Meet the Team
Tahir Khan
Mr. Tahir Khan is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon currently working at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore in the Young Adult Hip Unit.
Tahir Khan was appointed as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Central Manchester University Hospitals in October 2002, where he established a high quality lower limb and childrens’ orthopaedic surgery practice before relocating to Stanmore in May 2013. Mr. Khan trained in the north-west of England (Sheffield, Birmingham and Manchester) and undertook specialist fellowship training in the USA, Toronto, Canada, and Mainz, Germany.
His experience and interests include children’s orthopaedics, realignment osteotomies, hip pain in children, adolescents and young adults. Mr. Khan is particularly interested in hip preservation surgery and offers arthroscopic hip surgery and osteotomies around the hip joint.
Mr. Khan has always enjoyed the interaction with patients and takes time to discuss all treatment options, looking at alternatives and explaining things clearly.
Read morePaediatric Orthopaedics
- Congenital and acquired deformity and disability
- Ponseti method for correction of Congenital Talipes Equino Varus (CTEV) or Club Foot Deformity
- Positional foot deformities eg: Metatarsus Adductus
- Paediatric fractures
- Neuromuscular disease
- Hip dysplasia
Yound Adult Hip
- Hip Arthroscopy
- Peri acetabular osteotomy (PAO)
- Femoral Osteotomy
Research interests
- Hip preservation surgery
Achievements/ publications
- Reviewer: Bone and Joint Journal 2013
- Examiner; Intercollegiate Board Tr & Orth December 2009
- American - British - Canadian (ABC) Fellowship May/June 2004
- Royal College of Surgeons Travelling Fellowship 1995
- Best Research paper; Sheffield 1997
- Published more than 30 peer reviewed papers

Jean Taylor
Jean has over 25 years of experience as a Medical Secretary/Practice Manager both in the NHS and Private sector looking after consultants within various medical specialities, managing, coordinating their practice ensuring things run smoothly.
The majority of her experience has been within the NHS as a Medical Secretary for over 10 years but more recently in the last 15 years, she has been employed in the Private sector as a Practice Manager. In this regard, she has taken care of different types of consultants within various medical specialties, managing and co-ordinating their practice and ensuring things run smoothly. Given her strong customer service background and experience in dealing with sensitive situations, Jean’s approach to her duties have always focused on guaranteeing the best possible patient experience and ensuing that the patient’s expectations and outcomes are realised. Her overall general interest in the health industry has motivated Jean to continually develop and evolve her skill sets to meet the ever, changing expectations of the medical professionals she supports and the patients she looks after.
