Omer Alanie

Mr Alanie is a dual fellowship trained Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. He graduated with Honours from the University of Glasgow School of Medicine in 2011. He undertook his specialist orthopaedic training in Glasgow and Newcastle, and during that time, he was awarded a Masters in Surgical Sciences with Distinction for his research thesis from the University of Edinburgh. After gaining his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery in 2021 and completing his higher surgical training, he undertook two highly regarded fellowships in Liverpool and Birmingham. During that time, he was also competitively awarded the British Orthopaedic Association Chatterjee travelling fellowship, where he was able to visit centres of excellence in Europe to gain exposure to different techniques that are available for managing knee conditions. These combined fellowships gave him the skills to manage the full breadth of knee conditions that can present to him, from sports injuries to arthritic knees.

His practice focuses exclusively on the knee, where he manages the full spectrum of knee problems, and his goal is to return the damaged knee back to a healthy state so patients can go back to doing the things they enjoy. This includes looking after patients with sports injuries with damaged knee ligaments, the meniscus or knee cartilage, and he is trained in a number of different minimally-invasive techniques which he tailors to the patient's needs. He has a tertiary referral practice for patients with complex knee cap dislocation problems and arthritis. When treating younger active patients with arthritis, he regularly offers patients re-alignment (osteotomy) surgery to correct the shape of the leg, which helps to improve pain and function, and postpone the need for knee replacement surgery. In patients who have established arthritis, he routinely offers both partial and total knee replacement surgery, including robotically-assisted knee replacements.

Mr. Alanie has a strong interest in research and education. He has presented widely in national and international conferences, published over 20 research articles in various highly regarded peer-reviewed journals, and continues his active involvement in research in a number of different pioneering aspects of knee surgery. He is regularly invited to teach at Trauma and Orthopaedic courses at a national and international level, and is a clinical supervisor for junior doctors in the NHS. As a result of this contribution, he has been awarded the position of Honorary Senior Clinical Lecture at his Alma Mater, the University of Glasgow.