BOA Annual Congress 2025

Irrum Afzal

Honorary lecturer, Imperial College, BOSTAA Committee, OREF Non-Executive Board Member, NOA Director's Award, SWLEOC London

Irrum Afzal is an Imperial College London graduate and a recipient of the National Orthopaedic Alliance (NOA) Director’s Award. In addition to her academic qualifications, she holds both PRINCE2 Practitioner and Foundation certifications, demonstrating strong project management expertise.

With experience spanning both the NHS and private healthcare sectors, she brings a unique blend of research and operational insight, effectively delivering and managing numerous healthcare and research projects. Irrum has supported and overseen the delivery of multiple studies in compliance with regulatory frameworks and governance requirements. Her work is underpinned by a strong commitment to Good Clinical Practice (GCP). As a Professional Member of the Research Ethics Committee for the Health Research Authority (HRA), she holds a nationally significant role in safeguarding the ethical and scientific integrity of clinical research in the UK. Drawing on her extensive experience in the practical application of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) principles, she provides reviews clinical and non-clinical research ethical applications involving human participants, tissues, or data ensuring that all studies are ethically and methodologically robust, and that the rights, safety, and dignity of participants are fully protected. Irrum has published in various peer-reviewed journals, frequently presents at national and international conferences, and serves as a reviewer for The Bone & Joint Journal.

Irrum holds multiple positions of responsibility, including Vice Chair of Research and Innovation for the NOA, Board Member for OrthoAI (ORAIA), Research Committee Representative for the British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma and Arthroscopy Association (BOSTAA), and Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity Lead for BOSTAA. She is also a Non-Executive Board Member of the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF), and plays an active role in the Imperial College Alumni Service.

Susan Alexander

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

No bio provided

Tony Andrade

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Berkshire Hospital

Mr Tony Andrade is a fellowship trained consultant Orthopaedic, Hip and Knee surgeon with a special interest in Hip preservation surgery and arthroscopic hip surgery.

He set up the hip preservation service at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in 2002 and it rapidly evolved into a tertiary referral centre. He has been at the forefront of the evolving surgical techniques in arthroscopic and other hip preservation procedures. This led to establishing a visiting surgeon program where surgeons from the UK and across the world were able to join him to learn these surgical techniques. He also then later established a hip arthroscopy fellowship program in 2016. He has also been fellowship director for a lower limb arthroplasty fellowship at the Royal Berkshire Hospital since 2004.

He is current chair of the Non-Arthroplasty Hip Registry (NAHR) user group for the British Hip Society. This registry captures outcomes from hip preservation surgery nationally. 

He has been a member of the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA) since it was founded in 2008, and was the 2020-21 president, of what is now known as ISHA – The Hip Preservation Society. 

Alison Armstrong

Consultant Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgeon, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

No bio provided

Elizabeth Ashby

Paediatric Orthopaedic Consultant, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge

Ravi Badge

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

No bio provided

Morgan Bailey

Morgan Bailey completed a paediatric orthopaedic fellowship at University Hospital Southampton. She also completed a research fellowship for the British Association for Surgery on the Knee, with a focus on patellofemoral pathology, for which she was awarded the BASK President's Award. She works between University Hospital Southampton and Portsmouth University Hospitals as part of a paediatric orthopaedic hub and spoke practice. She has a special interest in all paediatric and adolescent knee pathology and provides a paediatric acute knee service across both sites.

She is the Hampshire ambassador for the injury prevention charity Power up to Play, as well as sitting on a national working group for injury prevention. She is the Chair for the Women’s ACL Orthopaedic Steering Group. She has a passion for injury prevention in children and young women, and gender parity in the diagnosis and management of ACL injuries.

Emily Baird

Consultant in trauma and orthopaedic (T&O) surgery, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh.

Emily Baird is a Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh, with an interest in paediatric trauma, and congenital conditions of the hip and foot. She trained primarily in the West of Scotland with Fellowships in Edinburgh and Toronto.

Emily is passionate about increasing diversity and inclusion in the workforce and broadening access to orthopaedics through mentorship and medical education. She is heavily involved in providing medical student education as an Undergraduate Lead, and Post Graduate Education as Training Programme Director for Orthopaedic Trainees in South East Scotland and examining for FRCS Tr & Orth.

She is the Chair of the Education Committee of The British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery, a Fellow of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers, Faculty Member for Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons and Tutor for the MSc in Patient Safety and Human Factors.

She lives in Edinburgh with her husband and two young boys, and likes to dance and run!

Paul Banaszkiewicz

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead

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.

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.

Andrew Barnett

No bio provided

Leela Biant

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Manchester University Hospitals

Leela Biant is Academic Head of Dept Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery at University of Manchester and Honorary Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Manchester University Hospitals. She is lead Clinician for Cartilage Repair and Regeneration and the incoming President of BASK.

Leela trained in London and completed specialist fellowships in Sydney and London. She was Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon in Edinburgh for 8 years before moving to Manchester. Her thesis was entitled ‘Articular Cartilage Injury and Repair in the Young Adult Knee’ and her research focus includes biological regenerative surgery and advanced joint replacement. She has won multiple awards for research, and now leads a strong research team that includes academic clinicians, biomedical engineers, materials scientists and cell biologists.

Leela is an elected ICRS Senior Fellow, and founded the ICRS Global patient registry. She is a Lifetime Honorary Fellow of the UK Biological Knee Society in recognition of her work in this field. She has won awards for teaching, and is a clinician advisor to NICE. She was an ABC Travelling Fellow in 2010 and BASK Travelling Fellow in 2014.

Her lecture "Regenerating Damaged Joints; from bench to bedside to theatre and round again" will be a celebration of progress, an acknowledgement of the joy and vexations of orthopaedic research and an appreciation of what we don't yet know for sure.

Katy Boland

Specialist Physiotherapist

Deepa Bose

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Trauma and Limb Reconstruction, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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 & deformity correction.

She is currently Vice Chair of the Specialist Advisory Committee for Trauma & 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.

She 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.  She 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.

Mark Bowditch

BOA President, Consultant and Divisional Clinical Director MSK & surgical specialties, ESNEFT (Ipswich & Colchester Hospitals)

Mark is a Consultant and Divisional Clinical Director MSK & surgical specialties at ESNEFT (Ipswich & Colchester Hospitals) since 2000. Mark’s specialist interests are in surgery of the knee and all levels of surgical education.

