Dr Nicola Maffulli

HBG Medical Center is proud and privileged to have Professor Nicola Maffulli, one of the world’s most respected and influential sports-injury surgeons, as part of our specialist faculty. Internationally recognised as an authority in Sports Medicine, Sports Knee Surgery, Foot and Ankle Surgery, and complex Tendon Reconstruction, Professor Maffulli brings unmatched surgical expertise, academic distinction, and innovation to our center.

Professor Maffulli served as a Medical Consultant for ACF Fiorentina, one of Italy’s premier football clubs, and has an extensive history of treating elite and professional athletes.  Professor Maffulli has been a consultant for Chelsea FC, Stoke FC, Fulham FC, and has operated on professional and elite athletes who successfully returned to high level sport, taking part in European and World Championships and the Olympics.

His global reputation was further highlighted when he was selected by the London Organising Committee to lead the Orthopaedic Sports Foot and Ankle Surgery Service for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. He also coordinated the medical services for the World University Games of 2018

A leader in his field, Professor Maffulli is a former President of the British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma Association

He is also the President of the European College of Sport and Exercise Physicians and of the Italian Society for Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons.

He serves on numerous international committees in Sports Medicine and Trauma & Orthopaedics. Editor in Chief of the Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research and of the British Medical Bulletin, Prof Maffulli sits on the Editorial Boards of more than 10 major journals, helping shape the global direction of research and practice in his specialty.

With more than 1700 peer-reviewed publications and 12 authored or edited textbooks, including the landmark Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Surgery, Professor Maffulli is one of the most prolific and influential orthopedic researchers in the world. He has pioneered over 50 minimally invasive and endoscopic surgical techniques that are now used internationally.

In 2025, the Stanford University ranking has put Prof Maffulli at the most influential Orthopaedic Surgeon and Sports Surgeon in the world for the second consecutive year.

Professor Maffulli has a special interest in the medical and surgical management of complex ligament, tendon, and sports-related injuries of both the upper and lower limbs. His surgical expertise includes:
•       Combined ACL and anterolateral ligament reconstruction
•       Patellofemoral instability
•       Patellar tendinopathy
•       Patellar tendon and quadriceps tendon ruptures
•       Surgical management of hamstring tears
•       Patellar tendon reconstruction after total knee arthroplasty
•       Progressive adult-acquired flatfoot surgery
•       Acute Achilles tendon tears (percutaneous repair under local anaesthesia)
•       Chronic Achilles tears with minimally invasive tendon transfers
•       Minimally invasive hallux valgus correction
•       Hallux rigidus surgery with interposition arthroplasty
•       Minimally invasive tennis elbow surgery
•       Implant-free minimally invasive repair of distal biceps tendon tears

Professor Maffulli combines scientific innovation with world-class surgical precision, offering patients—athletes and non-athletes alike—unparalleled expertise and outcomes at the highest international standard.