Robert Jones Medal and Association Prize
Applications for the 2026 Robert Jones Medal opened on 1st January 2026 and will close on 31st January 2026.
The BOA offers a prize of £500 and a gold medal in memory of Sir Robert Jones through an annual essay competition, in which BOA members can submit an essay of their own choice on an orthopaedic interest. The essay is to be submitted in the following format:
- Typewritten in English, not exceeding 3,000 words, (excluding references), do not put your name on the essay – all submissions must be anonymised when reviewed by the President.
E-mail the essay to Celia Jones, PA to President & COO at [email protected].
Please note: No award will be made unless a sufficient standard is achieved. The award is made by the President, with advice from such assessors as they may select. Exceptionally, in outstanding cases, more than one prize may be awarded. All awards will be formally presented at the BOA Congress in September and recorded in the Annual Report.
| Winners of Robert Jones Gold Medal and Association Prize | ||
| Year | Name | Title |
| 2025 |
Maile Wedgwood Richard Newell |
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| 2024 | K Nai | The psychology of the surgeon-patient relationship revisited |
| 2023 | Helen Cattermole | Generalism and orthopaedics |
| 2022 | Kalpesh Vaghela | Non-technical skills and orthopaedic surgery: Beyond the eyes of a hawk, heart of a lion and hands of a lady |
| 2021 | Deepa Bose | The orthopaedic ostrich: Surgeons responses to complications |
| 2020 | David Metcalfe | Advice not orders? The evolving legal status of clinical guidelines |
| 2019 | P Page | Shaping orthopaedic care in post-truth Britain – best foot forward or a step into the abyss? |
| 2018 | Lyndon Mason | The evolution of the human foot and its relation to foot and ankle dysfunction |
| 2017 | N Smith | Meniscectomy in a young patient - Is meniscal allograft transplantation to answer? |
| 2014 | A Wainwright | A good pair of hands |
| 2013 | J R Panchmatia | From trenches to theatre: What modern trauma and orthopaedic surgery owes to the fallen and wounded |
| 2012 | Daniel Perry | A century of Perthes’ Disease: Unraveling the enigma |
| 2010 | D Gordon | The development of bone anchored amputation prostheses |
| 2008 | T Matthews | Cellular responses in rotator cuff tears |
| 2007 | K J J Tayton | Some observations on the mechanism of the slipper upper femoral epiphysis |
| 2006 | Matt Costa | Achilles tendon rupture and rehabilitation |
| 2005 | M Ishaque | The genetics of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration |
| 2003 |
J Wilkinson Chinmay M Gupte (Proxime Accessit) |
Pathogenesis and prevention of aseptic loosening after total hip arthroplasty The meniscofemoral ligaments |
| 2002 | P Reilly | Rotator cuff tears |
| 2001 | A J Carr | The genetics of osteoarthritis |
| 1996 |
P C Nolan D J Warwick (Proxime Accessit) |
Tissue engineering - 'self cell therapy' in orthopaedic surgery Deep vein thrombosis after total hip replacement |
| 1995 | Roger M Atkins | The pathological anatomy and consequence management of displace intra-articular freactures of the calcaneum |
| 1994 | G C Bannister | Fixation of the femoral component in total hip replacement |
| 1991 |
D J Dandy Dai Anthony Jones (Proxime Accessit) |
The development of arthroscopic surgery of the knee Screening for congenital dislocation of the hip |
| 1990 |
D P Jenkin Kevin Hardinge (Proxime Accessit) |
Infection and failed wound healing following knee arthroplasty Cementation in total hip replacement |
| 1989 | N H Jenkins | The treatment of Colles’ fracture |
| 1988 | G F McCoy | Vibratory arthrography and knee joint diagnosis |
