Господин Fabian Norman-Taylor

Mr Norman-Taylor graduated from the University of London in 1988 and completed his orthopaedic training in 2000. He completed an 18 month clinical fellowship in paediatric orthopaedics, and particularly neurodisability, at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne and the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He is orthopaedic surgeon for neurodisability at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

Prior to this he spent 3 years as a consultant at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and over 10 years as a consultant at Evelina London Children’s Hospital. During this time, he has worked with the multidisciplinary teams to develop regional services for children with disabilities, particularly those with severe cerebral palsy, but also the services for spina bifida and other neuromuscular conditions, such as Charcot Marie Tooth. He is part of the team that treats cerebral palsy with selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR). He has set up a Ponseti service for club feet (CTEV), and has also successfully treated a large number of children and teenagers with other foot conditions and hip conditions, such as congenital dislocation of the hip (DDH), Perthes’ disease and slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE). Many of these children have already had some treatment elsewhere, and many are approaching adulthood.

Mr Norman-Taylor is committed to optimising the results from surgery for hip displacement in children with cerebral palsy, and has published and presented his work on this to national and international audiences, winning the British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery best paper award in 2017. His research has included a trial of botulinum toxin for the management of post-operative pain, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

He has taken a keen interest in orthopaedic education and founded the fellowship programme in orthopaedics at Evelina. He is an educational supervisor for the London School of Surgery, and teaches for MRCS and FRCS examinations.

Children with severe cerebral palsy often have multiple medical problems, and Mr Norman-Taylor maintains a multidisciplinary approach at GOSH to maximise patient safety and provide a smooth journey for the child and family. Large numbers of children with neurodisabilities are referred to GOSH every year; this is because of its excellent reputation in this field, and Mr Norman-Taylor is very pleased to be part of that team.