meetings and regularly lectures to general practitioners as well as allied healthcare professionals. Simon is a member of the British Orthopaedic Association as well as the South East Knee Study Group who meet regularly to discuss difficult knee cases where he benefits from the shared knowledge of his knee specialist colleagues.
Simon regularly attends both national and international knee speciality meetings to keep abreast of new innovations.
Outside work Simon is interested in photography and computer technology which he harnesses in his medical practice using voice activated dictation and maintaining fully secure electronic records. Simon also enjoys cycling, classical music and travelling. Simon has two children, Timothy, a professional pianist and horn player, and Jemima, a graduate from the London University School of Arts with a degree in advertising and media.
