Education and Careers Committee

Paul graduated from Glasgow University, completing his basic SHO surgical training in the Merseyside Deanery and then undertook specialist registrar training on the North East of Scotland training programme.  He was appointed as Hip and Knee arthroplasty surgeon at Queen Elizabeth hospital Gateshead in 2004. 

He is passionate about training and medical education being a fellow of Higher Education Academy, fellow Academy of Medical Educators and has a Master’s degree in Medical Education. 

He is an RCSEng member for the appointments accreditation committee (AAC) and RCSEng quality assurance and accreditation assessor for courses seeking RCSEng course accreditation.  

Paul is visiting professor at Northumbria University this role acts as an interface between the academic roles Northumbria University provides and his own clinical oriented background that provides a practical focus for research. 

Paul is a BOA Elected Trustee and Chair of the Education and Careers Committee. He has been a strong supporter of the BOA Futures Leadership Programme and the BOA annual Travelling Fellowships.  He is a keen supporter of BOTA being regularly involved with their annual instructional course and sponsor of BOTA travelling fellowships.  

Paul is the main editor and author for three FRCS (Tr&Orth) related exam books that are international best sellers and have won several BMA book awards.  He co-ordinates an annual six-day intensive FRCS (Tr&Orth) revision course at Newcastle. In recent years Paul has run its international equivalent for overseas trainees with courses taking place in Dubai, India, Singapore and Jordan.  

For many years Paul was involved in humanitarian work in Northern Iraq regularly visiting the region to undertake neglected hip and knee arthroplasty surgery.  This gave him a greater appreciation and understanding of our own health care system.  Many patients would have continued to struggle due to a lack of local expertise and resources to pay for expensive surgery. 

Through the contacts he has made overseas Paul is keen to develop the international profile of the BOA. 

In his spare time, Paul is a keen runner, skier, gardener and Burnley FC fan. 

Ajay Malviya joined Northumbria Healthcare as a Consultant in 2011 after completing his orthopaedic training in the North East. His area of specialty is in the treatment of disorders of the young adult hip and has helped Northumbria become a tertiary referral centre for young patients with hip disorders. He is heavily involved in training and is an examiner for FRCS T&O. He is in the BOA Education and Careers committee as the national lead of the UK and Ireland orthopaedic in training examination (UKITE).
He has an active interest in research, with many publications to his name. He is Deputy Editor of the Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery (OUP) and the Chair of UK National Non Arthroplasty Hip Registry (NAHR).

2024 – 2026 (Elected Trustee 2024 – 2026)
Vikas Khanduja is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in both sports surgery and arthroplasty aspects of hip surgery at Addenbrooke’s – Cambridge University Hospital. He has been instrumental in setting up the tertiary referral service for young adults with hip pathology in Cambridge for the East of England and leads the service as well.

In addition to his clinical practice, he also leads the Cambridge Young Adult Hip research group and is an Affiliated Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge. The focus of the research group is on the use of novel technologies for the assessment and improvement of outcomes in young adults with hip pathology. The group has a strong national and international presence with good collaborative links within Cambridge and abroad. He has authored over 185 peer-reviewed articles and three books.

Vikas is the recipient of the Arnott Medal presented by the RCS Eng in 2013, the Hunterian Professorship presented by the RCSEng in 2021, the Armourers and Braisiers Venture Prize in 2022 and the Institute of Physics Lee Lucas Award in 2023.

He currently sits on the Executive Board of the British Hip Society as the Immediate Past President, the ESSKA Board as Chair of European Hip Preservation Associates, the SICOT Board as President Elect, ISAKOS as the Associate Editor in Chief of JISAKOS and is the Trustee and Past Chair of the Non Arthroplasty Hip Registry.

He has contributed immensely to the orthopaedic community over the past 15 years and wishes to continue to do the same for the BOA especially in the arena of research and use of technology for education

Ms Deepa Bose is a consultant in orthopaedic trauma and limb reconstruction at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Her practice is exclusively in adults, and includes general trauma, major trauma and post-traumatic limb reconstruction: osteomyelitis, malunion, non-union, limb lengthening and deformity correction.

Deepa is currently Vice Chair of the Specialist Advisory Committee for Trauma and Orthopaedics, and the lead for CESR approval process. She has also contributed to the revision of the curriculum. She holds an MSc in Medical Education and has been admitted to the Faculty of Surgical Trainers of RCS Edinburgh, as well as being a member of the Academy of Medical Educators. She is involved in national selections for core and orthopaedic surgery, and sits on ARCP panels for both. She was regional training programme director for core surgery in West Midlands from 2015 – 2019.

Deepa is the Chairman of World Orthopaedic Concern UK, a specialist society of the British Orthopaedic Association, and a charity which focuses on teaching orthopaedics in low resource countries. She is co-director of the postgraduate orthopaedic training programme in Guyana. Deepa also visits Gaza as part of the UK limb reconstruction team of the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians.

She has been on the Emergency Response Team of UK Med, a first response team for international disaster relief, since 2012.

Julie Craig is the SAS representative on the BOA education & careers committee.
She works as an Orthopaedic Specialty Doctor in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.

