Mark Blyth

Mr Blyth was appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 2001. His elective practice is weighted heavily toward all forms of knee surgery including arthroscopy, soft tissue ligament reconstruction, arthroplasty and revision arthroplasty. In addition to this he deals with a number of late reconstruction problems following trauma.

He has an interest in partial knee replacement surgery and has run clinical trials on the use of robotics in knee surgery.

He is the Director of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary Orthopaedic Research Unit with a research portfolio of knee and trauma studies. He is also the current Chair of the Scottish Orthopaedic Services Delivery Group which promotes service redesign in Orthopaedics and including same day discharge following lower limb arthroplasty.

Nick Clement

Orthopaedic Consultant, NHS Lothian Hospital Trust

Mr Nick Clement is an orthopaedic consultant at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (UK), and his clinical practice focuses on hip and knee arthroplasty.

He has been awarded a PhD for his work looking at the outcome of total knee arthroplasty, and an MD for his research defining fracture epidemiology and outcomes in elderly and super-elderly patients.

He has recently been appointed as the Clinical Lead for orthopaedics for the Chief Scientist Office in Scotland, and is Chair for research for the Scottish Committee for Orthopaedics and Trauma (SCOT). In these positions he hopes to help to promote and support research projects across Scotland, and to establish national and international collaborations.

He is the author of over 350 peer-reviewed publications and several book chapters, and believes that only through collaboration can true orthopaedic science progress.

His recent publications in relation to robotic assisted surgery suggest that patient outcomes following hip and knee arthroplasty may be improved with the adoption of such technology. Whether this is a cost effective intervention in the NHS is however not clear.

 

Babar Kayani

Senior Clinical Fellow, University College London Hospital

I am the trainee representative for the MSK Radar group, which allows me to contribute to advancing educational and training opportunities in this field.

Sujith Konan

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, UCLH Honorary Associate Professor, UCL

I am a consultant at University College Hospital London (appointed 2015), where I have a high volume practice dealing with complex hip/knee presentations of sports, arthroplasty and revisions. I am an honorary Associate Professor at University College London, a role that has me running (program lead) a masters program (MSc Orthopaedics) and collaborating on translational research projects.

I have a sound research & education interest in outcomes and innovations. My key research achievements are as follows

1. Higher degree [MD(res), UCL] in biomedical engineering
2. Over 150 peer review publications
3. Over 300 podium presentations
4. CME Editor BJJ
5. Reviewer BJJ, JoA, hip international, AJSM.
6. International Chair AO recon (hips/knees)& Industry partners
7. Invited faculty for foreign national orthopaedic associations

Making an impact outside my practice requires leadership and communication Skills. My primary fellowship was at the prestigious unit, Vancouver, British Columbia. I have enhanced my skills surgical and beyond by undertaking several reputed fellowships- ABC, BHS, EHS, Effort/BJJ– Mark Patterson & Rothman Ranawat.

I have used robotics for hip and knee arthroplasty since its introduction in 2015. I have researched, presented and published on this topic over the years. I continue to learn and evolve my arthroplasty practice; ultimately focussing on long term patient outcomes. My current view is based on literature evidence as well as my own experience of robotic and manual surgery as well as mid-term follow up of my patient series.

Andy Metcalfe

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Professor at Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire

Andy is a Professor at Warwick Clinical Trials Unit and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire. His clinical practice is focused around knee surgery.

He leads a thriving research team in Warwick CTU, whose focus is about establishing the clinical and cost effectiveness of interventions for surgery, pain or rehabilitation. He is Chief Investigator for multiple high-impact clinical trials, including the START:REACTS, RACER, METEOR2 and REPPORT. He is co-investigator on multiple other research programmes across the UK. He was Research Lead for the British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) 2019-2023 and continue to lead research and guidelines for the British Patellofemoral Society. He has led the clinical academic training programme for T&O in Warwick since 2015, taking trainees from just out of medical school through PhDs and into senior academic positions.

Nick Ohly

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Golden Jubilee University National Hospital

Nick completed postgraduate training in Glasgow and Edinburgh, followed by a hip and knee fellowship at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He was appointed as a consultant at the Golden Jubilee in 2014. He runs a specialised elective-only practice focused exclusively on hip and knee arthroplasty, with sub-specialist interests in robotic and computer-assisted surgery, and complex and revision knee arthroplasty.

Ricci Plastow

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, University College Hospital

Ricci Plastow is a consultant in hip and knee surgery at University College London Hospital. He studied medicine in Manchester and finished Orthopaedic training in 2019. He completed a fellowship in Vancouver before returning to London for fellowship in arthroplasty and robotic surgery at UCLH. He is a member of the RCS Trainee RADAR group and MSK Robotic Assisted Surgery (RAS) Working Group. He is the trainee lead for the MSK RAS group and is driving future training opportunities in robotic and digital surgery.

Jeremy Rushbrook

Consultant Knee and Trauma Surgeon, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Jeremy Rushbrook is a Consultant Knee and Trauma surgeon at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.  He graduated from the University of Leeds in 2004 and completed his training in Yorkshire.  His Fellowship training was with Peter Myers in Brisbane and he was appointed to his consultant post in 2014.

He has an interest in technology and regularly lectures at the University of Portsmouth.  As clinical lead for knee surgery at Portsmouth he was responsible for setting up the orthopaedic robotic service in 2018 and recently the Major Revision Centre.

Chloe Scott

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon , Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Chloe Scott is a consultant hip, knee & trauma surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and an NHS Research Scotland Clinician. Her research interests include arthroplasty outcomes, periprosthetic fractures, robotic surgery, finite element analysis and knee biomechanics. She serves on the editorial board of the BJJ where she is associate editor for knowledge translation and was awarded the Hunter Doig medal by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2020.

Akash Sharma

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital

Mr Sharma is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. He qualified with a Distinction in Clinical Practice from St. Georges Hospital Medical School, London in 2007 and undertook his Basic Surgical Training in London and Oxford. He went on to complete his higher surgical training in the West Midlands on the Birmingham rotation and obtained his FRCS (Trauma and Orthopaedics) in 2016. Mr Sharma completed his highly competitive advanced knee fellowships from both the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford and Nottingham University Hospitals.

Mr Sharma has a specialist interest in all aspects of knee surgery, including partial knee replacements, total knee replacements and failed knee replacements. He strives to use the latest technologies and advancements in orthopaedics to personalise the best surgical outcome for his patients and where possible uses robotic surgery. His robotic experience entails using the Robotic Surgical Assistant (ROSA^®) by Zimmer Biomet and his experience with other robotics systems is broadening.

He is the chair of the Modern Interventions Panel at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and is the Surgical Lead for same day discharge following knee replacement surgery at his Trust. Mr. Sharma has been awarded three academic prizes and has a strong research background in both clinical and basic sciences. He has co-authored a number of book chapters and enjoys lecturing regularly for undergraduates.