Miss Umarji is a fully accredited Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon who sub-specialises exclusively in Hand and Wrist Surgery. She is currently the Clinical Director for Surgery at St George’s Hospital, London—one of Europe’s leading teaching hospitals and a designated Major Trauma Centre. She previously served as Clinical Director for Trauma and Orthopaedics from 2014 to 2019.
Miss Umarji graduated from the University of Oxford in 1996. Her postgraduate training included rotations at Cambridge University, Bristol, and the St George’s registrar programme in London. She completed advanced super-specialist fellowship training in hand and wrist surgery at the Windsor Hand Clinic under the internationally renowned Mr David Evans, as well as at the prestigious Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, a leading specialist plastics and hand surgery unit.
Clinical Interests and Expertise
Miss Umarji is committed to delivering holistic, patient-centred care and will always prioritise non-operative and minimally invasive treatments wherever appropriate before considering surgery. Her research interests include Dupuytren’s disease, and at her NHS base she was Principal Investigator for a national, multi-centre clinical trial exploring non-operative treatment options and emerging techniques, including collagenase (Xiapex) injections. She has published on steroid injections in the hand and wrist, hand and wrist injuries, and arthritis of the hand.
Working within a Major Trauma Centre has provided Miss Umarji with extensive experience in managing complex and devastating hand and wrist injuries, as well as simple and complex fractures and their complications. She is pleased to offer expert second opinions on complex hand and wrist conditions, in addition to treating more common problems such as carpal tunnel syndrome, osteoarthritis and inflammatory arthritis, tendon disorders, and nerve compression syndromes.
A former national-level rugby and cricket player with ten Oxford Blues, Miss Umarji has a strong understanding of the physical demands of sport and the importance of timely, safe return to performance. Many of her patients are high-level athletes, including rowers, tennis players, and rugby players. She has a particular interest in sports-related hand and wrist injuries, such as scapholunate ligament injuries, TFCC tears, and exertional forearm conditions.
Personal Interests
Miss Umarji lives in Wimbledon with her family and is actively involved in the local community. She is a rugby coach for the Under-12 boys at Wimbledon Rugby Club and also undertakes coaching and umpiring roles at Wimbledon Cricket Club. Outside of work, she enjoys rugby, cricket, and tennis, and is a playing member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).