Speakers
Rajesh Nanda
Professor Deborah Eastwood
Kate Gill
Cronan Kerin
Professor Phil Turner
BOA Session
This BOA Congress session is aimed at middle-years consultants who want to broaden their influence beyond their day job—through professional leadership, education, selection and standards-setting, and wider service. Through short, practical talks from colleagues who have “done it”, we’ll demystify routes into BOA Council, specialist societies, SAC/selection work, FRCS examining and the Royal College roles and positions, focusing on what you gain, what’s expected and how to get involved. We’ll finish with an open Q&A to translate the options into clear next steps for your own career stage.
Chair: Rajesh Nanda & Bibhas Roy
Agenda:
14:30 - 14:45 Professor Deborah Eastwood, Past President BOA and IODA President
What did I gain from joining BOA Council
14:45 - 15:00 Kate Gill, President Elect of BHS
What did I gain from joining my Sub Speciality Society
15:00 - 15:15 Cronan Kerin, Chair SAC
How and Why should I be part of SAC Committee / ST selection group?
15:15 - 15:30 Rajesh Nanda, Section Lead Part 1 FRCS(Tr&Orth
How and why should I be part of the FRCS Examiners
15:30 - 15:45 Phil Turner, VP RCSEd
Why should I get involved with my Royal College?
15:45 -16:00 All faculty
Q&A
Rajesh Nanda is a keen educationist working as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at University Hospital of North Tees & Hartlepool since 2010 with Subspecialty interest in Shoulder and Elbow surgery. He is affiliated as an Honorary Professor to the Teesside University. A member of BOA Education & Careers committee – Fellowships and Courses Lead.
He has a postgraduate certificate in Clinical Education, Fellowship of Northeast Leadership Academy and completed Education Leadership programme for surgeons (RCS England). He is a Fellow of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers of RCS Edinburgh. He is on the panel of Examiners for the FRCS(T&O) and Section 1 lead.
He has been a member of British Indian Orthopaedic Society and BESS Education committees.
Organises the MCh Orthopaedics course from Teesside University. Organises annual orthopaedic basic science course; shoulder and elbow symposium for physiotherapists and allied health professionals; joint injection courses for GP’s. He is an invited faculty to Orthopaedic courses and invited to speak at International and National conferences
He has an active research interest and reviewer for BJJ and Shoulder & Elbow Journal.
Is a college tutor and trainer for ST / CT trainees and offers SSC for medical students. Is involved in local and regional teaching programmes, ARCP panels and regional STC. He is the Guardian of safe working for doctors in training at his trust.
Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Great Ormond St Hospital for Children & the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Assoc Professor, University College London
Deputy Chair of the RCS England Workforce and Training Committee
RCSE Trustee and Council Member
As a medical student, growth and function fascinated me, and so I became a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon. I enjoy clinical work, research and teaching, and I remain a committed trainer despite the current challenges. I am a past president of both EPOS and the BOA and current president of IODA (International Orthopaedic Diversity Alliance).
I enjoy writing and have contributed to numerous book chapters and authored many papers. As BOA President in 2023, I was at the forefront of developing and maintaining innovative and sustainable solutions for training, research and clinical care with diversity, inclusion and equity at the forefront of our plans: but all these do require engagement! I continue to pursue these interests and try to ‘make a difference’!
In my spare time … I enjoy London Life
Miss Kathryn Gill is President-Elect of the British Hip Society (BHS), having held a number of senior leadership roles within the organisation. She previously served as Honorary Secretary from 2022–2025 and Vice President from 2025–2026, and was a founding member of the BHS Culture and Diversity Committee, reflecting her longstanding contribution to the Society and commitment to inclusion within the profession.
Miss Gill graduated from University College Hospital London in 1997 and, following her specialist orthopaedic training, completed a fellowship with the Hip Unit in Exeter. Since 2014, she has worked as a lower limb arthroplasty and revision hip surgeon at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford.
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.
