Speakers
Professor Andrew Duckworth
Workshop
Moderators:
- Jo Craven
- Professor Andrew Duckworth, Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon, Edinburgh Orthopaedics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
- Chloe Scott, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Andrew Duckworth is Professor of Trauma & Orthopaedics at the University of Edinburgh and is Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. His undergraduate and postgraduate study was undertaken at the University of Edinburgh, with the award of his PhD in 2016. Following completion of his training in Edinburgh, he was an Upper Limb Fellow at the Wrightington Upper Limb Unit.
Andrew’s clinical and research interests are in trauma and upper limb surgery, with a focus on injuries around the elbow, wrist and hand. His current research includes multi-centre clinical trials in orthopaedic trauma, large data studies and the efficacy of patient reported outcome measures. He is the Co-CI for the NIHR funded FOREST and MOTION trials and is a co-app and PI on several other NIHR funded clinical trials. Andrew is the current Deputy Director (Clinical) of the Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit (ECTU). He is an Editorial Board Member for the Bone and Joint Journal (BJJ), Bone and Joint Research (BJR), and the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma (JOT). He is also on the Research Committees of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) and the Orthopaedic Trauma Society (OTS). He is a co-director of the world-renowned Edinburgh International Trauma Symposium and is a member of the Edinburgh Sports Medicine Research Network and the UKCCIIS IOC Research Centre of Excellence.
