Prize Winners & Awards 2005
Exhibitors Cup
The award for 2005 was made to B Braun Medical Ltd
BOA Special Exhibition Award
The award for the best small stand was made to Tangent (Neurotechnics Ltd)
Robert Jones Golf Cup & Scotia Quaich
The Robert Jones Cup was won by Mr N J Fiddian
The Scotia Quaich was won by Mrs G Hamblen
Robert Jones Gold Medal & Association Prize
The award was made to Mr M Ishaque for his essay “The genetics of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration”
ABC Travelling Fellowship 2005
Seven Fellows, five American and two Canadian, visited the United Kingdom and South Africa between 10 April and 2 May:
American Orthopaedic Association Canadian Orthopaedic Association
S Berven M Duncan
K Egol K Faber
J Parvizi
L Randall
D Ring
ASEAN Travelling Fellowship 2005
The Fellowship was inaugurated to provide an opportunity for five ASEAN Fellows to attend the BOA Annual Congress and make a two-week visit of various centres. The Fellows were:
Dr K Martiana (Indonesian Orthopaedic Association)
Dr R Benafort (Malaysian Orthopaedic Association)
Dr G M S Azores (Philippine Orthopaedic Association)
Dr K W Chong (Singapore Orthopaedic Association)
Dr P Witoolkollachit (Thai Orthopaedic Association)
ASG Travelling Fellowship 2005
Mr PJ Briggs was selected as the first British ASG Fellows to join one Canadian and two American Fellows on a four-week your of Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Travelling Fellow 2005
Dr Eric PY Ho was selected as the HKOA Travelling Fellow; he was unable to attend the BOA Annual Congress and his paper was delivered by a colleague.
Mr M Freudmann attended the HKOA annual meeting as the BOA Young Ambassador
Indian Orthopaedic Association Travelling Fellow 2005
Dr John Ebnezar attended the Annual Congress.
Belgian Orthopaedic Associations Travelling Fellows 2005
Drs L Dossche, J Geurts and W Kurth attended the congress representing the BVT and SORBCOT.
Indian Orthopaedic Society UK
Drs A G Bhatia, V Lee and S R Rao attended the congress as Travelling Fellows of the IOS UK.
BOA Travelling Fellowships 2005 (2 x @ £5000)
H Malik [Salford] Research fellowship on gene expression and analysis of aseptic and septic failed total hip replacements, New York
A Norrish [Ipswich] Research fellowship on paediatric reconstructive surgery, Malawi
BOA European Travelling Scholarships 2005 (2 x @ £1,500 each)
A Davidson [London] Bone and soft tissue sarcomas, Rizzoli Institute, Bologna, Italy
K Mulhall [Dublin] Trauma Fellowship, Ludwigshaven, Germany
Zimmer Travelling Fellowship 2005 (£3,000)
N Shah [Wrightington] Primary and revision hip arthroplasty, Toronto
EFORT Travelling Fellowship 2005
A Robertson [York]
Prize Winners & Awards 2006
Exhibitors Cup
The award for 2006 was made to Biomet Ltd.
BOA Special Exhibition Award
The award for the best small stand was made to Mathys Orthopaedics Ltd.
Robert Jones Golf Cup & Scotia Quaich
The Robert Jones Cup was won by Mr M Foy.
The Scotia Quaich was won by Mrs G Hamblen
Robert Jones Gold Medal & Association Prize
The award was made to Mr M Costa for his essay “Achilles tendon rupture and rehabilitation”.
ABC Travelling Fellowships 2006
The Fellows visited a number of centres of excellence in the United States and Canada, and attended the AOA and COA meetings in, respectively, San Antonio and Toronto.
A Hashemi-Nejad [Stanmore] M J Chehade [Adelaide]
J T (Sam) Patton [Edinburgh] M M Hanlon [Auckland]
S A Stapley [Portsmouth] T Matobe [Pretoria]
K A Synnott [Dublin]
ASEAN Travelling Fellowships 2006
The Fellowship provided an opportunity for six ASEAN Fellows to attend the BOA Annual Congress and make a two-week visit of various centres. The Fellows were:
Dr MZ Chilmi (Indonesian Orthopaedic Association)
Dr BP Devadasan (Malaysian Orthopaedic Association)
Dr JV Mendoza Akol (Philippine Orthopaedic Association)
Dr KL Boon Leong (Singapore Orthopaedic Association)
Dr B Tangtrakulwanich (Thai Orthopaedic Association)
Dr M Trong Tuong (Vietnam Orthopaedic Association)
ASG Travelling Fellowship 2006
Mr O Schindler was selected as the British ASG Fellows to join one Canadian and two American Fellows on a four-week tour of Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Travelling Fellow 2006
Dr K Wing Cheung was selected as the HKOA Young Ambassador and delivered a paper on “Imageless computer aided orthopaedic surgery in total knee arthroplasty.”
