Ziali Sivardeen is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who has been fortunate enough to assess Elite Level
Athletes, Royal Family, World Cup Winners, and Celebrities during his career.
During the London 2012 Olympics, Mr Sivardeen worked at the Olympic Athlete’s Village and had
the honour of being selected as the Surgeon who operated on all Olympians and ParaOlympians that
required Shoulder or Elbow Surgery during the Games. Due to his role, Mr Sivardeen was invited to a
special reception in Buckingham Palace.

He has seen  and helped manage many athletes with Knee Problems, including those linked to
Premiership Football Clubs, and has treated many sports people with ACL injuries, cartilage and
meniscal tears.

Mr Sivardeen  has held  important positions training other surgeons, representing the prestigious
Royal Colleges Of Surgeons, first as  a Tutor from 2010-2014, before being appointed as one of  two
Regional Surgical Advisors for London. In 2015, he organised the  pan London Sports and Exercise
Medicine teaching programme, and now is an Examiner for the Prestigious Intercollegiate Fellowship
of the Royal Colleges of  Surgeons (FRCS exams).   He has been a member of the Specialist Training
Committee for Sports and Exercise Medicine Trainees in London from 2009 to 2015, so played an
important part helping to develop this new speciality.

His research interests include orthopaedic  shoulder and knee problems, including sports injuries in
elite rugby  players. At the main World Shoulder and Elbow Meeting (ISCES) in 2010 his research was
the only piece from the UK that was short-listed for the best prize and he was invited to give an
educational talk to other surgeons from around world at the next World Shoulder and Elbow
Meeting (ISCES)  held in Japan in 2013.

He has organsied many London Sports Injury Symposia and  has been invited around the world to
deliver lectures, and master classes teaching other surgeons, consultants and practitioners.