Neal L Millar PhD

I am an Academic Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in shoulder surgery having completed shoulder fellowships in Sydney and New York. My research interest lies in investigating the molecular pathophysiology of tendinopathy; an overuse injury, characterised by tendon pain and weakness with a significant burden of disease. Our past work has highlighted the role of inflammation and cytokines in tendon disease and we are currently focused on understanding the role of microRNA in the post transcriptional regulation of collagen synthesis and immediate tissue repair processes implicated in tendinopathy. I treat a wide range of shoulder pathologies ranging from instability,rotator cuff repair and shoulder arthroplasty. Additionally I run a specialist 'One stop' tendon clinic in the NHS focussed on improving the treatment of tendinopathy. My work has been generously funded by the Wellcome Trust, Arthritis Research UK, The Scottish Funding Council, Chief Scientific Office Scotland and Scottish Enterprise grants.