Ian McDermott

Ian is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising purely in just knees. Ian left the NHS in 2007 and in 2008 he founded London Sports Orthopaedics practice, which is now one of the UK’s leading private orthopaedic and sports injuries practices.

Ian specialises in complex knee cases, and about 50% of his caseload is 2nd (3rd, or umpteenth!) opinions, complex multiple reconstructions or complex revision cases.

Ian was the youngest ever surgeon to be elected as a Council Member and Trustee of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Since 2004 has been an Honorary Professor Associate in the School of Sport & Education at Brunel University. He is also the founder and the current President of the UK Biological Knee Society.

Ian has pioneered the use the custom-made knees in the UK, and he was the first surgeon in the UK to implant a Conformis custom-made prosthesis. Ian is now part of the UK Surgical Visitation Program for Conformis, with London Bridge Hospital being a designated Training Centre for teaching UK surgeons the techniques for implanting custom-made knees.

Contact Details

Website: www.kneesurgeon.london

Phone: 020 7496 3553

Email: mcdermott.admin@sportsortho.co.uk

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Ian McDermott

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon | London

Ian is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising purely in just knees. Ian left the NHS in 2007 and in 2008 he founded London Sports Orthopaedics practice, which is now one of the UK’s leading private orthopaedic and sports injuries practices.

Ian specialises in complex knee cases, and about 50% of his caseload is 2nd (3rd, or umpteenth!) opinions, complex multiple reconstructions or complex revision cases.

Ian was the youngest ever surgeon to be elected as a Council Member and Trustee of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Since 2004 has been an Honorary Professor Associate in the School of Sport & Education at Brunel University. He is also the founder and the current President of the UK Biological Knee Society.

Ian has pioneered the use the custom-made knees in the UK, and he was the first surgeon in the UK to implant a Conformis custom-made prosthesis. Ian is now part of the UK Surgical Visitation Program for Conformis, with London Bridge Hospital being a designated Training Centre for teaching UK surgeons the techniques for implanting custom-made knees.