Mr Dennis Kosuge
Mr Kosuge is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon in Hertfordshire, with a subspecialist interest in hip and knee surgery.
Based At
NHS base
The Princess Alexandra Hospital
GMC Number
6054877
Clinic Timetable
Clinical interests
Primary Total Hip Replacement, Complex Total Hip Replacement, Revision Total Hip Replacement, Primary Total Knee Replacement, Knee Arthroscopy, Trauma.
Mr Kosuge developed his passion for Trauma & Orthopaedics as a junior doctor and pursued this by enrolling onto the North-East Thames Percival Pott Orthopaedic Training Programme. His training took him to prestigious centres including The Royal London Hospital, The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital. He was inspired by a number of his excellent trainers to focus on the subspecialty of hip and knee joint replacements.
Following completion of specialist training in the United Kingdom, he enrolled onto and successfully completed a one-year fellowship at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Australia under the auspices of Professor Donald Howie. This fellowship allowed Mr Kosuge to refine his skills in hip and knee joint replacements, as well as revision hip replacements. During his orthopaedic training, he was the recipient of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) Zimmer Adult Reconstruction Hips and Knees Fellowship in 2014, the AOTrauma Fellowship in 2013 and the Tohoku University Orthopaedic Visiting Fellowship in 2010 – and utilised his time visiting, learning and exchanging ideas with centres of excellence in Japan.
Mr Kosuge's patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for primary hip and knee replacements was published in 2017 in the British Orthopaedic Association's Journal of Trauma & Orthopaedics (Volume 5 Issue 1). At six months, the health gains of his patients are above national averages for both hip and knee replacements.
Oxford Hip Score – 39.1 with an average gain of 23.6 from pre-operative score (national average gain 21.4*)
Oxford Knee Score – 36.9 with an average gain of 17.8 from pre-operative score (national average gain 16.1*)
*NHS Digital - Finalised Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in England - April 2017 to December 2017. Publication date: June 14 2018
Mr Kosuge's PROMs for Rivers Hospital patients' specifically show that at six months after a hip replacement:
Oxford Hip Socre - 43.5 with an average gain of 23.68 from pre-operative score.
Mr Kosuge is the recipient of a "Certificate of Excellence" from iWantGreatCare. Read some feedback here that Mr Kosuge has received from his patients left on iWantGreatCare.
For more information on Mr Kosuges practice, please visit his personal website here.
Professional Memberships
British Orthopaedic Association
Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Academic Background
Mr Kosuge obtained a Bachelor in Medical Sciences (BMedSci) during his time at The University of Nottingham and completed a laboratory based medical research project which culminated in his first medical publication. He has since maintained his interest in academic writing and has written chapters for several orthopaedic textbooks and published numerous articles in peer reviewed journals. Since 2010, he has also been a reviewer for The Bone & Joint Journal which enables him to maintain skills required for the critical analysis of scientific articles and keep up to date with the latest in orthopaedic research.
Based at
NHS base
The Princess Alexandra Hospital
GMC Number
6054877
Clinic Timetable
Clinical interests
Primary Total Hip Replacement, Complex Total Hip Replacement, Revision Total Hip Replacement, Primary Total Knee Replacement, Knee Arthroscopy, Trauma.
Mr Kosuge developed his passion for Trauma & Orthopaedics as a junior doctor and pursued this by enrolling onto the North-East Thames Percival Pott Orthopaedic Training Programme. His training took him to prestigious centres including The Royal London Hospital, The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital. He was inspired by a number of his excellent trainers to focus on the subspecialty of hip and knee joint replacements.
Following completion of specialist training in the United Kingdom, he enrolled onto and successfully completed a one-year fellowship at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Australia under the auspices of Professor Donald Howie. This fellowship allowed Mr Kosuge to refine his skills in hip and knee joint replacements, as well as revision hip replacements. During his orthopaedic training, he was the recipient of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) Zimmer Adult Reconstruction Hips and Knees Fellowship in 2014, the AOTrauma Fellowship in 2013 and the Tohoku University Orthopaedic Visiting Fellowship in 2010 – and utilised his time visiting, learning and exchanging ideas with centres of excellence in Japan.
Mr Kosuge's patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) for primary hip and knee replacements was published in 2017 in the British Orthopaedic Association's Journal of Trauma & Orthopaedics (Volume 5 Issue 1). At six months, the health gains of his patients are above national averages for both hip and knee replacements.
Oxford Hip Score – 39.1 with an average gain of 23.6 from pre-operative score (national average gain 21.4*)
Oxford Knee Score – 36.9 with an average gain of 17.8 from pre-operative score (national average gain 16.1*)
*NHS Digital - Finalised Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in England - April 2017 to December 2017. Publication date: June 14 2018
Mr Kosuge's PROMs for Rivers Hospital patients' specifically show that at six months after a hip replacement:
Oxford Hip Socre - 43.5 with an average gain of 23.68 from pre-operative score.
Mr Kosuge is the recipient of a "Certificate of Excellence" from iWantGreatCare. Read some feedback here that Mr Kosuge has received from his patients left on iWantGreatCare.
For more information on Mr Kosuges practice, please visit his personal website here.
Professional Memberships
British Orthopaedic Association
Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Academic Background
Mr Kosuge obtained a Bachelor in Medical Sciences (BMedSci) during his time at The University of Nottingham and completed a laboratory based medical research project which culminated in his first medical publication. He has since maintained his interest in academic writing and has written chapters for several orthopaedic textbooks and published numerous articles in peer reviewed journals. Since 2010, he has also been a reviewer for The Bone & Joint Journal which enables him to maintain skills required for the critical analysis of scientific articles and keep up to date with the latest in orthopaedic research.