Speakers
Lisa Hadfield-Law
Professor Daniel Perry
Professor Amar Rangan
Emily Baird
Hiro Tanaka
Professor Phil Turner
BOA Session
What does it look like to cultivate leadership as a skill? This morning’s speakers will show you. Perhaps show you how to be the leader you wish you had. Perhaps help you recognise leadership skills and potential in others so you can support them. Leader is not a title or a destination but a process. Leadership is about connection and community.
Chairs: Hiro Tanaka & Lisa Hadfield-Law
Agenda:
08:30 - 08:40 Hiro Tanaka & Lisa Hadfield-Law
Introduction
08:40 - 09:05 Emily Baird, Paediatric Orthopaedic Consultant & Training Programme Director
09:05 - 09:30 Professor Daniel Perry, NIHR Research Professor
How have you done it?
09:30 - 09:55 Professor Phil Turner, Vice President-Elect, RCSEd - interview with Lisa Hadfield-Law
09:55 - 10:30 Lisa Hadfield-Law
Q&A
Certificate presentation of current FLP by Professor Amar Rangan, BOA Vice President
Having spent 20 years in clinical practice and 20 years in surgical education, Lisa has been immersed in both cultures and is, therefore, in a unique position to provide educational support. She has managed an orthopaedic/trauma service of a teaching hospital, and has insight into the circumstances and challenges facing surgical teams.
Current Position
Amar Rangan is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and holds the Royal College of Surgeons Chair at Health Sciences and Medical School, University of York, where he supports integrated academic training including pre-doctoral and doctoral fellowships. He is a consultant specialising in shoulder & elbow surgery at South Tees Hospitals in Middlesbrough and Director of the South Tees Academic Centre for Surgery. He has held previous appointments as President of the British Elbow & Shoulder Society and surgeon member of the NJR Board.
Amar is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. He is committed to promoting evidence-based care for musculoskeletal conditions and trauma and leads a programme of clinical and translational research. His work is cited widely, has influenced clinical practice globally, and informed national healthcare policy including NICE guidance.
Emily Baird is a Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh, with an interest in paediatric trauma, and congenital conditions of the hip and foot. She trained primarily in the West of Scotland with Fellowships in Edinburgh and Toronto.
Emily is passionate about increasing diversity and inclusion in the workforce and broadening access to orthopaedics through mentorship and medical education. She is heavily involved in providing medical student education as an Undergraduate Lead, and Post Graduate Education as Training Programme Director for Orthopaedic Trainees in South East Scotland and examining for FRCS Tr & Orth.
She is the Chair of the Education Committee of The British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery, a Fellow of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers, Faculty Member for Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons and Tutor for the MSc in Patient Safety and Human Factors.
She lives in Edinburgh with her husband and two young boys, and likes to dance and run!
Hiro Tanaka is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Newport, South Wales. He is passionate about improving the quality of surgical training and promoting clinical leadership in the NHS. He designed the BOFAS Principles Course on behalf of the Education Committee in 2010 and continues to be a member of the committee. He an examiner for the FRCS (Orth).
Professor Turner has been a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon based at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport since 1990 having trained in Manchester and spent time studying in centres in America and Europe. He was the senior surgeon in the department and specialises in all aspects of knee surgery, having established a tertiary referral unit for complex knee problems from across the North West and beyond.
His clinical practice includes caring for elite athletes including Premiership football teams, professional rugby league and union players and Olympic athletes.
He was a Council and Executive member of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) and served as President from 2018 to 2019. He was previously the North West Orthopaedic Training Programme Director, Head of the North West School of Surgery, founding Chair of the Confederation of Post-Graduate Schools of Surgery and Chair of the BOA Training Standards and Curriculum Committee. Philip has been a key member of the Joint Intercollegiate Committee for Examinations where he has been an examiner, assessor and quality assurance lead. He has been involved in surgical education and assessment throughout his career and was awarded the Fellowship of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers of the RCS Edinburgh in 2016.
He has been domain clinical lead in the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre and founding Chair of the Greater Manchester Orthopaedic Alliance. He holds an Honorary Professorship in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Salford and was elected as a Council member and Trustee of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2019 where he chaired the Professional Standards Committee. Philip was appointed as the Deputy Dean for Accreditation in 2025 and Chairs the Joint Specialty Examinations Committee.
He is proud to have been appointed as a founding trustee of the “DayOne Trauma” charity supporting the care of patients and families who have suffered catastrophic injuries.
Philip was elected as Vice President of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2025.
