Mr Clough is a keen researcher and has published articles on ankle and big toe joint replacements, daycase forefoot surgery, trauma foot surgery and the role of PRP in plantar fasciitis. He presents regularly at national and international meetings. His current areas of research include the clinical outcome of ankle replacements, treatments options for failed bunion surgery and newer treatment outcomes for chronic achilles tendinopathy.
He is an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Salford. He is a keen teacher, a faculty member on the BMSc course at the University of Dundee, a faculty member on the orthopaedic course at the University of Salford and serves as an elected member of the Scientific Committee for the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (BOFAS). Mr Clough is a specialist adviser to NICE for the interventional procedures programme and a member of the international advisory board and editorial committee for the specialist medical journal ‘The Foot’.
Mr Clough specialises in:
• Foot and ankle arthritis including ankle replacements
• Ankle arthroscopy
• Sports injuries
• Bunion and lesser toe surgery
• Achilles pain