Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, UHCW NHS Trust
Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Warwick Medical School

Contact details:

Telephone: 024 76 96 5076
Email: norma.taylor@uhcw.nhs.uk

Contact address:

Department of Orthopaedics
University Hospital
Clifford Bridge Road
Walsgrave
Coventry CV2 2DX

Professional profile:

• Qualified from Barcelona Medical School in 1983.
• After Vocational Training and a spell as a GP in Mallorca, came to UK in 1993.
• BST West Midlands 1993-1995.
• FRCS (Ed) 1995.
• Research Fellow at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, 1995-1997.
• Specialist Registrar in Birmingham rotation, 1997-2003.
• Arthroplasty Fellow at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford 2003.
• Appointed Consultant to UHCW NHS Trust in February 2004.
• Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Warwick Medical School since 2005.
• Member of RCS Ed, BOA, MDU, 150 Club (Coventry), Naughton Dunn (Birmingham) and Girdlestone (Oxford) Othopaedic Societies.
• Private rooms at Oak House.
  

Clinical interests:

Main interests are:

• Primary and revision hip and knee replacement, including hip resurfacing for the younger patients
• Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty for patients with limited knee osteoarthritis

Research Interests:

• Ongoing clinical review of various aspects of hip resurfacing
• Ongoing clinical review of various aspects of total knee replacement

Teaching responsibilities:

• Co-leader of the course 'Evidence-Based Musculoskeletal Care: Managing Lower Limb Pain', at the University of Warwick Postgraduate Medical School
• Organizer of the 'Midlands Adult Problem Hip Meeting'
• Lectures overseas on hip resurfacing, for orthopaedic companies
• SpR trainer
• Teaching of Warwick Medical School students

Selected publications:

• Foguet P, Hashmi F, Lawrence T. Case report: metaphyseal osteolysis around a titanium reconstruction nail. Injury. 2003 May;34(5):374-7. PubMed
• Martin AG, Foguet PR, Marks DS, Thompson AG, Child AH. Infantile scoliosis in Beals syndrome: the use of a non-fusion technique for surgical correction. Eur Spine J. 2005 Sep 20; [Epub ahead of  print] PubMed
• Pearson A, Foguet P, Little C, Murray D, McLardy-Smith P, Krikler S. Can we prevent fractures in hip resurfacing? (Presentation to the Hip Society Meeting, Sheffield, March 2004.) Abstract published in JBJS B, Orthopaedic Proceedings, p. 41, vol. 87-B, 2005.