He was Chair of the SAC 2017-2020 leading the new curriculum changes, East of England Training Programme Director for 11 years, and is currently Head of School of Surgery.  Following three years on BOA Council and one year on the Orthopaedic Committee he joined the Executive as Honorary Treasurer in 2020/21 and is now Vice President.

Kate Brown

Consultant Hand & Peripheral Nerve Surgeon, Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Royal Derby Hospital

Rachel Bye

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Lt Col Ben Caesar

Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, JHGSE & University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

Lt Col Caesar qualified as a doctor in 1998 and set out to pursue a career in Trauma and Orthopaedics from his time as a junior house officer in London. He undertook basic surgical training in Edinburgh and higher surgical training in Oswestry, during which time he was BOTA President, obtained his doctorate from Imperial College, his fellowships from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and England, and membership of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine.

Whilst he was on his post-CCT fellowship year training in Derby and London, he joined 256 City of London Field Hospital as a Reservist and passed out from RMAS in January 2012 before starting as a Consultant at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington. He was appointed as a substantive consultant at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital from where he deployed on Herrick 18 with 33 Field Hospital. Upon his return, he applied for a transfer of commission and returned to RMAS in 2015 before being posted to 33 Field Hospital and was posted to Brighton for his clinical placement, where he remains today. He has been deployed subsequently on Op Trenton, Op Shader and Op Pitting during this time and spent the last 6 years at 16 Medical Regiment in 127 Medical Squadron. He posted this summer to JHG SE

His interest in burnout was triggered by the foundation of the Chavasse Clinic in Brighton for Service Personnel and Veterans, and his subsequent exposure to numerous patients with PTSD, anxiety and depression, and a realisation that a similar but subtly different issue was affecting his colleagues and himself. Upon further research, he discovered the literature around burnout and moral injury in healthcare workers and has published and presented his work both nationally and internationally in this field. He has just completed work with colleagues from the Compassionate Leadership Academy and Mindalpha delivering a research driven programme, Compassion for Healthcare Workers, which has demonstrated statistically significant improvement in participants Compassion Index (CI) and statistically significant decreases in their Brighton Burnout Inventory (BBI) scores, which he co-developed, which is unique in including psychological safety as part of its analysis of burnout.

Hayley Carter

Research Chair/Global Health Advocate, ATOCP committee

Nick Clement

Orthopaedic Consultant, NHS Lothian Hospital Trust

Mr Nick Clement is an orthopaedic consultant at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (UK), and his clinical practice focuses on hip and knee arthroplasty.

He has been awarded a PhD for his work looking at the outcome of total knee arthroplasty, and an MD for his research defining fracture epidemiology and outcomes in elderly and super-elderly patients.

He has recently been appointed as the Clinical Lead for orthopaedics for the Chief Scientist Office in Scotland, and is Chair for research for the Scottish Committee for Orthopaedics and Trauma (SCOT). In these positions he hopes to help to promote and support research projects across Scotland, and to establish national and international collaborations.

He is the author of over 350 peer-reviewed publications and several book chapters, and believes that only through collaboration can true orthopaedic science progress.

His recent publications in relation to robotic assisted surgery suggest that patient outcomes following hip and knee arthroplasty may be improved with the adoption of such technology. Whether this is a cost effective intervention in the NHS is however not clear.

Jocelyn Cornwell

CEO, Point of Care Foundation

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Professor Matthew Costa

Orthopaedic Consultant & Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, University of Oxford & John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

Sir Paul Curran

Chair, National Joint Registry

Professor Sir Paul Curran

Sir Paul was appointed Chair of the National Joint Registry in May 2022.  President of City, University of London from 2010 to 2021, he served previously as Vice-Chancellor of Bournemouth University and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Southampton.  A former academic at the Universities of Sheffield, Reading and Swansea, a NASA research scientist at Ames California and advisor to the European Space Agency, his research on environmental Earth observation has focused on climate change.

He is Chair of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, a Director of the Universities Superannuation Scheme and President of the Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Society.  He was Chair of the national Review Body on Doctors’ & Dentists’ Remuneration, Universities & Colleges Employers Association and The Conversation UK and was also a Member of the Natural Environment Research Council, Quality Assurance Agency, London Higher and Universities UK.

Sir Paul holds the degrees of BSc (Sheffield), MBA (Southampton), PhD and DSc (Bristol), Honorary DSc (Grand École ESCP, Paris & Peter the Great University, St Petersburg) and was Knighted in the 2016 New Year Honours for ‘services to higher education’.

Edward Davis

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Matt Dennies

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Professor Jugdeep Dhesi

Consultant Geriatrician and Professor of Geriatric Medicine at Kings College London

Jugdeep Dhesi is a consultant geriatrician at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Professor of Geriatric Medicine at Kings College London. She is currently President Elect of the BGS, (from November 2022) and will take on the role of President from November 2024.

Jugdeep’s clinical work focuses on improving outcomes for older people undergoing elective and/or emergency surgery. Over the past 20 years, she has led the development and evaluation of the innovative and award-winning Perioperative medicine for Older People undergoing Surgery (POPS) service in the United Kingdom. This model of care first established at GSTT has been shown to deliver better outcomes for older people undergoing surgery, with value for the NHS. Jugdeep has supported the establishment of POPS services at numerous NHS hospitals and internationally.

Jugdeep has published widely on preoperative assessment and optimisation, perioperative approaches to frailty and delirium, and health services research examining perioperative pathways. She has a wide education and training portfolio, having established the first medical, nurse and allied health professional training programmes in perioperative medicine for older people. She has co-authored e-learning modules, MSc modules and multiple textbook chapters.

Jugdeep is Deputy Director for the Centre for Perioperative Care, contributes to a variety of steering, advisory and guideline groups (NELA, RCoA, BGS and NICE) and is committed to influencing policy to improve health and social care for older people.

Eva Doherty

No bio provided

Ashtin Doorgakant

Consultant T&O surgeon

Ashtin is a consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics with a subspecialist interest in foot and ankle surgery.

He has spent 2 years as VSO volunteer in Malawi 2010-2012 and been actively involved with WOC UK since. He was BOTA linkman, then trainee representative and now is chairman of WOC UK. He is an alumni of BOA Future Leaders Programme. He has run a yearly surgical camp in Malawi for the past 3 years under the banner of Feet First. He has trained LMIC surgeons with AO alliance and observed the COSECSA fellowship exams.

