Personal Profile
Personal Profile
Mr Al-Obaidi was appointed as a Consultant in Orthopaedic and Trauma surgery at Hillingdon and Mount Vernon Hospitals, London in 2020.
He completed his medical studies at the Baghdad College of Medicine and began his training in Jordan. Mr Al-Obaidi continued his senior training under the guide of City Hospital Munich-Harlaching, Germany whilst at the linked Rashid Hospital in Dubai.
Mr Al-Obaidi came to the UK in 2010 to complete an extensive 8 year fellowship at Imperial College London, honing his skills in major complex trauma and elective knee surgery, as well as pelvic and hip surgery. Here, he routinely managed complex trauma cases including complicated limb reconstruction procedures and circular frames. He also developed his skills and acuity in managing difficult hip & knee conditions ranging from arthritis to more complex primary procedures. He went on to complete a diploma in computer assisted robotic surgery in Glasgow.
His main interests are in hip and knee surgery, including complex trauma and the use of robotics. This consists of procedures such as hip and knee arthroplasty (including partial knee arthroplasty), arthroscopic soft tissue knee surgery and managing complex trauma cases, including revision of failed procedures and non-union.
Mr Al-Obaidi has had significant involvement and impact in the education of medical trainees across London. He has had many students attend his trauma seminars and has directly trained many of the surgeons in the region. His passion is clear and has been recognised, having been awarded the prestigious Lipmann Kessel trainer of the year award in 2019 and 2020 for supporting medical education as part of the Northwest London registrar training program.
Mr Al-Obaidi is equipped to provide patients with individualised treatment plans to support them. His expertise in the use of robotics means he is equipped to offer patients minimally invasive surgery with reduced pain and shorter recovery times.
Training:
- Baghdad Medical College, Baghdad
- King Hussein Medical City, Amman
- City Hospital Munich-Harlaching, Germany / Rashid Hospital, Dubai
- Fellowship at St Mary’s Hospital, London, including
Major Complex trauma
Knee surgery
Pelvis & hip surgery
Publications:
- M. Prime, B. Al-Obaidi, Z. Safarfashandi, Y. Lok, R. Mobasheri, M. Akmal; Major Trauma Patients with spinal fractures have more complex injuries than non-major trauma patients.
- S Babu, B Al-Obaidi, A Jardine, S Jonas, N Al-Hadithy, V Satish; A Comparative study of 5 different antibiotic prophylaxis regimes in 4500 total knee replacement.
- B Al-Obaidi, A Wiik, R Bhattacharyya, N Mushtaq, R Bhattacharya; Fibular nails for open and closed ankle fractures; Results from a non-designer level I major trauma centre.
- S Nahas, B Al-Obaidi, A Shearman, H Hodgson, D Nathwani; Focal Knee Resurfacing.
- Anatole Vilhelm Wiik, Dinesh Nathwani, Ahsan Akhtar, Bilal Al‑Obaidi, Robin Strachan, Justin Peter Cobb: The unicompartmental knee is the preferred side in individuals with both a unicompartmental and total knee arthroplasty.
- Ashok Singh, Saif Sait, Yasmeen Khan, Bilal Al-Obaidi, R. bhattacharya: Supra-patellar nailing for isolated closed tibial shaft fractures, medium term functional outcomes from an academic level trauma centre.
- Rahul Bhattacharyya, Bilal Al-Obaidi, Kapil Sugand, R. Bhattacharya, C. Gupte; Evaluating the effectiveness of the Imperial Femoral Intramedullary Nailing Cognitive Task Analysis (IFINCTA) tool in a real-time simulation setting
- Anatole Wiik, Adeel Aqil, Bilal Al-Obaidi, Mads Brevadt, Justin Cobb; The impact of reducing the femoral stem length in total hip arthroplasty during gait; Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery.
