Mr GRAEME HOPPER

SECRETARY OF IBISG, UK

Mr Graeme Hopper is a Consultant Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon at Ross Hall Hospital in Glasgow. He specialises entirely in surgery of the knee with a particular expertise in sports knee injuries.

He underwent his fellowship training at the Centre Orthopedique Santy, FIFA Centre of Excellence in Lyon, France. He was also awarded the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) – Chelsea FC Sports Trauma Fellowship, the British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma and Arthroscopy Association (BOSTAA) fellowship, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG) travelling fellowship and the West of Scotland Orthopaedic Research fellowship.

Mr Hopper has a keen interest in clinical research, in particular sports injuries and joint preservation with numerous publications in this area. Indeed, he completed his thesis on ligament repair around the knee using the Internal Brace, for which he was awarded an MD in Sports Medicine. He is also a member of the SANTI (Scientific ACL Network International) Study Group.