He is enthusiastic about teaching and training. He is engaged with BOFAS through their mentorship programme and as international education committee member. He is the current education and governance lead for his department. He is past president Mersey 58 society for regional trainees.

Ashtin loves spending time with his family and is an avid sportsman.

Holly Doyle

Clinical Specialist MSK Physiotherapist, Clinical Lead Young Adult Hip Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Honorary Clinical Lecturer UCL

Holly Soper-Doyle is the clinical lead Physio for the Young Adult Hip team at Cambridge University Hospitals, where she works as an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist. She previously worked for 8 years at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital-Stanmore as a Specialist hip physio. She has extensive experience comprising of 13 years NHS service, military rehabilitation at Headley court dealing with complex trauma injuries, and sports physiotherapy for premiership hockey, rugby, cricket and football teams, including both Chelsea football club and Queens Park Rangers football club. Her clinical interests include: hip dysplasia and young adult hip conditions, metal on metal hip replacements and rehabilitation post-hip surgery.

Holly is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer on the ‘Physical Therapy in Musculoskeletal Healthcare and Rehabilitation’ Msc at University College London. She has contributed to the writing of “Early Rehabilitation in Conflicts and Disasters Field Handbook”, commissioned by the World Health Organisation, Humanity and Inclusion and AO Foundation and in 2022 she co-authored a chapter on Hip Dysplasia in the book: HIP AND KNEE PAIN DISORDERS: Integrating manual therapy and exercise.

In 2018, she completed her Post Graduate Diploma in Veterinary Physiotherapy from the University of Liverpool gaining a distinction.

As well as working for the NHS, Holly has her own veterinary and human physiotherapy business ‘Integrum Physiotherapy’ based in North London. She has a website dedicated to hip dysplasia and enjoys mentoring and lecturing on hip dysplasia rehabilitation and treating patients from all over the world.

Andrew Duckworth

Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon, Edinburgh Orthopaedics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Professor Deborah Eastwood

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Great Ormond St Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

Deborah Eastwood is an Associate Professor of Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, UCL. She works at Great Ormond St Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. Deborah works in the generality of paediatric orthopaedic surgery but has a particular interest in children with overgrowth syndromes, metabolic bone diseases and those with neurological problems. She is also the surgeon for the GOSH Ponseti service. 

Deborah is the Immediate Past President of the British Orthopaedic Association, a past president of EPOS (European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society) and a past board member of BSCOS (British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery and the Council of Management for the Bone and Joint Journal .

Peter Eckersley

No bio provided

Dafydd Edwards

Consultant Hand & Wrist Surgeon, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust

Professor Lars Engebretsen

Professor Engebretsen is currently the Professor Emeritus of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Oslo University Clinic and stepped down Dec 31 2024 as Head of Medical Sciences in the International Olympic Committee. Professor Engebretsen has published over 500 articles and book chapters, with a citation index (H-index) of 118. He is among the world’s most productive in clinical, epidemiological and basic science research in the areas of general sports medicine, knee ligaments, cartilage and prevention of sports injuries and illnesses. He has received research grants and awards from many agencies and associations, including the National Institutes of Health, the Norwegian Council for Research in Science and Humanities, the Norwegian Ministry of Health, the American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine (AOSSM) and the International Olympic Committee. He and his group have won several research awards around the world, and he was inducted into the AOSSM Hall of Fame in July 2015 and became an ESSKA Honorary member in 2016 and ISAKOS Honorary member in 2017 and EFFORT Honorary member in 2022. He received the Nordic Prize in Medicine in 2016.

Engebretsen is involved with three research groups: Knee ligaments together with May Arna Risberg in Oslo and Robert Laprade in Vail, Colorado, now in Minnesota, the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center co-chaired with professor Roald Bahr and emphasizing prevention of injuries and diseases in sports, and the Oslo Cartilage Group, which encompasses research from the cell to rehab after surgery, involving molecular biologists, pathologists, radiologists, physiotherapists and orthopedic surgeons. In 1997, the cartilage group performed the first knee joint chondrocyte transplantation in Norway. Since then, the group has had major emphasis on translational research. The group works closely with the Stem Cell group led by dr Brinchmann and has optimized chondrocyte and stem cell cultivation while at the same time developing surgical techniques for implantation. Professor Engebretsen has been the President of the Norwegian Sports Medicine Society, the Scandinavian Foundation of Sports Medicine and European Society of Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy (ESSKA). Dr Engebretsen is or has been a board member of many other societies including, but not limited to, the Norwegian Society of Sports Medicine, the Scandinavian Foundation of Medicine & Science in Sports, the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS), the Orthopedic Research Society and International Knee Society. He is an associate Editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine (IPHP edition), former Associate Editor of Journal of Bone and Joint and on the editorial board of American Journal of Sports Medicine, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, Knee Surgery, Arthroscopy and Sports Traumatology (KSSTA), and The Knee and is a regular reviewer for all the major orthopedic and sports traumatology journals.

CURRENT POSITIONS:

• DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO - Professor Emeritus and past Chair
• NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES, Oslo, Norway - Professor II in Sports Medicine
• OSLO SPORTS TRAUMA RESEARCH CENTER, Oslo, Norway - Co-chair
• THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - Past Head of Medical Sciences Emeritus since Dec 31st 2025
• WADA HEALTH, MEDICINE & RESEARCH COMMITTEE (HMRC)- Chair

Andreas Fontalis

No bio provided

James Fountain

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Liverpool Hospital

Lennard Funk

Consultant Orthopaedic Shoulder Surgeon, Wrightington Hospital

Adam Galloway

Advanced Practice Clinical Academic Physiotherapist, Children’s Orthopaedics, University of Leeds/Leeds Children’s Hospital

Dr Anthony Gilbert

Postdoctoral Clinical Research Physiotherapist

Simon Graham

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Simon is an Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma at the University of Oxford and a Limb Reconstruction Consultant Surgeon at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust.

Simon's research focuses on advancing higher standards of care in musculoskeletal trauma in low- and middle-income countries. He completed a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research PhD Fellowship at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the University of Edinburgh. His project investigated fracture healing in HIV positive patients and was awarded the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons Hunterian Professorship and Syme Medal. He also holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Leeds.

