Mr Pete Gallacher

Mr Pete Gallacher

MB ChB, MRCS, FRCS Trauma and Orthopaedics

Qualifications

MB ChB, MRCS Glasgow, FRCS Trauma and Orthopaedics

GMC No.

4730257

Year of Qual

2000

Areas of expertise / interest

Arthroscopic Surgery of the Knee
Sports Knee Surgery
Sports Injuries
Complex Knee Ligament Reconstruction
Young Arthritic Knee Surgery
Cartilage repair surgery
Unicompartmental and Total Knee Replacement

Practising

RJAH Orthopaedic Hospital

Shrewsbury Nuffield Hospital

Contact details

NHS Secretary: Mrs Stacey Richards
Telephone: 01691 664849
Fax (urgent referrals/acute knee injuries): 01691 404052
Email: stacey.richards@rjah.nhs.uk

Private Secretary: Mrs Elaina Lewis
Telephone: 01691 404307
Fax: 01691 404060
Email: elaina.lewis@rjah.nhs.uk

Private Secretary Nuffield: Mrs Amanda Cummins
Telephone: 01743 282597
Fax: 01743 282 579
Email: amanda.cummins@nuffieldhealth.com

Clinics

RJAH Oswestry (NHS)

Monday all day every week
Tuesday afternoon every two weeks
Friday every two weeks

Ludlow Unit RJAH Oswestry (Private)

Thursday afternoon
Flexible individual appointments can also be arranged by enquiry

Shrewsbury Nuffield Hospital (Private)

Thursday evening

Memberships

BOA, ESSKA, BMA, BASK, ICRS

Training

Basic Surgical Training Merseyside
Higher Surgical Training Stoke Oswesrty SpR Rotation
Sheffield Knee Fellowship and British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) travelling fellowship

Current post

Appointed as Consultant to RJAH Oswestry 2012

Research

Outcome of meniscal repair prior compared with concurrent ACL reconstruction. Gallacher PD, Gilbert RE, Kanes G, Roberts SNJ, Rees D. The Knee. 2012 Aug;19(4): 461-3

White on white meniscal tears to fix or not to fix? Gallacher PD, Gilbert RE, Kanes G, Roberts SNJ, Rees D. The Knee 17 (2010), pp. 270-273

A new technique for removal of large foreign bodies from the knee – Technical tip. Gallacher PD, White SW. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2011 Sep;93(6):487-8

Management of distal radius fractures using a locked anatomically contoured plate. Gallacher PD, Gilbert RE, Memon S, Bhoora I. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology 2010 20:11–15

Intraoperative assessment of acetabular orientation: technical note. Gallacher PD, Roberts AP. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2012 May;21(3):206-8