Dr Julian Chakraverty

Dr Julian Chakraverty is a Consultant Musculoskeletal and Sports Radiologist at Bristol NHS Group (Bristol Royal Infirmary) and the Fortius Clinic, a FIFA Centre of Excellence. Dr Chakraverty is Lead Doctor at Bath Rugby and provides diagnostic and therapeutic interventions to elite sportsmen and women, serving as reporting radiologist for several professional football, rugby and cricket clubs both in the UK and overseas. He also reports for the UK Sports Institute. He holds an Honorary Senior Lecturer role in Anatomy at the University of Bristol.

Following completion of his radiology training in South Wales, he undertook further specialist training in musculoskeletal radiology at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham. He completed a specialist fellowship in musculoskeletal imaging and intervention in Bristol prior to taking up his consultant post in 2015.

Dr Chakraverty completed core training in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery before commencing his radiology training. He also trained in Osteopathy prior to his medical degree. He has a Postgraduate Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine (distinction award).

Dr Chakraverty has published widely in the peer reviewed osteopathic, orthopaedic, sports medicine and radiology literature. He is a regularly invited speaker, having recently delivered talks both in the UK and internationally with the British Society of Skeletal Radiology (BSSR) and the International Skeletal Society (ISS).