David McDonald graduated as a physiotherapist in 2001, from Glasgow and became the lead orthopaedic physiotherapist in 2005 at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital (GJNH) in Clydebank, Scotland. In 2007, David formed a key role in development of their ERP. From 2010 he supported the Scottish Government part-time to develop and implement ERP in orthopaedics across Scotland and improve the standards of care by decreasing variation around the country.
David has completed his Doctoral Thesis which considered the impact of peri-operative analgesic techniques on rehabilitation outcomes following total knee arthroplasty. Recently he moved full time to the Whole Patient Flow Improvement Programme within the Scottish Government Health Directorate and has taken on the National Role for ERAS which for the coming year is concentrating on the role out across Colorectal Surgery.
