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Mr Fizan Younis
Consultant Orthopaedic Hand & Wrist Surgeon
MBBCh, FRCS (Tr & Orth), Eur Dip Hand Surg, PG Dip MedEd
I am a European board certified Consultant Orthopaedic Hand and Wrist Surgeon. Having spent over 10 years in the NHS as a consultant at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, I now work exclusively within the private sector.
I specialise in treating hand and wrist conditions with a particular emphasis on treating commonly occurring conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger finger, ganglia, base of thumb arthritis and Dupuytren’s contracture. I also have a specialist interest in treating martial arts and cricket-related hand injuries.
I graduated from the University of Wales College of Medicine in Cardiff in 2002. I completed my basic and higher surgical training in the Northwest of England. I then continued my training in specialist centres in Canada and France. I was awarded an AO Travelling Trauma fellowship to McGill University Hospital in Montreal. Here I received advanced training in the treatment of upper limb fractures and ligament injuries. I also trained at the Institute de la Main in Paris as part of the Training Programme Travelling Award awarded by the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH). Here I received specialist training in wrist arthroscopy techniques.
I am an enthusiastic educator and have a postgraduate diploma in medical education. I am grateful for having been recognised for my training with numerous awards including the Trainer of the Year for the Northwest region in 2021, the Educator Excellence award awarded by Health Education Northwest for consecutive years in 2018 and 2019 and the best educator for year 4 by the University of Central Lancashire in 2018. I am co chair of the AO Hand and Wrist course for the UK, and I am one of only 40 examiners in the whole of Europe for the European Diploma of Hand Surgery. I have a particular interest in research and have been involved in several national and international multi-centre trials including the CRAFFT trial, DISC trial, Suspect study, Corona Hands study, COVID Surg trial, POINT Trial and the Hands-2 trial. I have published a series of papers with the most recent addressing the gender pay gap in Orthopaedics and another that looks at the prevalence of hand and wrist complaints following infection with Corona Virus.
Medical Professional
Reviews & Endorsements
Mr Younis is an excellent hand surgeon. He is meticulous and adept. He has brilliant communication skills which allows him to deliver great care. He has also shown to be a great trainer of future surgeons. I would recommend him to anyone.

Dr. Randeep Aujla
Orthopaedic SurgeryFizan is the current chairman of the wrist fracture management course that I teach on. He is a very experienced and knowledgeable hand and wrist surgeon and I would be very happy to have him treat any hand and wrist problems.

Mr Charles Gozzard
Orthopaedic SurgeryFizan is a current colleague at my NHS Trust. He has always assessed patients on my Coronary Care unit promptly and effectively communicated succinct, patient-tailored management plans to my medical and nursing colleagues. He is very approachable and maintains a good rapport with patients and colleagues alike.

Dr Sanjay Banypersad
CardiologyMr Younis as an experienced competent hand and wrist surgeon. He is approachable, listens and makes sensible informed management decisions. He is an excellent teacher and has just taken over as Chair for the AO hand and wrist UK courses

Mr Robert Farnell
Orthopaedic SurgeryMr. Younis is a very experienced, highly skilled hand surgeon who I have no hesitation in recommending for the management of any hand/wrist related problems. He was the only surgeon I considered when I needed a family member treating for a wrist fracture. He has many years of clinical experience at consultant level, and is highly regarded by his patients and colleagues.

Dr Scot Garg
CardiologyExcellent surgeon and happily endorse them as a hand surgeon.

Mr Ali Phillips
Orthopaedic SurgeryGreat Chairing of the AO UK wrist course in September 2023. Fantastic educator.

Mr Andrew Smith
Orthopaedic SurgeryExcellent surgeon, a great gentleman and even greater person!

Mr Mohammed Shoaib Arshad
Orthopaedic SurgeryFizan is an excellent colleague. He has a special interest in treatment of hand and wrist surgery which he always had a passion for going as far back as when we were orthopaedic trainees.

Mr Wiqqas Jamil
Orthopaedic SurgeryI have trained with and referred patients to Mr Younis who is a highly skilled in all aspects of hand surgery.

Mr Naveed Yasin
Orthopaedic SurgeryThe procedures I perform most commonly include:
- Carpal Tunnel release
- Trigger finger/thumb release
- Ganglion Excision
- Trapeziectomy for base of thumb arthritis
- Needle Fasciotomy
- Fasciectomy for Dupuytrens contracture
- Collagenase Injections (currently unavailable in the UK)
- Wide Awake Local Anaesthesia No Tourniquet Surgery (WALANT)
- Scaphoid Fracture Surgery
- Wrist Arthroscopy
- ONESTOP Surgery
- Surgery for tendon-related problems
Qualifications
- MBBCh - University of Wales, UK in 2002
- MRCS - Royal College of Surgeons, UK
- FRCS (Tr & Orth) - Royal College of Surgeons, UK
- European Diploma of Hand Surgery
- PGDip in Medical Education
Current Positions
- Examiner for European Diploma of Hand Surgery
- International faculty for IRCAD wrist Arthroscopy courses in Strasbourg, France
- Co-chairman of AOUK hand and wrist courses
passion for teaching
Education
Mr Younis has a passion for teaching and has completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education.
He is a trainer for Orthopaedic Surgeons in the Northwest Deanery and was awarded the Trainer of the Year Award for 2021 after having been nominated for the third consecutive year.
He was also awarded the Educator Excellence Award in consecutive years for 2018 and 2019 by Health Education Northwest. Mr Younis is a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire and is responsible for teaching medical students from the University of Central Lancashire and Lancaster University.
He was awarded the Educator of the Year Award for year 4 from the University of Central Lancashire for 2018/2019.
Quality Improvement
Innovation
Mr Younis was part of the Transformation Project that was responsible for the development of the purpose-built Elective Centre at Burnley General Hospital.
He also jointly led the fracture clinic re-design project that has resulted in remarkable reductions in waiting times for fracture clinic appointments.
He has worked closely with the hand therapy department to consolidate the use of patient-rated outcome measures as part of routine outpatient practice. He introduced WALANT (Wide Awake Local Anaesthesia No Tourniquet) surgery to the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. This means that many patients who would traditionally be put sleep for hand surgery can now have their operations ‘Wide-Awake’ under local anaesthetic.
publications and presentations
Research
Reasearch is integral to Mr Younis’ role as a Senior Clinical Lecturer and trainer.
He is the prinicple investigator at East lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust for a number of national and international research trials including the DISC trial (assessing outcomes in treatment of Dupuytren’s contracture), COVID-SURG trial (assessing outcomes in surgery for patients with COVID-19), Corona Hands study (assessing outcomes in hand surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic), CRAFFT study (looking at the outcomes in wrist fractures in children) and the SUSPECT trial (surveying the practices across the UK for treatment of scaphoid fractures). Mr Younis has a number of publications and presentations to his name.