Mr John McKinley
Qualifications
MBChB; BMSC(hons); FRSC (Orth)
GMC number: 4111304
Specialties
Orthopaedic surgery
Consultation times
- Mondays
- Overview
About
Mr McKinley completed all of his surgical and orthopaedic training in Edinburgh and then spent an additional year of specialist training with one of Australia’s top foot and ankle surgeons in Melbourne.
He has been a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh since 2007 and was the first consultant in Scotland to be appointed primarily as a foot and ankle surgeon. He also treats adolescent foot problems at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh.
He is the Clinical Director for Orthopaedics in Edinburgh and the lead for foot and ankle surgery in Lothian. He chairs a committee at the Royal College of Surgeons and has been heavily involved in developing foot and ankle services in Scotland.
Mr McKinley is regularly involved in educating surgeons and allied health professionals and helped set up a national multidisciplinary foot and ankle group. He set up and is the Program Director of the ChM in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery – a surgical distance learning programme resulting from the collaboration between the University of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Mr McKinley deals with all aspects of foot and ankle pathology, from bunion surgery to complex hindfoot deformities, performing ankle replacements regularly. He was one of the first surgeons in Scotland to use minimally invasive techniques to treat bunions and Achilles pathology, which he does regularly.
He has a special interest in treating sporting injuries and regularly treats players from the Scottish Rugby Union, Scottish Premiership football clubs, Scottish Ballet, and the Scottish Institute of Sport.
His NHS practice is based at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
Special interests
- Ankle arthroscopy
- Ankle replacement
- Ankle Instability
- Ankle articular cartilage repair
- Ankle fusion
- Bunion removal and treatment
- Minimally invasive bunion surgery
- Extracorporeal shockwave therapy
- Morton’s neuroma excision
- Achilles tendon surgery
- Plantar fasciitis.
Treatments and tests offered by Mr John McKinley at Nuffield Health
- Excision of a ganglion
- Bunion surgery (bunionectomy)
- Amputations
- Achilles repair or reconstruction
- Foot and ankle surgery
- Ankle arthroscopy
- Ankle fusion
- Toe joint fusion
- Steroid injections
- Ankle replacement
Locations Mr John McKinley works with
Related experience
Memberships
- British Orthopaedic Association
- British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- European Foot and Ankle Society
- Foot and Ankle Scotland
Insurers Mr John McKinley works with
Mr John McKinley works with the following private medical insurance providers:
- Aviva Health
- AXA Health
- Bupa
- Cigna
- Healix
- Vitality Health (Pru Health)
- WPA