About Sean O’Leary

Sean’s medical training was at Cambridge University and St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington. His specialist orthopaedic training began in NW London and culminated in Fellowships in knee surgery in both Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. He has been a consultant at the Royal Berkshire Hospital since 2002 and was Clinical Director in 2010/11.

Sean specialises in all aspects of knee surgery, including arthroscopic (key-hole) surgery, ligament (ACL) reconstruction, realignment surgery (osteotomy) and partial / total joint replacement. He has a strong interest in sports knee injuries.

His research work and editorials have been published in numerous Orthopaedic Journals. He was the surgical lead to redesign instruments for the LINK (St Georg) unicompartmental (partial) knee replacement and hosted many instructional courses for consultants from both the UK and Europe.

He was a key figure in establishing the UK National Ligament Registry in 2013, which monitors the outcome of (UK) ACL reconstruction procedures and was Chairman from 2013-16. In addition, Sean is working with Tim Briggs and NHS England to develop a mandated National Implant Registry which will incorporate all existing UK Orthopaedic Registries.

Most of his early years were spent playing sport – athletics, basketball (National League, Plymouth Raiders) and rugby. He played with Wasps, Bath, Saracens, Barbarians and the England ‘B’ team (1988-91). More recently he has turned his attentions to (old man) indoor rowing (British Indoor Championship), cycling and the occasional real ale

​Please note: Mr O’Leary consults all day on a Monday & an occasional Wednesday afternoon. He operates on a Tuesday.