Speakers
Keith Tucker
Professor Mike Reed
Kapil Sugand
BOA Session
Session Title: The Great Debate: Artificial Intelligence will reduce Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeons to technicians
Session Description:
Artificial Intelligence is increasingly being adopted in Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery. It offers several benefits from enhancing diagnostic accuracy, pre-operative planning, optimizing implant positioning and simulating surgical outcomes. With further advances, the technology could ease the burden of clinical record keeping and assist the surgeon in decision making. This however raises concerns. Who is ultimately making the treatment decision for the patient? How does this impact upon the patient/doctor relationship? Dependence on AI might erode surgeons’ cognitive and empathetic skills and turn us into mere technicians. In this session, we raise awareness and explore the future impact of AI on our profession.
Agenda
14:45 - 14:55: Chair Introduction
Keith Tucker, Chair of ODEP/Beyond Compliance, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Norfolk and Norwich NHS Trust
14:55 - 15:10: The limitations and unintended consequences of AI in healthcare
15:10 - 15:25: The power of AI to transform healthcare services
Professor Mike Reed, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Northumbria NHS Trust
15:25 - 15:40: AI will change the role of the surgeon and the humanity of the profession
Kapil Sugand, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, RNOH Stanmore
15:40 - 15:55: The benefits of AI in surgical applications
Professor Caroline Hing, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, St George's NHS Trust
15:55 - 16:15: Q&A
Present
Chairman of ODEP (Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel) and the “Beyond Compliance advisory group”
Chaiman ISR (International Spinal Registries)
Member of the Implant Performance Committee NJR
Member of Network of Registries of Europe,
Member of the working group on dangers of Cobalt in TJR
Trustee for the Gwen Fish Trust.
Past
Consultant General Orthopaedic surgeon in Norwich 1977-2017
Secretary and President of the British Hip Society.
Member of the Steering and chair of the Implant performance NJR committees.
Trustee for ORUK
Author and co-author on numerous orthopaedic papers and chapters in books.
Present Research
The use of machine learning in areas of orthopaedics, particularly Hip Replacement.
Hobbies: Family and I run a small farm and a small woodland with my wife
Professor Mike Reed is a full-time trauma and hip and knee joint replacement surgeon. He trained in the North of England and did fellowships in New Zealand.
He leads Trauma and Orthopaedics at Northumbria Healthcare, working with a team of 31 talented colleagues.
His research focuses on clinical outcomes particularly around short stay surgery as well as infection prevention, diagnosis and management. Professor Reed is on the steering committee and executive of the National Joint Registry (NJR) and Chaired the Annual Report from 2019-2024. He now leads on Surgical Performance for the NJR, is a trustee for the Orthopaedic Research UK charity and is on the grant awards committee for the National Institute Health and Care Research (NIHR) (i4i PDA). He leads clinical trials for industry and NIHR, and works academically with the University of York.
Caroline trained in Medicine at University College London with an intercalated BSc in Anatomy & Developmental Biology. She completed her Orthopaedic and Trauma training on the Pott Rotation based at Barts and The London Hospitals with a further period of training at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital whilst completing an MD, doctoral thesis on patellofemoral instability. She also completed an MSc in Orthopaedic Engineering awarded by the University of Wales. Her fellowships included trauma at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia and knee surgery at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals in London.
She has subspecialty interests in knee surgery, especially patellofemoral instability and in trauma. She is a Professor of orthopaedics at St George’s University London with research interests in osteoarthritis and trauma. She is a clinical director for corporate outpatients and she leads for research in orthopaedics in the trust. She is co-editor in chief of The Knee Journal. She is a trustee of the BOA and has supported their equality and diversity initiatives.