4.30pm – 6pm BST, 23 September 2026 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins
Room: Nexus
Specialist Society
Pain in children presents unique diagnostic and management challenges. This session will explore the broad differential diagnosis of musculoskeletal pain in the paediatric population, ranging from common benign conditions to serious pathology requiring urgent intervention. Through case-based discussion and expert insights, the session will highlight key clinical features, red flags, and practical approaches to assessment and management.
Chairs: Pranai Buddhdev & Sukhdeep Dulai
Agenda:
16:30 - 16:35 Session Chair Remarks
16:35 - 16:45 Zacharia Silk, Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
The Child with Back Pain
16:45 - 16:55 Vitty Bucknall, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Alderhey Children's Hospital Trust
The Child with Hip Pain
16:55 - 17:05 Morgan Bailey, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Southampton Children's Hospital
The Child with Knee Pain
17:05 - 17:15 Stephen Ng Man Sun, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The Child with Foot Pain
17:15 - 17:25 Sachin Rastogi, Consultant in Pain Management & Anaesthesia, Great North Children’s Hospital
The Child in Pain
17:25 - 17:55 Interactive Expert Panel
Challenging Cases with Audience Interaction Using Mentimeter
17:55 - 18:00 Closing Remarks and Key Take-Home Messages




Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Alderhey Children's Hospital Trust

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Southampton Children's Hospital

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in Pain Management & Anaesthesia, Great North Children’s Hospital

Past President, Canadian Orthopaedic Association
Dr. Dulai is a Full Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Alberta and a Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Stollery Children’s and Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospitals in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She is a founding member and past president of the Canadian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society, a former Director of the Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation and the immediate Past-President of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association.
She completed medical school and a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Alberta followed by fellowships in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead (Sydney, Australia) and B.C. Children’s Hospital (Vancouver, BC) and earned a Master of Health Science in clinical epidemiology at the University of British Columbia. She is the Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery fellowship director at the U of A. Her clinical interests are limb deformities, hip dysplasia and neuromuscular disorders.
She is co-chair of the Paediatric Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation medicine Research Team of Alberta (PORRTAL), the orthopaedic lead of the U of A Paediatric Developmental Hip Dysplasia study group and a member of the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI). Along with a focus on improving pediatric orthopaedic care for underserved populations and children with complex orthopaedic conditions such as cerebral palsy, she has a keen interest in the development and advocacy of initiatives which contribute to the development of healthier and more sustainable surgical practices and health systems, thereby improving patient care overall.

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Mid & South Essex NHS Trust
Mr. Pranai Buddhdev is an internationally fellowship-trained and recognised specialist in paediatric orthopaedic surgery and young adult hip preservation working at Mid & South Essex NHS Trust. He’s on the Executive board of the Hip Hope Network, an international organisation promoting paediatric hip health worldwide and on the education committee for BSCOS.

Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Evelina London Children's Hospital
Mr Zacharia Silk is a Consultant Spinal Surgeon at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. He specialises in the treatment of spinal deformity in children and adolescents, with interests in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and complex paediatric spinal conditions, including neuromuscular and syndromic scoliosis. He trained and worked in London and Oxford, and completed subspecialty fellowships in the UK, including the National Spine Fellowship in Leeds, Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, as well as in the USA. He is passionate about education, clinical leadership, improving communication with children and families, and supporting the next generation of spinal surgeons.
Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Alderhey Children's Hospital Trust
Miss Bucknall trained in Birmingham before further graduating from the University of Dundee with honours in Orthopaedic Sciences. Following this, Miss Bucknall joined the Edinburgh Orthopaedic Programme where she completed her higher surgical training.
Miss Bucknall went on to complete her fellowship in paediatric orthopaedic surgery at Alder Hey where she joined the team as a consultant.
During training, Miss Bucknall received a number of national prizes for research and education and was awarded the Scottish national prize for best trainee. Miss Bucknall has served as President to the British Orthopaedic Trainees Association and has sat as council on the boards of the British Orthopaedic Association, the Intercollegiate Royal Colleges of Surgeons and the Joint Committee of Surgical Training.
Miss Bucknall is avid about surgical education and delivers both international and national conferences and teaching as well as being a nationally invited guest speaker. As a member of the Selection Design Group, Miss Bucknall continues to organise national recruitment to orthopaedic training.
Miss Bucknall has a specialist interest in paediatric hip surgery from birth to adolescence.

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Southampton Children's Hospital
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 a Trustee 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.

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Stephen is a Paediatric Orthopaedic Consultant at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, specialising in complex foot disorders, DDH and neurodisability. He studied medicine at University College London and underwent training on the North-west London rotation before completing a paediatric orthopaedic fellowship at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. He has also undertaken the Fred Deitz Clubfoot Fellowship. He was appointed as a consultant in 2019.
Consultant in Pain Management & Anaesthesia, Great North Children’s Hospital
Sachin Rastogi is a Consultant Anaesthetist at the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne with a specialist interest in paediatric pain management. He trained in Manchester and completed postgraduate anaesthesia and pain training in the North West Deanery, followed by fellowships in paediatric pain and paediatric anaesthesia at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, and a regional anaesthesia fellowship at Sunnybrook Hospital, Canada. He returned to Newcastle in 2013 and went on to establish and lead the paediatric complex pain clinic at the Great North Children’s Hospital, a multidisciplinary service for children and young people with persistent pain. He was credentialled in Specialist Pain Medicine in 2025 and is a member of the Faculty of Pain Medicine Training and Assessment Committee, serving as UK Paediatric Pain Lead. Alongside his clinical work in paediatric and adult neurosurgical anaesthesia, he has contributed to publications in paediatric pain including BJA Education and chapters in the Oxford Textbook of Paediatric Pain, with additional interests in regional anaesthesia, neuromodulation, and mindfulness-based approaches