Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, UHCW NHS Trust

Contact details:

Telephone: 024 76 96 5091
Email: melanie.coulson@uhcw.nhs.uk
Private practice enquires: info@oakmedics.co.uk

Contact address:

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

Professional profile:

• Basic Surgical Training, Edinburgh, 1993 – 1996
• Specialist Trauma and Orthopaedic Training, Dundee and Inverness, 1996 – 2002
• Fellowship in Lower Limb Joint Replacement and Arthroscopy, Adelaide, Australia 2001 – 2002
• Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, 2002
• Member of the British Orthopaedic Association
• Development group, Cormet resurfacing system, Corin Ltd, UK
• Development group, Rotaglide knee replacement system, Corin Ltd, UK
• Frequent visits to Hyderabad in India to see patients with hip and knee problems and frequently. Has introduced hip resurfacing locally
• Private practice based at Oak House Medical Group and Warwickshire Nuffield Hospital
• Joint partner Hip and Knee Clinic

Clinical interests:

• Primary and Revision hip and knee replacement
• Hip resurfacing
• Young adult hip pain
• Unicompartmental knee replacement
• Patello-femoral replacement

Current Research:

• Prospective follow up of patients undergoing hip resurfacing surgery through the Ganz trochanteric flip osteotomy. (Accepted for presentation at the BOA conference in September 2005).
• Prospective follow up of patients undergoing revision hip surgery through the extended trochanteric osteotomy. (Accepted for presentation at the BOA conference in September 2005).
• Femoral Head Blood Flow: an investigation to look at femoral head blood flow using laser Doppler flowmetry during hip resurfacings using the posterior approach and the Ganz approach.

Teaching responsibilities:

• Tutor, 4th Overseas Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Course, Hyderabad, India 2002
• Tutor, External Fixator Course, Coventry, 2003, 2004
• Tutor, Primary Hip Arthroplasty Course, University of Dundee, 2003, 2004
• Tutor, Primary Knee Arthroplasty Course, University of Dundee, 2004
• Teaching medical students, specialist registrars and fellows
• Regularly lecture for certain orthopaedic companies in their international and national meetings
• Organised the first Midland Uni-compartmental knee replacement meeting in 2006

Selected publications:

• Prakash U, McGurty DW, Dent JA. Hemiarthroplasty for severe fractures of the proximal humerus. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2002 Sep-Oct;11(5):428-30.
• Prakash U, Wigderowitz CA, McGurty DW, Rowley DI. Computerised measurement of tibiofemoral alignment. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2001 Aug;83(6):819-24.
• Prakash U, Mulgrew S, Espley AJ. Effect of activity levels on polyethylene wear in Charnley low-friction arthroplasty. J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1999 Jun;44(3):193-6.
• Court-Brown CM, Rimmer S, Prakash U, McQueen MM. The epidemiology of open long bone fractures. Injury. 1998 Sep;29(7):529-34.
• Prakash U, Court-Brown CM. Fracture through an osteochondroma. Injury. 1996 Jun; 27(5):357-8. No abstract available.

Selected presentations:

• The Ganz Approach to Hip Resurfacing, U Prakash, VV Killampalli
  • The British Orthopaedic Association conference, Birmingham, September 200
  • Corin Hip Meeting, Costa del sol, Spain, October 200
  • The European Hip Society Meeting, Turkey, June 2006
• Extended Trochanteric Osteotomy in revision hip surgery, U Prakash, D Morgan, VV Killampalli, M Yaqoob
  • The British Orthopaedic Association conference, Birmingham, September 2005
  • The Indian Orthopaedic Association conference, Mumbai, Dec 2005
  • The European Hip Society meeting, Turkey, June 2006
• Medical Tourism - India, The ultimate outsourcing, U Prakash
  • Sesamoid Club, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1st Oct 05
• Femoral Head Blood Flow - A comparison of two approaches to hip resurfacing using doppler flow meter, Amarasekera H, Costa M, Krikler S, Prakash U, Foguet P, Griffin D
  • The British Orthopaedic Association Conference, 26 - 29 Sept. 2006