Professor Mohamed Imam

Professor Mohamed A. Imam MD, MSc (Hons), D.SportMed, PhD, FRCS (Tr & Orth) is Clinical Lead for Trauma and Consultant Upper Limb & Complex Trauma Surgeon at the Rowley Bristow Orthopaedic Centre, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals, and Professor of Digital Health and Medical Director at the Smart Health Centre, University of East London. 

He integrates artificial intelligence and machine learning into orthopaedics—particularly predictive modelling for sports injuries—and has authored over 120 peer-reviewed publications alongside editorial roles with leading journals. 

He has edited two Springer Nature reference books on shoulder and elbow trauma and currently editing a book on Transformative Digital Health. He co founded the OrthoGlobe Collaborative and serves in many national and international roles. 

 His recognition includes multiple awards from AAOS, ISAKOS, AO, EFORT and NHS, and he serves in the GMC in assessment and examination roles.

Mustafa Alnaib

Dr Mustafa Alnaib is an orthopaedic surgeon, MSK doctor, digital health consultant, and software developer with a strong focus on applying AI in clinical practice. He has been involved since the first AI in Orthopaedics conference, contributing to both presentations and practical workshops. A founding member of the Orthopaedic Research & AI Association (ORAIA), he co-organised “AI in Orthopaedics” workshop in and contributed to EFORT and SICOT sessions on AI applications in orthopaedics. He develops AI-powered tools such as clinic-letter assistants, triage and research solutions apps, in addition to developing medical databases. He is an advocate for advancing work on FHIR-based data integration, governance frameworks, and clinician-led innovation in healthcare technology. 

Clinically, Dr Alnaib works as a general trauma surgeon and musculoskeletal doctor in the  NHS across London and Kent and is the founder of ACTIVATE Musculoskeletal private clinic, where he provides ultrasound-guided injection therapies and patient-focused MSK care.

Vipin Asopa

Consultant hip and knee surgeon, SWLEOC London

Mr. Vipin Asopa PhD FRCS (Tr & Orth) is a consultant hip and knee surgeon based at the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre. He has completed a PhD in Articular Cartilage Biology at the Kennedy Institute, before completing his higher orthopaedic surgical training in North West London and fellowship training at Sportsmed.SA, Adelaide and The Royal Berkshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He has received Orthopaedic Research UK funding to investigate the optimal conditions for harvesting stem-cells from adipose tissue. Additionally, Mr. Asopa is a Python coder and primary investigator for a study titled, ‘The use of Machine Learning in the early detection of failing total hip replacements.’. This is a project that is also being supported by ORUK.