Consultant Profile




Mr Tariq Zaman
MBChB (Dundee) FRCS (Tr &Orth)
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Ealing Hospital

Specialising in General Orthopaedics, with Interests in:-

• Shoulder Surgery
• Elbow Surgery
• Wrist and Hand Surgery
• Upper Limb Trauma

Membership of Professional Associations
The Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Glasgow
The British Orthopaedic Association
The British Elbow and Shoulder Society
The British Medical Association
The Royal Society of Medicine

Specialist Fellowships
The Reading Shoulder Fellowship - Jan '03 to July '03
EFORT Travelling Fellowship - April '03 to May '03
AO Upper Limb Fellowship - Aug '03 to Oct '03

Medical training
Tariq qualified in 1988 from Dundee University Medical School. He subsequently undertook a variety of Senior House Officer posts in and around the Birmingham region, including a period spent as an Anatomy Demonstrator in the University of Birmingham. Tariq undertook his Specialist Registrar training in Trauma and Orthopaedics in Wales, which included posts in Swansea, Carmarthan, Newport and The Cardiff Royal Infirmary. He was then employed for 6 months as a Specialist Fellow in the renowned Reading Shoulder Unit with Stephen Copeland and Ofer Levy, after which he undertook an AO Fellowship in Salzburg, training under Professor Resch, the President of the European Shoulder Society.

In 2003 Tariq was entered onto the Specialist Register of the GMC. Tariq commenced as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Ealing Hospital in 2003. He is now the Departmental Audit Co-ordinator and the Orthopaedic Co-ordinator for Imperial College Medical Students. He is also an examiner for the Imperial College Final MB BS examinations, as well as sitting on the admissions panel for Imperial College of Medicine.

In addition he is an Honorary lecturer at the British College of Osteopathic Medicine organising the orthopaedic component for the final two years of the college’s course.

Publications and Presentations
Arthroscopic Shaving of a Haematoma following Total Knee Arthroplasty.
TM Zaman, P Grigoris, J O'Hara. Published in Arthroscopy 1996. Vol. 12(4): 500 - 501

MRI Findings in Simultaneous Bilateral Meniscal Lesions.
TM Zaman, J Roberts, OO Oni, JB Finlay. Published in Injury 1997. Vol. 28(4): 303 - 304

Cervical Spine X-rays. Are they Useful?
TM Zaman, R Reddy. Presented at the British Trauma Society meeting, Bath, October 1997.

Use of the Mobile Lithotripter in the Treatment of Tennis Elbow and Plantar Fasciitis. TM Zaman, A Mehra, A Jenkin Poster presentation at Orthocelt 2000, Celtic Manor, Newport, South Wales (Combined meeting of the Welsh, Irish and Scottish Orthopaedic Societies).

The Use of a Mobile Lithotripter in the Treatment of Tennis Elbow and Plantar Fasciitis. A Mehra, T Zaman, AI Jenkin. Published in Surgeon 2003. Vol 1(5): 290 - 292

What is the Cost Effectiveness of Plain Radiography in the Assessment of Hip Pain? TM Zaman, F Robinson. Podium presentation at the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology 8th Annual Meeting, Oct. 5th - 6th 2001, Budapest, Hungary.

Open MRI of the Shoulder in the Lateral Position.
TM Zaman, A Dahiri, C Hoddinott. Poster presentation at SICOT (Societe Internationale Orthopedique Traumatologie) Meeting September 2003, Cairo, Egypt.

Copeland Surface Replacement Arthroplasty.
TM Zaman. Presentation to the German Orthopaedic Association
May 2003, Baden-Baden, Germany.

A study of blood flow by Laser Doppler Flowmetry in the Rotator Cuff.
B Venkateswaran, T Zaman, A Bhargava, O Levy, S Copeland.
Poster presentation BESS (British Elbow and Shoulder Society) Meeting
May 2004, Newport.

Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair-A Two Year Follow Up Study from the Reading Shoulder Unit. TM Zaman. Podium presentation at the BESS (British Elbow and Shoulder Society) Meeting July 2005, Cambridge.

Use of the Lacertus Fibrosus for a Delayed Distal Biceps Rupture.
TM Zaman, C McGarvey, T Rajgopal. Podium presentation at the EFORT (European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology) Meeting May 2007, Florence, Italy.

Arthroscopic Treatment of subscapularis associated intra-articular ganglions.
TM Zaman, C McGarvey, T Rajgopal. Podium presentation at the EFORT (European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology) Meeting May 2007, Florence, Italy.