Mr Puneet Monga

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Qualifications: MBBS, MS (Orth), DNB (Orth), MSc, DipSportsMed, FRCS (Tr&Orth), MD 

Puneet took up the Consultant position at Wrightington Hospital in 2011. Having completed the Orthopaedic surgical training rotation in Manchester, he undertook the specialist fellowship at Wrightington Hospital and visiting fellowships at shoulder surgery units at Houston, San Antonio, New York, Zurich and Stockholm as the British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS) fellow and British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) fellow. He has won various prizes and academic distinctions during his career.

Puneet specialises in arthroscopic shoulder surgery, sports injuries and shoulder replacements. His practice is focussed in providing modern, up-to-date, evidence-based care to his patients, backed up by routine audit of outcomes and satisfaction.

Puneet has been the editor-in-chief for the popular book “Diagnostic Clusters in Shoulder Conditions” [Springer, 2017]. He is on the editorial board for the “Journal of Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery” and “Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma”. He reviews scientific articles for many journals including the “American Journal of Sports Medicine”, “Shoulder and Elbow”, “Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons” and “International Journal of Shoulder Surgery”. He also routinely contributes scientific work to national and international conferences and scientific journals.

Puneet is a member of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS), Royal College of Surgeons (RCSEd), British Medical Association (BMA), European Shoulder and Elbow Society (SECEC) and the Watanabe Shoulder Arthroscopy Society.

He routinely teaches at various regional, national and international courses. He is a convener for the Wrightington shoulder course and the FRCS Orth course. He is the research lead for the Wrightington Master of Surgery (MCh) course.