Private:
The Alexandra Hospital - Cheadle
The Highfield Hospital - Rochdale
The Oaklands Hospital - Salford
NHS:
Trafford General Hospital - Trafford
Manchester Royal Infirmary - Manchester
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Biography
Mr Yassa is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon based at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
Having graduated in Egypt, Mr Yassa went on to undertake his MSc in Trauma and Orthopaedics, with completion in 2002. Mr Yassa has completed his Higher Orthopaedics training in Manchester rotation and went on to gain his Royal College of Surgeons of England Membership in 2008. He attained his Intercollegiate Fellowship in Trauma and Orthopaedics in 2018.
Mr Yassa developed a particular interest in various aspects of Knee surgery and lower limb arthroplasty, of which he completed further specialist training fellowships following his higher Orthopaedic training.
Throughout his Orthopaedic training in the North West, Mr Yassa focused on lower limb surgery. During his final stage of training, he spent time at specialist units in the North West such as Wrightington Hospital and Stockport Knee Unit, helping him to refine his specialist interest and develop a good foundation of training and skill for his later career.
In addition, Mr Yassa undertook A-O Fellowship at Krankenhaus der Barmerzigen Brüder, Germany.As a successful trainee with a good reputation, he was competitively selected for a Post-CCT DePuy Knee Fellowship at York Teaching Hospital NHS foundation Trust. During his fellowship, he gained significant experience through exposure to high volume of Knee surgery including knee arthroplasty, various knee soft tissue procedures, patellofemoral stabilization procedures and knee joint preservation surgery and Paediatric knee surgery.As part of his continuing training, he also undertook a Charnley Latta Travelling Knee Fellowship (Patello-femoral disorders) with Dr. David DeJour, Lyon, France. This has further added to his repertoire of skill set and experience.
Education & Training
Post Graduate
2018 FRCS (Tr&Orth)
2008 MRCS (Royal College of Surgeons England)
2002 M.Sc. in Trauma and Orthopaedics
Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University Hospitals, Egypt
Fellowships
2020 Honorary Pelvic and acetabular fellowship.Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
2019 Post CCT Knee Fellowship, York, UK
2019 Charnley Latta Travelling Knee Fellowship Dr. David Dejour, LyonOrthoClinic, Lyon, France
2007 A-O FellowshipKrankenhaus der Barmerzigen Brüder, Germany.
Undergraduate
1997 M B B CH Honours Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt
Research Publications
2020 Complications following Suture Button Use for Femoral Graft Fixation in Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Systematic Review R. Yassa, J. Adams, C. P. Charalambos
The Journal of Knee Surgery
2021 - Perioperative administration of tranexamic acid in hip fracture surgery (The PATHS study): national audit of current practice
AJ Berg, T Naylor, DS Johnson , PATHS study collaborators
Ann R Coll Surg Engl.
2017 Management of anticoagulation in hip fractures.A pragmatic approach
Rafik Yassa, Mahdi Khalfaoui, Ihab Hujazi, Hannah Sevenoaks, and Paul Dunkow
EFORT Open Rev. 2017 Sep; 2(9): 394–402.
PMCID: PMC5644423
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