Dr David McKean

Dr David McKean is a Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Dr McKean studied medicine at St John's College, Oxford, completed his training at the Oxford School of Radiology and sub-specialised in Musculoskeletal Radiology at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. He is currently the Clinical Lead for Radiology at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Director of the Stoke Mandeville Musculoskeletal & Spinal Radiology Fellowship, Radiology Lead for the National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) MDT and has previously acted as Associate Medical Director for Research and Innovation. David is committed to providing the highest levels of clinical care for his patients and has received excellent patient feedback as a result of which Dr McKean was listed in Doctify's ‘Top 100 Medical Professionals’ List for 2026 (https://www.doctify.com/uk/specialist/dr-david-mckean). Dr McKean is at the forefront of MSK and spinal innovation. He performed the first case of basivertebral nerve ablation using the Intracept device in Europe (https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/blog/2025/07/24/trust-radiology-team-completes-first-intracept-procedure-for-chronic-low-back-pain-relief-in-europe/) and perfomed the first case of electrochemotherapy for radioresistent epidural metastases in the UK (https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/blog/2024/05/16/trust-radiology-team-perform-first-uk-case-of-electrochemotherapy-on-spinal-tumour/). His work was recognised with a President's Prize at the United Kingdom Imaging & Oncology Congress (UKIO) in 2026 as the Innovator of the Year Award (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ukiocongress_the-winner-of-the-innovator-of-the-year-award-activity-7473008400222679040-h2Xm/). Dr McKean is dedicated to lecturing and teaching. He served as secretary of the British Society of Skeletal Radiologists (BSSR) 2023-2025 and he will serve a Vice-President 2026-2028 and will be President of the BSSR 2028-2030- https://bssr.org.uk/officers-of-the-bssr-society. He is also a member of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR) Intervention Subcommittee and the International Skeletal Society (ISS) Social Media Subcommittee. Dr McKean is active in research and teaching regarding musculoskeletal injury, complex spinal cord injury and image guided musculoskeletal intervention. He has published over 40 papers in high impact journals such as JAMA, Neurology, Skeletal Radiology, Bone and Joint, and Nature Spinal Cord and has over 900 citations. His professional qualifications/ memberships include Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists, member of the European Society of Skeletal Radiology (ESSR), member of the International Skeletal Society (ISS) and British Society of Skeletal Radiology (BSSR).

Clinical Radiology; Musculoskeletal Radiology; Spinal Radiology; Spinal Intervention; Musculoskeletal Intervention