Personal profile
Mr Pillai has visited and worked with surgeons from SportsMed SA, Mater Hospital Sydney and Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital in Perth. Furthermore, he completed a fellowship in Ilizarov Techniques and Limb Deformity Correction at the world-renowned Russian Ilizarov Scientific Centre in Siberia. He was initially appointed as Consultant to Ninewells University Hospital and Dundee Medical School in Scotland, before moving to the North West.
He holds honorary academic positions with the Universities of Adelaide, Manchester, Salford and Malaya, and is Executive Editor for Orthopaedics & Muscular Systems and Current Research and Assistant Editor for SurgWiki. He also sits on the editorial board for the ANZ Journal of Surgery and the American Medical Journal. He has published and presented widely in numerous national and international meetings. He is a Surgical Examiner for University of Salford and Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh.
Mr Pillai was elected to the research committee of the European Foot & Ankle Society and Physician’s Resource Committee of the American Foot & Ankle Society. He is both a Faculty and Course Director for the British Foot and Ankle Society, delivering surgical training programmes.
Mr Pillai has treated members of the Team GB Olympic and Commonwealth Games squad, Ultimate Fighting Championship and within professional football. He is a member of the Selection Design Group with Health Education England and the Surgical Speciality Board for Orthopaedics at the Royal College. He was awarded an Honorary Professorship in Orthopaedics for his educational and research activity.
