Mr Timothy Clough
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Ankle, Foot and Knee Specialist
DEPARTMENT:
Lower Limb Consultants (Hip, Knee, Ankle and Foot)
SPECIALITY AREAS:
Ankle Arthroscopy
Ankle and Hindfoot arthritis
Ankle Replacement surgery
Ankle instability
Surgical management of the Rheumatoid foot
Hallux valgus (bunion)
Joint replacement surgery to the big toe
Sports injuries of the ankle and foot
Ligament injuries in the ankle and foot
Ankle and Foot fractures
Metatarsalgia
Mortons neuroma
Hammer/Claw/Mallet Lesser toe problems
Arthroscopic knee surgery
Knee replacement surgery
Calcaneal fractures
Achilles pain
Plantar fasciitis/Heel pain
CONTACT DETAILS:
Telephone: 01257 256304
CLINICAL ACCESS TIMES:
Mondays 0900 - 1300 RAEI, Wigan
Thursdays 0900 - 1300 Wrightington
Qualifications: BSc(Hons). MBChB, FRCS (Trauma and Orth)
Mr Tim Clough qualified from the Universities of St Andrews, Scotland and Manchester in 1992. He holds a full time Consultant post at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust. He is on the Specialist Register as an Orthopaedic Consultant. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Salford.
Mr Clough specialises in ankle, foot and knee surgery and sports injuries. He gained extensive training in these areas through an International Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Fellowship in Canada and through a Foot and Ankle Fellowship at Wrightington. During his training, he won both the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) Sanofi Synthelabo Travelling Fellowship Prize in 2002 and the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Travelling Fellowship Prize in 2004.
He is currently Foot and Ankle surgeon for several professional Premiership and Championship football teams, Super League rugby teams and a local Premiership rugby union team.
He has published articles on ankle and knee replacements, day case forefoot surgery and has presented at regional, national and international meetings. His current areas of research include the clinical outcome of ankle replacement, surgical management of the rheumatoid foot, clinical outcome of joint replacement surgery to the big toe and newer treatment outcomes for chronic Achilles tendinopathy.
Mr Clough is a keen teacher and is a Faculty member on the MCh Orth course at Dundee, a Faculty member on the MSc Orthopaedic course at the University of Salford and organiser of the ‘Foot and Ankle’ module for the MSc Orthopaedic course.