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

Nick Clement is a Consultant at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and is a Visiting Professor at Sunderland University. He is also the network clinical research lead for orthopaedics for the Chief Scientist Office in Scotland and is an NIHR Senior Investigator. Nick's clinical practice focuses on primary hip and knee arthroplasty and hip fracture care. His clinical research has focused upon both arthroplasty and trauma to date, and he hopes to continue this broad research interest. However, he aims to focus on improving patient-reported outcomes after knee arthroplasty, with the implementation of new technologies.

 

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.

Professor 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 qualified from the University of Leeds and completed his surgical training in Yorkshire before his Fellowship in Brisbane with Dr Peter Myers.  He is a Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth.  His specialist interest is knee surgery, particularly with regards to robotic-assistance which has been a routine part of primary elective practice at the Trust in Portsmouth since 2018. 

He set up and manages the Major Revision Centre for the South East Central Region and over the last few years has been exploring the practical application of robotic assistance in the revision setting, including the opportunities and challenges associated with incorporating this technology into complex primary and revision knee arthroplasty. 

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

President CASOS UK, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital

Mr Akash Sharma is a Consultant Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, and the current President of CAOS-UK (Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery UK). 
He graduated with Distinction in Clinical Practice from St George's Hospital Medical School, London, in 2007 before completing basic surgical training in London and Oxford. He subsequently undertook higher surgical training on the Birmingham Orthopaedic Rotation in the West Midlands, obtaining his FRCS (Trauma and Orthopaedics) in 2016. He completed advanced fellowship training in complex knee surgery and arthroplasty at both the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, and Nottingham University Hospitals. 
Mr Sharma specialises in all aspects of knee arthroplasty, including unicompartmental knee replacement, total knee replacement and complex revision knee reconstruction. He has a particular interest in technology-enabled surgery, personalised alignment strategies and the application of robotics, computer-assisted surgery and artificial intelligence to improve patient outcomes. 
He is an experienced robotic knee surgeon with expertise across multiple robotic and computer-assisted platforms and has performed more than 1,200 robotic knee arthroplasties. His clinical and academic interests focus on the evidence underpinning robotic surgery, objective outcome measurement and the future role of intelligent technologies in orthopaedics. 
As President of CAOS-UK, Mr Sharma is committed to advancing education, research and collaboration in computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery and supporting the safe and evidence-based adoption of emerging technologies across the United Kingdom. 
Mr Sharma has received multiple academic awards, published widely in the field of arthroplasty and surgical technology, contributed to book chapters and national guidance, and regularly lectures nationally and internationally on robotic surgery and innovation in orthopaedics.