Michael Grevitt

Consultant Spinal Orthopaedic Surgeon

Mike has been involved in leadership roles since graduating. He has seen examples of great leadership whilst a serving office in the British Army and as a trainee on the South East Thames orthopaedic rotation. Conversely he has dealt with failures of individual and corporate leadership as an invited College assessor, external SUI/RCA expert and a National Clinical Assessment Service supervisor.  His own leadership journey has included roles as head of service, clinical lead of East Midlands Spinal Network, secretary UK Spine Societies Board and global chair of AOSpine Community Development and Education Commissions. He is currently a Specialist Advisor in spinal surgery for GIRFT.  

He has been trained in coaching and mentorship skills.

Professor Xavier Griffin

Chair Trauma & Orthopaedic Research Group, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust

Professor Xavier Griffin spearheads academic orthopaedics at Queen Mary and Barts Health, having joined in August 2020 as the inaugural chair of Bone and Joint Health.

Xavier’s vision is for world class excellence in research and clinical academic training; providing opportunity for the next generation of clinician scientists to realise their aspirations.

Xavier is a NIHR Clinician Scientist and has been awarded over £10m of research funding and over 80 peer reviewed publications.

He is driven by having a meaningful impact on patient care; his research is focused on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of new and existing treatments to improve bone and joint health and has been cited by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence. He has a passion for developing methodologies that harness the speed, power, and efficiency of routinely-collected data but are coupled with the great advantages of randomisation.

Professor Fares Haddad

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon & Professor of Orthopaedics and Sport Surgery, University College Hospitals and The Princess Grace Hospital

Fares Haddad is a hip and knee reconstructive surgeon and Professor of Orthopaedics and Sport Surgery at University College Hospitals and The Princess Grace Hospital in London, UK. He is Divisional Clinical Director of Surgical Specialties at UCH, Director of the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health at University College London, past president of the British Hip Society and of the British Sports Trauma Association. He is also Editor-in-Chief of The Bone & Joint Journal.

Lisa Hadfield-Law

Future Leaders Programme Course Conveyor, BOA

Having spent 20 years in clinical practice and 20 years in surgical education, Lisa has been immersed in both cultures and is, therefore, in a unique position to provide educational support.  She has managed an orthopaedic/trauma service of a teaching hospital, and has insight into the circumstances and challenges facing surgical teams.

• Surgical educator since 1992
• Trained over 15,000 surgeons in 68 countries of Europe, N America, Latin America & Asia.
• Previously 20 years of trauma nursing experience in the UK and abroad
• Trained as a virtual teacher in 2016

Current Position

• Consultant surgical educator UK and abroad
• Education Advisor to AOUKI
• Lead for Future Leaders Programme 
  • British Orthopaedic Association & 
  • Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 
• Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers - the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Faculty of Surgical Trainers Advisory Board

Website  https://hadfield-law.co.uk

Twitter @lisahadfieldlaw

Andrew Hamer

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sheffield Hospitals NHS Trust

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Zaid Hamoodi

Mr Zaid Hamoodi is a Trauma and Orthopaedics Specialty Registrar (ST8) in the Northwest (Mersey) Deanery with a specialist interest in upper limb surgery. He is a former NJR/RCSEng Research Fellow and a PhD candidate at the University of Manchester, where his research explores the predictors of failure in total elbow replacement.

He led the NJR Data Quality Audit (NJRDQA) for elbow arthroplasty alongside Professor Adam C Watts. This was a national collaborative initiative involving the NJR, BOTA, BOA, BESS, and RCSEng. This work improved the completeness and accuracy of elbow data within the registry, and involved engaging with orthopaedic trainees across the UK to drive meaningful improvements in national data quality.

E-mail: [email protected]

Twitter: @Zaidahamoodi

Alex Hazlerigg

No bio provided

Alexandra Hazlerigg

Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Miss Hazlerigg is a Consultant Hand and Wrist Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon. She works at Cheltenham General Hospital, Gloucester Royal Hospital and Cirencester Hospital and was appointed in 2021. She has an exclusive interest in hand and wrist and performs both elective and emergency surgery to these areas as well as performing general Orthopaedic trauma work whilst on call. She qualified from Imperial College, London in 2007 and undertook basic surgical training in London before securing a specialist training number in the Oxford Deanery, during this time she was awarded Distinction in postgraduate Diploma in Orthopaedic Trauma Science from the University of London before passing her FRCS (Tr&Orth) in 2016. She lives in Gloucestershire with her family.

Professor Caroline Hing

Pofessor of Orthopaedics, St George’s University, London

Caroline trained in Medicine at University College London with an intercalated BSc in Anatomy & Developmental Biology. She completed her Orthopaedic and Trauma training on the Pott Rotation based at Barts and The London Hospitals with a further period of training at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital whilst completing an MD, doctoral thesis on patellofemoral instability. She also completed an MSc in Orthopaedic Engineering awarded by the University of Wales. Her fellowships included trauma at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia and knee surgery at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals in London.

She has subspecialty interests in knee surgery, especially patellofemoral instability and in trauma. She is a Professor of orthopaedics at St George’s University London with research interests in osteoarthritis and trauma. She is a clinical director for corporate outpatients and she leads for research in orthopaedics in the trust. She is co-editor in chief of The Knee Journal. She is a trustee of the BOA and has supported their equality and diversity initiatives.

Richard Holleyman

Richard completed his undergraduate education in Newcastle (MBBS) and London (MSc) and has been a Trauma and Orthopaedic specialist registrar in the Northern Deanery since 2016. He has a passion for health research, in particular, epidemiology and data science and has worked extensively with large national datasets.

Georgina Hooper

ATOCP Regional Lead Chair

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Adrian Hughes

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Consultant, Royal Devon & Exeter, Exeter

Tom Jacobs

Neil Jain

Consultant Orthopaedic Sports Surgeon, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Mr Neil Jain is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon and the founder of UK Sports Medicine, a private practice focused on the prevention and treatment of sports injuries through innovation. He is able to offer keyhole surgery for a wide range of knee, shoulder and elbow injuries, in addition to administering non-operative treatments such as injections of platelet-rich plasma (PRP).

