Dr Andrew Grainger
Dr Grainger is consultant musculoskeletal radiologist at Cambridge University Hospitals. Within the subspeciality he has particular interests in sports imaging and imaging arthritis.
He supervises anatomy at Peterhouse and teaches radiology and anatomy at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Dr Grainger is involved in imaging amateur and professional athletes from a wide variety of sports and was on the organising committee to provide imaging for the London 2012 Olympics. He has also provided imaging for other major sporting events.
His research is clinically based and is particularly focused on imaging biomarkers for arthritis. Dr Grainger has over 150 peer reviewed publications and invited reviews and has contributed 25 book chapters. He is co-editor of 7 books and a musculoskeletal sub-editor for the 7th edition of Grainger & Allison’s Diagnostic Radiology.
He is currently the president of the British Society of Skeletal Radiology.
Recent publications and books:
- Rowbotham EL, Grainger AJ, eds. Post-operative Imaging of Sports Injuries. Springer; 2020. ISBN 978-3-030-54591-8
- Arnold JB, Halstead J, Martin-Hervas C, Grainger AJ, Keenan AM, Hill CL, Conaghan PG, McGonagle D, Redmond AC. Bone marrow lesions and MRI-detected structural abnormalities in people with midfoot pain and osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study. Arthritis Care and Research 2022. On Line Pre-print. doi:10.1002/acr.24955
- Scullion S, Grainger AJ, Greenspan A. Radiologic imaging of metabolic and endocrine disorders as they affect the hand and wrist. Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology 2021; 25: 246-259. doi:10.1055/s-0041-1727192
- Arnold JB, Halstead J, Grainger AJ, Keenan AM, Hill CL, Redmond AC. Foot and leg muscle weakness in people with midfoot osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care and Research 2021; 73: 772-780. doi:10.1002/acr.24182
- Farrow M, Biglands JD, Grainger AJ, O'Connor P, Hensor EMA, Ladas A, Tanner SF, Emery P, Tan AL. Quantitative MRI in myositis patients: comparison with healthy volunteers and radiological visual assessment. Clinical Radiology 2021; 76: 81 e1-81 e10. doi:10.1016/j.crad.2020.08.022
- Biglands JD, Grainger AJ, Robinson P, Tanner SF, Tan AL, Feiweier T, Evans R, Emery P, O’Connor P. MRI in acute muscle tears in athletes: can quantitative T2 and DTI predict return to play better than visual assessment? European Radiology 2020; 30: 6603-6613. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-06999-z
