Mr.Loughead is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon based in the North East of England. He graduated from Newcastle University in 1998, and subsequently undertook specialty training in the Northern Deanery. He undertook further fellowship training in London, Ontario, before taking up a Consultant post at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead.
His main areas of interest include:
- Hip replacement and revision
- Knee replacement and revision
- Knee arthroscopy and partial knee replacement
- Young adult hip pathology
- Hip arthroscopy
Fellow of the Royal college of Surgeons of England
Masters Degree (MSc) in Applied Biomechanics (Distinction)
Memberships:
- British Orthopaedic Association
- British Hip Society
- British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK)
His main areas of research interest are in early adult hip pathology,
Selected Publications:
Book Chapters:
"Hip navigation" Evidenced Based Orthopaedics Ed. M Bhandari
"Surgical Approaches" Postgraduate Orthopoaedics: The candidates guide to the FRCS Orth Ed. P Banazskiwiecz
Surgical Journals:
23 Year outcome of the porous coated anatomic hip replacement. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Am
Comparison of femoral offset in Birmingham Hip resurfacing and hybrid toal hip arthroplasty. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Br
Removal of acetabular bone in resurfacing arthroplasty of the hip. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Br
Outcome following knee arthroplasty beyond 15 years. The Knee