Mr Jain originally graduated from the University of Southampton before undergoing basic surgical training in Plymouth. After graduating from a sports injuries and reconstructive arthroscopy fellowship at the world-renowned University of British Columbia in Canada, Mr Jain was appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Mr Jain is widely published in peer reviewed journals and medical textbooks, and has given over 100 presentations at national and international conferences. He has worked with a number of sports clubs and associations including Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Barrow Raiders RLFC, Bury FC, University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, Vancouver Canadians (Baseball), Winnipeg Blue Bombers (American Football) and Vancouver Canucks (Ice Hockey). Mr Jain is actively involved in teaching and is an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Salford. He is the current treasurer for BOSTAA

Kyle Jeray

President, American Orthopaedic Association

No bio provided

Muthu Jeyam

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

No bio provided

Mark Johnston

Consultant Geriatrician, Royal Liverpool Hospital

Lesley Kay

National Clinical Director, MSK

Dr Lesley Kay is a Consultant Rheumatologist in Newcastle upon Tyne, the joint National Clinical Lead for Rheumatology in the Getting It Right First Time Programme, Vice Chair of the Northern Clinical Senate Council and a trustee of the National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society. She was previously acting Medical Director and deputy Medical Director at the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch, Clinical Director for Musculoskeletal Services and for Patient Safety and Quality in her trust, and Chair of the British Society for Rheumatology’s Clinical Affairs committee. She has master’s degrees in public health and in Leadership and Quality Improvement.

Professor Rebecca Kearney

Professor and Director of Bristol Trials Centre, University of Bristol

Rebecca is Professor and Director of Bristol Trials Centre, within Bristol Medical School. She is a NIHR Senior Investigator and academic physiotherapist leading in the design and delivery of clinical trials. Her primary focus is pragmatic multi centre randomised controlled trials that evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions in the area of trauma and orthopaedics. To ensure that patients and public members are at the heart of her programmes of research she has also been a member of four ‘James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnerships’.

Rebecca is currently co-chair for NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research and has previously been regional chair for NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (2021-2023). She has also previously been a committee member on NIHR Health Technology Assessment (2018-2022), NIHR ICA Doctoral Fellowships (2017-2021) and NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (2016-2019).

Sean Kelly

Raghbir Khakha

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, Guy's and St Thomas's London

No bio provided

Suan Khor

Consultant Hand & Wrist Surgeon, Whittington Health NHS Trust

Kunal Kulkarni

Consultant Hand & Wrist Surgeon, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Dr Erik Lenguerrand

Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics and Quantitative Epidemiology, University of Bristol

Erik is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics and Quantitative Epidemiology at the University of Bristol, Translational Health Sciences, Musculoskeletal Research Unit lead by Professor Michael Whitehouse. He joined the University of Bristol in 2012 following medical statistician positions at the Medical Research Council and French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks.

Erik has a particular interest in orthopaedic research to improve outcomes following joint replacement and is a contributor to the content development of the NJR Annual Report.  He has produced over 100 manuscripts aiming to provide robust evidence that should inform best clinical practice https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

@LenguerrandErik

Rachel Lis

No bio provided

Tash Maher

Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner

Ajay Malviya

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Northumbria Healthcare

Ajay Malviya is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in the North-East of England and at Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital. He trained in the Northern Deanery and has done specialist fellowships in hip preservation and joint replacement surgery in Cambridge, London and Switzerland.

He specialises in periacetabular osteotomy for hip dysplasia using a minimally invasive approach and hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement. In his routine practice, he deals with sports injuries of the hip and has published and presented widely on the results of hip arthroscopy and pelvic osteotomy in athletes and the general population. 

He has completed a PhD on the role of hip arthroscopy in femoroacetabular impingement. Preservation of the hip joint is his principal philosophy but he has a wide experience of joint replacement surgery catering to the young population, if necessary.

In his routine practice, he does more than 150 hip and knee replacements annually for all age groups. He also performs around 150 hip arthroscopies and more than 75 pelvic osteotomies for hip dysplasia annually; making him the highest volume hip preservation surgeon in the North East and amongst the top in the country.

Surg Cdr Steve Mannion

Head of the Department of Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine, St George’s, University of London

Steve Mannion, MA MChir DTM&H DMCC FRCS (Tr & Orth) RD is Head of the Department of Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine at St George’s, University of London, combining this with a part time appointments as an NHS consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Blackpool and Preston. For up to 6 months a year he also undertakes orthopaedic education and training projects in the less developed world and has extensive experience in humanitarian surgical projects in conflict areas, including Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. He has established clubfoot treatment projects in many less developed countries and is Medical Director of the Global Clubfoot Initiative. Steve is a lead clinician in the UK response to International Disasters and past Chairman of World Orthopaedic Concern (UK).

Valsamis Markos

Markos completed his medical studies at the University of Cambridge and entered specialty training in Trauma and Orthopaedics in Oxford. His DPhil at the University of Oxford was titled “Improving outcomes for patients having shoulder replacements: guiding patient selection, evaluating cost-effectiveness and informing NHS provision” and was funded by an NIHR Doctoral Fellowship.

Alex Matthews

Registrar

Alex is a ST6 Trauma and Orthopaedic Registrar on the Health Education Southwest Training Programme. He recently completed a Doctorate in Medicine (MD) under the supervision of Professor Andrew Toms, Mr Jonathan P. Evans, Professor Sallie Lamb (all Exeter), William Gray (NHS England) and Professor Andrew Price (Oxford).

Alex’s doctoral research was supported by the British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) Revision Knee Working Group and focused on outcomes following revision knee replacement. His work has contributed to the evaluation and development of revision knee networks across England.

Professor Andy Metcalfe

Professor at Warwick Clinical Trials Unit and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Andy Metcalfe is a Professor at Warwick Clinical Trials Unit and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW). His clinical practice is in knee surgery including patellofemoral problems, sports surgery, osteotomy and arthroplasty.

Andy graduated from the University of Sheffield and undertook his basic and higher surgical training in Cardiff and the All-Wales rotation. He completed a PhD at Cardiff University at the Versus Arthritis Biomechanics and Bioengineering Research Centre. His fellowships were in Bristol with Mr Andrew Porteous and Mr Jonathan Eldridge and in Sydney with Dr David Wood, before starting in Coventry in 2015.

He leads the thriving Surgery, Pain and Rehabilitation group at Warwick CTU, with numerous trials across a broad range of specialities. He leads multiple high-impact clinical trials, including START:REACTS (published in The Lancet) as well as currently recruiting trials such as RACER-Knee, METEOR2 and REPPORT. He was Research Lead for the British Association for Surgery of the Knee 2019-2023, is Secretary of the British Patellofemoral Society, and has been involved in multiple NICE guidelines.

