Dr Peter Young
- Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer (School of Molecular Biosciences)
Biography
Peter is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon based in the West of Scotland. His surgical practice includes the management of prosthetic joint infection and salvage orthopaedics, metastatic bone disease, general trauma, primary and revision lower limb arthroplasty.
He undertook fellowship training as the ZimmerBiomet Adult Reconstruction Travelling Fellow in Vancouver in 2016 and in the Sarcoma and Infection Unit of the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham.
He has developed a keen research interest having undertaken a BMedSci in oestrogen receptor expression in breast carcinoma during his undergraduate training. Having moved to Glasgow for surgical training he then undertook a postgraduate PhD in nanoscale surface modification and bone marrow stem cell response.
He subsequently developed research projects into how osteoblasts and osteoclast interact within the bone and this became the focus for his PhD, where he developed a novel in vitro co-culture to represent the bone marrow niche in order to assess surface response.
He has continued to support stem cell research following his PhD and has diversified into other key areas of Orthopaedics such as biofilm imaging and synovial glycome.
Research interests
Adult Stem Cell Interactions and Mechanotransduction
Prosthetic Joint Infection & Biofilm Formation
Synovial Glycome
Research groups
- Regenerative Medicine & Cellular MicroenvironmentÂ
Teaching
I am the education supervisor for a resident trainee within the Trauma & Orthopaedic rotation, and clincal supervisor for a clinical fellow with a specialty interest in revision arthroplasty and management of metastatic bone disease. I undertake weekly teaching of medical students within clinics and wards during their Orthopaedic specialty rotation.
I lecture on the stem cell engineering for regenerative medicine MSc within the University of Glasgow.
I teach arthroplasty techniques on cadaveric and saw bone courses with industry partners including DePuy Synthes, Stryker and Heraeus.
Professional activities & recognition
Research fellowships
- 2016 - 2017: Robertson Trust Fellowship. Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh