Andrew Porteous has been a Consultant Specialist Knee Surgeon at the Avon Orthopaedic Centre(AOC) in Bristol, UK for over 20 years. His practice covers the spectrum of knee surgery. He is Immediate Past President of the British Assoc for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) and has been on the BASK Executive Committee for 12 years. He has previously been the Clinical Lead for Knee Surgery at the AOC for over 15 years, and the Lead for Elective Orthopaedics for 5 years. He is part of a team providing the regional Revision Knee service, the Regional Knee Infection service and the Acute Knee Injury service for North Bristol NHS Trust. He has served as an adviser to NICE, NHS England and GIRFT on a range of knee topics. He is a co-author of National Guidelines for treatment of ACL injuries and Revision knee replacement. He has served on a number of committees of the National Joint Registry. His research interests include: Partial, total & revision knee arthroplasty, infection & knee injury. He has been involved in the development and ongoing work of ODEP and Beyond Compliance for Knees. He is a Member of the BASK, BOA, EKS, ESSKA, EKA and ISAKOS. He holds a Master’s Degree in Orthopaedic Engineering.
