Mr Nick Bowman
FRCS FRCS (Orth)

Mr Nick Bowman

Nick Bowman is a graduate of Edinburgh University Medical School and completed his surgical training in London and Charing Cross Hospitals. He also gained international experience working in Australia for 18 months where he specialised in knee arthroscopy, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and knee replacement surgery.

Nick was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at The Tunbridge Wells Hospital, Pembury in 2013, specialising solely in his chosen sub speciality area of knee surgery where he regularly performs knee joint replacements, ligament reconstructions and arthroscopic procedures on the knee.

He is well published in knee surgery and his work has been presented at prestigious international conferences. He continues to undertake clinical research at The Tunbridge Wells Hospital into anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions in adolescents and in knee replacement surgery.

He is a member of BASK and treasurer of the South East Thames Knee Study Group.

International presentations

American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons  2013, Chicago, Illinois  – Paper podium presentation

Endoscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Children Using Living Donor Hamstring Tendon Allografts

M Goddard, N Bowman, A Waller, L Salmon, J Roe, L Pinczewski


ISAKOS May 2013, Toronto, Canada – Best Scientific paper WINNER

Endoscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Children Using Living Donor Hamstring Tendon Allografts

M Goddard, N Bowman, A Waller, L Salmon, J Roe, L Pinczewski


Australian Orthopaedic Association 2006 Meeting

Restore Orthobiologic Implant: Not Recommended for Augmentation of Rotator Cuff Repair

Judie R. Walton, PhD, Nicholas K. Bowman, MBBS, Yasser Khatib, MBBS, James Linklater, MBBS and George A.C. Murrell


EFORT 2005, Lisbon, Portugal

A comparison of two techniques for knee arthrodesis: the custom made intramedullary Mayday nail versus a monoaxial external fixator.

Yeoh D, Goddard R, Macnamara P, Bowman N, Miles K, East D, Butler-Manuel A.


MSc Thesis – Brighton University 2013

“Graft selection in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction – a systematic review of the literature and description of a novel source of graft”

Nicholas K Bowman

Scientific Publications

Endoscopic ACL reconstruction in children using living donor hamstring tendon allografts

Am J Sports Med March 2013 :41 567-574 M Goddard, N Bowman, A Waller, L Salmon, J Roe, L Pinczewski


Tibio-talo-calcaneo fusion using a locked intramedullary compressive nail

Foot and Ankle Surgery December 2011 : Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 228-232, Chettiar Krissen, Halder Sumon, Bowman Nicholas, Cottam Howard, Armitage Andrew, Skyrme Andrew


The Effect of Total knee replacement on lower limb blood flow

The Journal of Arthroplasty February 2011 Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 250-254, Bowman NK, Appleyard M, Williams F, Bassilly AA, Fong Lim W, Andrews BT


The use of collagen injections in the treatment of metatarsalgia: a case report

The Journal of foot and ankle surgery : 2010 Nov-Dec – official publication of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons 49(6): 565.e5-7 Baljinder Singh Dhinsa, Nick Bowman, Yateen Morar, Krissen Chettiar, Laura Wiffen, Andrew Armitage, Andrew Skyrme


The AGC Total Knee Replacement – cemented versus cementless hydroxyapatite fixation

JBJS (Br) June 2008 supplement IA Findlay, NK Bowman, K Miles, D East, H.D. Apthorp, PA Butler-Manuel


A comparison of two techniques for knee arthrodesis: the custom made intramedullary Mayday nail versus a monoaxial external fixator

Knee 2008 Aug 15(4):263-7 Yeoh D, Goddard R, Macnamara P, Bowman N, Miles K, East D, Butler-Manuel A.


Restore Orthobiologic Implant: Not Recommended for Augmentation of Rotator Cuff Repairs

JBJS (A) 2007 89:786-791 Judie R. Walton, PhD, Nicholas K. Bowman, MBBS, Yasser Khatib, MBBS, James Linklater, MBBS and George A.C. Murrell


Fracture of the stem of the femoral component after resurfacing arthroplasty of the hip

JBJS (B) 2006 , Vol 88-B 12,1652-53 N. K. Bowman, T. A. Bucher, A. A. Bassily


The distal medial perforators of the lower leg and their accompanying veins

Br J Plast Surg. 2005 Dec ;58:1086-9 S Ghali, N Bowman, U Khan

A Professional Team

A Professional Team

Our specialist surgeons are comprehensively supported by a team who are there to help at every step.