Timothy James Herbert is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in hand surgery

Hand surgery

The field of hand surgery deals with both surgical and non-surgical treatment of conditions and problems that may take place in the hand or upper extremity including injury and infection. Hand surgery may be practiced by graduates of general surgery, orthopedic surgery and plastic surgery...

. He was born in Sheffield (UK). He is known for his work with the scaphoid bone

Scaphoid bone

The scaphoid bone is one of the carpal bones of the wrist. It is situated between the hand and forearm on the thumb-side of the wrist . The scaphoid bone is the largest bone of the proximal row of wrist bones, its long axis being from above downward, lateralward, and forward...

 and related invention, the Herbert screw

Herbert screw

The Herbert screw is a variable pitch cannulated screw typically made from titanium for its stainless properties as the screw is normally intended to remain in the patient indefinitely. It became generally available in 1978....

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He received his medical training at Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School in London

London

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 (1959–1964) and his specialty training at St. George's Hospital in London, under Alan Apley. Since 1975 he was with the Hand Surgery Unit at St. Luke's Hospital in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and became Director of that section. He retired in 1996.