Mr Michael Butler
Michael Butler qualified from the London Hospital Medical College in 1996, having attended Cambridge University for his undergraduate studies. After junior doctor jobs, he attended Keogh Barracks and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst to complete Officer Training and then undertook 2 years as a Regimental Medical Officer to an infantry regiment
After basic surgical training, Mr Butler undertook further specialist training at the world-renowned Avon Orthopaedic Centre in Bristol (including trauma surgery at Frenchay Hospital) and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford. He has been an Orthopaedic Consultant on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council since August 2009.
Mr Butler continues to serve in the Armed Forces and holds a consultant appointment at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro and at St Michael’s Hospital in Hayle. Mr Butler has full admitting rights at the Duchy Hospital where he consults and operates on private patients.
Mr Butler works very closely with Mr Stephen Parsons and treats a wide variety of patients for complex problems of the foot and ankle- from high intensity athletes and servicemen and women to the difficult problems in later life of tendon dysfunction and arthritis of the knee and foot and ankle. Mr Butler uses the most modern techniques in foot and ankle surgery.
Mr Butler is also very proud to have very close links with the medical team of the Cornish Pirates, providing assessment, advice and surgery at the Royal Cornwall and Duchy Hospitals when necessary.
Mr Butler is heavily involved in teaching the surgical trainees within the region and is the Training Programme Director for the Pensinsula Deanery.
He has a strong interest in research, publishing and presenting at national and international meetings. He is a Review Board Member for Foot and Ankle Surgery and The Knee and Injury, both international journals in relevant surgical fields.