Speakers
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: Mr Fazal Ali and Mr Ravi Badge
Agenda
16:20–16:22: Introduction
16:22–16:37: Nicolas Nicolaou, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Mimickers of Anterior Knee Pain in Children: Overuse Injuries in Young Athletes
16:37–16:52: Caroline Blakey, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Avulsion Fractures Around the Pelvis
16:52–17:07: Shantanu Shahane, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Shoulder Instability in the Adolescent Athlete: First Dislocation to Recurrent Instability
17:07–17:22: Dr Ned Amendola, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
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.