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About Mr Stephen Dalgleish
Personal Profile
Mr Dalgleish is a Consultant Orthopaedic & Trauma surgeon based in Tayside who specialises in treating all types of knee and hip conditions with both non-operative and surgical techniques. His particular interests are keyhole surgery of the knee (arthroscopy), knee ligament reconstructions, meniscal/cartilage repair, patella stabilisation, realignment surgery, partial and total knee replacement and total hip replacement; all using latest enhanced recovery techniques to maximise patient experience and recovery.
Mr Dalgleish is one of a small number of Orthopaedic Surgeons in Scotland accredited in performing Conformis knee replacements. These are personalised knee replacements offering numerous advantages to patients due to their customisation and fit. Furthermore, Mr Dalgleish also offers his patients personalised knee osteotomy surgery and the innovative Episealer knee resurfacing implant.
He qualified from the University of Dundee in 2007 and completed his orthopaedic specialist training in the East of Scotland Rotation. He undertook subspecialty fellowship training in Western Australia, on the prestigious Perth Sports Surgery Fellowship programme, focussing on all aspect of sports, trauma and reconstructive knee surgery. He also completed the Hollywood Arthroplasty Fellowship, focusing on primary and revision knee and hip replacement surgery. More recently, Mr Dalgleish was awarded the BOSTAA travelling fellowship to three renowned orthopaedic centres across North America and Canada where he was able to share ideas, further his own knowledge, and build a network of connections with some of the world-leading surgeons in reconstructive knee and hip surgery.
Mr Dalgleish is currently the Head of Department for the NHS Tayside Orthopaedic department. He remains actively involved in the teaching, training and supervision of medical students, orthopaedic trainees and qualified surgeons and was previously the Musculoskeletal Lead for Undergraduate Teaching at the University of Dundee Medical School. He is Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer for the Master of Orthopaedics (MChOrth) course as well as being course director of an arthroscopic skills course training other surgeons in keyhole surgery techniques. He is actively involved in research with several peer-reviewed publications related to knee, hip and trauma surgery.
Mr Dalgleish is committed to providing patient-centred care and has experience of treating patients and athletes from a recreational, amateur level through to international, professional athletes. He believes in an individualised approach, using evidence-based techniques to help improve patient symptoms and optimise patient experience, recovery and rehabilitation.
Mr Dalgleish recently hosted an online patient information event on knee pain. You can register here to view this event on demand.
Clinical Interests
- Joint replacement techniques
- Total knee replacement
- Partial (Uni) knee replacement
- Hip replacement
- Joint preservation techniques
- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair & reconstruction
- Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction
- Multi-ligament knee injury and reconstruction
- Keyhole surgery of the knee (Arthroscopy)
- Meniscal repair / debridement
- Meniscal transplant
- Patella stabilisation
- Medial patello-femoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction
- Knee re-alignment surgery (Osteotomy)
- Patella realignment surgery (Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy)
- Articular cartilage procedures (Chondroplasty, marrow stimulation techniques/microfracture, OATS, MACI)
- Sports surgery
- Knee injury prevention programmes
Professional Memberships
- British Orthopaedic Association
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma and Arthroscopy Association
- European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy
- The International Society for Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
