Mr Andrew Gray

Professional statement

Mr Andrew Gray is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon based in Newcastle upon Tyne and Middlesborough.  He is a leading orthopaedic and trauma consultant specialist who works at James Cook University Hospital and Friarage Hospitals in Middlesbrough and Northallerton respectively.  He specialises in knee arthroscopy, knee replacement and knee arthritis.  He is also an orthopaedic trauma specialist who focuses on general lower limb trauma and also pelvic and acetabular fractures.  Mr Gray privately practices at Cobalt Hospital (Newcastle) and Tees Valley Hospital (Middlesbrough). His NHS base is South Tees NHS Foundation Trust where he was the clinical director for the trauma and orthopaedic department in the South Tees Trust from 2018 to 2021.

Mr Gray was a founding member of the UK Orthopaedic Trauma Society. He completed his medical and orthopaedic surgical training in Glasgow and Edinburgh before spending a year in Calgary, Canada, where he completed a trauma fellowship in 2008. He has been a practicing consultant within a major trauma centre for the past 14 years. He has over 1000 primary knee replacements on the National joint registry with good results. He is an arthroscopic knee specialist dealing predominantly with meniscal or cartilage tears and knee arthritis. Furthermore, he has an MD with Distinction from the University of Edinburgh.

Mr Gray is a respected name in research and has published in various peer-reviewed journals. He was the lower limb editor for the journal 'Injury' between 2014 and 2021. He is the co-chair of the recently-formed Fracture Liaison Service Academy Network (FAN) at his NHS trust, which aims to make these services more effective   And has an interest in secondary fracture prevention which involves the management of osteoporosis and fragility fractures.

Mr Gray also teaches on a regular basis, both nationally and is a faculty member for AO courses, and is the principal investigator for various NIHR trauma portfolio studies. He is the Global treasurer and UK secretary for the Fragility Facture Network (FFN) and is the orthopaedic trauma representative on the Royal Osteoporosis Society's clinical and scientific committee.

He is a member of the UK Orthopaedic Trauma Society, the British Orthopaedic Association and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS (Tr&Orth))