Speakers
Fazal Ali
Shantanu Shahane
Annunziato (Ned) Amendola
Caroline Blakey
Specialist Society
Participation in organised sport among children and adolescents continues to rise, bringing an increasing incidence of acute and overuse injuries in skeletally immature athletes. Management differs significantly from adult practice due to open physes, unique injury patterns, parental demands and the potential long-term consequences of treatment decisions made during growth.
This BOSTAA session will provide practical, evidence-based guidance on the assessment and management of common paediatric sporting injuries encountered by orthopaedic surgeons and will highlight contemporary surgical and non-operative strategies and discuss safe return-to-sport principles for the growing athlete.
Chair: Fazal Ali and Ravi Badge
Agenda:
16:20 - 16:22 Introduction
16:22 - 16:37 Nicolas Nicolaou
Mimickers of Anterior Knee Pain in Children: Overuse Injuries in Young Athletes
16:37 - 16:52 Caroline Blakey
Avulsion Fractures Around the Pelvis
16:52 - 17:07 Shantanu Shahane
Shoulder Instability in the Adolescent Athlete: First Dislocation to Recurrent Instability
17:07 - 17:22 Ned Amendola
Osteochondral Injuries and Osteochondritis Dissecans in the Young Athlete
17:22 - 17:30 Q&A
17:30 - 17:45 Free Papers
17:45 - 17:50 Q&A
Fazal Ali did his Orthopaedic training in Sheffield, UK with a Knee Fellowship in Newcastle and a short Trauma Fellowship in New York. He has a special interest in sports injuries to the knee, both in adults and in children. He is a consultant at Chesterfield Royal Hospital and the Sheffield Children’s Hospital where he has helped set up a national referral service for knee problems in children which is the premier service in the UK that regularly manages sporting injuries and congenital knee disorders. He co-convenes the biennial International Kids Knee conference which brings together surgeons form all over the world.
He is a former OrthopaedicTraining Programme Director (TPD) for South Yorkshire and is presently the President of BOSTAA (Britsh Orthopaedic Sports Trauma and Arthroscopy Association).
He has published more than 70 scientific papers and chapters and given numerous invited lectures on training issues and knee surgery both nationally and internationally. He has edited ‘Examination Techniques in Orthopaedics’ (Cambridge University Press) which is a best-selling orthopaedic text in its 3rd edition and was recently published in Chinese. He is co-editing two further textbooks, ‘Postgraduate Orthopaedic Clinics’ (CRC Press), due to be released in 2026 and ‘Child and Adolescent Knee Surgery’ (Springer) which is in progress.
Fazal Ali was voted ‘Trainer of the Year’ on six occasions across 2 training rotations. As such, he was given a life-time award for training by South Yorkshire in 2014. In 2017 he was again honoured by the South Yorkshire Orthopaedic Training Rotation with the creation of an annual award: The ‘Fazal Ali Award for Academic Excellence’.
He serves as a senior examiner and assessor for the FRCS(Tr&Orth) examination. He is past-Chair of Section 1 exam of all ten surgical specialities and sits on the JCIE and T&O Boards. He is also Chair of the International FRCS exam and serves on the board of examiners in multiple developing world countries with the view that this would help advance the standard of orthopaedic training and care in those countries.
Shantanu is a Consultant Orthopaedic Shoulder and Elbow surgeon at the Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital NHS Trust and at the Sheffield Children's Hospital.
He completed a fellowship at Wrightington Hospital, a centre of excellence for surgery of the upper limb and a further six months as a fellow at the Cappagh Hospital, Dublin to obtain further training in surgery of the shoulder and elbow joints. He has also since visited various centres of excellence around the world including the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, USA), Fondren Clinic (Houston, USA), DeBeer clinic (Cape Town, South Africa) to further his knowledge of surgery of the shoulder and elbow joints.
He is a on the board of reviewers for the journal “Shoulder & Elbow”. He has been part of Education committee of British Shoulder and Elbow surgery (BESS). He was an executive on the board of BESS for 4 years. He was Chairperson of the Instructional Course (ICL) of BESS for two years (with membership of ICL for 8 years). He is on the faculty for arthroscopic and open surgery courses for the shoulder and elbow joints in the UK and overseas.
