Yusuf Michla

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, South Tyneside & Sunderland Foundation Trust

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.

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.

Professor Daniel Perry

NIHR Research Professor, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital

Dan is Professor of Children's Orthopaedic Surgeon at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and a NIHR Research Professor.

Dan specialises in Children’s Hip Disease and Trauma. He trained in Liverpool and Warwick, before completing a fellowship at SickKids Hospital, Toronto, Canada. He was the first orthopaedic surgeon to have been awarded a prestigious NIHR Research Professorship.

Dan’s major research interests are in epidemiology and effectiveness research. He has an international portfolio of clinical trials. He has over >£30m (USD $40 million) in research income, including as Chief Investigator on the NIHR British Orthopaedic Surgery Surveillance (BOSS) Study (Paediatric Hip Disease), NIHR FORCE Study (Simple Wrist Fractures), NIHR SCIENCE Study (Medial Epicondyle Fractures), NIHR CRAFFT Study (Severe Wrist Fractures), NIHR BigBOSS Study (Hip Disease), NIHR BASIS Study (Scoliosis) and the NIHR Odd SOCKS Study (Ankle Fractures). He is currently working Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago (USA) to reproduce UK studies throughout North America, with an NIH R01 grant recently awarded.

Dan supervises several PhD students, and oversees a broad team within the clinical trials unit of biostatisticians, health economists, trial managers and data specialists.

He is a member of the NIHR HTA Commissioning Board and Associate Editor of The Bone & Joint Journal. He also sits on the research committee of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) and the research committee of BSCOS (British Society for Children's Orthopaedic Surgery).

Joanna Craven

Orthopaedic Registrar, University of Liverpool

Joanna Craven is an ST5 Trauma and Orthopaedic Registrar in Wales and an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool, where she is completing a funded PhD investigating Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip. Joanna’s research focuses on clinical trial design, patient-reported outcomes, and family-centred care in paediatric orthopaedics. Her work includes the development of a parent-reported outcome measure and the delivery of a multicentre feasibility trial, aimed at strengthening the evidence base for the management of developmental dysplasia of the hip in infants. She is the Academic Representative for the British Orthopaedic Trainee Association and Founder and President of the Welsh Orthopaedic Research Trainee Hub (WORTH), a trainee-led research collaborative supporting orthopaedic research across Wales.

Nafisa Zilani

FY1 Specialised Foundation (SFP) Doctor, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Nafisa Zilani is an FY1 Specialised Foundation (SFP) Doctor at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust with an interest in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery, particularly knee preservation and sports knee surgery. She completed an MSc in Laparoscopic Surgery & Surgical Skills with Distinction and MBBS at GK5 and has an active interest in orthopaedic research and academic surgery.

Nafisa was awarded the BOA Medical Student Elective Bursary, which supported her research elective in Singapore in January 2026, exploring approaches to knee preservation. She is passionate about combining clinical practice, research and education within orthopaedics and hopes to pursue an academic career in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery.

Nadia Williams

FY1 Doctor , The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Nadia Williams is an FY1 Doctor at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust with a keen interest in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery, particularly young adult hip surgery. She completed her BMBS at the University of Exeter, where she gained an interest in hip surgery and had the privilege of gaining experience alongside the Exeter Hip team. 

Nadia was awarded the BOA elective bursary and undertook an elective at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH), working with the Young Adult Hip team. Her elective focused on the management of young adults with complex hip pathology.

She is passionate about combining clinical practice, research and education within orthopaedics and hopes to pursue a career in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery, with a particular interest in hip preservation surgery.