About

Mike is on the Specialist Register as an Orthopaedic Consultant, and his clinical practice is exclusively surgery of the Hand, Wrist and Elbow.
In addition he is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Human Bone cell research group at the University of Liverpool and also at the University of Salford.

His adult NHS base is at Wrightington Hospital.

He consults privately at the Alexandra Hospital, The Spire Hale Clinic and on the private wing at Wrightington Hospital.

Over the last few years Mike has developed a special interest is sports medicine and is the hand surgeon to over 40 professional sports teams and national sporting bodies. He has been awarded the status of a Founding Fellow in the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine                (FFSEM UK ) and is an examiner for the Faculty.

He is a keen teacher and regularly lectures in the UK, Europe and the USA. His research is regularly published in European and American Literature. Mike is an examiner for the Intercollegiate Board of Examinations for the FRCS(Trauma and Orthopaedics) .

His specialist training originated in Liverpool (4 years), a  Whiston Hospital Plastic Surgery Hand Fellowship (6months), a Wrightington Hospital Fellowship (2 years) and as a visiting Resident to the Mayo clinic in Rochester, USA (3months)

Mike is married with three children. His hobbies are centered on sport and played rugby union at the highest National league, ultimately Captaining the English Universities Team. A serious neck injury which brought  his contact sports career to a rapid halt and now plays golf (badly) and generally keeps fit with a variety of sports.