Mr Gavin Schaller

Mr Schaller is a hand & wrist surgeon, dual fellowship trained in both plastic and orthopaedic hand and wrist surgery. He works at West Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, performing both clinics and surgical lists.

Mr Schaller began his medical career at Imperial College, London, where he was awarded his MBBS. He went on to qualify from the prestigious Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) training program, gaining his FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics) from the Royal College of Surgeons (Eng.) and has been awarded the European Diploma of Hand Surgery.
Following completion of his orthopaedic training, Mr Schaller undertook dual fellowships in plastic and orthopaedic hand and wrist surgery, with fellowships in the renowned Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital.

Mr Schaller is widely published in both peer-reviewed journals and textbooks and has experience in both clinical and laboratory-based research, remaining active in the field.
With the little free time he has, Gavin can be found spending quality time with his young family or cross-country running.

Member of British Society for Surgery of the Hand.

Royal College of Surgeons 

Schaller G, Pickford M June 2022

Secondary Flexor Tendon Reconstructive Options; A Review

Book Chapter in Tendon Disorders of the Hand and Wrist, IFSSH/FESSH Instructional Book

Schaller G, Cuthbert R, Puvanendran A, Morgan B, Ravencroft M, Sandher D, Makki D Feb 2022

Shoulder Arthroplasty in the Elderly: Patient Reported Outcomes and Range of Motion

in Anatomical Vs Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement

Cureus 14(5): e24657. doi:10.7759/cureus.24657

Dean B, Imam M, Donovan R, Lebe M  Nov 2021

(Schaller G Collaborator)

The Management of Suspected Scaphoid Fractures in the UK: A National Cross Sectional Study

Bone and Joint Open 2021 Nov; 2(11):997-1003

Crane E, Schaller G, Bergstrom M, Leivadiotou D, Simpson A  Feb 2021

How Active are UK Based Doctors?

Bulletin, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons 2021 May; 103(3): 139-143

Schaller G, Nayar S, Erotocritou M, Overton A, Stelzhammer T, Berber O         Sept 2020

Efficacy of Surgical Helmet Systems for Protection Against COVID-19, 

A Double Blinded Randomised Control Trial

International Orthopaedics 2020 Sept; 8: 1-4