Professor Alister Hart

Professor Alister Hart is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon, specialising in hip and knee problems. His clinical interests focus on how to achieve lifelong function for patients that undergo hip and knee replacements.

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Specialties and sub-specialties

Orthopaedics

Hip problems

Knee problems

Treatments

Arthroscopy

Hip replacement surgery

Knee arthroscopy

Professional profile

Professor Alister Hart is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon, specialising in hip and knee problems, and director of research at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) NHS Trust in Stanmore, London.

His clinical and research interests focus on how to achieve lifelong function for the 3 million patients that undergo hip and knee replacements worldwide every year.

Current posts

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
UCL and Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

Medical training

Year qualified 1994

Cambridge 1994

Articles

Why running a marathon is good for midlifers

Daily Telegraph

26/01/2020

Far from damaging your knees, running can rejuvenate them, and other parts of the body, doctors now believe.

Running after 40? No, it won’t wreck your knees

The Times

07/01/2020

Ignore the jogging in midlife naysayers, recent studies suggest it can help to keep your knees and hips in good condition.

Marathon running may be good for your knees

The New York Times

11/12/2019

Could it be that marathon training and racing are actually good for our knees? A myth-toppling new study of novice, middle-aged runners suggests that the answer is a qualified yes.

Q&A: Professor Alister Hart

Marylebone Journal

Professor Hart spoke about the impact of 3D printing on the world of orthopaedics.

Metal-on-Metal Hips: A Cause for Concern

The London Clinic

Professor Hart describes the problems that have come to light in patients who have had metal-on-metal (MOM) hip replacements since 1997.

Publications

Can marathon running improve knee damage of middle-aged adults? A prospective cohort study
Authors: Laura Maria Horga, Johann Henckel, Anastasia Fotiadou, Anna Hirschmann, Camilla Torlasco, Anna Di Laura, Andrew D'Silva, Sanjay Sharma, James Moon, Alister Hart
Year: 2019
Published by: British Medical Journal