Andy also leads the clinical academic training in T&O at Warwick and UHCW, a successful programme taking people through foundation training, academic clinical fellow posts and PhD fellowships through to Clinical Lecturer posts and CCT.

Katrina Mitchell

ATOCP Co-Chair

I have been a physiotherapist for over 20 years, and a clinical specialist in trauma and orthopaedics since 2008. I have completed my Orthopaedic diploma and an MSc in Musculoskeletal Science. I have worked alongside Mr Goldberg and published a systematic review on the use of mesenchymal stem cells, and more recently been part of the stakeholder group working on weight bearing terminology and the NAFF pathway.

 I am currently the Clinical Services Manager for community therapies, a challenge I sought after completing a secondment as the AHP Faculty Lead in the HIOW ICB. In these roles I have a focus on workforce and service development and have used my networks and skills to enhance the experience our patients receive.

 I am the current co- chair of the CSP South Central Regional Branch and the co-Chair and treasurer of the physio professional network, Association of Trauma and Orthopaedic Chartered Physiotherapists.

 In my spare time I support my 2 boys with their sports clubs, taking on the admin role within their cricket teams and run director of the local junior park run, "if you can't beat them join them".

Fergal Monsell

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

Fergal Monsell graduated without distinction from the Welsh National School of Medicine. He completed higher surgical training at the University of Manchester and has been a Consultant at the Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol since 2004. He is involved in the management of paediatric patients with a special interest in limb deformity and trauma.
He has made a greater than average contribution to the canon of lower-level evidence and has been awarded degrees at Master and Doctorate level.
He has a longstanding interest in education, is Director of the Avon Centre for Musculoskeletal Education and Projector at the Grand Academy.

Chris Morgan

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Rhidian Morgan-Jones

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Rhidian has been involved in infection management for over 30 years. After a long career in Cardiff establishing a Revision Knee Practice, he moved to Colchester in 2023 to lead the Major Revision Centre for Knees in the region. He is currently the inaugural BAJIS President.

Esther Murray

Director of Research Institute of Health Sciences, Queen Mary University

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Rajesh Nanda

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust

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 – Fellowships and Courses Lead.

He 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) and Section 1 lead.

He has been a member of British Indian Orthopaedic Society and BESS Education committees.
Organises the MCh Orthopaedics course from Teesside University. Organises annual orthopaedic basic science course; shoulder and elbow symposium for physiotherapists and allied health professionals; joint injection courses for GP’s. He is an invited faculty to Orthopaedic courses and invited to speak at International and National conferences

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

Rishi Navarsi

Consultant Physiotherapist

Nicholas Nicolaou

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon

Gabriella Noblet

Consultant OrthoGeriatrician

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Sam Oussedik

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Head of Department at the UK’s leading teaching hospital, University College London Hospitals

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Head of Department at the UK’s leading teaching hospital, University College London Hospitals. 

Director of surgical education at UCLH.

Speciality editor for knee surgery for the Bone & Joint Journal, the UK’s leading orthopaedic Journal.

Editorial Board member for the American Journal of Sports Medicine and the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine.

Member of ISAKOS’ arthroplasty committee.

Member of EFORT’s Orthopaedic Education Group.

Founder member British PatelloFemoral Society

Founder member International Knee Society

Member AORecon Knee taskforce

Research interests include revision total knee replacement; prosthetic alignment in primary knee arthroplasty; robotic assisted surgery; ACL reconstruction; patellar stabilisaton.

You can find more at www.samoussedik.com

Rish Parmar

Consultant Trauma and Upper Limb Surgeon, University of Liverpool Hospitals NHS Trust

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Derek Pegg

Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Mid Cheshire Hospitals Foundation Trust, Chair, NJR Data Quality Committee

Derek Pegg is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at Leighton Hospital, Mid Cheshire Hospitals Foundation Trust, Crewe. Appointed in 1996, Derek developed a specialist interest in both hip and knee replacement surgery and (until very recently) their revision. He joined the NJR as a regional clinical coordinator (RCC) for the Northwest in 2012, becoming the deputy chair in 2017 and was appointed Chair of the RCC Committee in January 2021. He is also a member of the NJR Board, Executive Committee and Chair of the NJR Data Quality Committee.

Professor Daniel Perry

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Ricci Plastow

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, University College Hospital

Ricci Plastow is a consultant in hip and knee surgery at University College London Hospital. He studied medicine in Manchester and finished Orthopaedic training in 2019. He completed a fellowship in Vancouver before returning to London for fellowship in arthroplasty and robotic surgery at UCLH. He is a member of the RCS Trainee RADAR group and MSK Robotic Assisted Surgery (RAS) Working Group. He is the trainee lead for the MSK RAS group and is driving future training opportunities in robotic and digital surgery.

Andrew Porteous

Consultant Specialist Knee Surgeon

Andrew has been a Consultant Specialist Knee Surgeon at the Avon Orthopaedic Centre(AOC) in Bristol, UK for over 23 years. He holds a number of roles within the National Joint  Registry including: Chair of the Editorial Committee, Vice-chair of the Surgical Performance Committee, Member of the NJR Board and the Executive Committee.

Andrew is a Past President of the British Assoc for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) and served on the BASK Executive Committee for 12 years. He has previously been the Clinical Lead for Knee Surgery at the AOC for over 15 years, and the Lead for Elective Orthopaedics for five years. He is on the steering committee for the NHSE/GIRFT Revision Knee Network project and is a co-author of National Guidelines for treatment of ACL injuries and Revision knee replacement.

Andrew’s research interests include: Partial, total & revision knee arthroplasty, implant retrieval analysis, infection & knee injury. He has been involved in the development and ongoing work of ODEP and Beyond Compliance for Knees. He is a Member of the BASK, BOA, EKS, ESSKA, EKA and ISAKOS; he holds a Master’s Degree in Orthopaedic Engineering.

Rob Poulter

Consultant Hand & Wrist Surgeon, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

Ganesh Prasad

Consultant Trauma and Upper Limb Surgeon, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Joe Rafferty

Past CEO, Mersey Care NHS Trust

No bio provided

Professor Amar Rangan

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, The James Cook University Hospital

Prof Amar Rangan holds the Mary Kinross Trust and Royal College of Surgeons Chair at Hull York Medical School (HYMS) and Department of Health Sciences, University of York.

