Consultant Podiatric Surgeon
MSc FRCPodS FFPM RCPS (Glasg)
Essex and London
Mr Ewan Kannegieter MSc FRCPodS FFPM RCPS (Glasg) is a Consultant Podiatric Surgeon practising across NHS and private sectors, with specialist expertise in diabetic foot disease, limb salvage, and foot and ankle surgery. His clinical practice encompasses elective and urgent care, advanced surgical decision making, complication management, and multidisciplinary working.
He provides independent medico legal opinion on standards of care, clinical judgement, causation, and prognosis in cases involving foot and ankle pathology. This includes matters arising from delayed diagnosis or referral, management of diabetic foot disease, surgical indication and consent, post operative complications, and the operation of multidisciplinary care pathways.
His medico legal work is informed by senior clinical roles, national leadership positions, and direct involvement in service delivery and governance within UK healthcare. He is instructed in claimant and defendant clinical negligence matters.
Mr Kannegieter has completed accredited expert witness training through Bond Solon and Cardiff University and undertakes medico legal work within the scope of his professional expertise, in accordance with CPR Part 35 and the duties of the expert to the court.
Areas of Clinical Expertise Relevant to Medico-Legal Work:
• Diabetic foot disease, limb salvage and infection management
• Multidisciplinary team pathways and shared clinical decision making
• Elective foot surgery and extended scope practice
• Surgical indication, consent, and risk communication
• Post operative complications, causation and outcome assessment
• Delayed healing and revision surgery
• Governance, audit, and standards of care in NHS and private settings
Completion of accredited Expert Witness Report Writing course (January 2026). Courtroom Skills and Cross- Examination training scheduled. Familiar with duties of an expert witness, including independence, objectivity, and provision of balanced, evidence-based opinion within scope of expertise.
HCPC CH14263 Royal College of Podiatry 15160