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Steve Gwilym
MBBS, BSc, DPhil, FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Associate Professor & Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford
Optimising outcomes following upper limb injuries
Steve Gwilym is an academic clinician with specific interest in optimising the treatment of problems with the arm and shoulder. Professor Gwilym holds a number of research grants, investigating problems of the arm and shoulder including fractures (HUSH, PROFHER-2, AO upper limb outcomes), shoulder pain (SPIRIT) and tendon disease (CZI tendon seed).
Professor Gwilym graduated from University College, London in 2000 having previously obtained a First Class degree in Human Sciences, with a focus on the neurophysiology of pain. After basic surgical training in London and Oxford he entered specialist Orthopaedic training in Oxford in 2004. He was awarded a DPhil (PhD) from Oxford University for his thesis titled “Investigating the phenotype and mechanisms of chronic pain in musculoskeletal disease”.
During 2012 Stephen completed specialist fellowships in both Trauma, and Shoulder & Elbow surgery at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Australia . He then travelled to numerous centres of excellence throughout Europe, as part of a British Elbow & Shoulder Society travelling Fellowship (BESS).
Key publications
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Public priorities for osteoporosis and fracture research: results from a general population survey.
Journal article
Paskins Z. et al, (2017), Arch osteoporos, 12
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The use of computer adaptive tests in outcome assessments following upper limb trauma: a systematic review.
Journal article
Jayakumar P. et al, (2018), Bone joint j, 100-B, 693 - 702
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A Systematic Review of Outcome Measures Assessing Disability Following Upper Extremity Trauma.
Journal article
Jayakumar P. et al, (2017), J am acad orthop surg glob res rev, 1
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Arthroscopic subacromial decompression for subacromial shoulder pain (CSAW): a multicentre, pragmatic, parallel group, placebo-controlled, three-group, randomised surgical trial.
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Beard DJ. et al, (2018), Lancet, 391, 329 - 338
Recent publications
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A UK-based consensus exercise to determine the most acceptable method of suprascapular nerve block injection for people consulting with rotator cuff disorders
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Gwilym S. et al, (2025), Shoulder and elbow
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British Elbow and Shoulder Society patient care pathway: Frozen shoulder
Journal article
Rupani N. and Gwilym SE., (2025), Shoulder & elbow
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Exploring cellular changes in ruptured human quadriceps tendons at single-cell resolution.
Journal article
Mimpen JY. et al, (2025), J physiol
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BESS Patient Care Pathway: Frozen Shoulder
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Gwilym S. and Rupani N., (2025), Shoulder and elbow
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A comparative study of shoulder replacement outcomes using linked national registry and hospital data from England and Denmark.
Journal article
Valsamis EM. et al, (2025), Bmc med, 23