Lennel Lutchman

Consultant Spine Surgeon, Norfolk and Norwich University hospital NHS trust

Lennel qualified in medicine in 1994 from the University of the West Indies in his home country of Trinidad. He came to the UK for postgraduate training in orthopaedics in 1996 and was a BST and HST in the East of England. He did his spinal training in Ipswich, Norwich, and Brisbane.

Lennel was awarded the Walter Mercer gold medal for the FRCS in Trauma and Orthopaedics in 2004 and has been a consultant orthopaedic spinal surgeon at Norwich since 2006. He joined the board of examiners for the FRCS (Tr and Orth) in 2019 and became Education Lead for the British Association of Spinal Surgeons in 2022.

Ansar Mahmood

Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, President of The British Trauma Society, Research Lead for Orthopaedic Trauma & The Major Trauma Service, University Hospital Birmingham

Alexander Sheriff Montgomery

Consultant Spine Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, Spinal Clinical Director at the Royal London

Mr Montgomery set up and led the Spinal Unit at Barts Health for 10 years, turning it in to one of the largest Spinal trauma Unit in the U.K. He has gained a wealth of experience and expertise in this field working in conjunction with the Royal London Trauma, and Orthopaedic teams.
He is now Chair of Spinal Surgery for North East London and Essex region, having set up the Network, and it's team 2 years ago. They have set the standards and governance for the whole region, and continue to grow in influence. Alongside this he and the team at Barts treat patients with common degenerative and complex deformity conditions, as well as TB of the Spine .
Mr Montgomery performs surgery using minimally invasive techniques for anterior, posterior and lateral lumbar and thoracic approaches, as well as anterior and posterior cervical surgery. Mr.Montgomery is honorary senior lecturer at Queen Mary University, and has presented nationally as well as across the globe from the USA to Europe and Australasia. He has regularly been faculty for AO Spine Middle East. He won the best presentation poster at the International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine, and has featured in Spine News International. He was invited to both the Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, and Harborview Hospital in Seattle to present papers.