| 1987 | D Ferris | Alterations in the bone quality of patients with osteoporotic proximal femoral fractures |
| 1986 | G Waddell | Understanding the patient with backache |
| 1984 | S H Norris | Observations on the use of radio-isotopes and plain x-rays to diagnose osteomyelitis |
| 1983 | J Pooley | The pathogenesis of Caisson disease related to aseptic necrosis of bone from other causes |
| 1982 | R A B Mollan | On the auscultation of joints |
| 1981 | S M Eisenstein | The human lumbar vertebral canal |
| 1980 | G Hall | Some observations on Perthes’ disease |
| 1979 | P J Gregg | Caisson disease of bone |
| 1977 | B J Main | Immobilisation osteoporosis in man |
| 1976 | F T Horan | The pressure distribution beneath the forefoot during walking |
| 1975 | P H Beighton | Sclerosteosis |
| 1972 |
M A Nelson R G Pringle (Proxime Accessit) |
The spinal tragedy in achondroplasia Reflections on the mechanisms and management of fractures of the odontoid process |
| 1971 | N J Blockey | Osteomyelitis in children |
| 1970 | P M Aichroth | The aetiology of osteochondritis dissecans of the knee joint |
| 1969 |
H B S Kemp R Dee (Proxime Accessit) |
Coxa plana The structure and reflex function of the innervation of the hip joint |
| 1968 | M H Mehta | A study of infantile scoliosis |
| 1967 |
C E A Holden C P Monty (Proxime Accessit) |
Biological failure: delaying union in diaphyseal fractures Osteomyelitis variolosa - A viral infection of the bone |
| 1966 |
A W F Lettin B F Reeves (Proxime Accessit) |
The effect of rigid internal fixation on the healing of cortical bone Clinical and experimental investigations on dislocation of the shoulder |
| 1965 | L Solomon | Hereditary multiple exostosis, a study in abnormal bone growth |
| 1964 |
M A R Freeman H B S Kemp (Proxime Accessit) |
Muscular inco-ordination following joint injuries: the study of the clinical significance of the incapsulated nerve endings in joints Experimental Perthes' disease |
| 1963 | P M Yeoman | Traction injuries of the brachial plexus |
| 1962 | Ruth Wynne-Davies | The cause of congenital talipes equino-varus, together with a study of the functional anatomy after completion of treatment |
| 1961 |
J Crawford Adams J Stevens (Proxime Accessit) |
Ischio-femoral arthrodesis Chnages in dead bone which remains in living animal |
| 1960 | J A Wilkinson | Aetiological factors in congenital dislocation of the hip |
| 1959 |
M Makin G S Tupman (Proxime Accessit) |
Osteogenesis by vesical mucosal transplant Bone growth in normal children and its relationship to skeletal maturation |
| 1954 | R Roaf | Paralytic scoliosis |
| 1953 | G C Lloyd-Roberts | Osteoarthritis of the hip joint: A study of the clinical pathology |
| 1952 |
F Harwood Stevenson M Wilkinson (Proxime Accessit) |
The chemotherapy of orthopaedic tuberculosis Chemotherapy of tuberculosis of bones and joints |
| 1951 | P K Duraiswami | Experimental causation of congenital skeletal defects and its significance in orthopaedic surgery |
| 1950 | W Alexander Law | Osteoarthritis of the hip joint with special reference to treatment by vitallium and mould arthroplasty |
| 1949 | E Mervyn Evans | Pronation & supination: The importance of the rotation element in the treatment of injuries of the forearm |
| 1945 | S Pappworth | The primary treatment of lacerations of the hand |
| 1943 | F G St Clair Strange | Amputations |
| 1937 | H Jackson Burrows | Coxa Plana |
| 1933 | R W Butler & H J Seddon | Pott’s paraplegia |
| 1930 | H C Edwards | Injuries of tendons and muscles |
| 1928 | E P Brockman | Club foot (congenital talipes equino-varus) |
| 1927 | J F Brailsford | Deformities of the lumbo-sacral region of the spine |
| 1924 | G Perkins | The diagnosis, treatment and end results of tuberculous diseases in the hip joint |