Current & Past Orthopaedic Fellows

Dr med. Iris Schleicher, Specialist Orthopaedic Surgery

Trained at The University of Giessen, Germany, graduating in 1994, completed orthopaedic training in 2001 and was a Fellow for 9 months at The Prince Charles Hospital in 2003. Now “Oberärztin” at the Orthopaedic Department of the Universitiy Giessen and Marburg, Germany, with a special interest in hip and knee Arthroplasty, foot surgery and pediatric orthopaedics.

Mr Paul Gaston MBChB(Hons) FRCSEd FRCS(Tr&Orth)

Trained at University of Edinburgh, U.K. Graduating in 1993, completed his basic surgical training in Edinburgh, specialist training in Orthopaedics in Oxford and Edinburgh. FRCS(Tr&Orth) obtained 2002 then was a fellow for 7 months at The Prince Charles Hospital in 2003. Now a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, with a practice in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Revision Arthroplasty and young adult hip surgery.

Email: paul.gaston@ed.ac.uk

Mr Jon Conroy BSc, MB ChB, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Tr&Orth), MSc

Trained at the Universities of St Andrews and Manchester UK, graduating in 1995. Basic surgical training in Leeds followed by Higher Orthopaedic training in Yorkshire, UK. A Knee fellow in Harrogate 2004 followed by a 1 year Fellowship at The Prince Charles Hospital 2005-2006. Now a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon with an interest in Hip and Knee Revision Arthroplasty at Harrogate District Hospital, UK.

Email: jon@jonconroy.com

Dr. Michael Forsythe BSc MD FRCS (Orth)

Dr. Michael Forsythe is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in Joint Replacement Surgery and Sports Medicine.

Michael was educated in Canada and completed his medical degree and Orthopaedic training from Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia in 2003. Internationally, Michael had the opportunity to do his post-graduate fellowship training in Arthroplasty at the Prince Charles Hospital under Professor Ross Crawford. Following this, he returned to Montreal, Canada to do a second fellowship in Sports Medicine under Dr. Eric Lenczner.