Posts Tagged ‘Gordon Mackay’
Inspiring trustee visit to The Duncan Hospital, Bihar
Prof Mackay has been operating in a different theatre this week – as a trustee of our supported charity The Duncan Hospital Charitable Trust he has been in India on a visit to The Duncan Hospital in Bihar, catching up on the progress of some of the projects and staff sponsorships that the charity funds.…
Read MoreFootball injuries are the focus in Brazil
Professor Mackay was delighted to be invited to attend the Inaugural Team Physician’s Controversies Meeting in São Paulo, Brazil in September: ‘I had never been to South America, however, I was enticed by a superb Faculty, chaired by Dr Moises Cohen, surgeon to the Brazil national football team. I was amused to be described as…
Read MoreGeorge’s marvellous Christmas tree
We had our very own special Christmas present in the shape of this fantastic Scottish Invention Christmas Tree! It was made by six-year-old George Deacon who is the son of nurse Julie who works with Professor Mackay, who was incredibly flattered to find that George has put his invention – the InternalBrace – on the…
Read MoreNew anterior cruciate ligament surgery to repair skiing knee injuries
Published in The Telegraph, March 30, 2016 By Daryll Ball It all went horribly wrong last February at the annual magazine ski test in Kühtai, Austria. I was in the resort’s terrain park, went too slow on a 360 – a classic mistake I tell all my coaching students not to do – and landed cleanly…
Read MoreGB skier does the double with second revolutionary operation at top orthopaedic hospital
First published in Racer Ready, December 14 2016 By Neil McQuoid British Alpine skier, Jai Geyer, is making amazing progress in rehabilitation this season, after having a revolutionary Internal Brace fitted into a second knee joint, at BMI Ross Hall Hospital in Glasgow. READ THE FULL ARTICLE ONLINE HERE
Read MoreRugby World Cup 2015, big hits making game too dangerous, warn top surgeons
First published in the Sydney Morning Herald, October 14 2015 By Daniel Schofield and Richard Bath Two leading sports surgeons have warned that rugby’s attrition rate is fast becoming unsustainable after statistics showed that the number of players who have had to withdraw from the World Cup through injury has more than doubled. Already 34…
Read MoreStubbs singles out Farid El Alagui for special praise after the striker came back from an achilles injury
Published in the Daily Mail, 12 April 2015 Alan Stubbs hailed the bravery of his Hibs players after they ruined Hearts’ Easter Road title party with a 2-0 derby win. Stubbs singled out Farid El Alagui for special praise after the striker came back from an achilles injury READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE
Read MoreGreat return to Beaver Creek with the Internal Brace
It was an honour to be invited to join the distinguished Faculty at the Beaver Creek Foot and Ankle meeting in Colorado. Over 150 attended including some of the top US Foot and Ankle surgeons. This included experts from California, Vegas, Chicago, New York and Alabama. It was convened by Dr Tom Clanton, a world…
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