Ms C Topliss attended the HKOA annual meeting as the BOA Young Ambassador.
Indian Orthopaedic Society UK
Drs A Arora and S Murthy and Professor V Vasudevan attended the congress as Travelling Fellows of the IOS UK.
BOA Travelling Fellowships 2006 (2 x @ £5000)
W Kim [Manchester] Los Angeles, Rochester and Boston
M Ishaque [London] Vancouver
BOA European Travelling Scholarships 2006 (2 @£1,500 – one award made)
A Ng [Manchester] Hamburg and Vienna
Zimmer Travelling Fellowship 2006 (£3000)
S Sturdee [Leeds] Ankara and Istanbul
EFORT Travelling Fellowship 2005
A Robertson [York]
Prize Winners & Awards 2007
Exhibitors Cup
The award for 2007 was made to Stryker Ltd.
BOA Special Exhibition Award
The award for the best small stand was made to ATS Stellite.
Robert Jones Golf Cup & Scotia Quaich
The Robert Jones Cup was won by Mr T J Wilton.
The Scotia Quaich was won by Mrs A Newman.
Robert Jones Gold Medal & Association Prize
The award was made to Mr K Tayton for his essay "Some observations on the mechanism of the slipper upper femoral epiphysis".
Acumed Poster Prize
The award was made to Major A Ramasamy for his poster on “Orthopaedic surgical activity in a British Military Field Hospital during the Iraqi insurgency 2006”
Orthodynamics Travel Bursary
A bursary of £3000 was awarded to Mr B Ollivere for his essay "Management of sub capital fractures in the elderly population".
ABC Travelling Fellowship 2007
Seven Fellows, five American and two Canadian, visited the United Kingdom between 15th April and 4th May:
Ms Constance Chu [Pittsburgh] Mr John Antoniou [Montreal]
Mr Brian Donley [Cleveland] Mr Alistair Younger [Vancouver]
Mr Steven Frick [Charlotte]
Mr Alan Hilibrand [Philadelphia]
Mr William Ricci [St Louis]
ASEAN Travelling Fellowship 2007
The Fellowship provided an opportunity for six ASEAN Fellows to attend the BOA Annual Congress and make a two-week visit of various centres. The Fellows were:
Dr L A P Pontoh (Indonesian Orthopaedic Association)
Dr K b M Kasim (Malaysian Orthopaedic Association)
Dr D L Alagar (Philippine Orthopaedic Association)
Dr S Y Fong (Singapore Orthopaedic Association)
Dr K Namsirikul (Thai Orthopaedic Association)
Dr N V Tien (Vietnam Orthopaedic Association)
Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Travelling Fellowship
Dr Brian Wong was selected as the HKOA Young Ambassador and delivered a paper on "Clinical and functional outcome of arthroscopic repair of isolated Superior Labrum Anterior Posterior lesion of shoulder".
Mr S Rajaratnam the HKOA annual meeting as the BOA Young Ambassador.
Indian Orthopaedic Society UK
Professors J Maheshwari (Delhi) and R Naik (Bangalore) and Dr Rajput (Kolkata) attended the congress as Travelling Fellows of the IOS UK
Joint Action Travelling Fellowships 2007 (2 @ £5,000 each)
Mr R V Patel (London) to Vancouver and Mr M R Utting (Bristol) to Perth, WA
Zimmer Travelling Fellowship (£3,000)
Mr B J Lankester (Bristol) to Zurich, Vienna and Lyons
BOA European Fellowship (2 @ £1,500)
Mr S Kutty (Newport) to Bad Abbach, Germany and Mr P T H Lee (Leicester) to Berne
EFORT Travelling Fellowship
Mr M Butler (Exeter), to Portugal (Lisbon, Coimbra and Oporto)
Prize Winners & Awards 2008
Exhibitors Cup
The award for 2008 was made to Biomet UK
BOA Special Exhibition Award
The award for the best small stand was made to Judd Medical Ltd.
