Alasdair Sutherland is a Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Orthopedics at the University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen Teaching Hospitals, and Director of the North of Scotland Orthopaedic Training Programme. He graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1990 and completed his surgical and orthopaedic training in Scotland, including two years researching the relationship between post-traumatic stress and recovery after injury being awarded the research degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD) with honours. From there he undertook three Specialist Fellowships (Trauma, Arthroplasty, Knee Reconstruction) in Melbourne, Australia. He was appointed to his current post in 2003.

In 2008, Mr Sutherland was awarded the American-British-Canadian (ABC) Travelling Fellowship, and spent 6 weeks travelling with six other young surgeons (from Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand) to visit leading orthopaedic centres in Canada and the USA, in order to exchange ideas. This Fellowship recognizes clinical and research excellence and leadership in orthopaedics, and is the most prestigious such award in world orthopaedics.

Clinical Interests

Mr Sutherland’s clinical interests centre on knee replacement and knee ligament reconstruction surgery, including sports injuries such as anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, as well as arthroscopic (key-hole) surgery of the knee. 

Research Interests

Mr Sutherland’s research interests are in measuring and optimising orthopaedic outcomes, post traumatic psychopathology, and the role of placebo surgery in trials.  He has published over 20 scientific papers and given numerous presentations at local, national and international level, and his current active research includes:

• 5 year follow up of trauma outcomes – the GTOS cohort.
• Immunonutrition in hip fracture patients.
• Value of arthroscopic lavage in osteoarthritis of the knee.
• Growth factors in knee fluid after ACL reconstruction.
• Functional MRI scanning of the brain to assess proprioceptive function after knee ligament injury.
• The role of morphine in addition to local anaesthetic in analgesia after ACL reconstruction.
• Long-term functional and radiological outcome after anterior cruciate reconstruction.
• ACL integrity in knee osteoarthritis.
• Lower leg vascular insufficiency after total knee arthroplasty: a clinical study.

Research has been funded by the NHS Health Technology Assessment Unit, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Tenovus Scotland and NHS Endowments.

Society Memberships

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Qualifications

•  MBChB, University of Aberdeen 1990.
• MD(Hons) University of Aberdeen, 2003.
• FRCSEd (Trauma & Orthopaedics), Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1999.
• Registered with the GMC as a Specialist in Trauma and Orthopaedics (reg No 3453883).

Publications

Sripada, S., Logan, S., McGillivray, S., Mckenzie, H., Templeton, A., Hamilton, M., Sutherland, A., Bhattacharya, S.
Opportunistic screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in men attending three different secondary Healthcare settings
Sexually Transmitted Infections 83 (4):282-285, 2007

Sutherland AG, Alexander DA, Hutchison JD
The mind does matter: Psychological and physical recovery after musculoskeletal trauma
Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. 61(6):1408-14, 2006

R Siebold, K Webster, AG Sutherland, J Elliot, JA Feller
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in females: A comparison of hamstring tendon and patellar tendon autografts
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 14:1070-6, 2006

Patton, M.S., Duthie, R.A., Sutherland, A.G.
Proximal femoral geometry and hip fractures
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica 72 (1): 51-54, 2006

Sutherland, A.G., Johnston, A.T., Hutchison, J.D.
The new injury severity score: Better prediction of functional recovery after musculoskeletal injury
Value In Health 9 (1): 24-27, 2006

Sutherland AG, Alexander DA, Hutchison JD
Recovery after musculoskeletal trauma in men and women
Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. 59(1):213-6, 2005

Sutherland AG, Alexander DA, Hutchison JD
Disturbance of pro-inflammatory cytokines in post-traumatic psychopathology
Cytokine 24 (5): 219-225 DEC 7 2003

Miller RJ, Sutherland AG, Hutchison JD, et al.
C-reactive protein and interleukin 6 receptor in post-traumatic stress disorder: A pilot study
Cytokine 13 (4): 253-255 FEB 21 2001

Sutherland AG, Deehan DJ
Urinary soluble IL-6 receptor levels after cardiopulmonary bypass
Cytokine 12 (9): 1441-1443 SEP 2000

Sutherland AG, Hutchinson JD, Alexander DA
The orthopaedic surgeon and post-traumatic psychopathology
J Bone Joint Surg BR 82B (4): 486-488 MAY 2000

Sutherland, AG, Knight, D.
Bilateral fractured clavicles: A pair of cases. AG Sutherland, D Knight.
Acta Orth Belg 2000; 66: 306-7.

Sutherland, AG, Alexander, DA, Hutchison JD
The orthopaedic surgeon and posttraumatic psychopathology
J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2000; 82-B; 486-488.

Sutherland AG, D'Arcy S, Smart D, D’Arcy S, Ashcroft GP
Removal of the subchondral plate in acetabular preparation for hip arthoplasty: a finite element analysis
Int Orthop 24 (1): 19-22 MAR 2000

Sutherland AG, Craig N, Maffulli N, Brooksbank A, Moir JS
Accuracy of references in the orthopaedic literature
J Bone Joint Surg BR 82B (1): 9-10 JAN 2000

Sutherland AG, D'Arcy S, Smart D, et al.
Abductor weakness and stresses around acetabular components of total hip arthroplasty: a finite element analysis
Int Orthop 23 (5): 275-278 DEC 1999

Sutherland AG, Brooksbank A, Parwez T, et al.
Who actually does orthopaedic operating?
J Roy Coll Surg Edin 44 (2): 91-93 APR 1999

Sutherland AG, Finlayson DF
Screening times with image intensifier in orthopaedic trauma surgery
J Roy Coll Surg Edin 43 (4): 265-266 AUG 1998

Moir JS, Sutherland AG, Maffulli N
International orthopaedic journals: A 15-year review
J Bone Joint Surg BR 80B (1): 6-8 JAN 1998

Sutherland AG, Raafat A, Hutchison JD
Infection associated with the use of allograft bone from the North East Scotland Bone Bank
J Hosp Infect 35 (3): 215-222 MAR 1997

Sutherland AG, Holmes JD, Myers S
Differing injury patterns in snowboarding and alpine skiing.
Injury 1996; 27: 423-425.

Sutherland AG, Kennedy M, Anderson DN, et al.
Gastric lymphoma in Grampian Region: Presentation, treatment and outcome
J Roy Coll Surg Edin 41 (3): 143-147 JUN 1996

Sutherland AG, Halliday P, ConnigG, et al.
Successful management of pelvic arteriovenous malformation by repeated particulate intraarterial embolization
Brit J Urol 75 (6): 805-806 JUN 1995