Andrea Gledhill is a Consultant Podiatric Surgeon. She qualified as a podiatrist in 2004, began her MSc in the theory of podiatric surgery in 2011, her surgical training in 2014 and achieved her fellowship of the Royal College of Podiatry in Podiatric Surgery (FRCPodS) in 2019 and fellowship of the Faculty of Podiatric Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (RCPS FFPM) (Glasg) in 2024. She achieved her Completion Certificate in Podiatric Surgery Training (CCPST) in 2024 and commenced her Consultant role in January 2025. She is also a Tutor of the Faculty of Podiatric Surgery for the Royal College of Podiatry. In her current role she is continuing to build on her portfolio in all areas of podiatric surgery including managing the high-risk foot, acute diabetic foot disease and the ischaemic foot and the surgical intervention of these conditions in emergency, curative, elective and prophylactic circumstances. She works alongside a strong multi disciplinary team including orthopaedics, vascular and endocrine colleagues to deliver a high standard of patient care within an acute hospital setting. She has experience in all aspects of complex foot surgery including osteotomies, arthrodesis, amputations, wound debridement, use of antibiotic biologics, bone grafts and plastic surgery principles and has an on-call presence in the daily management of acute admissions and limb threatening presentations. Andrea has recently delivered a national workforce review as project officer for the Royal College of Podiatry and is currently building on her research portfolio with the ambition to become a senior clinical academic, connecting her surgical skills to research and innovation leadership. Her passion for work in limb salvage, preservation of foot function and amputation prevention and her enthusiasm for driving the podiatry profession forward will be the focus in the next steps in her portfolio career journey.