Who we are
About Professor Chloe Scott
Professor Chloe Scott is a consultant hip, knee & trauma surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Spire Murrayfield Hospital. She is an international expert in arthritis treatment and robotic joint replacement and trains others in these techniques around the world.
Global Recognition
International Orthopedic Specialist
She is an internationally recognized expert in complex knee replacement surgery and the treatment of fractures around joint replacements. She is an invited member of both the European Knee Society and the International Knee Society.
Professor Scott believes strongly in evidenced based medicine and innovation in order to maximize outcomes for patients with knee and hip arthritis. She completed her medical degree and surgical training in Edinburgh with travelling Fellowships to centres of excellence in Boston (Mass General Hospital & the Cartilage Repair Centre) , Chicago, and South Carolina. Chloe has been a Consultant in Edinburgh since 2017.
Prize-winning work
Award-Winning Orthopedic Surgeon
Professor Scott is an internationally acclaimed and prize-winning surgeon and researcher and is Editor-in-Chief of the Bone and Joint Research journal.
She completed a Masters in Orthopaedic Engineering at Cardiff University and has an MD in partial knee replacement engineering from the University of Edinburgh for which she won awards from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (iMechE) and the Scottish Committee for Orthopaedics and Trauma. She has subsequently been made an Honorary Professor at Imperial College London Department of Mechanical Engineering where she collaborates on knee implant design with academics and industry partners. She was awarded the Hunter Doig medal by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2020 and was featured in their portrait “Eleven Surgeons” in 2025.
International Surgical Trainer
Specialist in Complex Knee Surgery
Chloe specializes in complex knee replacement surgery and trains surgeons in complex knee replacement, revision and periprosthetic fracture techniques internationally. She has recently written the chapter on Difficult Knee Replacements for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Knowledge Update 2025. She volunteers on charity trips to perform complex knee replacements in Guatemala.
Her research interests include arthroplasty outcomes, periprosthetic fractures, robotic surgery, finite element analysis and knee biomechanics, and details of her papers can be found here.