Mr Gavin Mclean

Mr Gavin McLean graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2003, completing the FRCS (Trauma and Orthopaedics) examination in 2015. He was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in January 2018 in Craigavon Area Hospital with an elective practice, which focuses exclusively on knee surgery. In 2019 he joined The Belfast Knee Clinic, a partnership of Specialist Knee Surgeons. Mr McLean has experience in cartilage, meniscal and ligament injury repair and reconstruction, osteotomy, limb realignment, and patella stabilisation surgery. He is also skilled in the management of early and advanced osteoarthritis including partial and total knee replacement and revision knee replacement.  On completion of surgical training Mr McLean undertook 2 postgraduate fellowships. Initially in Belfast, working with David Beverland in Musgrave Park Hospital. Then at the AVON Orthopaedic Centre at Southmead Hospital in Bristol gaining valuable experience in sports injuries, knee ligament reconstruction, osteotomy, cartilage and meniscal repair, osteotomy around the knee and knee replacement surgery including partial and revision knee replacement. Mr McLean has also completed a Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine (DipSEM) from Cardiff Metropolitan University. Through the contacts made through Sports and Exercise Medicine he has taken on roles as the medical doctor with the Welsh Football Association, Ulster Rugby teams, and the Belfast Giants Ice Hockey Team.