Dr Mark Gillett
Sports and Exercise Medicine Specialist
MSc (SEM), FRCS, FRCEM, FFSEM (UK&I), DipIMC, RCSEd, PGCert MSK
I was appointed as the medical advisor to the Premier League in November 2018 after a decade of experience as a team physician and performance director in that league.
I qualified in 1992 and completed higher specialist training in Emergency Medicine in the West Midlands in 2003. I have an MSc in Sports Medicine from the University of Nottingham and a founding fellow of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine UK.
From 2003-2008 I worked for the English Institute of Sport as a sports physician and in 2008 I became the first team doctor at Chelsea FC, before moving to West Bromwich Albion FC as Director of Performance in 2010 and then to Nottingham Forest in 2018.
I have more than 20 years’ experience working in elite sports medicine with Olympic athletes. In 2012 I was a member of Team GB at the London Olympics as Chief Medical Officer to the men’s and women’s basketball squads. I was instrumental in the development of the AREA pre-hospital care training course for the Football Association in 2008.
I was previously the chairman of the Premier League Doctors Group and the training program Director for Sports and Exercise Medicine in the West Midlands from 2009 – 2016 and Deputy Chair of the national training committee from 2014-2016.
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Mark Gillett at Spire include:
Sports and exercise medicine
Other treatments
- Arthrosamid® knee injection (for more information please see Joint pain treatment and benefits of Arthrosamid®)
- Exercise guidance and prescription
- Foot and ankle disorders
- Groin pain
- Knee disorders
- Lumbar spine dysfunction
- Tendon problems (Achilles, Patella)
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Important information about Covid-19 tests
COVID-19 testing or antibody tests are not available as a standalone service at Spire Little Aston Hospital.
Additional information
Clinical interests
Sports and exercise medicine
• Football and team medicine • Multi-disciplinary teams
Qualification and professional memberships
MBBS / University of London / 1992
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
FRCS / Glasgow / 1999
Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons
FRCEM / United Kingdom / 2003
Fellowship of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine
FFSEM / United Kingdom / 2006
The Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine
Dip IMC / United Kingdom / 2003
Diploma in Immediate Medical Care
FFSEM / Ireland / 2005
The Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine
PGCert MSK / USA / 2017
Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Contact information
| Telephone | For appointments at Spire Nottingham call 0115 937 7735 or 0121 580 7131 for Spire Little Aston |
| Private secretary | Julie Canning |
| Private secretary telephone | 0121 5807405 |
| Private secretary fax | 0121 352 1971 |
| Private secretary email | Julie.CANNING2@spirehealthcare.com |