About me
I am a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the National Treatment Centre, Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy, with a specialist interest in complex knee surgery. Alongside my clinical practice, I am also a Clinical Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews.
My medical degree was completed at the University of Manchester, followed by surgical training in the North-West of England and Higher Surgical Training in Trauma and Orthopaedics in Edinburgh. Following CCT, further fellowship training in sports knee surgery and revision lower limb arthroplasty took place centres of excellence in Edinburgh, Australia, and New Zealand. In 2018, I was selected for the prestigious ABC Travelling Fellowship to North America.
From 2017 to 2025, I served as Associate Postgraduate Dean (Quality) with NHS Education for Scotland. I completed an MD(Res) in Orthopaedic Surgery from the University of St Andrews, where my doctoral research examined outcomes and survival following total knee replacement. My current research interests include use routinely collected health data to improve outcomes in lower limb arthroplasty, rapid diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection, management of bone loss in revision knee surgery, and advancing both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and training.
Outside of work I enjoy sports ( mainly Rugby and Cricket ) and hill walking.
Specialisms
- Knee Replacement
- Sports Knee surgery
- Revision Knee replacement
- Complex Knee Surgery General
- Trauma
Qualifications, accolades and professional memberships
- Chair, Scottish Arthroplasty Project (SAP)
- Member, BOA Research Committee
- Member, Specialist Advisory Committee(SAC) T&O
- Deputy Head of School, School of Medicine St Andrews University
