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Orthopaedic Surgeon
Glasgow, G53 3NQ
Professor Gordon MacKay is world-leading sports surgeon and known within the medical and sports community as the inventor of the Internal Brace. Based in Scotland at the Kings Park Hospital, Stirling and Ross Hall Hospital, Glasgow. Gordon has worked extensively with the Scottish Rugby Union, Rangers and Celtic football clubs, Scotland's Olympians via his close relationship with Scottish Institute of Sport. He was the official doctor for the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles and for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Professor MacKay previously played football professionally and was briefly a reserve player for Rangers Football Club. His playing career was unfortunately abandoned when he damaged his own knees and has since dedicated his career to improving outcomes for sportspeople who experience injuries. Since graduating from Glasgow University in 1987, Gordon has enjoyed a highly successful career spanning over 30 years. He has completed sports surgery training at some of the world's leading sports surgery clinics, including Sydney, Adelaide and Sweden. He has now been Scotland's only full time sports surgeon for over 10 years.
In 2009 he was appointed Honorary Professor in the School of Sport at Stirling University. Gordon currently works with top North American and European centres focusing on ligament repair and accelerated recovery. His invention of the Internal Brace has changed the way damaged ligaments and tendons are treated, with athletes returning to competitive sport within 6 to 8 weeks of injury (previously 6 to 9 months). He has operated on over 100 professional sportspeople, elite athletes and Olympians.
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Professor Gordon Mackay is one of the top orthopaedic sports surgeons in Scotland. He regularly treats top athletes and professional footballers. He is at the forefront of the development of new techniques to allow accelerated rehabilitation and early return to play. He has pioneered the 'Internal Brace' ligament stabilisation for multiple soft tissues and ligament injuries, including for ruptured ACL.
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