Dr Phillip Walmsley

Dr Phillip Walmsley

Clinical Senior Lecturer

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 4723
Email
pw38@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Teaching

ScotGEM Agents of Change

MD4000

MD4002

Research areas

I am a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the National Treatment Centre, Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy, with a specialist interest in complex knee surgery. Alongside my clinical practice, I am a Clinical Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine at the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.

My medical degree was completed at the University of Manchester, followed by surgical training in the North-West of England and Higher Surgical Training in Trauma and Orthopaedics in Edinburgh. Following CCT, further fellowship training in sports knee surgery and revision lower limb arthroplasty took me to centres of excellence in Edinburgh, Australia, and New Zealand. In 2018, I was selected for the prestigious ABC Travelling Fellowship to North America.

From 2017 to 2025, I served as Associate Postgraduate Dean (Quality) with NHS Education for Scotland. I also hold an MD in Orthopaedic Surgery from the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, where my doctoral research examined outcomes and survival following total knee replacement.

My current research interests include using routinely collected health data to improve outcomes in lower limb arthroplasty, rapid diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection, management of bone loss in revision knee surgery, and advancing both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and training.

PhD supervision

  • FerasÌýAl Jaafari
  • JohnÌýBayram
  • IsabelleÌýCochrane
  • ConorÌýMcCann
  • ScottÌýMorrison

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Perry, D. C., Zimmermann, A., Achten, J., Nicolaou, N., Metcalfe, D., Kounali, D., Lyttle, M. D., Frempong, S., Appelbe, D., Mason, J., Kandiyali, R., Gibson, P., Costa, M. L. & CRAFFT Study Investigators (TOTS Research Collaborative and the PERUKI Network), 18 Apr 2026, In: The Lancet. 407, 10538, p. 1538-1548 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Perry, D. C., Achten, J., Zimmermann, A., Kandiyali, R., Appelbe, D., Wright, J. G., Ferguson, D., Wang, K., Wilson, N., Moscrop, A., Mason, J., Kounali, D., Costa, M. L. & SCIENCE Study Collaborators, 20 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Lancet. In Press, p. 1-10 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Kennedy, M. J., Nair, G., McColm, C., Paterson, A. V., Walmsley, P. J., Clement, N. D., Clarke, J. V. & Jenkinson, M. R. J., 1 Feb 2026, In: The Bone & Joint Journal. 108-B, 2, p. 226-233 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Kennedy, M., Clement, N. D., Farrow, L., Kennedy, I. W., Harding, T., SCOTnet SNAP Femur Group, Blacklock, C., Penfold, R. S., Clarke, J. V., Duckworth, A. D., MacLullich, A. M. J., Walmsley, P. J., Hall, A. J. & Arnold, M., 1 May 2026, In: The Bone & Joint Journal. 108-B, 5, p. 707-715 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Morrison, S. R., Hall, A. J., Clement, N. D., Walmsley, P. J., Gee, C. & Clarke, J. V., 20 Apr 2026, In: Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics. 13, 2, 23 p., e70726.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Flynn, A., O'Malley, A., Stuart, J., Millar, A., Walmsley, P. & Denvir, L., 23 Oct 2025.

    Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

  • Open access
    Assaf, E., Amerschläger, C. F., Nessler, V. B., Ali, K., Ossendorff, R., Jaenisch, M., Strauss, A. C., Burger, C., Hischebeth, G. T., Walmsley, P. J., Wirtz, D. C., Hammond, R. J. H., Bertheloot, D. & Schildberg, F. A., 4 Dec 2025, In: Biosensors. 15, 12, p. 1-15 15 p., 795.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Bayram, J. M., Clement, N. D., Hall, A. J., Walmsley, P. & Clarke, J. V., 2 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14, 1, 14 p., 203.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Brunt, A., Lawley, A., Riches, P., Clarke, J., Walmsley, P. & Dobie, G., 3 Dec 2025, 2025 47th annual international conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, p. 1-4 4 p. 11252672. (Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Open access
    Hoogervorst, L. A., Nelissen, R. G. H. H., Melvin, T., Piscoi, P., Wilkinson, C., Lubbeke, A., Gale, C. P., Epstein, D., Overgaard, S., Walmsley, P., Szymanski, P., Mohaddes, M., O’Connor, D. B., Geertsma, R. E., Hoebert, J. M., Fraser, A. G., Marang-van de Mheen, P. J. & CORE-MD study group, 29 Oct 2025, In: BMJ Surgery, Interventions, & Health Technologies. 7, 1, p. 1-10 10 p., e000364.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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