Dr Russell Young
MB ChB BSc (Hons) MRCP FRCR
Specialisation: musculoskeletal, radiologist, and sports injuries.
Personal Profile
Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist – MBChB, BSc (Hons), MRCP, FRCR
Specialist in Sports, Orthopaedic, Rheumatological & Interventional Radiology
11 years of experience working with Orthopaedic Surgeons, Sports Physicians, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Chiropractors & Podiatrists, including working with professional athletes and Swindon Town Football Club players.
Background
I first became interested in Radiology whilst observing CT scanning on a surgical elective in Canada. I worked as a clinician in Scotland and Australia, returning to the UK to start training in Radiology. I developed an interest in musculoskeletal radiology early on, which complemented my sporting interests. After completing a specialist musculoskeletal radiology fellowship at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, I worked as a consultant radiologist at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, which has excellent orthopaedic and radiology departments.
More recently I have been working in Cirencester, and for GP Care throughout Gloucestershire. Whilst working for GP Care, many patients commented that they liked having ultrasound scans more locally. This gave me the idea of trying to provide a more local and personal ultrasound scan service. I also report MRI and CT scans, which can be arranged via Cobalt Health in Cheltenham, on request from your health professional.
Latest Updates
Cotswold Diagnostic Clinic – MRI Reporting service still available, but scans are performed at Cobalt Health in Cheltenham (please mark referral FAO Dr R Young)
Cotswold Diagnostic Clinic – mobile musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound & injections, based in Cirencester
Current Positions
Great Western Hospital Swindon NHS Clinic – MSK ultrasound & guided injections.
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Oxford – MSK ultrasound & guided injections, and MRI reporting
GP Care – MSK and general ultrasound at GP surgeries at the Hadwen Medical Practice and at Stroud General Hospital
St Luke’s Radiology Clinic, Oxford – MSK ultrasound and injections, with teaching on ultrasound courses, and some auditing for Global Diagnostics UK
Fusion Radiology and SG Radiology – Teleradiology – MSK MRI and CT, with auditing. Screening MRI and MRA Brain scans for MMA fighters (with safe MMA).
Sub-specialist Training
Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellowship, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford
Specialist Training
Severn Deanery Radiology Training Rotation, Bristol
Including Final Year Specialist Musculoskeletal Radiology Training Attachment, based at Southmead Hospital in Bristol
Professional Memberships
General Medical Council
Fellow of Royal College of Radiologists
British Society of Skeletal Radiology
Specialist in Orthopaedic & Sports Radiology
Dr Russell Youngon a surgical elective in Canada. He worked as a clinician in the UK and Australia, before returning to the UK to start training in Radiology. He developed an interest in musculoskeletal radiology early on, which complemented my sporting interests. After completing a specialist musculoskeletal radiology fellowship at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, He worked as a consultant radiologist at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, which has excellent orthopaedic and radiology departments.
More recently Dr Russell Young has also been working in Cirencester and Oxford, and for GP Care throughout Gloucestershire. Whilst working for GP Care, many patients commented that they liked having ultrasound scans more locally. This gave Dr Russell Young the idea of trying to provide a more local and personal ultrasound scan service. Dr Russell Young also reports MRI and CT scans, which can be arranged via Cobalt Health in Cheltenham, on request from your local health professional.
Skills
- MRI scan reporting – specialist in orthopaedic, sports, spinal & rheumatological conditions, & traumatic brain injury in contact sports.
- Diagnostic ultrasound of muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, nerves, and soft tissues, including hernias and lumps and bumps.
- Other ultrasound types – abdominal, neck/thyroid, deep veins & testes.
- Ultrasound guided diagnostic and therapeutic injections of tendon sheaths, bursae, joints, nerves, trigger points, and soft tissues
- Ultrasound guided high volume injections for frozen shoulder and tendinopathy.
- Fluoroscopic guided spinal nerve root blocks, facet joint injections, and rhizolysis.
- Radiology and referral advice for all health care professionals
A medicolegal musculoskeletal MRI reporting service is also available. Dr Young can provide expert witness reports for all types of musculoskeletal injuries and negligence, including spinal conditions, and is on the medical advisory board for safe MMA.
Background
Specialist Training
Severn Deanery Radiology Training Rotation
Sub-specialist Training
Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellowship
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, OxfordProfessional Memberships
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, OxfordProfessional Memberships
General Medical Council
Fellow of Royal College of Radiologists
British Society of Skeletal Radiology
British Patellofemoral Society
Sporting Interests
Experienced runner over 25 years (up to marathon distance)
Triathlon, experienced off-piste skier, hockey, rugby, squash
Advanced practitioner and consultant practitioner radiographers increase responsibility in their job roles, respectively, to a point where the four core domains of consultant work are pivotal to their roles: 1) expert clinical practice; 2) professional leadership and consultancy; 3) education, training & development, practice & service development; 4) research & evaluation. It is the aspiration of The Society and College of Radiographers that radiographers undertaking advanced practice are educated to full Masters level and consultant practitioners to Professional Doctorate / PhD level.
