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Unofficial Guide to Medicine – Poster Competition
During the Orthopaedic Crash Course day it was a pleasure to run a poster competition Students were asked to make a poster based on my soft tissue knee talk and post it to twitter or Instagram. All the entries were of a very high standard and picking a winner was...
Orthopaedic Surgical Team wins the NHS Golden Jubilee Project Recognition award
I am delighted to announced that the Orthopaedic Team have won an award for Day Case Arthroplasty The whole team including theatre staff, Anaesthetics, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, the patient, Nursing staff and administration have come together to get this...
Back to Face-to-Face Teaching
In September I had the joy of Teaching with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow on their Basic Surgical Skills Course and the Basic Fracture Course. Over 3 days I was able to teach many future surgeons some of the principles of safe surgery for any...
MAKO Certification
I am delighted to announce that I am now a MAKO certified surgeon for Total/Unicompartmental Knee Replacement. This technology allows for more accurate implant position while minimising soft tissue damage. This should lead to a reduced length of stay, faster recovery...
Hill Walking
Having a balance between work and home life is important Scotland has some of the most amazing countryside and it is right on your doorstep. On a day off recently I was able to drop my daughter off at school go climb ‘The Cobbler’ also known as Ben Arthur and be back...
Unofficial Guide to Medicine – Orthopaedic Podcast Series
It was a pleasure to record a miniseries of podcasts with Lauren from the Unofficial Guide. We went through a career in T&O, many questions you wanted answered as well as a discussion on Orthopaedic OSCES. Check out the podcast below...





