Professor Damian Griffin

Professor Damian Griffin is one of the most prominent hip surgeons working in the UK today; he is especially known for hip preservation surgery such as hip arthroscopy, labral repair, cartilage reconstruction and hip osteotomies, and for his special expertise in the management of young adults and athletes.

Damian is the Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery at the University of Warwick. He was an undergraduate at Cambridge, a medical student at Oxford, and trained at Harvard, Johns Hopkins and in Dallas in the United States.

Damian was the first clinical professor at Warwick Medical School, and led one of the largest orthopaedic research groups in the UK, developing and testing the effectiveness of new techniques, especially in hip surgery for young people. He is one of the international innovators in minimally invasive surgery in the hip, including arthroscopic (keyhole) repair of injuries, treatment of early arthritis, and the use of stem cells to repair cartilage damage. He was the Director of Education for the International Hip Preservation Society, and built expertise in this new hip surgery across the world.

Damian is an intensely practical surgeon, treated patients from locations in London and Warwick. He has a highly specialised practice treating younger, active people with hip and groin pain. Now focusing entirely on these problems, he treats a wide range of professional and recreational athletes.

Professor Griffin has published more than a hundred books and scientific articles, most dealing with hip problems in young people.

Damian led the most ambitious ever clinical trial of arthroscopy for hip impingement – a £3M study in 31 hospitals in UK and Australia, which was reported in the Lancet in 2018.