BOA Annual Congress 2026

Alwyn Abraham

Training Programme Director T&O, Consultant (Adult Trauma / Paediatric Orthopaedics), University Hospitals of Leicester

Alwyn has spent 17 years on the Trauma and Orthopaedics front line as a Consultant. The highs and lows of working in the NHS notwithstanding he remains a committed clinician, HST TPD for T&O, trainer and FRCS examiner. Clinically, he particularly enjoys the challenge of salvaging infected, traumatised, and deformed limbs in his chosen field of Limb Reconstruction. Unusually for an orthopod, he is committed to quality communication and the acceptance of human factors in medical teams. He lists an eclectic mix of influences in this regard such as Nobel Laureate, Daniel Kahneman's Masterpiece Thinking, Fast and Slow, but equally, The Perfect Puppy by Gwen Bailey. His support of the marginalised has driven his enthusiasm for several interesting projects. This has included his advocacy of CSTs as Training Programme Director, the genesis of a Trust Foundation Doctors Programme for Internationals Medical Graduates and the creation of a Trust registrar programme in Trauma and Orthopaedics culminating in CESR. Alwyn is particularly proud of his role as the co-founder of the Leicester Gondar Orthopaedic Partnership, conceived in 2017. This is a partnership between University Hospitals of Leicester, University of Leicester, and the University of Gondar (Northern Ethiopia). In collaboration with Rotary International USD 200k was raised and has led to a partnership to develop orthopaedic infrastructure in Northern Ethiopia where up to 7 million people are without the very basics of orthopaedic care.Alwyn has spent 17 years on the Trauma and Orthopaedics front line as a Consultant. The highs and lows of working in the NHS notwithstanding he remains a committed clinician, HST TPD for T&O, trainer and FRCS examiner. Clinically, he particularly enjoys the challenge of salvaging infected, traumatised, and deformed limbs in his chosen field of Limb Reconstruction. Unusually for an orthopod, he is committed to quality communication and the acceptance of human factors in medical teams. He lists an eclectic mix of influences in this regard such as Nobel Laureate, Daniel Kahneman's Masterpiece Thinking, Fast and Slow, but equally, The Perfect Puppy by Gwen Bailey. His support of the marginalised has driven his enthusiasm for several interesting projects. This has included his advocacy of CSTs as Training Programme Director, the genesis of a Trust Foundation Doctors Programme for Internationals Medical Graduates and the creation of a Trust registrar programme in Trauma and Orthopaedics culminating in CESR. Alwyn is particularly proud of his role as the co-founder of the Leicester Gondar Orthopaedic Partnership, conceived in 2017. This is a partnership between University Hospitals of Leicester, University of Leicester, and the University of Gondar (Northern Ethiopia). In collaboration with Rotary International USD 200k was raised and has led to a partnership to develop orthopaedic infrastructure in Northern Ethiopia where up to 7 million people are without the very basics of orthopaedic care.

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Paul Banaszkiewicz

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead

Paul Banaszkiewicz is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, specialising in hip and knee arthroplasty. He graduated from University of Glasgow, completed basic surgical training in the Merseyside Deanery, and undertook specialist registrar training on the North East of Scotland training programme.

He is currently a Trustee of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) and Chair of the BOA Education and Careers (EdCar) Committee, leading initiatives focused on professional development, mentoring, workforce support, and equity of opportunity across orthopaedics. He has helped develop national educational programmes including the BOA–BODS Clinical Directors course, UKITE, Ortho Update and Extended Clinical Team initiatives at BOA Congress.

Paul is Editor of the Journal of Trauma and Orthopaedics (JTO) and co-leads the TENDON study evaluating musculoskeletal education within UK medical schools. He has a particular interest in differential attainment, widening participation, and improving access to mentorship and career development within surgical training.

He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators, and holds a Master’s degree in Medical Education from Newcastle University. He also serves as an Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC) member and Quality Assurance Assessor for the RCSEng.

As Visiting Professor at Northumbria University, Paul helps bridge academic research with practical clinical orthopaedic practice. He has supported the BOA Futures Leadership Programme, BOA Travelling Fellowships, and the educational activities of the British Orthopaedic Trainees Association (BOTA). He is also lead editor and author of three internationally recognised FRCS (Tr & Orth) textbooks, which have received several BMA Book Awards.

