University Lecturer; Honorary Orthopaedic Consultant

Email : sm2089@cam.ac.uk.

Research interests

Mr McDonnell is a University Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Knee and Hip Surgeon. His research interests are aimed at the identification and stratification of patients with early knee osteoarthritis, and defining their phenotypic features. He works closely with the department of radiology using novel imaging techniques. This is aimed at providing a personalised treatment aimed at the different phenotypes of early knee OA. He is the centre co ordinator for the ADIPOA2 clinical trial investigating the safety and efficacy of autologous adipose derived stem cells in the treatment of advanced OA of the knee. He undertook his previous research MD and orthopaedic surgical training in Oxford, based at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. He undertook a specialist knee and hip “Sports and Joints” fellowship in Melbourne with the Melbourne Orthopaedic Group.

Key publications

Barrett MP, McDonnell SM (2015) Hip pain after a fall. BMJ. Sep 22;351

McDonnell SM, Boyce G, Baré J, Young D, Shimmin AJ (2013) The incidence of noise generation arising from the large-diameter Delta Motion ceramic total hip bearing. Bone Joint J.  Feb;95-B(2):160-5

McDonnell SM, Bottomley NJ, Hollinghurst D, Rout R, Thomas G, Pandit H, Ostlere S, Murray DW, Beard DJ, Price AJ (2011) Skyline patellofemoral radiographs can only exclude late stage degenerative changes. Knee.  Jan;18(1):21-3.

McDonnell SM, Sinsheimer J, Price AJ, Carr AJ (2007) Genetic influences in the aetiology of anteromedial osteoarthritis of the knee.J Bone Joint Surg Br. Jul;89(7):901-3.

Areas of expertise

osteoarthritis, traumatology, knee, orthopaedic surgery, sports medicine, arthroscopy, hip, articular cartilage, chondrocytes, knee injury, knee osteoarthritis