Since 2019, he has also been in the post of Chief Medical Officer of One Health Group, a private healthcare organisation in Sheffield.
Ned Amendola, MD, is currently the Virginia Flowers Baker Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chief of the Sports Medicine Division, and Executive Director of the James R. Urbaniak Sports Sciences Institute at Duke University. In addition, he is the Head Team physician and Chief Medical Officer for Duke Athletics.
Dr Amendola earned his medical degree and completed his orthopedic residency at the Western University in London, Ontario. He completed post-graduate fellowships in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Foot and Ankle, and Hand Surgery. Dr Amendola is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada. He began his career on faculty where he trained at Western University in London Canada, where he became Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University Hospital, moved to the University of Iowa in 2001 as Director of Sports Medicine, and was a tenured Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery until 2015. While at Iowa, Dr. Amendola received the Kim and John Callaghan Endowed Chair in Sports Medicine in 2009. He has been a tenured Professor of Orthopaedic surgery at Duke University since 2015.
Dr. Amendola has been involved as a member and a leader in many orthopedic and sports medicine organizations, currently the immediate Past President of the American Academy of Orthopedic surgeons (AAOS). He is Past President for the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of OREF, AAOS, ABOS, AOSSM, AANA, ISAKOS, and Past President of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine.
Throughout his career, Dr Amendola has focused on improving the quality of orthopedic care through clinical practice, education, and research. He has always appreciated teaching and learning from many students, residents, and fellows over his career. He has received numerous peer-reviewed grants, and published over 400 peer-reviewed articles, as well as authored an extensive number of book chapters and editor of 8 textbooks in sports medicine, foot and ankle, and arthroscopy. Dr Amendola has participated as a member of the MOON and MARS multicenter research groups. Dr. Amendola has earned numerous research related awards including Kappa Delta Award from the AAOS in 2012 and 2019 and Excellence in Research Award, Cabaud and O’Donohue awards from the AOSSM; The Roger Mann and Leonard Goldner Awards form AOFAS ; ISAKOS Achilles Sports medicine Research Award. In 2025 he was inducted into the AOSSM Sports Medicine Hall of Fame .
Caroline Blakey is a Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at Sheffield Children’s Hospital and Deputy Training Programme Director for Trauma and Orthopaedics in South Yorkshire.
Her clinical practice covers the breadth of paediatric orthopaedics, with particular interests in paediatric hip conditions, hip preservation and adolescent hip surgery. She is involved in regional and national education and training, and has a particular interest in supporting trainees to develop both clinical expertise and confidence as they progress towards consultancy.
Alongside her clinical work, Caroline is involved in service development and improving pathways for children and young people with orthopaedic conditions, with a focus on practical changes that make care safer and more effective.
She enjoys teaching at all levels and particularly values the discussion and shared learning that comes from working with colleagues across different subspecialties and centres.
Nick is a Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. He trained on the South-East Thames Orthopaedic Circuit and completed Fellowship training at Sheffield Children’s, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital as well as completing a travelling fellowship at Inselspital, Berne prior to becoming a Consultant in 2010.
His clinical interest is the Paediatric Knee and he treats the whole spectrum of pathology from cruciate and meniscal injuries to congenital ligament deficiency and complex patellofemoral problems. He also maintains a clinical interest in management of Osteogenesis Imperfecta and clinical research.
He is the chair of the recent BASK/BSCOS steering committee on soft tissue knee pathology in children and the current BSCOS/BASK paediatric patellofemoral steering committee chair, both of which aim to improve national standards of care, and academic secretary of BOSTAA.
Nick was a founding member of the annual International Kids Knee Conference. In 2018 he connected with the Ambassador Programme to help progress his plans for this event and find a suitable venue. With a venue secured, we then introduced him to a local Event Management Company, Event Management Direct to oversee the delivery of the event. The first conference was hosted in 2019.