Rupert Wharton is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeon at New Victoria Hospital and holds his NHS practice at Kingston Hospital.  He has an interest in sports injuries and degenerative conditions of the hand and wrist, and works closely with hand therapy colleagues to ensure all non-operative solutions have been tried before considering surgery. 

He trained on the North West Thames Rotation, and ranked first in Trauma and Orthopaedics national selection 2014.

He has a subspecialty and research interest in hand, wrist and elbow surgery following fellowships at the internationally renowned Wrightington Upper Limb Unit, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and at the Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Derby.

He was awarded the Soli Lam Travelling Fellowship by the British Orthopaedic Association to the prestigious Institut Kaplan, Barcelona, and Institut de la Main, Paris.

He is an alumnus of the British Orthopaedic Association's Future Leaders Programme 2022, and he is an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve with a keen interest in leadership in healthcare and in the operating theatre.

He has sat on the BOTA committee as Publicity Officer and produced the JOINT annual journal. He represented BOTA to the British Orthopaedic Association Professional Practice and Patient Liaison Committees.

He is married with three children and lives in South-West London.  He is a keen cyclist, skier, tennis and hockey player, and understands the importance of rapid return to sport for the enjoyment of life!