ORTHONI - Key Persons
Dennis Molloy has been a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Musgrave Park since 2012. He obtained his medical degree from Queen's University Belfast in 1999 and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2003 and a fellow of trauma and orthopaedics in 2010. Mr Molloy now specialises in primary and revision hip and knee surgery and has a clinical workload of over 450 primary hip and knee replacements per annum in addition to hip and knee arthroscopy. He has a specialist interest in the treatment of sports related and non-arthritic hip and groin pain.
He was appointed as a Trustee of The Belfast Arthroplasty Research Trust (BART) in 2015. BART was formed in 2001 by a group of consultant orthopaedic surgeons and lecturers from Queen's University Belfast. The aim of the charity is to provide funding for various research projects in joint replacement for the benefit of patients in Belfast. Musgrave Park Hospital is the regional orthopaedic and rehabilitation centre for Northern Ireland. Since the charity has been established it has raised over £1.6 million for joint replacement research. The main areas of research for BART are: restoration of joint centre during hip replacement, patient satisfaction following knee replacements, blood loss, complications following joint replacement and general outcomes measurement but BART is interested in any type of research which is of potential benefit those patients who have had/will have a joint replacement.
Throughout Mr Molloy's career he has been involved in research which has resulted in many publications in peer reviewed journals and presentations at both national and international conferences for example, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting and the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty annual conference. During his career he has obtained over £100,000 to carry out a range of research studies. From 2004 to 2006 Mr Molloy spent 18 months completing an MPhil from Queen's University Belfast on factors effecting blood loss following total knee replacement at Musgrave Park Hospital. This was a randomised controlled trial comparing the blood saving effect of a topical fibrin spray compared to systemic tranexamic acid for total knee replacement patients. This has led to significant reductions in postoperative blood loss in joint replacement surgery.
He has completed Fellowships as an undergraduate in St Joseph's Orthopaedic Centre, Toronto, Canada and in the Primary Joint Unit Belfast with Professor David Beverland gaining experience in specialist high volume hip and knee replacement surgery.
Mr Molloy completed his postgraduate fellowship in the Mater Hospital in Sydney where he spent 12 months from July 2011 working as a fellow in hip and knee replacement & revision arthroplasty. During his time there he was awarded funding to complete a study looking at the stability of three different knee replacement systems and compare their radiological and clinical outcomes. He also completed a clinical and radiological review in Sydney along with Dr William Walter on a modular femoral implant and its mechanically assisted crevice corrosion and subsequent adverse local tissue reaction which was similar to that seen in metal on metal resurfacing which has resulted in the worldwide withdrawal of the implant.
Job Titles:
- Member of the British Orthopaedic Association
Mr Neill Thompson trained at the Queen's University of Belfast Medical School graduating in 1990. After training on the Belfast surgical rotation he was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCS Ed) in 1994.
Subsequent full time research in the Queen's University Department in Musgrave Park Hospital led to a Doctorate of Medicine by thesis (MD) awarded by the Queen's University of Belfast in 1999. Towards the end of his postgraduate clinical training he completed the intercollegiate exam in Trauma and Orthopaedics (FRCS Tr&Orth) in 2001.
Mr Thompson spent six months in an Orthopaedic Fellowship at the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Hospital, Oswestry, England with training in hand and shoulder surgery. He was subsequently awarded the British Orthopaedic Association Zimmer Travelling Fellowship and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Ethicon Foundation Travelling Fellowship.
Neill spent a further year in Perth, Western Australia at the Manus Orthopaedic Clinic and Perth Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic with extensive training in both keyhole shoulder surgery and knee surgery. His main sub specialist interests include arthroscopic shoulder surgery involving stabilisation, rotator cuff repair, shoulder decompression, acute acromioclavicular joint repair and release of frozen shoulder, shoulder replacement and clavicle (collar bone) reconstruction. His interests in knee surgery include knee arthroscopy and Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction.
Mr Thompson is a member of the British Orthopaedic Association and a member of the British Society of Elbow and Shoulder Surgery.
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On his return, Mr Eames was appointed a Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon in the Royal Victoria Hospital and Musgrave Park Hospital in 2001.
He has a keen interest in teaching becoming an examiner to the intercollegiate Specialists Board. He has been awarded Trainer of the Year by the British Orthopaedic Trainees Association (BOTA).
McDonald, K., Murphy, L. E., & Eames, N. (2016). Is it necessary to embolise all spinal metastases from primary renal tumours?. Journal of Orthopaedics.
Mr Pooler Archbold is a specialist knee and hip surgeon with particular specialist interest in arthroscopic knee surgery, particularly in complex multiple soft tissue reconstruction, including meniscal repair surgery, and ligament reconstructions. He has extensive experience in performing ACL reconstruction, arthroscopic surgery of the knee and hip replacements.
Pooler studied Medicine at Queen's University, Belfast. After graduating in 1st place in his medical year and with Honours, he undertook specialist Orthopaedic training in Northern Ireland. During his training he undertook a two year specialist Hip and Knee replacement fellowship with Professor David Beverland. During this time he undertook and published a landmark research thesis on implant positioning in total hip replacement and he was awarded a Doctor of Medicine (MD) for his research in 2007.
