Innovations in trauma are occurring rapidly, with emphasis on multidisciplinary management. This session is designed to update surgeons of all grades with an interactive session on all fields of everyday trauma.
National and international experts in all fields of severe trauma management provide a balanced view of traditional methods of management versus more modern management.
This session attracts senior surgeons who wish to reassure their knowledge of trauma is current and to select topics they need to update on.
Senior trainees are also attracted to this session as it is interactive, especially the last third of the session, which is devoted to a case presentation to FRCS (Orth) level in the presence of a “Impartial arbitrator,” a senior surgeon and an experienced college examiner.
Chair: Ansar Mahmood & Sarafina Vatharkar
Agenda:
16:20 - 16:50 Sam Vollans
Tips and tricks of elbow replacement in complex fractures
16:50 - 17:20 Alexander Sheriff Montgomery
Challenges in management of combined spine and major trauma
17:20 - 17:50 Janardhan Rao
FRCS (Orth) clinical case for discussion with delegates
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Ansar Mahmood
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, President of The British Trauma Society, Research Lead for Orthopaedic Trauma & The Major Trauma Service, University Hospital Birmingham
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I am a Consultant in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery and the Major Trauma Service at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB), part of University Hospitals Birmingham, which is the largest trust in the UK. QEHB is the regional Major Trauma Centre for the City of Birmingham and one of the highest volume major trauma receiving units in the UK. We are currently also home to the largest hip fragility fracture unit in Europe. I am the research lead for major trauma at UHB and a Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at University of Birmingham. I have been a proud member of the British Trauma Society since 2003 and wish to see it continue to thrive and grow as an inclusive multi-disciplinary society associated with all those interested in Trauma at any level from student through to senior clinician/manager that is looking after injured patients
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Sarafina Vatharkar
Emergency Medicine Consultant at University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham Trust
Consultant at University Hospitals Birmingham I am an Emergency Medicine. I have always been passionate about the care of the injured patient, within the trust I also work as a Major Trauma coordinating consultant, and am actively involved in trauma-related research. I feel privileged being part of the British Trauma Society.
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Alexander Sheriff Montgomery
Consultant Spine Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, Spinal Clinical Director at the Royal London
Mr Montgomery set up and led the Spinal Unit at Barts Health for 10 years, turning it in to one of the largest Spinal trauma Unit in the U.K. He has gained a wealth of experience and expertise in this field working in conjunction with the Royal London Trauma, and Orthopaedic teams.
He is now Chair of Spinal Surgery for North East London and Essex region, having set up the Network, and it's team 2 years ago. They have set the standards and governance for the whole region, and continue to grow in influence. Alongside this he and the team at Barts treat patients with common degenerative and complex deformity conditions, as well as TB of the Spine .
Mr Montgomery performs surgery using minimally invasive techniques for anterior, posterior and lateral lumbar and thoracic approaches, as well as anterior and posterior cervical surgery. Mr.Montgomery is honorary senior lecturer at Queen Mary University, and has presented nationally as well as across the globe from the USA to Europe and Australasia. He has regularly been faculty for AO Spine Middle East. He won the best presentation poster at the International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine, and has featured in Spine News International. He was invited to both the Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, and Harborview Hospital in Seattle to present papers.
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Sam Vollans
Consultant Shoulder/Elbow Surgeon, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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Sam is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon based at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust with a specialist practice focused primarily on complex elbow and upper limb surgery in both adults and children. Known for high volume elbow arthroplasty practice and advanced reconstructive procedures, including use of custom implants and patient specific instrumentation, Sam manages tertiary and quaternary referrals from across the North of England for some of the most challenging upper limb conditions.
As part of the regional GIRFT specialist network, Sam has played a key role in establishing and developing the North Yorkshire Elbow Hub, improving access to expert elbow care and streamlined referral pathways for patients with complex conditions and elbow arthroplasty. His collaborative approach brings together trauma, plastic surgery, rehabilitation and paediatric expertise to optimise patient outcomes across all age groups.
Sam works very closely with The Leeds Hand & Arm Transplant Team and has been honoured to part of this service now for 10 years, having carried out many double arm transplants. His love of complex trauma is the most important thing to him; “trying to help solve patients’ elbow problems that have no off-the-shelf solution” is a real passion of his. This has driven his experience and knowledge around decision making in elbow trauma; what can and cannot be replaced, what should and should not be replaced, and also what should always be fixed if at all possible.
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Janardhan Rao
Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics, Countess of Chester Hospital, Chester
Mr Janardhan Rao was the Lead Orthopaedic Examiner for the National and International Exam, Chair JCIE T&O since 2020 taking the exam throughout covid. He has been a Senior Intercollegiate Examiner for more than half of his 21 years as a consultant. Also acting as an assessor of all the surgical exams to promote fairness.
He is on the board of the Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel which scrutinises orthopaedic implants published data for survival, this ensures a quality rating for implants. He has been the Lead Clinician and Divisional Medical Director in his Trust, innovating the use of a neighbouring hospital spare operating theatre capacity and promoting day case hip and knee replacement. Continuing elective cases during the COVID lockdown.
He is a Senior Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, moving the teaching online and continuing lectures on a weekly basis throughout covid. He also provided teaching for nursing and paramedics via the University of Chester. He is the President of the Chester and North Wales Medical Society, originally founded in 1883.
Mr Rao, originally went to a Quaker school in York before graduating with an intercalated honours degree from the University of St. Andrews. He completed his post graduate surgical training in Cambridge and Norwich. He completed his fellowship at the Rocky Mountain Trauma Centre in Denver before taking up the post of Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Chester. He is a Regional Surgical Ambassador for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
