Hiro Tanaka

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Hiro Tanaka is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Newport, South Wales.  He is passionate about improving the quality of surgical training and promoting clinical leadership in the NHS.  He designed the BOFAS Principles Course on behalf of the Education Committee in 2010 and continues to be a member of the committee.  He is Chairman of the Education and Revalidation Committee of the BOA and is an examiner for the FRCS (Orth).

Lisa Hadfield-Law

Future Leaders Programme Course Conveyor, BOA

Having spent 20 years in clinical practice and 20 years in surgical education, Lisa has been immersed in both cultures and is, therefore, in a unique position to provide educational support.  She has managed an orthopaedic/trauma service of a teaching hospital, and has insight into the circumstances and challenges facing surgical teams.

• Surgical educator since 1992
• Trained over 15,000 surgeons in 68 countries of Europe, N America, Latin America & Asia.
• Previously 20 years of trauma nursing experience in the UK and abroad
• Trained as a virtual teacher in 2016

Current Position

• Consultant surgical educator UK and abroad
• Education Advisor to AOUKI
• Lead for Future Leaders Programme 
  • British Orthopaedic Association & 
  • Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 
• Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers - the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Faculty of Surgical Trainers Advisory Board

Website  https://hadfield-law.co.uk

Twitter @lisahadfieldlaw

Michael Grevitt

CONSULTANT SPINAL SURGEON

Mike has been involved in leadership roles since graduating. He has seen examples of great leadership whilst a serving office in the British Army and as a trainee on the South East Thames orthopaedic rotation. Conversely he has dealt with failures of individual and corporate leadership as an invited College assessor, external SUI/RCA expert and a National Clinical Assessment Service supervisor.  His own leadership journey has included roles as head of service, clinical lead of East Midlands Spinal Network, secretary UK Spine Societies Board and global chair of AOSpine Community Development and Education Commissions. He is currently a Specialist Advisor in spinal surgery for GIRFT.  

He has been trained in coaching and mentorship skills.

Xavier Griffin

Chair Trauma & Orthopaedic Research Group, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust

Professor Xavier Griffin spearheads academic orthopaedics at Queen Mary and Barts Health, having joined in August 2020 as the inaugural chair of Bone and Joint Health.

Xavier’s vision is for world class excellence in research and clinical academic training; providing opportunity for the next generation of clinician scientists to realise their aspirations.

Xavier is a NIHR Clinician Scientist and has been awarded over £10m of research funding and over 80 peer reviewed publications.

He is driven by having a meaningful impact on patient care; his research is focused on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of new and existing treatments to improve bone and joint health and has been cited by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence. He has a passion for developing methodologies that harness the speed, power, and efficiency of routinely-collected data but are coupled with the great advantages of randomisation.

Deborah Eastwood

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon & Immediate Past BOA President, Great Ormond St Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

Deborah Eastwood is an Associate Professor of Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, UCL. She works at Great Ormond St Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. Deborah works in the generality of paediatric orthopaedic surgery but has a particular interest in children with overgrowth syndromes, metabolic bone diseases and those with neurological problems. She is also the surgeon for the GOSH Ponseti service. 

Deborah is the Immediate Past President of the British Orthopaedic Association, a past president of EPOS (European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society) and a past board member of BSCOS (British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery and the Council of Management for the Bone and Joint Journal .