Julie graduated from Queen’s University in Belfast, and has since completed a Master’s degree in Clinical Education at Queen’s University, and a Master’s degree in Orthopaedic Engineering from Cardiff University. She is now an undergraduate educational lead for fractures for Queen’s University Belfast. 
She teaches quality improvement and leadership skills to doctors in the Belfast Trust as part of the QI faculty.

Julie has a special interest in clinical data analysis and project design and is the Belfast Trust’s specialty improvement lead for their fracture inpatient database. She is also the Northern Ireland representative on the NHFD advisory group and a member of the RCP’s FFFAP committee.

She is also a member of the British Medical Association Northern Ireland SAS committee & the Royal College of Surgeon of Edinburgh’s trauma & Orthopaedic surgical speciality board. 

Julie’s publications include peer-reviewed journals and chapter contributions to a trauma and orthopaedic nursing textbook. She has received prizes for Best Presentation at the British Trauma Society, Best Abstract at the Irish Hip Fracture Database Annual Meeting, the Bone and Joint Journal Prize, and a “highlight paper” at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association.
 

A Trauma Surgeon treats people who are seriously injured in accidents or emergencies. An Orthopaedic Surgeon operates on bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles and nerves. 

He has a specialist interest in shoulder and elbow surgery. 

Mr Michla is Deputy Director of the Royal College of Surgeon's Foundation Trainees Surgical Societies programme and is Regional Surgical Ambassador. He is also an Honorary Senior lecturer at both Newcastle University's and the University of Sunderland's School of Medicine. He is an academic mentor at the Northern Deanery too. 

Rajesh Nanda is a keen educationist working as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at University Hospital of North Tees & Hartlepool since 2010. With Subspecialty interest in Shoulder and Elbow surgery. He is, affiliated as an Honorary Professor to the Teesside University. A member of BOA Education & Careers committee.

Has a postgraduate certificate in Clinical Education, Fellowship of Northeast Leadership Academy and completed Education Leadership programme for surgeons (RCS England). He is a Fellow of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers of RCS Edinburgh. He is on the panel of Examiners for the FRCS(T&O).

Organises annual orthopaedic basic science course; shoulder and elbow symposium for physiotherapists and allied health professionals; joint injection courses for GP’s; invited faculty to Orthopaedic courses. He has been a member of BESS Education committee and a present member of BIOS education committee. Organises the MCh Orthopaedics course from Teesside University.

Rajesh is a college tutor and trainer for ST / CT trainees and offers SSC for medical students. He is involved in local and regional teaching programmes, ARCP panels and regional STC. Rajesh is the Guardian of safe working for doctors in training at his trust and he has an active research interest and is reviewer for BJJ and Shoulder & Elbow Journal.

Usman is a lower limb surgeon based in the West Midlands with a diverse portfolio of activity and a particular interest in Virtual Education and Simulation. He also holds a Digital & Simulation role with HEE Midlands, and developed the Postgraduate Virtual Learning Environment which has been a key education delivery vehicle during COVID. @OrthopaedicOz @PGVLE

Mr Rohman's expertise is underpinned by specialised training from some of the UK's most prestigious institutions. He completed a biological knee (knee osteotomy, ligament reconstruction, meniscal surgery, cartilage restoration) fellowship at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham. This was under Professor Martyn Snow, an international expert in the field. His training also includes a revision knee and primary hip fellowship at Broadgreen Hospital in Liverpool. This time under Mr Alasdair Santini, current president of the British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK). His role was pivotal in the establishment of the Cheshire & Mersey revision hip and knee surgery multi-disciplinary team (MDT).

A UK Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a specialist practice spanning the full breadth of hip pathology, from adolescence through to older adulthood. My clinical focus includes post-paediatric deformity and hip preservation in adolescent and young adult patients, incorporating osteotomy (PAO & PFO) and hip arthroscopy. Where preservation is not feasible, I offer primary total hip arthroplasty and undertake revision hip arthroplasty, including the use of robotic-assisted arthroplasty where appropriate. Alongside clinical practice, I have a strong interest in research and outcomes-focused evaluation in hip surgery, with particular emphasis on patient-reported outcomes, clinical decision-making, and the identification and mitigation of cognitive bias in healthcare.

Fifth year medical student. Aspiring academic orthopaedic / trauma surgeon

2026 – 2028 (SAC Representative 2026 – 2028)
Cronan Kerin, BSc, MBChB, FRCS(Tr&O) has been a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Liverpool since 2012. 

He has a general trauma practice with elective knee subspeciality practice. 

He has held numerous educational roles, including TPD for Cheshire & Merseyside, Chair of the Selection Design Group for T&O ST3 national selection and most recently as the Chair of the SAC for T&O.

2026 – 2028 (BODS Chair 2026 – 2028)
Bibhas Roy is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specilisisng in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 

He trained in Yorkshire, and completed a Shoulder & Elbow Fellowhip in Nottingham. He was appointed in 2006 and works at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. 

His practice is exclusively in adults, and includes major trauma, as well as complex elective reconstruction work in shoulder & elbow surgery.

He is The British Orthopaedic Directors Society (BODS) current president . The society was founded in 2004 and  is a forum for clinical directors of trauma and orthopaedics in the four countries of the United Kingdom. All clinical directors in the UK are eligible for membership. The society has a president and an elected committee.