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Belfast Orthopaedic Sports Knee Fellowship

Fellowship/Residency Information

274 Grosvenor Road
Belfast, BT12 6BA
UNITED KINGDOM


Split between a level 1 Major Trauma Centre providing exposure to high volume complex periarticular knee trauma and multi-ligament knee injury and an elective orthopaedic unit providing sports knee, meniscal transplant and cartilage repair, this is an exciting opportunity for an orthopaedic surgeon who has attained CCT (or equivalent) in Trauma and Orthopaedics to gain high clinical volume and excellent teaching.

Involved ISAKOS Member(s): Ciara Stevenson, knee arthroplasty, sports knee and trauma Jonathan Warnock, knee arthroplasty, sports knee and trauma

Contact Information

Ciara Stevenson, Ms

Fellowship Program Information

Affiliation (Center Type): Queens University of Belfast (Teaching, Academic, University)
Fellowship Training Session or Other Educational Opportunity Length: 12 months
Can the Center customize educational opportunities for participants?: Yes
Fellows Accepted Per Year: 1
Faculty Participating in Fellowship Education: Ciara Stevenson, knee arthroplasty, sports knee and trauma Jonathan Warnock, knee arthroplasty, sports knee and trauma
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Financial Support and Expenses

Types of Financial Support Available: Private Public
Other support that the Teaching Center can provide: Direct Application
Estimate of Living Expenses (Housing and other major costs):

Anticipated Fellowship Participation in Surgical Cases

Area(s) of Specialty: Knee Arthroplasty Knee Arthroscopy Other
Role of the fellow with respect to Clinical, Surgical, Research, and other opportunities:
Types of Educational Opportunities:
Research projects, research facilities and resources, cadaver labs, publication opportunities, integration of the patient and public involvement, and the role of the fellow: 1. Biologic Augmentation strategies in meniscal repair: A Delphi study. J Super, I Murray, L Tollefson, C Stevenson, J Robinson, T Spalding, R LaPrade. https://doi.org/10.1002/ksa.70353 2. International Delphi Consensus on Medial Meniscal Root Tears Shows high agreement on diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, but lack of agreement on treatment of asymptomatic tears. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arthro.2025.06.028 3. A Contemporary International Expert Consensus Statement on the Evaluation, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Injuries to the Posterolateral Corner of the Knee. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arthro.2025.04.055 4. Beyond the stitch: Optimizing meniscal repairs and managing failures. C Stevenson. JISAKOS Feb 2025 (d.o.i.org/10.1016/j.jisako.2025.100395) 5. The use of allograft in primary ACL reconstruction. C Hulet, B. Sonnery-Cottet, Stevenson C, Samuelsson K et al KSSTA June 2019 (doi.org/10.1007/s00167-019-05440-3) 6. Meniscal Allograft Transplantation in the paediatric population. A case series of 17 patients. C Stevenson, S Middleton, L Asplin, T Spalding KSSTA June 2019 (doi.org/10/1007/s00167-019-05398-2)
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