Session Title: From Risk to Resilience: Advancing Orthopaedic Pathways Through Innovation and Evidence
Co-Chairs: Rhidian Morgan-Jones, Javad Parvizi, Abtin Alvand.
Session Description:
This expert-led session explores the evolving landscape of orthopaedic care, with a focus on infection prevention, clinical innovation, and evidence-based practice. Attendees will gain valuable insights from internationally recognised leaders in the field, who will share the latest consensus guidelines, emerging microbial trends, and practical strategies for optimising patient outcomes.
Professor Javad Parvizi will present a global overview of updated infection prevention protocols, highlighting key findings from international consensus efforts and their implications for clinical practice. Mr. Abtin Alvand will delve into the shifting microbial landscape and the challenges it presents, offering practical guidance on navigating infection risks in modern orthopaedics. Finally, Mr. Rhidian Morgan-Jones will explore the importance of preoperative risk stratification and enhanced surgical protocols, emphasising their role in improving healing and reducing complications.
This session is ideal for clinicians, surgeons, and healthcare professionals committed to advancing orthopaedic pathways through innovation, collaboration, and evidence-based care.
Session Agenda
International Consensus on Infection Prevention: Evidence-Based Updates
Professor Javad Parvizi
A global perspective on the latest data, consensus guidelines, and clinical implications for orthopaedic infection management.
Infection Management in Orthopaedics: Navigating the Evolving Clinical Landscape
Mr. Abtin Alvand
A practical review of emerging risks, shifting microbial profiles, and the impact of modern strategies in infection control.
Your Incision, Your Decision: Excellence in Protocols and Pathways.
Mr. Rhidian Morgan-Jones
Exploring preoperative risk stratification and contemporary protocols for optimal healing and reducing complications.
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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.
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Javad Parvizi
Vice Chairman, Clinical Research James Edwards Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery
Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS
Vice Chairman, Clinical Research
James Edwards Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery
EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dr. Parvizi is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in pelvis, hip, and knee reconstruction with a special interest in hip pain in young adults and joint preservation procedures. He is the director of Clinical Research at the Rothman Orthopaedics.
Dr. Parvizi completed his medical training in the United Kingdom graduating from University of Sheffield in 1991. He completed his surgical training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and fellowship training with Professor Reinhold Ganz in Iselspital, Switzerland. His training also includes a master''s degree from the Mayo Foundation in Molecular Biology that involved evaluating bone healing and cartilage repair.
Dr. Parvizi brings a new and unique expertise for treatment of hip pain in young adults, which includes Ganz''s Periacetabular Osteotomy and other non-replacement surgeries for the hip.
He is a member of various societies including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Orthopaedic Research Society. He is actively involved in basic science research particularly related to Smart Self-Protective Implants that resist infection.
EDUCATION
Medical School: University of Sheffield, United Kingdom - 1991
Residency: Mayo Medical Center, Rochester MN
Fellowship: Mayo Medical Center, Rochester MN
University of Berne, Switzerland
Board Certification: Orthopaedic Surgery
Hospital Appointment: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
PUBLICATIONS
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Abtin Alvand
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC)
Abtin Alvand is a Consultant Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC) in Oxford. He is one of the highest volume revision knee surgeons in England based on the National Joint Registry. He graduated from University of London and completed his higher surgical training in Trauma and Orthopaedics on the Oxford programme. He also completed a PhD (DPhil) at the University of Oxford which was titled “Improving Surgical Learning and Performance at Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty”.
Abtin was appointed as NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer at the University of Oxford in 2015, and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in 2017. He undertook post-CCT fellowships focusing on complex hip and knee surgery in Oxford (NOC) and Stanmore (Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital). He was European Bone & Joint Infection Society (EBJIS) Travelling Fellow in 2017 and also completed a fellowship focusing on peri-prosthetic joint infection at the Rothman Institute (Philadelphia, USA). He is a member of the Bone and Joint Infection Registry (BAJIR) steering committee as well as the Executive Committee member for the 2025 International Consensus Meeting for Prosthetic Joint Infection. Abtin's clinical and research interests focus on peri-prosthetic joint infection and revision knee arthroplasty.