His expertise in knee surgery was gained at the World renowned FIFA centre of Surgical and Sport Rehabilitation Excellence in Lyon, France. Here he gained valuable experience in treating professional international footballers and elite professional sports men and women from a variety of sports including Rugby, Skiing, Basketball and handball. He was trained in the latest techniques in arthroscopic ("Key-hole") surgery, including Anatomic Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction, anterolateral ligament reconstruction and multi-ligament reconstruction of the knee, meniscal repair and osteotomy of the knee.
On returning to the UK, he was appointed as a Consultant in Musgrave Park Hospital where his elective practice is tailored to knee ligament, soft tissue knee injuries and hip and knee arthritis and the Royal Victoria Hospital where he runs a ‘Hot knee clinic' and treats complex emergency hip and knee trauma.
He continues to have an active interest in education and is a clinical supervisor for junior doctors in their early foundation years following qualification. He has been a faculty member who teaches on regional and national courses for training Orthopaedic Surgeons.
He has and continues to publish widely being the author and contributor over thirty orthopaedic papers in national and international journals and he was written numerous book chapters on the management of complex knee injuires and the surgical management of hip and knee arthritis.
At present he leads a multi-disciplinary sports group, the RISUS group, that are working with the IRFU and Ulster Rugby to reduce the risk of injury in Schoolboy Rugby.
Job Titles:
- All Ortho NI Research / Education
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Mr Roger Wilson has been a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Belfast since 2011, specialising in knee and hip surgery. His NHS practice is based at 2 Belfast hospitals. Musgrave Park Hospital, where he performs a large number of elective soft tissue knee & ligament reconstructive surgery operations, as well as numerous knee and hip replacements. The Royal Victoria Hospital where he runs a ‘Hot knee clinic' and treats complex emergency knee trauma referred from all over Northern Ireland.
Roger's main surgical interest is reconstructive surgery of the knee and sports injuries, with particular interest in arthroscopic "key-hole" knee surgery, multiple ligament reconstruction, Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, cartilage and meniscus repair. He has significant experience with treatment techniques for both early and advanced knee arthritis, including partial knee replacement and total knee replacement. He also performs joint replacement of the Hip.
Roger graduated in medicine from Queen's University Belfast, and underwent his specialist orthopaedic training in Northern Ireland. In 2003, during his training, he commenced a 1-year Knee and Hip arthroplasty Fellowship with Professor David Beverland, and was awarded an MPhil from Queen's University Belfast for his thesis on Total knee replacement.
In 2010, following his orthopaedic training, Roger undertook a fellowship honing his skills in knee surgery at the internationally renowned ‘Avon Orthopaedic Centre' in Bristol. He gained valuable experience in knee sports injuries and joint replacement surgery. He gained expertise in the latest techniques in arthroscopic surgery, including anatomic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction and became proficient in the use of ‘patient matched technology' for knee replacement. He has also spent time at the Brisbane Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Centre, and the Australian Institute of Musculoskeletal Surgery in Australia.
Roger continues to have an active interest in research & education. He has published and presented extensively both nationally and internationally. He regularly teaches on a wide range of knee topics in the UK and Ireland. He is an educational supervisor for orthopaedic trainees in Northern Ireland, and is involved with the teaching and examining of medical students from Queen's University Belfast. At present he is a member of a multi-disciplinary sports group, the RISUS group, which is working with the IRFU and Ulster Rugby to reduce the risk of injury in Schoolboy Rugby. He is a member of the Ulster Rugby Medical committee providing on pitch medical care to Ulster players at the Kingspan stadium.
Roger successfully combined his medical training with a first class rugby career, playing for Ulster 20 times in the 90's, Ireland 7's (Hong Kong -1995), 5 Ireland ‘A' caps, and a member of the Ireland squad that toured Australia in 1994. His sporting background gives him an invaluable insight into the pressures faced by top-class sportsmen and women when they suffer injury. His empathy combined with the latest techniques in orthopaedic surgery for the knee has already helped treat National and International athletes from a variety of sports.
Mr Henderson graduated from Queens University Belfast in 1983 and did the majority of his surgical and orthopaedic training in Northern Ireland. He undertook Fellowship training in Melbourne and Seattle before taking up his current post in Musgrave Park Hospital. He currently works as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a subspecialist interest in Foot and Ankle Surgery for the Belfast Trust in Musgrave Park Hospital Belfast. He also works at the Ulster Independent Clinic in Belfast and the Orthoderm Clinic in Hillsborough.
Mr Henderson has a wide ranging clinical practice in all aspects of Foot and Ankle surgery including: forefoot reconstruction for pain and deformity (Bunions / Hammer toes); flat foot reconstruction; arthritis of the foot and ankle; ankle arthroscopy (keyhole surgery); heel pain; sports injuries including ankle instability; late trauma reconstruction; ankle replacement and painful feet and ankles in general.
He has an active interest in educating the next generation of foot and ankle surgeons and is involved with the training programmes for undergraduate and postgraduate doctors as well as allied health professionals (podiatrists and physiotherapists). He has published widely in a variety of national and international journals as well as authoring a chapter in European Surgical Orthopaedics and Traumatology.
Mr Henderson is a Past President of the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society and he is a member of a number of other learned societies including: Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh); The British Orthopaedic Association; The Irish Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society and The European Foot and Ankle Society.