Clinical Interests
Groin, Complex Problems, Football Medicine, Exercise-based Rehabilitation and lower limb dysfunction and pathology
Sporting Interests
Football
Currently Works At
Medical Advisor to the FA Premier League since 2018, Consultant in Sport, Exercise & Musculoskeletal Medicine, Pure Sports Medicine Bank since 2020, Consultant SEM Spire Little Aston & Spire Nottingham and Lead Physician Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme
Work Experience
First Team Doctor & Director of Performance WBA FC 2010 – 2018, Lead Physician & Head of Athletic Performance British Basketball 2008 – 2013 and Consultant in Emergency Medicine2004-2008, First Team Doctor Chelsea FC 2008 – 2010
Other Experience
Team medical officer 2002 Commonwealth Games (Manchester) and 2012 London Olympics, EIS Sports Physician 2003 – 2008, Chairman Premier League Doctors Group 2014 – 2016, Training Program Director SEM West Midlands 2009 – 2016 , Key Publications include: Kemp S, Cowie CM, Gillett M, et al. Sports medicine leaders working with government and public health to plan a ‘return-to-sport’ during the COVID-19 pandemic: the UK’s collaborative five-stage model for elite sport [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 13]. Br J Sports Med. 2020;bjsports-2020 – 102834. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2020 – 102834, Speers C, Seth AN, Patel KC, Rakhit DJ, Gillett MJ. Defining the Process of a Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Program: Lessons Learned From Cardiac Assessment of Elite Soccer Players in the United Kingdom. Clin J Sport Med. 2019;29(6):500 – 505 and Vidoni A, Gillett M, Botchu R, James S. Lower limb muscle injuries: The good, the bad and the ugly. Eur J Radiol. 2018;104:101 – 107. doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2018.05.008.
