Mr Kevin Donnelly

Consultant Upper Limb Orthopaedic Surgeon

MB BCh BAO, FRCS (Tr&Orth)

Mr Kevin Donnelly is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in disorders of the shoulder, elbow and hand. He graduated from Queen's University Belfast in 2008 and completed his Foundation Programme and Core Surgical Training in the Northern Ireland Deanery. He was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2019 and joined the GMC Specialist Register in 2020 after completing higher specialty training in Trauma and Orthopaedics in Northern Ireland.

An Upper Limb Fellowship at the prestigious Upper Limb Unit in Wrightington Hospital was unfortunately cut short by the Covid-19 pandemic, and Mr Donnelly returned to Belfast to work as a Locum Consultant at the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald. In 2021 he travelled to Auckland, New Zealand, for a 12-month Upper Limb Fellowship with world-renowned surgeon Mr Peter Poon. On returning in 2022, he was appointed to a substantive Consultant post in Trauma and Orthopaedics at the Ulster Hospital and Musgrave Park Hospital.

Conditions treated

• Dupuytren's disease
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Cubital tunnel syndrome
• Trigger finger
• Base of thumb arthritis
• Shoulder instability
• Frozen shoulder
• Arthritis of the shoulder and elbow

Mr Donnelly has particular expertise in shoulder and elbow replacements, the treatment of shoulder instability, carpal tunnel syndrome and Dupuytren’s disease.

Research and teaching

Mr Donnelly has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and has presented at national and international meetings. His research interests include shoulder arthroplasty and trauma management, and in 2019 he was awarded the Martin Medal for Orthopaedic Research. He has held several teaching and examiner roles for Queen's University Belfast and is committed to training the next generation of surgeons.

Professional memberships

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd), British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS), British Orthopaedic Association (BOA), British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH)