Matthew Solan graduated from St Thomas' Hospital, London. He was awarded a British Orthopaedic Association Travelling Fellowship to Dublin and has also worked in South Africa and at the Universities of Johns Hopkins and Maryland, Baltimore, USA.

His special interests are in sports injuries, arthroscopic surgery, forefoot surgery and heel pain / achilles problems.

Mr Solan has published extensively on foot and ankle surgery and maintains an active research interest.

Teaching nationally and internationally he is proud to be part of the Barouk Forefoot Surgery Faculty in Bordeaux. He runs both the UK Forefoot Surgery and Arthroscopy of the Ankle Courses.