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Specialises in

• Hand & Wrist

• Shoulder & Elbow

About me

I am an Orthopaedic Consultant with over 20 years of surgical experience.

I qualified in London at University College Hospital and the Middlesex in 1992.

I did my registrar training on the North West Thames rotation and subspecialised in Upper Limb Surgery undertaking a British Orthopaedic Association approved fellowship with Professor Greg Bain in Adelaide.

I am currently a Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at Queen’s Hospital, Burton.

My special interest is in upper limb; elbow and hand for both adult and paediatrics.

British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) Fellow.

I am Honorary Senior Lecturer at Aston University being an Associate Program Director and Module Lead for the first taught course the Masters in Orthopaedics at the new medical school.

I am a keen educationalist, training junior doctors at all grades. Due to finish my masters in Medical Education at Warwick University 2017.

I have published in worldwide literature with over 96 articles on research gate and 48 on PubMed covering a wide range of orthopaedic topics.

I have been Associate Medical Director and Surgical Tutor for the Royal College of Surgeons.

I am an ATLS and Trace course instructor for the Royal College of Surgeons and have co-directed the ATLS course in Burton for the last 2 years.

I am on the council of the British Association of Clinical Anatomists and will be hosting the Winter Meeting for this group in Burton in December 2017.

I have undertaken some work in disaster areas during my training including Azerbaijan.

I am an ultra-marathon runner completing the Pembrokshire 100 miler this year raising money for prostate cancer.

Areas of interest

My areas of expertise include upper limb operations; shoulder replacement; arthroscopy; fracture fixation in elbows and wrists; carpal and cubital tunnel decompression; transposition of ulnar nerve, tennis and golfer's elbow release, trigger finger and thumb release, fusion of wrist and fingers; trapeziectomy; miscellaneous others

Medical secretaries

• Susan Gallagher
• Queens Hospital Belvedere Road Burton-On-Trent DE13 0RB
• 01283 511511
• susangallagher@nhs.net