Mr Luckshmana 'Lucky' Jeyaseelan
Mr Jeyaseelan is passionate about helping patients suffering with pain and disability caused by foot and ankle (F&A) conditions. He is an experienced, fellowship trained Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Queen Mary University London (QMUL). He specialises in all aspects of F&A care including complex trauma, deformity correction, minimally invasive surgery and sports injuries. He has a particular interest in ankle arthritis and total ankle replacement.
Bio
Mr Lucky Jeyaseelan is an experienced consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon dedicated to helping patients overcome pain and disability caused by foot and ankle conditions. He works within a multidisciplinary team, and takes a personalised approach to patient care.
His NHS practice is based at the internationally renowned Barts Health NHS Trust, home to The Royal London Hospital, Europe’s busiest trauma centre, where he is Clinical Lead of Elective Orthopaedic Care. He is also an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Queen Mary University London (QMUL).
Specialising in all aspects of foot and ankle care, Mr Jeyaseelan has expertise in complex trauma, deformity correction, minimally invasive surgery and sports injuries, with a particular interest in ankle arthritis and total ankle replacement. He also specialises in dealing with the longer-term impact of trauma and post-traumatic reconstructions.
Mr Jeyaseelan trained on the prestigious Percivall Pott Rotation in London, working at esteemed institutions such as The Royal London Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. He then completed a specialist fellowship at The University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, working with the design surgeons of a leading total ankle replacement system and learning techniques in custom 3D printed prostheses, patient-specific instrumentation and revision surgery.
Mr Jeyaseelan was a recipient of the prestigious AOFAS Travelling Fellowship in 2023, visiting top US centres to exchange knowledge and techniques. He has also been awarded The Singhal Travelling Fellowship (BOA), an AO specialist trauma fellowship (Ohio), and multiple BOFAS travelling fellowships, training at elite institutions such as The Hospital for Special Surgery (New York), Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard), and leading units across Europe. He completed an executive programme in Healthcare Leadership & Management at the Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University.
Mr. Jeyaseelan plays a key role in orthopaedic training and recruitment and is passionate about education. He serves on the Specialty Advisory Committee in Trauma & Orthopaedics, the Selection Design Group, and is Training Programme Director for the Royal London Orthopaedic Rotation. He is Lead for Education at Barts Bone & Joint Health and Chair of the award-winning Fundamentals of Orthopaedics Series, a virtual platform for aspiring orthopaedic surgeons. As AO Faculty, he teaches on international specialist foot and ankle courses and is Module Lead for Open Fractures and Ortho-Plastics on QMUL’s MSc Trauma Programme.
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5 Devonshire Place
London W1G 6HL
- Ankle arthritis and deformity, including total ankle replacement
- Ankle arthroscopy
- Ankle sprains and syndesmosis injuries
- Deformity correction including flat feet and tibialis posterior dysfunction & symptomatic cavovarus (high arch) deformity
- Forefoot deformity (including bunions, big toe arthritis, and lesser toe issues)
- Hindfoot arthritis and deformity
- Keyhole and minimally invasive surgery
- Midfoot arthritis
- Osteochondral defects of the talus
- Plantar fasciitis
- Rheumatoid Foot
- Soft tissue conditions of the foot and ankle
- Sports and dance injuries
- Tendon disorders (including Achilles and peroneal tendon disorders)
- Trauma – all acute injuries including fractures around the foot and ankle.
- Qualified 2007
- University College London (UCL)
- Specialist Registrar Training: The Percivall Pott Rotation, London
- Fellowship Training: Foot & Ankle/Adult Reconstruction Fellow, University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver, Canada
- Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon
Barts Health NHS Trust, The Royal London Hospital - Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
Queen Mary University London (QMUL) - Training Programme Director
Royal London Hospital Orthopaedic Rotation
Mr Jeyaseelan has published widely on a number of topics within both elective and trauma foot and ankle topics, ranging from ankle, lisfranc and talus fractures to sports injuries, ankle replacement and minimally invasive surgery.
- General Medical Council (GMC)
- British Medical Association (BMA)
- British Foot & Ankle Society (BOFAS)
- American Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS)
- British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
Mr Jeyaseelan is the Chair of the Foot & Ankle Committee of SICOT and sits on the Evidence Based Medicine Committee of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) and the Elective Orthopaedic Committee of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA). He is an examiner at The Royal College of Surgeons of England and also a co-opted member of the Royal College of Physicians, working with the National Guideline Centre, offering orthopaedic expertise in developing NICE guidance.