Mr Mike McNicholas
Mr Mike McNicholas is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Manchester who specialises in Knee Surgery
Based At
NHS base
Liverpool University Teaching Hospitals NHSFT, Broadgreen Hospital
GMC Number
3405309
Clinic Timetable
Clinical interests
Arthroscopy and ligament reconstruction in the knee, Knee ligament surgery, Patellofemoral stabilisation, High tibial osteotomy, Articular cartilage repair, Focal knee arthroplasty implant treatment, Knee arthroscopy surgery, Knee replacement, Unicompartmental knee replacement, Total Knee joint replacement, Medacta personalised “My Knee” minimally invasive total knee replacement, Revision knee replacement ,Sports injuries, Extracorporeal Shock, Wave Therapy (ESWT), Joint pain treatment (joint injections), Joint manipulation treatment.
Professional Memberships
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons AAOS
Arthroscopy Association of North America AANA
Richard O'Connor Research Award Winner
BKSUK Biological Knee Society - President BASK
British Association for Surgery of the Knee BOA
British Orthopaedic Association BORS
The British Orthopaedic Research Society BOSTA
British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma Association BMA
British Medical Association ESSKA
European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy EFFORT
European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology ICRS
The International Cartilage Regeneration and Joint Preservation Society ISAKOS
International Society of Arthroscopy Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Academic Background
UK Biological Knee Society 2020 - present
President and Director of the Charity The International Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Society 2015 –present
2019 - 2021 Global Registry Committee member.
Chair Registry Committee General Board Member
UK National Ligament Registry 2015 - present
Steering Group Industry Liaison Officer University of Salford 2006 - 2018
Honorary Professor Directorate of Sport Nat. Inst. for Health and Care Excellence 2014 - present
Clinician advisor Recognised as an expert in cartilage repair and joint offloading to advise on technology appraisals and treatment indications
Advisory Board Member EPSRC
University of Leeds 2017 - present
Optimising knee therapies through improved population stratification and precision of the intervention
Honorary Senior Lecturer University of Manchester 2019 - present
Supervising PhDs and innovative research on novel ACL reconstruction technology and Graphene applications in orthopaedics.
Liverpool University Hospitals Orthopaedic Product News Knee - Conference Leeds University College London 2019 - present 2018 - present 2018 - 2019 Co-Chair Orthopaedic Research Committee Chair and designing annual meeting MD (Res) External Examiner He is Royal College of Surgeons Faculty on Advanced Arthroscopy and Train the Trainer and Training Assessment in the Clinical Environment Courses.
He is a clinician advisor to NICE, associate editor and reviewer for several orthopaedic journals. He has written 16 book chapters, over 50 peer reviewed publications, over 145 National and International Podium and over 100 Poster Presentations.
Current research interests include graphene and stem cell applications in knee injury; ligament reconstruction, osteotomy, cartilage repair and arthroplasty outcomes and the treatment of focal articular cartilage defects and early arthritis using novel implants. He has lectured on the effects of the Montgomery ruling upon trauma and orthopaedic surgical practice.
He has been involved in producing gold standard patient information since 1996. He has instigated recent developments in internet based interactive patient information systems to facilitate patient decision making.
FFSEM RCSI 2004 Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland
Speciality Fellowship Exam MD 2000
University of Dundee Meniscectomy and Osteoarthritis FRCSEd (Tr&Orth) 2000
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Speciality Fellowship Exam FRCS 1994
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Surgery in General FRCS 1994
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Surgery in General MB ChB 1986-1989
University of Manchester Half maroon water polo Medics and Combined Hospitals Rugby BSc (Medical Science) 1983-86
University of StAndrews Blue swimming & water polo Certificate of Merit Medical Science I Chemistry II & III Physiology
Based at
NHS base
Liverpool University Teaching Hospitals NHSFT, Broadgreen Hospital
GMC Number
3405309
Clinic Timetable
Clinical interests
Arthroscopy and ligament reconstruction in the knee, Knee ligament surgery, Patellofemoral stabilisation, High tibial osteotomy, Articular cartilage repair, Focal knee arthroplasty implant treatment, Knee arthroscopy surgery, Knee replacement, Unicompartmental knee replacement, Total Knee joint replacement, Medacta personalised “My Knee” minimally invasive total knee replacement, Revision knee replacement ,Sports injuries, Extracorporeal Shock, Wave Therapy (ESWT), Joint pain treatment (joint injections), Joint manipulation treatment.
Professional Memberships
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons AAOS
Arthroscopy Association of North America AANA
Richard O'Connor Research Award Winner
BKSUK Biological Knee Society - President BASK
British Association for Surgery of the Knee BOA
British Orthopaedic Association BORS
The British Orthopaedic Research Society BOSTA
British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma Association BMA
British Medical Association ESSKA
European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy EFFORT
European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology ICRS
The International Cartilage Regeneration and Joint Preservation Society ISAKOS
International Society of Arthroscopy Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Academic Background
UK Biological Knee Society 2020 - present
President and Director of the Charity The International Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Society 2015 –present
2019 - 2021 Global Registry Committee member.
Chair Registry Committee General Board Member
UK National Ligament Registry 2015 - present
Steering Group Industry Liaison Officer University of Salford 2006 - 2018
Honorary Professor Directorate of Sport Nat. Inst. for Health and Care Excellence 2014 - present
Clinician advisor Recognised as an expert in cartilage repair and joint offloading to advise on technology appraisals and treatment indications
Advisory Board Member EPSRC
University of Leeds 2017 - present
Optimising knee therapies through improved population stratification and precision of the intervention
Honorary Senior Lecturer University of Manchester 2019 - present
Supervising PhDs and innovative research on novel ACL reconstruction technology and Graphene applications in orthopaedics.
Liverpool University Hospitals Orthopaedic Product News Knee - Conference Leeds University College London 2019 - present 2018 - present 2018 - 2019 Co-Chair Orthopaedic Research Committee Chair and designing annual meeting MD (Res) External Examiner He is Royal College of Surgeons Faculty on Advanced Arthroscopy and Train the Trainer and Training Assessment in the Clinical Environment Courses.
He is a clinician advisor to NICE, associate editor and reviewer for several orthopaedic journals. He has written 16 book chapters, over 50 peer reviewed publications, over 145 National and International Podium and over 100 Poster Presentations.
Current research interests include graphene and stem cell applications in knee injury; ligament reconstruction, osteotomy, cartilage repair and arthroplasty outcomes and the treatment of focal articular cartilage defects and early arthritis using novel implants. He has lectured on the effects of the Montgomery ruling upon trauma and orthopaedic surgical practice.
He has been involved in producing gold standard patient information since 1996. He has instigated recent developments in internet based interactive patient information systems to facilitate patient decision making.
FFSEM RCSI 2004 Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland
Speciality Fellowship Exam MD 2000
University of Dundee Meniscectomy and Osteoarthritis FRCSEd (Tr&Orth) 2000
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Speciality Fellowship Exam FRCS 1994
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Surgery in General FRCS 1994
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Surgery in General MB ChB 1986-1989
University of Manchester Half maroon water polo Medics and Combined Hospitals Rugby BSc (Medical Science) 1983-86
University of StAndrews Blue swimming & water polo Certificate of Merit Medical Science I Chemistry II & III Physiology