Paul has undertaken humanitarian orthopaedic work in Northern Iraq and remains committed to international collaboration, diversity, and inclusion within orthopaedics. Outside work, he enjoys running, skiing, gardening, and supporting Burnley F.C..

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Joanne Banks

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals, Mersey Deanery Training Programme Director

Jo is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon with specialist interests in sports knee surgery and complex lower limb trauma. She trained at Liverpool University Medical School and completed her surgical training in the Mersey region. She has also completed an MSc in Orthopaedic Engineering from the University of Cardiff. She works at the Liverpool University Hospitals, a large city centre teaching hospital, MTC and tertiary referral centre.

She is passionate about education and is an Honorary Lecturer with the University of Liverpool. She is a regular faculty member on national and international courses and is the Training Programme Director and Education Director for the Mersey Orthopaedic and Trauma Training Programme. Outside of work Jo loves most sports, enjoys being out in the fells and is an avid Newcastle United fan. She is the Chief Medical Officer for British Judo, travelling with the squad to competitions all over the World. She is looking forward to being part of Team GB for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, where Judo will be coming home.

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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 Hono0rary Secretary of the BOA and has previously been 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. 

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Salma Chaudhury

Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospital Trust

Salma is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at Cambridge University Hospital Trust who specialises in Shoulder and Elbow trauma, sports injuries and shoulder replacements. She is triple fellowship trained from international recognised centres of shoulder excellence, having trained at Oxford, Cambridge and Reading, and spent a year during training at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. She was awarded the BESS Travelling Fellowship. Her Trauma and Orthopaedics higher surgical training was completed in Oxford, and she studied medicine at Cambridge University. 

Salma is committed to producing the highest quality research to offer patients the best evidence-based, compassionate care. She was awarded a PhD in Orthopaedic Surgery from Oxford University, for her studies of rotator cuff failure and repair strategies to improve healing. To date she has been awarded £450,000 in research grants, including an ORUK early career research fellowship, and has published widely. She is the associate editor for Bone and Joint Journal 360, and was previously the social media editor for Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. She currently sits on the British Elbow and Shoulder Surgery Research Committee and was previously Executive Committee member for British Orthopaedic Research Society. 

Teaching has always been important to Salma and she was the co-director of orthopaedic teaching for Oxford University undergraduate medical students for 4 years. She has taught widely on courses such as the Oxford University Orthopaedic MSC course, shoulder and elbow cadaveric courses in Cambridge and ORUK FRCS Revision courses. She has regularly lectured internationally and nationally, including teaching in China and Palestine.

She has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to improving training for all doctors as well as patient outcomes, reflected in her wide-ranging work on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) initiatives. Some of her key previous roles include:

• Elected senior BOA EDI champion for Thames Valley.
• Royal College of Surgeons Working Parents Group.
• Federation of Surgical Speciality Association (FSSA) Anti-Bullying and Harassment Committee

 

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Ben Dean

Consultant Hand & Wrist Surgeon

Ben is a consultant orthopaedic hand surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and a senior research fellow at the University of Oxford. His research interests include carpal trauma, hand osteoarthritis, implementation and collaborative projects.

Laura Deriu

Children’s Orthopaedic Consultant, Leeds Children’s Hospital

Miss Laura Deriu has been a Children’s Orthopaedic Consultant at Leeds Children’s Hospital since 2015.

She did her higher surgical training in Rome (Italy) and underwent fellowship training in the United States and United Kingdom. She enjoys the generality of paediatric orthopaedics, but has a particular interest in trauma, hip conditions and foot deformities.

Miss Deriu is a keen trainer and is highly involved at regional and national level. She was awarded the BOTA TOTY in 2020-2021.

She is the Chair of the Education Committee of the British Society of Children’s Orthopaedics Surgery and is highly involved in organising and coordinating local and national educational events.

She loves travelling, reading, dancing, cooking and looking after her friends and family.

