ABOUT ME

Bilal Jamal is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon whose NHS practice is based at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

He graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 2006 and has completed his orthopaedic training in the West of Scotland. This has been supplemented with further subspecialist training in Sheffield and Edinburgh.

Mr Jamal is a recipient of the prestigious European Foot and Ankle Society travelling fellowship. Bilal has travelled widely allowing him to gain further experience in orthopaedic surgery by visiting internationally recognised centres in Heidelberg, Lyon and Verona.

Bilal continues to innovate and lead the conversation within orthopaedics. This is demonstrated by the fact that he is the Director of Surgical Education at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG). Bilal is also a member of Council at RCPSG. In addition, he is a member of the executive committee of the British Limb Reconstruction Society as well as being a member of the trauma committee of the British Orthopaedic Association.

Specialisation

Mr Jamal was appointed as a consultant in 2017. His practice consists entirely of foot, ankle and limb reconstruction surgery.

Sub specialisation of this nature allows Mr Jamal to offer the latest techniques which maximise patient comfort and outcome.

He is known for his pragmatic approach and will only operate when there is no other reasonable alternative.

Examples of the type of operations he commonly carries out are

• bunion corrections

• forefoot deformity correction

• ankle arthroscopy

• ankle ligament reconstruction

• flat foot and high arch deformity correction

• arthroscopic ankle fusion

• all varieties of Achilles and other tendon operations as well as all revision cases.