About Edward Tayton

Mr Edward Tayton MBBS, FRCS, PGCE, MSc, PhD, is a fully qualified UK trained Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon. He has over 20 years’ experience in Orthopaedics, and now specialises in Hip and Knee surgery. He is a high volume joint replacement specialist, and his results (available on request) are amongst the very best in the country, both in terms of outcome (patient satisfaction), and revision rate (need for further surgery). 

He qualified (with honours) from the University of London in 2002 and completed his higher surgical training in the Wessex region of Southern England.

​Edward has been heavily involved in cutting edge research throughout his training. He has published nearly 30 research articles in top journals.

He initially gained a Master of Science Degree from the University of Cardiff in 2009 for his work on a novel flexible stemmed hip implant to reduce the risk of fracture post hip replacement.

He went on to take up a full-time research position at the University of Southampton where he led a £500 thousand Medical Research Council funded project assessing tissue engineered polymeric scaffolds with stem cells as a method of regenerating lost bone and cartilage. He won numerous prizes for the work including the Translational Research Award and Gauvain Prize, as well as gaining a patent for a novel regenerative scaffold that he developed. He was ultimately awarded a PhD from the University of Southampton in 2014.

His keen research interest remains. He is currently collecting data on the outcomes of his patients undergoing robotic knee replacement compared to the standard technique. The robotic system allows him to align and size knee replacement implants more closely matched to patients individual anatomy. He is also recruiting patients into a trial for a novel method to treat early arthritis in the knee; Genicular artEry embolizatioN in patiEnts with oSteoarthrItiS of the Knee (GENESIS).

He is dedicated to passing on skills to the next generation of surgeons and holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Medical Education (PGCE).  He supervises numerous resident doctors and registrars, as well as offering a post completion of training Fellowship in complex and revision joint replacements. 

​After completing his standard UK training he undertook an international fellowship in Auckland, New Zealand, where he obtained specialist training in complex hip and knee surgery. During this time he gained additional knowledge and skills in computer navigated knee replacement, revision hip and knee replacement, as well as unicompartmental (half) knee replacement. On return to the UK he underwent further sub-specialist training under the guidance of Professor Robert Middleton, learning techniques for the management of complex hip problems and complex revision hip surgery.

Edward is married with a daughter and son, old cat and very bouncy fox red Labrador. He has been a keen runner, completing numerous challenges and marathons in fairly respectable times. Most of his spare time is now spent running around after his children!

Please note: Mr Tayton Consults on Wednesdays (Berkshire Independent Hospital) and Thursdays (Circle and Spire Hospitals), and operates on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.