Peter Beirne Grad Dip Phys MCSP

Biography:

Peter Beirne graduated from Royal Liverpool Hospital College School of Physiotherapy in 1991.

After working initially at Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool he started work at the North Wales Sport Injury Clinic on a part time basis, and also at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool.  In 1996 he took a full time position at Alder Hey. At this time he began to develop the Paediatric Orthopaedic Service within the Trust and also became involved with the English and Welsh Athletics Teams. Following promotion to Superintendent at Alder Hey in 1996, he continued to develop the inpatient and outpatient Orthopaedic service and worked closely in setting up the Paediatric Ilizarov service.  During this time he was also heavily involved in the Haemophilia service and setting up National guidelines into the treatment of paediatric conditions.

He became a member of the British Athletic Team and attended numerous international meetings as athletic team Physiotherapist, culminating in 1998 when he was part of the Medical Team supporting the English Team at the Commonwealth games in Kuala Lumpur. Since 1996, he has also been employed as Physiotherapist to the Everton Football Academy.  His work encompasses the full time and academy players as well as setting up a musculoskeletal screening programme and assisting in the audit of injuries and musculoskeletal research.

Becoming a Clinical Specialist in 1998 he set up the adolescent knee pain clinic and the Ponsetti method clinic with the Orthopaedic surgeons to treat babies with Talipes deformities. For the past several years he has presented the Paediatric Orthopaedic Modules at Liverpool and Salford Universities at undergraduate level.  As well as lecturing locally and nationally on Orthopaedics and children in sport, the most recent being at the APCP Introduction To Paediatrics Course in Liverpool, 2003.

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