Ian McDermott

Mr Ian McDermott is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in knees.

Mr McDermott is one of the UK’s leading experts in ‘Biological Knee Reconstruction’, combining highly specialised techniques such as meniscal transplantation and articular cartilage grafting. He was the first surgeon in the UK to use Vivostat PRF autologous bioactive biological glue in knees and he was also the first surgeon in the UK to perform a Conformis G2 iUni custom-made knee replacement. He now trains other surgeons in these techniques and is a designated ‘Centre of Excellence’ for training. He is also President of the UK Biological Knee Society.

Mr McDermott has a reputation for dealing with the most difficult and extreme knee problems, and spends much of his time undertaking major reconstructions for sports injuries and performing complex revision surgeries.

In full-time private practice since 2007, Mr McDermott is the co-founder and Managing Partner of London Sports Orthopaedics, one of the UK’s leading private orthopaedic practices, based in the heart of The City of London.