Dennis Molloy MB Bch Ba(O) FRCS(Tr & Orth), MPhil.
Dennis Molloy has been a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Musgrave Park since 2012. He obtained his medical degree from Queen’s University Belfast in 1999 and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2003 and a fellow of trauma and orthopaedics in 2010. Mr Molloy now specialises in primary and revision hip and knee surgery and has a clinical workload of over 450 primary hip and knee replacements per annum in addition to hip and knee arthroscopy.
Throughout Mr Molloy’s career he has been involved in research which has resulted in many publications in peer reviewed journals and presentations at both national and international conferences for example, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting and the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty annual conference. During his career he has obtained over £100,000 to carry out a range of research studies. From 2004 to 2006 Mr Molloy spent 18 months completing an MPhil from Queen’s University Belfast on factors effecting blood loss following total knee replacement at Musgrave Park Hospital. This was a randomised controlled trial comparing the blood saving effect of a topical fibrin spray compared to systemic tranexamic acid for total knee replacement patients.
Mr Molloy completed his fellowship in the Mater Hospital in Sydney where he spent 12 months from July 2011 working as a fellow in hip and knee replacement & revision arthroplasty. During his time there he was awarded funding to complete a study looking at the stability of three different knee replacement systems and compare their radiological and clinical outcomes. He also completed a clinical and radiological review in Sydney along with Dr William Walter on a modular femoral implant and its mechanically assisted crevice corrosion and subsequent adverse local tissue reaction which was similar to that seen in metal on metal resurfacing which has resulted in the worldwide withdrawal of the implant.
Dennis became a trustee of BART in 2014 and continues to participate in the on-going program of research that is carried out in the Primary Joint Unit at Musgrave Park Hospital.