Deepa Bose has been elected BOA President (2028-2029)

We are delighted to announce that Deepa Bose has been elected BOA President (2028-2029) by the BOA membership. She will become Vice President Elect from September 2026. Deepa is a Consultant in Orthopaedic Trauma and Limb Reconstruction at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and is currently the BOA Honorary Secretary. Her practice is exclusively in adults, and includes general trauma, major trauma and post-traumatic limb reconstruction.

Deepa has been Chair of the Specialist Advisory Committee for Trauma and Orthopaedics in the UK and past Chairman of World Orthopaedic Concern UK, a specialist society of the British Orthopaedic Association, which focuses on teaching orthopaedics in low resource countries. She has been on the Emergency Response Team of UK Med, a first response team for international disaster relief, since 2012. She regularly participates in humanitarian projects in Guyana, Gaza and Ukraine.

Deepa says: "I am deeply honoured to be elected by the membership to this position.  I plan to put in the effort to discover how best to support our members to deliver excellent patient care.  In addition I would aim to safeguard the future of the profession by ensuring that we are getting the most capable surgeons into our specialty.  Our patients deserve world class treatment by the right surgeons in the right way. I will work hard to be worthy of the enormous trust placed in me, with humility and enthusiasm."