Sarah Muirhead-Allwood

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Sarah Muirhead-Allwood
Born1947
NationalityBritish
EducationSt Thomas' Hospital
OccupationSurgeon
Known forHip surgery
Medical career
ProfessionOrthopaedic surgeon
Institutions

Sarah Muirhead-Allwood (FRCS) (born 1947), is a British orthopaedic surgeon known for performing complex hip resurfacings and unusual hip replacements. Those she has operated on include The Queen Mother, Prince Philip and Andy Murray.

In 2002 she founded the London Hip Unit, to provide adults with hip problems a range of supportive services.

Early life and education[]

Sarah Muirhead-Allwood, was born William Muirhead-Allwood,[1][2] in 1947.[3] She attended Wellington College, Berkshire,[4] and gained her medical degree from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School,[5] in 1971.[6]

Career[]

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore

Following a house job with , who influenced her choice of hip surgery, she gained experience in cardiac surgery and worked with the orthopaedic surgeons and at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH).[7] Subsequently, she was appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Whittington Hospital, London and the Royal Northern Hospital in 1984, and at the RNOH in 1991.[5]

Muirhead-Allwood has been operating on hips for over 25 years, with a focus on replacements that are unusual and revisions that are complex.[7][5][8] She later collaborated with and Imperial College's medical engineering department, to look at the function of the hip capsule.[7][9]

Other roles[]

In 2002 she founded the , to provide adults with hip problems a range of supportive services.[5] She is a member of several hip societies including the .[5]

Notable operations[]

At the King Edward VII Hospital for Officers (KEVII), she assisted Sir Roger Vickers in the hip replacement surgery on the Queen Mother in 1995,[10][11] and replaced her other hip in 1997.[12] In April 2018, at the KEVII, she performed hip replacement surgery on Prince Philip, who attended the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle the following month, without the aid of a stick or crutch.[12] The following year, at the Princess Grace Hospital, she operated on the tennis player Andy Murray, who subsequently continued playing successful tennis.[13][14] Others operated on by Muir-Allwood include Eamonn Holmes[15] and Charles Collingwood.[16]

Personal and family[]

In 1996, she publicly disclosed her gender reassignment plans to the tabloid press.[17] The KEVII committee initially disallowed her admitting privileges, a decision that was reversed.[17] In 2003 she appeared in a documentary.[18] Muirhead-Allwood was previously married and they have two sons.[1]

Selected publications[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Groer, Ann Gerhart; Annie (1 April 1996). "The reliable source". Washington Post. Retrieved 29 March 2021. {{cite news}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)
  2. ^ McCracken, Grant David (2008). Transformations: Identity Construction in Contemporary Culture. Indiana University Press. p. xxii. ISBN 978-0-253-21957-2.
  3. ^ "Medicine and transgender people". Transgender Map. 19 October 2019.
  4. ^ Seldon, Joanna (2017). The Whistle-Blower: The Life of Maurice Pappworth: the story of one man's battle against the medical establishment. Legend Press. p. 301. ISBN 978-1-908684-974.
  5. ^ a b c d e "The Great Debate – Faculty". www.thegreatdebate.uk.com. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  6. ^ The Medical Register. General Medical Council. 2002. p. 3086.
  7. ^ a b c "Interview with Miss Sarah Muirhead-Allwood". ORUK. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Hip resurfacing by Sarah Muirhead-Allwood". www.hcahealthcare.co.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  9. ^ Barbu, Nadia (4 September 2019). "Dr Jonathan Jeffers is first non-clinician to win NIHR Research Professorship | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  10. ^ Xavier, Jessica (1996). "The World Can Still be a Bad Place for Transpeople". Aegis News. p. 9. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  11. ^ "1995: Queen mum hip op 'successful'". 16 November 1995. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  12. ^ a b Seward, Ingrid (2020). Prince Philip Revealed. Simon and Schuster. p. 334. ISBN 978-1-9821-2975-0.
  13. ^ Clarey, Christopher (25 August 2020). "Andy Murray Finds Pleasure in Tennis Again, After All the Pain". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  14. ^ "'Meeting Royal surgeon proved pivotal'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Sir Alex Ferguson wishes Eamonn Holmes 'good luck' for double hip replacement". HeraldScotland. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  16. ^ Collingwood, Charles (2011). Brian and Me: Life on - and off - The Archers. Michael O'Mara Books. ISBN 978-1-84317-755-5.
  17. ^ a b "Trans-Actions #5 | GenderTalk". December 1996. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  18. ^ "LGB&T History, challenges and successes". NHS North West. 2012. p. 29

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