Ian McDermott: Knee Specialist, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, London

Specialist in knee surgery and sports injuries; knee arthroscopy, meniscal repair and replacement, ligament reconstruction, knee replacements and revision surgery.  

Mr McDermott MB BS, MS FRCS(Orth), FFSEM(UK), practises at London Sports Orthopaedics, situated at the London Bridge Hospital, in South East London. He is also Honorary Professor Associate, Brunel University School of Sport & Education.

Mr McDermott undertook his medical training at St Bartholomew’s Medical School and completed his specialist orthopaedic training in the North West Thames Deanery. He was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Ealing Hospital, but has now left the NHS and works exclusively as a private specialist in the independent sector.

Membership of professional associations

Mr McDermott holds the following professional positions:

• Honorary Professor Associate, Brunel University School of Sport & Education

• Council Member and Trustee of the Royal College of Surgeons

• Chairman of the Royal College’s Medical Student Liaison Committee

• Fellow and Council Member of the Faculty of Sports & Exercise Medicine

• Member of the Orthopaedic Subcommittee of the Central Consultants and Specialists Committee of the British Medical Association

• Board Member of the Federation of Independent Practitioners Organisations

• Honorary Secretary of the UK Meniscal Study Group 

He is a member of the following associations:

• The British Association for Surgery of the Knee

• The British Orthopaedic Association

• The British Orthopaedic Research Society

• The European Meniscal Transplantation Study Group

• The UK Meniscal Study Group

Clinical interests and treatments

Mr McDermott specialises in knee surgery and sports injuries, in particular covering:

• Knee arthroscopy - meniscal surgery (meniscal repair and replacement)

• Knee ligament reconstructions

• Knee replacements and revision surgery

Research interests

Mr McDermott is an Honorary Professor Associate at Brunel University in the School of Sport and Education. In 2003 he was awarded the British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) President’s Medal for his research into Meniscal Repair. In 2004 Mr McDermott was awarded a Master of Surgery Higher Degree for his work on ‘The Biomechanics of Meniscal Transplantation’.

Publications 

Mr McDermott has given numerous presentations at both national and international levels and has published extensively, particularly in the field of meniscal surgery of the knee. Some of his key papers include:

• “A Biomechanical study of 4 different meniscal repair systems, comparing pullout strengths and gapping across the repair site under cyclical loading.”
  ID McDermott, S Richards, P Hallam, S Tavares & AA Amis
  Knee Surgery, Traumatology, Arthroscopy 2003; 11 (1): 23-29

• “An anatomical study of meniscal allograft sizing.”
  ID McDermott, F Sharifi, AMJ Bull, CM Gupte, R deW Thomas & AA Amis
  Knee Surgery, Traumatology, Arthroscopy 2004; 12(2): 130-135

• “Human meniscal allograft transplantation.”
  ID McDermott & NP Thomas
  The Knee 2006; 13(1): 69 – 71

• “Meniscal tears.”
  ID McDermott
  Current Orthopaedics 2006; 20(2): 85 – 94 

• “The consequences of meniscectomy.”
  ID McDermott & AA Amis
  Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2006; 88-B(12): 1549 – 1556

Contact details

London Sports Orthopaedics

The London Bridge Hospital Diagnostic Centre

31 Old Broad Street

London

EC2N 1HT

Tel: 08445 617157

Fax: 0207 4963596

E-mail: london@sportsortho.co.uk

Website: www.sportsortho.co.uk

GMC Number:                3581562             Check this doctor's GMC registration

Date of Registration:    1 Aug 1993

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