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Nicola Fine

Consultant Orthopaedic Hand & Wrist Surgeon

Nicola is a consultant orthopaedic hand surgeon at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. She completed her medical degree at Bristol University, going onto core and higher surgical training in the South West Peninsula Deanery. She passed her FRCS in 2018 and won the Sir Walter Mercer gold medal. Following registrar training she completed a TIG fellowship in Swansea and an International fellowship in Melbourne both in orthoplastic hand surgery. She has completed the British Hand Diploma and is now a tutor for this. She is part of an orthoplastic hand unit, practicing in all aspects of hand surgery but with specialist interest in arthritis and is part of the tertiary referral centre for total wrist replacements in the Southwest.

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Sue Fitzpatrick

Director of Sue Fitzpatrick Associates

Sue Fitzpatrick is the former Director and Head of Education and Training at the Institute of Clinical Research and brings more than 40 years of experience in clinical research. She has led the management, audit, and training of Clinical Research Associates (CRAs) and has developed numerous academic and professional training programmes. Sue currently serves as Module Leader for Research Methods at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and continues to advance competency and training standards within clinical research.

She is a consultant for NHS England, an end-point assessor for clinical research degrees, and Lead Governor for North Cheshire and Merseyside NHS Foundation Trust. Sue has contributed extensively to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) standards through her work with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine and has authored numerous articles and books, including co-authoring The Oxford Handbook of Clinical and Healthcare Research published by Oxford University Press.

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Colonel Hugo Guthrie

Colonel Hugo Guthrie is the professional lead for Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery across the Ministry of Defence. He works clinically at St George’s Hospital and the South-West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre, with a practice that includes Lower Limb Trauma and Knee Surgery. He is Training Programme Director for the Defence Deanery. 

Hugo spent 2 years as a regimental doctor, including 12 months in Iraq. He deployed to Afghanistan as a surgical trainee and briefly worked in Birmingham as Military Registrar. Since being appointed as a consultant in 2015, he has deployed internationally and in 2021 was part of the Military Advisory Team at Nightingale Hospital London. He has served as Clinical Director at 22 Field Hospital, as Consultant Advisor to the Head of the Army Medical Services and in 2024 was appointed to his current position as Defence Consultant Advisor to the Surgeon General. 

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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

• Convenor Future Leaders Programme 
  • British Orthopaedic Association & 
  • Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 
• Convenor Foundations in Surgical Leadership Programme - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 
• Website  https://hadfield-law.co.uk
• Twitter @lisahadfieldlaw

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Bob Handley

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, GIRFT Clinical Lead for Adult Orthopaedic Trauma, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bob Handley is currently National Clinical Lead for GIRFT Adult Orthopaedic Trauma. Bob was a Consultant on the Trauma Service at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford from 1994-2025. He is a Past President of the British Orthoapedic Association President, the Orthopaedic Trauma Society and AOUKI. He co-chaired the NICE guideline development groups on fractures and was a member of the group for hip fractures. He was also an examiner for FRCS T&O for ten years. 

Bob trained in Sheffield, Newcastle, Sunderland and Seattle. After qualifying he worked for the British Antarctic Survey for 3 years.

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Aanchal Jain

Consultant Hand & Wrist Surgeon, Epsom & St Hellier

Aanchal Jain is a dual fellowship trained Consultant Hand and Wrist Surgeon at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, with extensive subspecialty training in hand, wrist and upper limb surgery. After graduating with distinction from Imperial College London, Aanchal obtained her BSc in Management and Medical Sciences with First Class Honours. She completed higher surgical training in Trauma and Orthopaedics across major London teaching hospitals. She went on to complete prestigious Hand Fellowships at both the Pulvertaft Hand Unit in Derby and Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham, gaining expertise in complex trauma, reconstructive, and wrist arthroscopy procedures. Her clinical practice encompasses the full spectrum of hand and wrist pathology, including trauma, degenerative and inflammatory conditions.

A passionate educator, Aanchal has a substantial teaching portfolio. She serves as faculty on national and regional FRCS preparation courses and registrar training sessions across the UK. She has set up highly successful pan-London courses for trainees and has organised registrar teaching programmes, mock viva exams and cadaveric workshops. Aanchal has also written multiple book chapters, published in peer-reviewed journals and presented nationally and internationally receiving numerous prizes for her work.

