Research areas
Andrew is a SCREDS Clinical Lecturer & Specialty Registrar in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery. His academic work is dominated by collaborative data-driven research at the intersection between T&O, allied specialties (including Sport & Exercise Medicine and Medicine for the Elderly), and digital health. Clinically, his orthopaedic interests are lower limb joint preservation and replacement, trauma and sports orthopaedics, and his work aims to develop and evaluate new techniques in arthroscopy, robot-assisted surgery, and patient-centred interventions to improve outcomes in patients requiring surgery.
He is Deputy Chair of the Scottish Hip Fracture Audit Research Group, and is completing a PhD in T&O which involved establishing and leading the International Multicentre Project for Auditing COVID-19 in T&O (IMPACT). He is a co-founder of the Scottish Collaborative Orthopaedic Trainees Research Network (SCOTnet), and is coordinating the development of the a research network linking Scotland’s National Treatment Centres: the Scottish Centres for Orthopaedic Treatment & Innovation in Surgery & Health (SCOTTISH) Network.
A strong advocate for physical activity and sport, Andrew is pursuing dual-training as a physician in Sport & Exercise Medicine (SEM) and works in elite performance environments as Club Doctor for Heart of Midlothian FC, and as part of the matchday medical teams for Glasgow Warriors and the Scotland Rugby international teams. This practice informs his work around optimisation of pathways and a holistic approach to patient care, and is especially useful when applied to the context of frailty, multimorbidity, and relative inactivity.
Andrew is a keen educator and has achieved postgraduate qualifications in medical education. He has experience in curriculum design and delivery for undergradaute and postgraduates trainees in medicine and surgery and has published articles on innovations in surgical training. He is a mentor for doctors in training and co-authored a book on surgical careers titled The Surgical Portfolio & Interview: A Complete Guide, and he is an examiner for the Faculty of Sport & Exercise Medicine (FSEM).
PhD supervision
- John Bayram
- Conor McCann
- Scott Morrison
Selected publications
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Factors associated with periprosthetic joint infection following hip or knee arthroplasty: a single-centre, registry-linked cohort study of 30,102 cases conducted at a national orthopaedic treatment centre
Wong, J., Chopra, S., Hall, A. J., Abugu, G. U., Mahmood, F., Wallace, D., Clarke, J. V., Gee, C. W. & Holloway, N., 1 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Bone & Joint Journal. 108-B, 4, p. 516-525 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
GLP-1 receptor agonists and weight-loss strategies for individuals with obesity and hip or knee osteoarthritis: a scoping review
McCann, C., Clement, N., Murray, A., Kearney, R., Madigan, S., Gee, C., Walmsley, P., Morrison, S., Chopra, S. & Hall, A., 19 Jun 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Sports Medicine. Online FirstResearch output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Open access
Knee arthroplasty in patients under 50 years demonstrates durable survivorship despite substantially higher lifetime revision risk than in older patients
Morrison, S. R., Hall, A. J., Lim, B., Akhtar, A. & Walmsley, P., 15 Jun 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. Early View, p. 1-11 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
The epidemiology and outcomes of periprosthetic femur fractures: the Scottish National Audit of Periprosthetic Femur Fractures (SNAP Femur) study
Kennedy, M., Clement, N. D., Farrow, L., Kennedy, I. W., Harding, T., SCOTnet SNAP Femur Group, Blacklock, C., Penfold, R. S., Clarke, J. V., Duckworth, A. D., MacLullich, A. M. J., Walmsley, P. J., Hall, A. J. & Arnold, M., 1 May 2026, In: The Bone & Joint Journal. 108-B, 5, p. 707-715 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Use of the VELYS robotic‐assisted solution in knee arthroplasty: a scoping review
Morrison, S. R., Hall, A. J., Clement, N. D., Walmsley, P. J., Gee, C. & Clarke, J. V., 20 Apr 2026, In: Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics. 13, 2, 23 p., e70726.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Open access
Are current patient-reported outcome measures fit for purpose to evaluate unicompartmental knee arthroplasty?
Bayram, J. M., Clement, N. D., Hall, A. J., Walmsley, P. & Clarke, J. V., 2 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14, 1, 14 p., 203.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Delirium and cognitive assessment in national hip fracture registries: a scoping review
Merriman, N. A., Penfold, R. S., Walsh, M. E., Sexton, E., Brent, L., Hickey, P., Coughlan, T., Ojeda-Thies, C., Johansen, A., Hall, A. J., MacLullich, A. M. J., O’Regan, N. & Blake, C., 1 Oct 2025, In: European Geriatric Medicine. 16, 5, p. 1679-1701 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Open access
Delirium and cognitive screening in national hip fracture registries: scoping review protocol
Merriman, N. A., Penfold, R. S., Brent, L., Hickey, P., Walsh, M. E., Sexton, E., Coughlan, T., MacLullich, A. M. J., Johansen, A., Ojeda-Thies, C., Hall, A. J. & Blake, C., 24 Jan 2025, In: HRB Open Research. 7, p. 1-16 16 p., 68v2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Delirium on presentation with a hip fracture is associated with adverse outcomes: a multicentre observational study of 18,040 patients using national clinical registry data
Penfold, R. S., Farrow, L., Hall, A. J., Clement, N. D., Ward, K., Donaldson, L., Johansen, A., Duckworth, A. D., Anand, A., Hall, D. E., Guthrie, B. & MacLullich, A. M. J., 1 Apr 2025, In: The Bone & Joint Journal. 107-B, 4, p. 470-478 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Clinical Frailty Scale is a valid and independent predictor of one-year survival in patients sustaining a hip fracture: scottish Hip Fracture Audit data from 8,092 patients
Kennedy, M. J., Penfold, R. S., Donaldson, L., Hall, A. J., Davison, M. J., MacLullich, A. M. J., Walmsley, P., Clement, N. D. & Clarke, J. V., 4 Dec 2025, In: Bone & Joint Open. 6, 12, p. 1550-1558 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review