Robert Jones Golf Cup and Scotia Quaich
The Robert Jones Cup was won by Mr Stephen Norris.
The Scotia Quaich was not awarded.
Robert Jones Gold Medal & Association Prize
The award was made to Mr T Matthews for his essay “Cellular responses in rotator cuff tears”
Acumed Poster Prize
The award was made to V Wylde, I Learmonth and E Lingard (Bristol) for their poster on “Patient-reported outcomes after fixed vs mobile-bearing total knee replacement: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial”
Orthodynamics Travel Bursary
A bursary of £3,000 was awarded to Mr A J Pearse for his essay “The management and treatment of Periprosthetic Fractures around both Total Hip and Hemiarthroplasty”
ABC Travelling Fellowship 2008
Seven Fellows, four British, and one each from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, visited the United States and Canada between 28th April and 7th June:
Mr D Meek (Edinburgh) Mr A D Barrow (Johannesburg)
Mr K Mulhall (Dublin) Mr P C Poon (Auckland)
Mr R Pollock (Stanmore) Dr R P Williams (Brisbane)
Mr A Sutherland (Aberdeen)
ASEAN Travelling Fellowship 2008
The Fellowship was suspended for 2008.
ASG Travelling Fellowship 2008
Mr Stan Jones was selected as the British ASG Fellows to join one Canadian and two American Fellows on a four-week tour of Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Travelling Fellowship 2008
Dr K C Wong was selected as the HKOA Young Ambassador and delivered a paper on "Computer-assisted bone tumour surgery: early experience".
Mr Simon Kelley attended the HKOA annual meeting as the BOA Young Ambassador.
Indian Orthopaedic Association
Dr A Bhaskar (Mumbai) was the IOA Travelling Fellow at the BOA Congress
Indian Orthopaedic Society UK
Drs. Arindam Banerjee (Kolkata), RH Govardhan (Chennai) and Ramesh Kumar Sen (Chandigarh) attended the congress as Travelling Fellows of the IOS UK.
Joint Action Travelling Fellowships (2 @ £5,000)
Mr P Lee - Leicester to Toronto
Mr C P Charalambos - Manchester to Rochester/Boston
Zimmer Travelling Fellowship (£3,000)
Mr H Sharma - Glasgow to Gothenburg
BIOA European Travelling Scholarships (2 @ £1,500)
Mr S Patil to Glasgow
EFORT Travelling Fellowship
Mr R Pydisetty Liverpool to Austria
McMinn Bursary (£70,000)
Shared: Mr G Dall - Edinburgh
Mr B Ollivere - East Anglia
Soli Lam Spinal Fellowship (£15,000)
Mr M J H McCarthy Torquay
Prize Winners & Awards 2009
Exhibitors Cup
The award for the best stand for 2009 was made to Orthofix UK.
BOA Special Exhibition Award
The award for the best small stand was made to Heraeus Medical GmbH
Robert Jones Golf Cup & Scotia Quaich
The Robert Jones Cup was won by Mr Tariq El-Fakri.
The Scotia Quaich was won by Mrs Bridget Ross.
Robert Jones Gold Medal & Association Prize
No award made in 2009.
Acumed Poster Prize
The award was made to J Wilson, T Bonner, M Head, J Fordham, S Brealey and A Rangan (Middlesbrough) for their poster on “Is upper limb osteoporosis being underdiagnosed? A prospective study of the variation in bone mineral density by anatomical site in patients presenting with proximal humerus fractures”
Best of the Best Prize
The best papers from each topic category were presented in two sessions. The first author of the best of these papers was awarded complimentary registration for the 2010 Combined Meeting. The winner was Mr D Langton, on behalf of his co-authors S Jameson, T Joyce, N Ramasetty, S Natu and T Antoni (Stockton), for the paper on “The incidence of adverse reactions to metal debris (ARMeD) following hip resurfacing with the articular surface replacement (ASR) and Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) systems”.
