Michail Kokkinakis

Biography

Michail has been a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital since 2015.

He is the head of adolescent hip preservation surgery while he has an additional subspecialty clinical and academic interest in the modern management of orthopaedic problems in children with spinal muscular atrophy and cerebral palsy including treatment of complex paediatric feet pathologies.

In 2026, he was appointed adjunct clinical reader (associate professor) in paediatric orthopaedic surgery at King’s College London.

He is leading clinical innovation research projects in the NHS including cutting edge technologies such as 3D printing, virtual and augmented reality as well as surgical advances in paediatric orthopaedics. 

He is an ordinary member of the British Society for Children's Orthopaedic Surgery (BSCOS), the British Society for Surgery in Cerebral Palsy (BSSCP) and the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (EPOS).

He is Chair of the Cerebral Palsy Integrated Pathway for South East of England (CPIPSE), executive member of the European neuromuscular study group (EPOS) and co-Chair of UK’s national working group for hip displacement in Children with SMA (SMA CARE UK).

He was also been appointed Chair of expert committees to produce national orthopaedic guidelines for children in the UK, e.g. management of “The Paediatric Flatfoot” and “Hip Displacement in Spinal Muscular Atrophy” (on behalf of BSCOS and BSSCP).

He has been involved in UK’s Government consultation for various national healthcare matters (i.e. transition in patients with cerebral palsy, orthopaedic management of children with spinal muscular atrophy).   

In 2025, he received the highest level of National Clinical Impact Awards (N3-NCIA) from the Department of Health and Social Care for his sustained long-term commitment and dedication to the NHS.