Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon
St Helens and Knowsley NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Knee Surgeon
Research interests
Knee ligament surgery
Improving outcomes of total knee replacements
Gluteal tendon reconstruction
Anterior knee pain post trauma
Personal interests
I am a triathlete and member of MerseyTri.
Awards received
School of Surgery Excellence in Education Award 2019-2020
Honours in St Andrews University
Publications
Manipulation under anaesthetic following total knee arthroplasty: Predicting stiffness and outcome.
J Orthop Sure: 2018;26(3)
Medium-Term (5-Year) Comparison of the Functional Outcomes of Combined Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Posterolateral Corner Reconstructions With Isolated Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.
Arthroscopy: 2014;7:811-7.
The effect of leg length discrepancy upon load distribution in the static phase (standing). Gait and Posture. 2014;40:561-3.
Causes of successful medico-legal claims following amputation.
Vascular. 2014;22:346-9.
Non-operative management of a Talar Body fracture in a skeletally immature patient.
Acta Orthop Belg 2008;74:137-40.
The severity and prediction of anterior knee post tibial nail insertion.
J Orthop Trauma. 2007;21(6):381-5.
CT guided embolization of an isolated internal iliac artery aneurysm 8 years after AAA repair. J Endovasc Ther 2006;13:561-4.
Book Chapters
Chapter 6: Lower Limb. Orthopaedics for Finals and Foundation.
1st Edition, November 2012.
Chapter 9: A Career in Orthopaedics; strong as an ox and twice as bright?
1st Edition, November 2012.
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) and Postero-Lateral Corner (PLC) reconstruction; patient information leaflet. University Hospitals Aintree.
High Tibial Osteotomy; patient information leaflet. Warrington and Halton NHS Trust.
Non-Peer Reviewed Articles
A year with the BMA.
British Orthopaedic Trainees Yearbook 2011-12:106.
“What have the Romans ever done for us?”
British Orthopaedic Trainees Yearbook 2011-12:107.
Pay Freeze Deepens.
Surgeons News. April 2011:66-7.
Training in uncertain times.
Surgeons News. January 2011:74-5.
Lateral plantar nerve injury following steroid injection for Plantar Fasciitis.
Helix Review Series: Neuropathic pain 2006:10(9);10-12.
Courses offered to GPs
Alternative treatments to total knee arthroplasty.
Update on soft tissue knee surgery.
Trochanteric bursitis and lateral thigh pain: diagnosis and treatments.