He is a specialist shoulder and elbow surgeon at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Middlesbrough, providing district and tertiary services in his specialty.

He also holds a full professorship with the faculty of medical sciences and NDORMS, University of Oxford.

Amar has held key national leadership roles: President of the British Elbow and Shoulder Society, trustee of the British Orthopaedic Association, and surgeon member of the National Joint Registry Steering Committee.

Amar is a designated supervisor for HYMS integrated academic training and supervises pre-doctoral and doctoral studentships.

He is fellowship director for the nationally accredited shoulder and elbow fellowship at South Tees Hospitals and is course director for the postgraduate MCh(Orth) programme in Teesside.

Amar leads a programme of clinical and translational research, including NIHR funded multi-centre clinical trials.

He has published widely in trauma and orthopaedics, particularly in shoulder and elbow surgery, where his work has influenced clinical practice, national guidelines, and policy.

He is chair of MedConnectNorth and is a member of the NIHR i4i Challenge Awards Committee.

Professor Mike Reed

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Chair, NJR Editorial Committee

Professor Mike Reed is a full-time trauma and hip and knee joint replacement surgeon. He trained in the North of England and did fellowships in New Zealand.

He leads Trauma and Orthopaedics at Northumbria Healthcare, working with a team of 31 talented colleagues.

His research focuses on clinical outcomes particularly around short stay surgery as well as infection prevention, diagnosis and management. Professor Reed is on the steering committee and executive of the National Joint Registry (NJR) and Chaired the Annual Report from 2019-2024. He now leads on Surgical Performance for the NJR, is a trustee for the Orthopaedic Research UK charity and is on the grant awards committee for the National Institute Health and Care Research (NIHR) (i4i PDA). He leads clinical trials for industry and NIHR, and works academically with the University of York.

Dr Tom Roberts

Alex Schade

Chloe Scott

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Debra Searle

Uttam Shiralkar

No bio provided

Nashat Siddiqui

Consultant Trauma and Upper Limb Surgeon, Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust

No bio provided

Lucy Silvester

ATOCP Stakeholder Chair

No bio provided

Professor Dawn Skelton

Kapil Sugand

Post-CCT Peripheral Nerve Injury & MSk Surgery Fellow, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore

No bio provided

Amol Tambe

Consultant Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon , University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Hon Consultant Assistant Professor University of Nottingham

No bio provided

Hiro Tanaka

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Hiro Tanaka is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Newport, South Wales.  He is passionate about improving the quality of surgical training and promoting clinical leadership in the NHS.  He designed the BOFAS Principles Course on behalf of the Education Committee in 2010 and continues to be a member of the committee.  He is Chairman of the Education and Revalidation Committee of the BOA and is an examiner for the FRCS (Orth).

Miho Tanaka

Associate Professor of Orthopaedics, Harvard Medical School

No bio provided

Daniel Thomas

Consultant OrthoGeriatrician, Aintree University Hospital

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Professor John Timperley

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Prof. John Timperley is an experienced surgeon whose specialist practice now is focused entirely on hip replacement surgery using a tendon-sparing approach (minimally invasive SPAIRE technique) with robotic assistance.

He works in a team that helped develop a hip that is one of the most implanted types of hip replacement in the world and one of the most successful in all national Joint Registries.

John has developed an advanced surgical techniques called SPAIRE which he has used in all cases of primary hip replacement for nearly ten years.  This technique involves division (and subsequent repair) of only one small tendon (Saving Piriformis And Internus Repair Externus). The SPAIRE technique allows patients to mobilise without any post-operative restriction to their activities and to return to all activities, without restriction. It is facilitated by robotic assistance.

Professor Timperley has been President of the British Hip Society and has served on the Executive of the British Orthopaedic Association. He was awarded a Ph.D. degree at the University of Oxford and has an Honorary Chair in the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences at the University of Exeter.

James Tomlinson

Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Sheffield

James is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon in Sheffield UK. He has a significant interest in surgical education and training and is Education TPD for Yorkshire & Humber and Deputy Director of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers, RCSEd.

He is a member of the NOTSS faculty has taught nationally and internationally on surgical non-technical skills and human factors.

Alison Troughton

Keith Tucker

Present

Chairman of ODEP (Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel) and the “Beyond Compliance advisory group”

Chaiman ISR (International Spinal Registries)

Member of the Implant Performance Committee NJR

Member of Network of Registries of Europe,

Member of the working group on dangers of Cobalt in TJR

Trustee for the Gwen Fish Trust.

 Past

Consultant General Orthopaedic surgeon in Norwich 1977-2017

Secretary and  President of the British Hip Society. 

Member of the  Steering and chair of the Implant performance NJR committees.

Trustee for ORUK

 Author and co-author on numerous orthopaedic papers and chapters in books.

Present Research

The use of machine learning in areas of orthopaedics, particularly Hip Replacement. 

Hobbies: Family and I run a small farm and a small woodland with my wife

Professor Phil Turner

Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon

Professor Turner has been a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon based at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport since 1990 having trained in Manchester and spent time studying in centres in America and Europe. He was the senior surgeon in the department and specialises in all aspects of knee surgery, having established a tertiary referral unit for complex knee problems from across the North West and beyond.

His clinical practice includes caring for elite athletes including Premiership football teams, professional rugby league and union players and Olympic athletes.

Professor Turner was a Council and Executive Member of The British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) and was President from 2018 to 2019. He was previously the North West Orthopaedic Training Programme Director, Head of the North West School of Surgery, founding Chair of the Confederation of Post-Graduate Schools of Surgery and Chair of the BOA Training Standards and Curriculum Committee.

He has been a key member of the Joint Intercollegiate Committee for Examinations where he has been an examiner, assessor and quality assurance lead for the final examination before surgical trainees can be appointed as a consultant. He has been involved in surgical education throughout his career and was awarded the fellowship of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers of the RCS Edinburgh in 2016.

Professor Turner has been domain clinical lead in the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre and founding Chair of the Greater Manchester Orthopaedic Alliance. He holds an Honorary Professorship in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Salford and was elected as a Council Member and Trustee of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2019, where he chairs the Professional Standards Committee.

