Speakers
BOA Session
An afternoon of two halves – First there will be a battle of the specialities, where representatives of various T&O subspecialities pit their specialities against each other to try and prove that theirs is the best.
Following on, there will be the opportunity to get hands on with orthopaedic kit to learn, practice hands on, and understand better current orthopaedic surgical techniques.
Chair: Yusuf Michla
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.