Salma Chaudhury

Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospital Trust

Salma is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at Cambridge University Hospital Trust who specialises in Shoulder and Elbow trauma, sports injuries and shoulder replacements. She is triple fellowship trained from international recognised centres of shoulder excellence, having trained at Oxford, Cambridge and Reading, and spent a year during training at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. She was awarded the BESS Travelling Fellowship. Her Trauma and Orthopaedics higher surgical training was completed in Oxford, and she studied medicine at Cambridge University. 

Salma is committed to producing the highest quality research to offer patients the best evidence-based, compassionate care. She was awarded a PhD in Orthopaedic Surgery from Oxford University, for her studies of rotator cuff failure and repair strategies to improve healing. To date she has been awarded £450,000 in research grants, including an ORUK early career research fellowship, and has published widely. She is the associate editor for Bone and Joint Journal 360, and was previously the social media editor for Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. She currently sits on the British Elbow and Shoulder Surgery Research Committee and was previously Executive Committee member for British Orthopaedic Research Society. 

Teaching has always been important to Salma and she was the co-director of orthopaedic teaching for Oxford University undergraduate medical students for 4 years. She has taught widely on courses such as the Oxford University Orthopaedic MSC course, shoulder and elbow cadaveric courses in Cambridge and ORUK FRCS Revision courses. She has regularly lectured internationally and nationally, including teaching in China and Palestine.

She has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to improving training for all doctors as well as patient outcomes, reflected in her wide-ranging work on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) initiatives. Some of her key previous roles include:

• Elected senior BOA EDI champion for Thames Valley.
• Royal College of Surgeons Working Parents Group.
• Federation of Surgical Speciality Association (FSSA) Anti-Bullying and Harassment Committee

 

Simon Hadlow

President, New Zealand Orthopaedic Association

Simon has worked in a regional centre for over 25 years, with a practice spanning hip and knee replacement, trauma and spine surgery in public and private practice. He has been the Orthopaedic Head of Department at Taranaki Base Hospital, Trainee Supervisor and Chair of the Credentialling Committee. Prior to the Presidency, Simon was engaged with the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association Council for many years in his role as a Councillor, Chair of the Education and Training Committee and in the Presidential Line. As Chair of the Education and Training Committee, he sat on the Board of Surgical Education and Training at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and is currently an Orthopaedic Examiner for the Fellowship Exam for the College and the New Zealand representative on the PostFellowship Education and Training Committee. He is married to Jane and enjoys hiking, tennis and skiing.

Emma Parry-Abbott

Implementation Manager, Joint Replacement, Stryker, UK&I Regional Lead for Stryker Women’s Network

Emma is an experienced Implementation Manager with over 12 years in orthopaedics at Stryker. As Co-Regional Lead for the UK & Ireland within the Stryker Women’s Network (SWN), she has spearheaded several initiatives, including the successful launch of the Returnity programme in the UK. This programme supports employees transitioning to and from parental leave, helping to retain top talent during pivotal life stages—a cause close to Emma's heart, as she continues to navigate her career while raising three children.

Thamindu Wedatilake

Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine, Lead Physician for the England Women’s Cricket Team

Tham is a Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine. Since qualifying as a doctor in 2004 he has worked as a Consultant in Sport and Exercise medicine in the NHS and private sector. He has made it his mission to revolutionise medical care in professional sport, promoting good governance and player advocacy. For over 10 years Tham has been the Lead Physician for the England Women’s Cricket Team.

Previously he was the lead doctor for Southampton Football Club and remains a specialist medical consultant to them. His extensive time in sport also includes both Olympic and Paralympic work through the EIS. Tham has also been a Clinical Associate Professor in Sport and Exercise Medicine post at Nottingham University, teaching and mentoring the next generation on the Sports Medicine Masters program.

Tham currently leads a number of projects across England Women’s Cricket including research and innovation and Women’s Health and is a passionate advocate for driving sports medicine standards across elite women’s cricket.