Nick Kalson
Early Years
Nick Kalson is a consultant knee surgeon at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust which hosts the North East Major Revision Centre. His practice is entirely devoted to knee arthroplasty (partial, total and revision) with a particular interest in problematic, painful and stiff total knee replacements.
Nick undertook his medical training in Manchester, including a PhD in tendon biology, followed by orthopaedic training in Newcastle and Northumbria on the North East Rotation. During this period Nick was the BASK Research Fellow and worked with BASK's revision knee working group to drive the reorganisation of revision knee surgery in England.
Nick undertook fellowship training in revision knee surgery in Exeter (2022-23, Prof Andy Toms and Mr Jon Phillips) and Oxford (2023-24, Mr Abtin Alvand and Prof Andy Price) before returning to the North East as a consultant in April 2024.
To complement his clinical work, Nick continues to collaborate with research scientists in Newcastle University to improve our understanding of the development of stiffness after knee replacement and improve treatment for this challenging patient group.
As BASK Junior Member Nick hopes to develop BASK's appeal to trainees, fellows and young consultants and increase the number of trainee members, for example through trainee specific sessions at our meetings