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Professor Antony Johansen

Consultant Orthogeriatrician, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

Professor Antony Johansen has worked as a full-time orthogeriatrician in the trauma wards of the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff for the last 30 years. He co-authored the 2007 British Orthopaedic Association’s ‘Blue Book’ of Fragility Fracture and the 2011 NICE Hip Fracture Guideline (CG124), and from 2013-2026 was Orthogeriatrician lead for the National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD) at the Royal College of Physicians. 

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Nick Johnson

Consultant Hand Surgeon

Mr Nick Johnson graduated from the University of Leicester in 2005. He underwent his higher surgical training in the East Midlands South region before obtaining his FRCS (Tr&Orth) in 2014. Following a Fellowship at the Pulvertaft Hand Centre, he was appointed as a Consultant Hand and Wrist Surgeon at Derby in 2019.
Mr Johnson has a strong interest in research and teaching and completed a PhD about wrist fracture epidemiology during his higher surgical training along with a Postgraduate Certificate in Education. He has published many scientific papers and several textbook chapters, supervises students carrying out research degrees and has been involved with writing national guidance for wrist fracture treatment.
His main clinical and research interests include hand trauma epidemiology and prevention, improving outcome after hand trauma and the treatment of Dupuytrens disease

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Paula Kelly

Paula Kelly is a Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic surgeon in CHI ( Children’s Health Ireland ) specialising in limb reconstruction and foot and ankle deformity correction. Paula is the current clinical director for peri operative critical care and neonatology in CHI.

Paula also founded Childrens Health Ireland Africa (CHIA) and collaborates with teams in Tanzania and Zimbabwe to promote access to children’s surgical services .

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Ansar Mahmood

Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, President of The British Trauma Society, Research Lead for Orthopaedic Trauma & The Major Trauma Service, University Hospital Birmingham

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Yusuf Michla

Mr Michla is a consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic surgeon at the South Tyneside & Sunderland Foundation Trust. His specialist interest is in shoulder & elbow surgery with complex shoulder & elbow trauma being a particular interest. Mr Michla was appointed by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh as the Deputy National Director of the Foundation Trainees’ Surgical Societies in 2024. He also acts as a Regional Surgical Advisor for the College.

Alongside his clinical work, Mr Michla has a strong interest in undergraduate & postgraduate training and medical education. He has been nominated as the Northern Deanery’s “Trainer of the Year” three times, winning the title once.

For local postgraduate trainees he is a current academic mentor for Northern Deanery core and specialist trainees as well as for the Northern Foundation School, as well as sitting as a committee member of ONTEA, the Northern Deanery specialist training education steering group. At undergraduate level, he holds an honorary senior lecturer post with the University of Newcastle school of medicine, as well as an honorary lecturer role with the University of Sunderland school of medicine.

He was appointed the honorary chair of the University of Newcastle’s Surgical Society in 2016 & he also serves as the current co-chair of AO UK & Ireland’s undergraduate courses.

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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.

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Alexander Sheriff Montgomery

Consultant Spine Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, Spinal Clinical Director at the Royal London

Mr Montgomery set up and led the Spinal Unit at Barts Health for 10 years, turning it in to one of the largest Spinal trauma Unit in the U.K. He has gained a wealth of experience and expertise in this field working in conjunction with the Royal London Trauma, and Orthopaedic teams.
He is now Chair of Spinal Surgery for North East London and Essex region, having set up the Network, and it's team 2 years ago. They have set the standards and governance for the whole region, and continue to grow in influence. Alongside this he and the team at Barts treat patients with common degenerative and complex deformity conditions, as well as TB of the Spine .
Mr Montgomery performs surgery using minimally invasive techniques for anterior, posterior and lateral lumbar and thoracic approaches, as well as anterior and posterior cervical surgery. Mr.Montgomery is honorary senior lecturer at Queen Mary University, and has presented nationally as well as across the globe from the USA to Europe and Australasia. He has regularly been faculty for AO Spine Middle East. He won the best presentation poster at the International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine, and has featured in Spine News International. He was invited to both the Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, and Harborview Hospital in Seattle to present papers.

