Mr Graeme Nicol

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon (Lower Limb)

Mr Nicol is a Consultant in Orthopaedics with specialist interests and training in hip and knee replacement surgery, as well as hip joint preservation surgery. 

Not only embracing the common procedure of hip replacement, Mr. Nicol is one of a small group of fellowship trained surgeons in the UK, trained to perform hip replacements through a direct anterior approach. This aims to improve patient’s postoperative pain and function. 

Mr. Nicol also performs the more specialist procedure of hip revision surgery, for those whose replacement has run its course, and the even more specialist and relatively innovative procedure of Hip Arthroscopy with a keyhole incision. Along side these treatments, Mr. Nicol runs a specialist clinic for young and adolescent hip problems, creating a truely all encompassing service.  He is able to offer an expert opinion and treatment on any aspect of hip disease, giving excellent patient care paired with experienced bedside manner. 

During his training, Mr. Nicol obtained degrees in Medicine (MBChB), a BMSc (Hons) in Applied Orthopaedic Technology, and a Master’s (MSc) in Musculoskeletal Biomechanics and Orthopaedic Technology. He completed two and a half years of internationally renowned fellowship training programmes in Ottawa, Canada and Bristol, England.  He worked as a Consultant specialising in pelvic trauma and young adult hip pathology in Bristol, prior to returning home to Scotland. 

Mr. Nicol takes a holistic approach to the care of his patients, with the aim of ensuring they are relieved of pain and restored to the level of function they wish to achieve, ensuring his patients are aware of all the treatment options. He helps patients choose the best treatment options for them, with their goals and expectations at the heart of the care he delivers.

Mr. Nicol was born and raised in Angus, he enjoys living back in Scotland with all it has to offer together with his wife and three children. 

Areas of interest and treatments offered by Mr. Graeme Nicol 

* Hip Replacement (inc. Direct Anterior Approach Hip Replacement) 

* Hip Arthroscopy (Key Hole Surgery) 

* Hip Resurfacing

* Hip Revision Surgery 

* Knee Replacement

* Sacro Iliac Joint Pain (Injection / Fusion)

* Manipulation Under Anaesthesia (MUA)

* Trauma Surgery

* Image Guided Joint Injections 

* Peri-Acetabular Osteotomy(PAO)