Speakers
Mark Bowditch
Fergal Monsell
Lesley Kay
BOA Session
Shifting the Curve : Preventing musculoskeletal disease
This session will explore multidisciplinary strategies aimed at preventing musculoskeletal (MSK) diseases, minimising harm and promoting long-term health. The focus will be on early identification of risk factors, evidence-based interventions and public health approaches that integrate clinical practice with lifestyle modification and system-wide change.
Agenda
13:30 - 13:35: Co-Chair Introduction
Mark Bowditch, President, BOA & Fergal Monsell, Vice President, BOA
13:35 - 13:55: Improving MSK pathways and prevention
Lesley Kay (National Clinical Director, Musculoskeletal Care)
13:55 - 14:15: The complete guide to preventing injury
Tim Spalding, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic
Miho Tanaka (Associate Professor of Orthopaedics, Harvard Medical School)
14:15 - 14:35: How to prevent infective surgical harm
Rhidian Morgan-Jones (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, President of BAJIS)
14:35 - 14:55: From gut microbiome to osteoarthritis
Ana Valdes (Professor of Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, University of Nottingham)
Mark is a Consultant and Divisional Clinical Director MSK & surgical specialties at ESNEFT (Ipswich & Colchester Hospitals) since 2000. Mark’s specialist interests are in surgery of the knee and all levels of surgical education.
He was Chair of the SAC 2017-2020 leading the new curriculum changes, East of England Training Programme Director for 11 years, and is currently Head of School of Surgery. Following three years on BOA Council and one year on the Orthopaedic Committee he joined the Executive as Honorary Treasurer in 2020/21 and is now Vice President.
Fergal Monsell graduated without distinction from the Welsh National School of Medicine. He completed higher surgical training at the University of Manchester and has been a Consultant at the Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol since 2004. He is involved in the management of paediatric patients with a special interest in limb deformity and trauma.
He has made a greater than average contribution to the canon of lower-level evidence and has been awarded degrees at Master and Doctorate level.
He has a longstanding interest in education, is Director of the Avon Centre for Musculoskeletal Education and Projector at the Grand Academy.
Dr Lesley Kay is a Consultant Rheumatologist in Newcastle upon Tyne, the joint National Clinical Lead for Rheumatology in the Getting It Right First Time Programme, Vice Chair of the Northern Clinical Senate Council and a trustee of the National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society. She was previously acting Medical Director and deputy Medical Director at the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch, Clinical Director for Musculoskeletal Services and for Patient Safety and Quality in her trust, and Chair of the British Society for Rheumatology’s Clinical Affairs committee. She has master’s degrees in public health and in Leadership and Quality Improvement.