Registrar Prize Papers
The winners of prizes sponsored by DJO UK Ltd were A Getgood, R Brooks, L Fortier and N Rushton (Cambridge) for their paper, “Platelet rich plasma activation in collagen/glycosaminoglycan osteochondral scaffolds for articular cartilage tissue engineering applications” and PK Jaiswal, N Mangat, C Chenu, I McCarthy, A Goodship and D Marsh (Stanmore) for the paper “Fracture repair in osteoporosis: when are osteoclasts important?”
ABC Travelling Fellowship 2009
Seven Fellows from the United States and Canada visited the United Kingdom and South Africa between 19 April and 10 May 2009.
USA Canada
Kevin Bozic Eric Bohm
Leesa Galatz Mark Glazebrook
Rex Haydon
William Mihalko
John Sperling
ASEAN Travelling Fellowship 2009
The Fellowship was suspended for 2009.
Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Travelling Fellow 2009
Dr K W Cheung was selected as the HKOA Young Ambassador and delivered a paper on “Total Knee Arthroplasty in the young patient – 14 years’ result”
Mr Raghuram Thonse attended the HKOA annual meeting as the BOA Young Ambassador on 28/29 November 2009.
Indian Orthopaedic Association
Dr G Khare (Varanasi) was the IOA Travelling Fellow at the BOA Congress. He presented a paper, “Management of fractures of shaft of femur in children by different techniques”.
Indian Orthopaedic Society UK
Drs Mandeep Singh Dhillon (Chandigarh) and Sudhir Kapoor (New Delhi) attended the congress as Travelling Fellows of the IOS UK. On behalf of the Fellows, Dr Dhillon presented a paper on “Management options for stress fractures at Total Knee Replacement”
BOA Travelling Fellowships (2 @ £5,000)
Mr M Gaston Edinburgh to Basel
Mr L Jeys Birmingham to Hong Kong/Melbourne/Mumbai
Zimmer Travelling Fellowship (£3,000)
No appointment made – fellowship suspended for 2009
BOA European Travelling Scholarships (2 @ £1,500)
Mr J Corner Hemel Hempstead
Mr S A Mehdi Melrose
EFORT Travelling Fellowship
Mr J Matthews to Norway
McMinn Bursary (£70,000)
Mr M R Whitehouse Bristol
Soli Lam Spinal Fellowship (£15,000)
Shared: Mr I Siddique Preston (£10,000)
Mr G Barham Bournemouth (£5,000)
Prize Winners & Awards 2010
Exhibitors Cup
The award for the best stand for 2010 was made to Biomet.
BOA Special Exhibition Award
The award for the best small stand was made to Heraeus Medical GmbH.
Robert Jones Golf Cup and Scotia Quaich
The Robert Jones Cup was won by Mr John Newman.
The Scotia Quaich was won by Mrs Jane Bell.
Robert Jones Gold Medal and Association Prize
Awarded to David Gordon (London)
Acumed Poster Prize
The award was made to M Bhandari for their poster on “(Sample) Size matters! The risk of stopping orthopaedic trials too early”
ABC Travelling Fellowship 2010
Four Fellows from the United Kingdom (4), Australia, New Zealand and South Africa (1 each) visited the United States and Canada between 19 April and 10 May 2010.
UK New Zealand Australia South Africa
Ms L Biant Dawson Muir Patrick Weinrauch Stewart Dix-Peek
Mr J Clasper
Mr M Costa
Mr A Rangan
Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Travelling Fellow 2010
Dr Esther Chow was selected as the HKOA Young Ambassador and delivered a paper entitled “Free Gracilis Muscle transfer in patients with severe brachial plexus injury to restore prehensile hand function: Using the brachialis branch of the Musculocutaneous nerve as the donor nerve”
Mr Danyal Nawabi was appointed as the BOA Young Ambassador, but was unable to attend the HKOA meeting in 2010.
Indian Orthopaedic Association
Dr Ashok Johari was the IOA Travelling Fellow at the BOA Congress. He presented a paper, “Congenital postero-medial bowing of the tibia and fibula: is early surgery worthwhile?”
Indian Orthopaedic Society UK
Drs Yatinder Kharbada and Rajesh Malhotra attended the congress as Travelling Fellows of the IOS UK.
BOA Travelling Fellowships [1 x £5,000]
Mr R Anawke
BOA European Travelling Scholarships [1 x £1,500]
Mr A Khan
EFORT Travelling Fellowship
Mr D Nawabi (London) to Denmark
McMinn Bursary
David Langton [£32,000]
George Grammatopoulos [£36,000]