Krissen Chettiar is an expert in lower limb surgery and trauma reconstruction, particularly hip and knee replacement and revision. He earned his medical degree from Imperial College London and holds a BSc in Neuroscience and an MSc in Medical Law and Ethics. His orthopaedic training in the South East included developing an accelerated recovery joint replacement program. He completed fellowships in joint reconstruction and trauma at Frimley Park Hospital and the University of Calgary. Active in teaching and research, he has published extensively and presented nationally and internationally.

Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford and Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup since 2013

• MBBS BSc (Hons) St Mary's Hospital in Paddington Imperial College, 2000
• FRCS (Tr & Orth) RUniversity of Calgary, Canada 2013

• General Medical Council (GMC number): 4742940
• British Orthopaedic Association
• British Hip Society

• Bilateral, simultaneous pneumococcal septic arthritis of the knees: A normal immune system, an unknown source Thomas Whitehead-Clarke, Raj Singavarapu, Abhinav Gulihar, Krissen Chettiar BMJ Case Reports 2016:bcr2016214980 May 2016
• Use of leucocyte esterase reagent strips in the diagnosis or exclusion of prosthetic joint infection Roozbeh Shafafy, William McClatchie, Krissen Chettiar, Kathryn Gill, R Hargrove, Sabastian Sturridge, Andrea Guyot Bone and Joint Journal 97-B(9):1232-6) Sep 2015
• Open reduction internal fixation of lateral humeral condyle fractures in children. A series of 105 fractures from a single institution Andreas Leonidou, Krissen Chettiar, Simon Graham, Pouya Akhbari, Konstantinos Antonis, Eleftherios Tsiridis, Omiros Leonidou Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction 9(2) Jul 2014
• A Multidisciplinary Enhanced Recovery Programme Allows Discharge within Two days of Total Hip Replacement; Three- to Five-Year Results of 100 Patients Sebastian Dawson-Bowling, Shilpa Jha, Krissen Chettiar, Debra J East, Gerard C Gould, Hugh Apthorp Hip International: the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Research on Hip Pathology and Therapy 24(2) Jan 2014
• Are Patients' Expectations of Recovery After Hip and Knee Replacement Similar to Those of the Surgeons? Amit Atrey, Harinderjeet Sandhu, David Butt, Krissen Chettiar, Adrian Butler-Manuel, RN Slater Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of England 95(2):1-3 Feb 2013
• How to get the most of Short Courses Rahij Anwar, Krissen Chettiar, Zameer Shah, Philip Housden DOI:10.1136/bmj.e6524 Oct 2012
• Tibio-talo-calcaneo fusion using a locked intramedullary compressive nail Krissen Chettiar, Sumon Halder, Bowman Nicholas, Howard Cottam, Armitage Andrew, Skyrme Andrew Foot and Ankle Surgery 17(4):228-32 Dec 2011
• The Use of Collagen Injections in the Treatment of Metatarsalgia: A Case Report Baljinder Singh Dhinsa, Nick Bowman, Yateen Morar, Krissen Chettiar, Laura Wiffen, Andrew Armitage, Andrew Skyrme The Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery 49(6):565.e5-7 Nov 2010
• The use of ultrasound-guided wire localisation in orthopaedics Krissen Chettiar, Neshe Sriskandan, S Thiagaraj, A U Desai, K Ross, David Howlett Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume 91(5):659-61 Jun 2009
• Troponin T as a predictive marker of morbidity in patients with fractured neck of femur Sebastian Dawson-Bowling, Krissen Chettiar, Howard Cottam, Richard Worth, Justin Forder, Isobel Fitzgerald O’Connor, David Walker, Hugh Apthorp Injury 39(7):775-80 Aug 2008
• Supracondylar periprosthetic femoral fractures following total knee arthroplasty: Treatment with a retrograde intramedullary nail Krissen Chettiar, Mark P Jackson, J Brewin, D Dass, P A Butler-Manuel International Orthopaedics 33(4):981-5 Jul 2008
• Case report: Overnight hospital stay for minimally invasive bilateral total hip arthroplasty I.A. Findlay, Krissen Chettiar, J.L. Stenhouse, A.J. Slater, Hugh Apthorp Hip International: the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Research on Hip Pathology and Therapy 16(3):232-3 Jul 2006
• Retroperitoneal myolipoma Kasim A Behranwala, Krissen Chettiar, Mona El-Bahrawy, Gordon Stamp, Ajay K Kakkar World Journal of Surgical Oncology 3(1):72 Dec 2005
• Morphine disrupts long-range synchrony of gamma oscillations in hippocampal slices Miles A Whittington, Roger D Traub, H J Faulkner, John Jefferys, Krissen Chettiar Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95(10):5807-11 May 1998