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Mr Rob Gleeson is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Winfield Hospital in Gloucester.
Clinical interests
Specialist knee surgeon who regularly performs arthroscopic meniscal repair, menisectomy, day case ACL reconstruction, PCL reconstruction and less frequently multiple knee ligament reconstructions. Has a busy arthroplasty practice and regularly undertakes unicompartmental fixed or mobile bearing knee replacements, total knee replacements, patellofemoral joint replacements and revision total knee replacement. Performs a variety of procedures for patella stabilisation including hamstring tendon MPL reconstruction. Also,carpal tunnel decompression, trauma and total hip replacement.
Academic background
Trained at University College London Medical School and worked in London and Bristol as a junior doctor before taking a position on the Bristol Orthopaedic Registrar training scheme. Then undertook a specialist knee fellowship in Sydney, Australia with Dr Pinczweski, an internationally renowned knee surgeon. He has had published research comparing fixed and mobile bearing unicompartmental knee replacements. Mr Gleeson has also been involved in research on the long-term follow up of modern ACL reconstruction and assessment of a new bearing surface for total knee replacements.
Professional Memberships
British Association for Surgery of Knee. British Orthopaedic Association, MDU. Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of England.
NHS base
Gloucester Royal Hospital, Lydney, Stroud and Dilke Hospitals.
Clinic Times
Tuesday and ad-hoc for acute knee injuries.