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Sarah Phillips

Sarah is an Orthopaedic Surgeon with an interest in Limb Reconstruction.  She was appointed as consultant at King’s College Hospital in 1998.

She is Secretary of The British Limb Reconstruction Society.

She was in the Army Reserves for over 30 years retiring in 2021. She deployed  in March 2003 for Op Telic 1 (2nd Gulf War).

She is on the Faculty of the Diploma in Medicine in Conflict and Catastrophe (DMCC)

Sarah is a Trustee of 2 charities – IDEALS and Rebuild. (www.IDEALS.org.uk and www.rebuildcharity.org )

IDEALS was established in 2000 by John Beavis.  Its mission: to relieve poverty, distress and suffering in any part of the world affected by conflict and/or natural disaster.  It has worked in Bosnia-Herzegovia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Lebanon and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Sarah has been involved in helping to establish a Limb Reconstruction Service in Gaza since 2013. IDEALS provided training for orthopaedic surgeons, nurses and physiotherapists as well as providing specialist orthopaedic equipment.  The charity has helped in the treatment of war wounded patients and those injured in 2018-19 border demonstrations.

Since December 2023 IDEALS has been recognised as a specialist Emergency Medical Team (Orthoplastics) and has regularly sent surgical teams to Gaza to treat those injured in the present conflict.  Sarah has made 2 visits during the present war  - her most recent visit was in January 2026.

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Greg Pickering

Consultant Hand & Orthopaedic Surgeon

Greg Pickering is a Consultant Hand & Orthopaedic Surgeon at The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, including at the National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases.
Mr Pickering completed his higher specialist training in Trauma & Orthopaedics on the Severn (Bristol) Rotation, followed by a National Training Interface Group Fellowship in Hand Surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham. Mr Pickering was the British Delegate to the American Society for Surgery of the Hand International Travelling Fellowship, a BSSH delegate to the BOA Future Leaders Programme, and has completed the British Diploma in Hand Surgery. Mr Pickering has a particular interest in medical education, and has multiple formal qualifications in this field. He regularly develops and delivers cadaveric surgical training courses, is a sitting member of the BSSH Education Committee, as well as being Specialty Tutor and a named supervisor and trainer of future orthopaedic and hand surgeons.

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Rob Poulter

Consultant Hand & Wrist Surgeon, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

Mr. Rob Poulter is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a decade of experience in the treatment of hand and wrist conditions that impact bony and soft tissues, including carpal tunnel syndrome, Dupuytren's contracture, skin cancer, and entrapment. He sees private patients at the Ramsay Health Duchy Hospital.

Mr. Poulter graduated from the Royal Free Hospital, School of Medicine, and went on to undertake his basic and specialist orthopaedic training in the Southwest of England. He later gained the opportunity to undertake various sought-after national and international hand and peripheral nerve fellowships, in Nottingham, Melbourne, and Sydney.

Since his Consultant appointment in 2011, Mr. Poulter has centred his practice around clearly communicating with his patients and his colleagues, to ensure patients receive an excellent standard of care from the team, as a whole. He is also actively involved in the medical education community, teaching national hand surgery courses and working as an academic tutor for medical students at the University of Exeter.

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Janardhan Rao

Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics, Countess of Chester Hospital, Chester

Mr Janardhan Rao was the Lead Orthopaedic Examiner for the National and International Exam, Chair JCIE T&O since 2020 taking the exam throughout covid. He has been a Senior Intercollegiate Examiner for more than half of his 21 years as a consultant. Also acting as an assessor of all the surgical exams to promote fairness.

He is on the board of the Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel which scrutinises orthopaedic implants published data for survival, this ensures a quality rating for implants. He has been the Lead Clinician and Divisional Medical Director in his Trust, innovating the use of a neighbouring hospital spare operating theatre capacity and promoting day case hip and knee replacement. Continuing elective cases during the COVID lockdown.

He is a Senior Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, moving the teaching online and continuing lectures on a weekly basis throughout covid. He also provided teaching for nursing and paramedics via the University of Chester. He is the President of the Chester and North Wales Medical Society, originally founded in 1883.

