Surgeons and staff //

Simon Thomas | MA, FRCS​

​Children's Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children & Bristol Children's Orthopaedic Group.

Appointed as Consultant Surgeon in 2007. Completed medical training at Cambridge University and Barts Hospital, London. Specialist surgical training in Oxford and fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.

Married with 3 young children; keen dinghy sailor, cyclist and occasional triathlete.

Simon is not currently seeing new patients at Spire due to other commitments.

Guy Atherton | MA, FRCS​

Children's Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children & Bristol Children's Orthopaedic Group.

Appointed as Consultant Surgeon in 2004. Completed medical training at Cambridge University and Barts Hospital, London. Specialist surgical training in Nottingham and Leicester followed by fellowship at The Starship Children's Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand.

Married with 3 children, frustrated pianist and occasional marathon runner.  At the weekends, Guy can be found on a windy football pitch in North Somerset coaching his Long Ashton under 10s football team.....

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Guy is not currently seeing new patients at Spire due to other commitments.

Anna Clarke | MBChB, FRCS

Children's Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children & Bristol Children's Orthopaedic Group.

Appointed as Consultant Surgeon in 2014. Completed medical training at Bristol University. Specialist surgical training in Bristol followed by fellowship at The Brisbane Children's Hospital in Queensland, Australia.

Married with 2 children, time away from work spent cycling, playing tennis and striving to create gourmet dishes that her children will actually eat.

James Barnes MBChB, Dip Med Ed

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Children's Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children & Bristol Children's Orthopaedic Group.

Young Adult Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bristol Royal Infirmary & Southmead Hospital

Appointed as Consultant Surgeon in 2014. Completed medical training at Bristol University.  Specialist surgical training in Severn Deanery and fellowship at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.

Married with 3 young children.

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Kay James |

Practice manager for Bristol Children's Orthopaedic Group.

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