Mr Andrew Gray

Orthopaedic surgeon in Tyne and Wear & Middlesbrough

MB ChB BSc Hons MD

GMC: 4325631

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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))

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Credentials

GMC: ‍4325631

Professional experience

• More than 25 years of experience
• Consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon, Cobalt Hospital
• Consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon, Tees Valley Hospital
• Consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon, South Tees NHS Foundation Trust

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Sub-specialties

• Knee cartilage tears
• Pelvic fractures
• Acetabular fractures
• Lower limb orthopaedic trauma
• Upper limb orthopaedic trauma (excluding hand surgery)

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Positions in public associations

• Clinical director, Trauma & Orthopaedic Department, South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (2018 - 2021)
• Global treasurer and UK secretary, Fragility Facture Network (FFN)
• Orthopaedic trauma representative, Clinical and Scientific Committee, Royal Osteoporosis Society
• Co-chair, Fracture Liaison Service Academy Network (FAN), South Tees NHS Foundation Trust (Present)
• Founder member, UK Orthopaedic Trauma Society
• Principal investigator, NIHR trauma portfolio studies
• Lower limb editor, 'Injury' journal (2014 - 2021)

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Teaching posts

• Faculty, AO Trauma Courses

Education

• MD (Distinction), Damage Control Orthopaedics and Cognitive Effects of Cerebral Fat Embolus (2004 - 2006)
• MBChB, Medicine, University of Glasgow (1996)
• BSc Hons (1st Class), Physiology and Sports Science, University of Glasgow (1993)

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Publications and conferences

• The Evolving COVID-19 Effect on Hip Fracture Patients, Injury. 2020 Jul; 51(7): 1411–1412.
• Pelvic ring injuries: classification and treatment, PELVIC AND ACETABULAR TRAUMA| VOLUME 32, ISSUE 2, P80-90, APRIL 2018
• Orthopaedic surgical training and collaborative research in North East England: The 'CORNET' experience, Injury . 2017 Feb;48(2):203-204. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2016.12.003. Epub 2016 Dec 9.

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Professional membership

• FRCS (Tr&Orth), Royal College of Surgeons (2009)
• British Orthopaedic Association
• UK Orthopaedic Trauma Society

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Languages spoken

English