Mr Rao, originally went to a Quaker school in York before graduating with an intercalated honours degree from the University of St. Andrews. He completed his post graduate surgical training in Cambridge and Norwich. He completed his fellowship at the Rocky Mountain Trauma Centre in Denver before taking up the post of Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Chester. He is a Regional Surgical Ambassador for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

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Nigel Rossiter

Nigel Rossiter is the President of the Combined Services Orthopaedic Society.  He spent half his career as a Trauma Orthopaedic surgeon in the Army and half in the NHS.  He was one of the people who helped set up England’s Trauma networks, he was the founding President of the OTS, he is a founding fellow of the International OTA and an Emeritus International Member of the OTA.  He has addressed the UN General Assembly on global Trauma issues, has sat on the WHO committee for Trauma, has sat on NICE and the NIHR, and has Chaired an international Trauma charity.  He received an Honorary Fellowship of the BOA in 2023. 

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James Tomlinson

Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Sheffield

James is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon and Associate Medical Director for Education in Sheffield UK. He is a member of the NOTSS faculty has taught nationally and internationally on surgical non-technical skills and human factors and co-led a review of the NOTSS curriculum.

He also has a research interest in surgeon performance and non-technical skills.

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Professor Alex Trompeter

Orthopaedic Trauma / Limb Reconstruction Surgeon

Alex Trompeter works at St George’s University Hospital in London and holds the position of Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery at City St George’s University of London. His specific clinical interests are the management of complex fractures, bone infection, non-union, deformity correction and limb lengthening, orthoplastic surgery and delivering the region’s amputation service.

Alex graduated from Guy’s and St Thomas’ medical school in 2003. He completed his specialist training in trauma and orthopaedics in the South West Thames rotation in 2012. He won the Sir Walter Mercer Gold Medal for the FRCS examinations in 2011. Alex undertook specialist fellowship training in trauma and limb reconstruction in the UK (Liverpool and Chertsey) and overseas (Calgary, Canada). He was awarded the Braun travelling fellowship to the Massachusetts General Hospital, USA, by the British Orthopaedic Association, and a travelling fellowship to the Oxford Bone Infection Unit by the British Limb Reconstruction Society.

Alex is  actively involved in academic research and is widely published in his field, as well as being a keen surgical educator teaching locally, nationally and internationally. He was previously Training Program Director for the South West London Orthopaedic Rotation. Alex chairs the BLRS Research Committee and is vice chair of the BOA trauma committee and co-chair of the BOA Clinical Standards Committee (responsible for producing BOASTS). In his spare time he enjoys ultra running, gardening, cooking and making salami.

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Kalpesh Vaghela

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

Kalpesh is a Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon with a specialist interest in Hand & Wrist Surgery based at the Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust.

Kalpesh read medicine at Imperial College London and completed a BSc in Surgical Sciences graduating with 1st class honours. He completed specialist orthopaedic training on the prestigious Percivall Pott rotation. Kalpesh then undertook the Training Interface Group (TIG) integrated orthoplastics hand surgery fellowship at the Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Derby and gained international experience at the world-renowned Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia. He has been awarded the BSSH Travelling fellowship attending the Institute Kaplan in Barcelona, Spain and the ASSH International Fellowship to attend centres of excellence in the USA learning from some of the world's pioneering surgeons.

Kalpesh has obtained dual diploma qualification in hand surgery completing both the European and British diplomas the latter of which he was awarded the Vivien Lees Gold Medal. He has completed an MSc in Medical Education at UCL and was awarded the Robert Jones Medal & Association Prize by the BOA.

His main interests are medical education, trauma and wrist arthroscopy.

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Sarafina Vatharkar

Emergency Medicine Consultant at University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham Trust

Consultant at University Hospitals Birmingham I am an Emergency Medicine. I have always been passionate about the care of the injured patient, within the trust I also work as a Major Trauma coordinating consultant, and am actively involved in trauma-related research. I feel privileged being part of the British Trauma Society.

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Sam Vollans

Consultant Shoulder/Elbow Surgeon, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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