He is proud to have been recently appointed as a Founding Trustee of the Day One charity, supporting the care of patients suffering severe injuries.

Graham Tytherleigh-Strong

Consultant Shoulder/Elbow and Sports Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Kalpesh Vaghela

Consultant Hand & Wrist Surgeon, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust

Professor Ana Valdes

Professor of Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, University of Nottingham

No bio provided

Farokh Wadia

Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Southampton Children's Hospital

Farokh Wadia is a fellowship trained Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon working at Southampton Children's Hospital. He has completed Paediatric Orthopaedic fellowship from Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital. His special interests include paediatric and adolescent knee disorders, with a special interest in patellofemoral disorders. His research interests include MPFL reconstruction using Fibre-tape and PF instability in Downs syndrome. He has worked as a team doctor for the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier league cricket.

Peter Wall

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

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Professor Michael Whitehouse

Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University of Bristol

Mike is a Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics at the University of Bristol. His research focuses on the treatment of osteoarthritis, outcomes of joint replacement, adverse events such as the treatment of PJI, hip fracture, open fractures and cartilage damage. He employs a wide range of research methodologies including multicentre randomised controlled trials, first-in-human trials, analysis of large routinely collected healthcare datasets, evidence synthesis, qualitative methods and health economics. He leads the NJR lot 2 contract for Statistical Analysis, Support and Associated Services and a range of NIHR funded studies investigating bearings in THR, optimisation for surgery, intra-articular injections, novel devices and treatments for cartilage damage and infection. Mike has published over 250 peer reviewed papers, 9 NJR annual reports, and obtained grant funding of £5.9 million as lead and a further £16.4 million as co-applicant. He sits on the British Orthopaedic Association and British Hip Society research committees.

Mark Wilkinson

Professor of Orthopaedics, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Chair, NJR Research Committee

Professor Wilkinson's principal research interests are in the genetic and metabolic aspects of joint replacement, osteoarthritis, and other associated diseases. Professor Wilkinson is a key clinical collaborator in the Genetics of Osteoarthritis initiative. He and his collaborators have been instrumental in determining our current understanding of the genetic architecture of osteoarthritis. He conducted the first genome-wide scan into hip dysplasia, and into osteolysis and heterotopic ossification after hip replacement, He published the first study in humans to show that bisphosphonates may suppress bone loss after hip replacement and the first clinical trial to show that the human monoclonal antibody denosumab can inhibit osteolysis lesion activity. Other areas of research include exploration of the molecular mechanisms that underpin osteoarthritis development and identifying potential novel pharmacological strategies for its treatment. He has worked on the genetics of osteoarthritis has uncovered novel gene associations with severity and pattern of hip and knee OA, bone remodelling responses to disease, and hip shape. He also studied the systemic health effects of metal ion exposure after hip resurfacing has demonstrated effects on bone cells, cardiovascular, and other systems.

Professor Wilkinson’s principal funding sources are Versus Arthritis, NIHR, Wellcome, MRC, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Cavendish Foundation, John Charnley Trust and industry.

Andy Williams

Founder of Fortius Clinic

Knee surgeon at, and founder of Fortius Clinic, London; and Reader at Imperial College, London.

Fellowship in Brisbane, Australia with Peters Myers / McMeniman. Senior Lecturer / Honorary Consultant at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore ’97-00 then 15 years at The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

Exclusively ‘sports knee’ surgery now. 90% of patients are professional athletes- he is the usual knee surgeon for many teams including the majority of English Premier League football and rugby clubs. He undertakes approximately 100 ACL reconstructions per year and a multi-ligament reconstruction every 2-3 weeks. This latter work represents one of the World’s largest experiences.

He has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles: some award-winning, as well as many other publications. A study of knee motion employing weight-bearing, ‘dynamic’ MRI was awarded The Hunterian Professorship by The Royal College of Surgeons of England for 2005-2006. Current focus is on the MCL after a period of work on the anterolateral soft tissues with relevance to ACL injury, and published improved clinical outcomes in elite athletes by applying the lessons learned in the Andrew Amis lab at Imperial College. He was a lead editor of the 39th Edition of Gray’s Anatomy. A cadaveric study on ramp lesions of the medial meniscus is the 11th most cited meniscus research article per year 1976 – 2019, and another on chondral treatment techniques is 35th  most cited publication ever in orthopaedic knee research. His h-index is 46.

He sits on the Board of Directors of ISAKOS and serves on their finance and knee: sports and preservation committees. He is second vice-president of The ACL Study Group and so will be president in 2030. He sits on the Editorial Board of The American Journal of Sports Medicine, and previously the Editorial Board of The Bone and Joint Journal, as well as The ESSKA Sports Committee.  He was previously on the executive of The British Association for Surgery of The Knee. In 2002 he was awarded the ABC Travelling Fellowship. He was named in the UK’s Top 100 Doctors by the Times newspaper in 2011. He is the first UK member of The Herodicus Society, a U.S.-based sports surgery society.

He lectures nationally and internationally and delivered the inaugural Werner Müller lecture at ESSKA 2021.

Chloe Willoughby

No bio provided

Tim Wilton

Chair, Medical Director, NJR

Tim Wilton trained at Oxford and at UCH medical school and in Orthopaedics at Nottingham, Harlow Wood, Derby and South Wales with travelling fellowships in N America, Strasbourg, Bern and Ljubljana. He has an entirely elective practice in lower limb arthroplasty and has specialised in knee replacement and knee revision surgery for the last 30 years. He has a lifetime personal experience of over 2500 hip and 3500 knee replacements.

Tim teaches widely on technical aspects of knee replacement and has been invited lecturer throughout the world and at the major European, North American and International Knee Surgery organisations.

Tim has been President of the BOA and of BASK, and Chairman of the Bone and Joint Journal.

He is NJR Medical Director and Vice Chair, NJR Board.                                                                

Jo Winton

Physiotherapist

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Professor Vikki Wylde

Vikki Wylde is a Professor of Musculoskeletal Health at the University of Bristol. She is an academic with an interest in improving the health and wellbeing of people living with chronic musculoskeletal conditions. She conducts research that spans the translational pathway and impacts on patient care through informing NICE guidance and changing NHS practice. Her research aims to improve patients’ outcomes and experiences of interventions for musculoskeletal pain, with a particular focus on developing and evaluating interventions to optimise patient outcomes after hip and knee replacement. 

Steven Yule

No bio provided