Professor Gordon Mackay
BSc MB ChB FRCS (Tr & Orth) MD Dip Sports Medicine FSEM
Orthopaedic Surgeon
38 years of experience
Glasgow, G52 3NQ
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by Mr Mark Broadbent, Miss Ros Miller
38 years of experience
Glasgow, G52 3NQ
(+2 more)
5 connections in healthcare
Skill endorsed
by Mr Mark Broadbent, Miss Ros Miller
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About Professor Gordon Mackay
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.
Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments
- Sports injuries
- Ligament construction (including anterior cruciate knee ligament)
- Shoulder stabilisation
- Knee surgery
- Shoulder surgery
- Keyhole surgery
- Professional sport
- Ankle, Knee & Shoulder surgery
- Sports surgery
Subspecialties
- Foot & Ankle Surgery•
- Knee Surgery•
- Shoulder & Elbow Surgery•
- Sports Injury
Areas of expertise
Education
University of Glasgow
Medicine
Graduated 1987
Qualifications
Education:
- MB ChB 1987 University of Glasgow
Memberships:
- British Orthopaedic Association
- British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma Association
- British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
- British Association for Surgery of the Knee
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Languages spoken
- English
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221 Crookston Road, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G52 3NQ
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Polmaise Rd, Stirling, United Kingdom, FK7 9JH
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Professor Mackay is an internationally renowned surgeon, with years of experience in sports injury, reconstruction and rehab. I would have no issues being treated by him.
13 Jan 2025
Mr Mark Broadbent
Orthopaedic SurgeonProfessor 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.
02 Apr 2020
Miss Ros Miller
Orthopaedic Surgeon