Yusuf Michla

Mr Michla is a consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic surgeon at the South Tyneside & Sunderland Foundation Trust. His specialist interest is in shoulder & elbow surgery with complex shoulder & elbow trauma being a particular interest. Mr Michla was appointed by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh as the Deputy National Director of the Foundation Trainees’ Surgical Societies in 2024. He also acts as a Regional Surgical Advisor for the College.

Alongside his clinical work, Mr Michla has a strong interest in undergraduate & postgraduate training and medical education. He has been nominated as the Northern Deanery’s “Trainer of the Year” three times, winning the title once.

For local postgraduate trainees he is a current academic mentor for Northern Deanery core and specialist trainees as well as for the Northern Foundation School, as well as sitting as a committee member of ONTEA, the Northern Deanery specialist training education steering group. At undergraduate level, he holds an honorary senior lecturer post with the University of Newcastle school of medicine, as well as an honorary lecturer role with the University of Sunderland school of medicine.

He was appointed the honorary chair of the University of Newcastle’s Surgical Society in 2016 & he also serves as the current co-chair of AO UK & Ireland’s undergraduate courses.

Professor Deborah Eastwood

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Great Ormond St Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

Deborah Eastwood is an Associate Professor of Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, UCL. She works at Great Ormond St Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. Deborah works in the generality of paediatric orthopaedic surgery but has a particular interest in children with overgrowth syndromes, metabolic bone diseases and those with neurological problems. She is also the surgeon for the GOSH Ponseti service. 

Deborah is the Immediate Past President of the British Orthopaedic Association, a past president of EPOS (European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society) and a past board member of BSCOS (British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery and the Council of Management for the Bone and Joint Journal .

Scarlett McNally

Professor, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Deputy Director, Centre for Perioperative Care

Professor Scarlett McNally OBE BSc MB BChir FRCS(Tr&Orth) MA MBA FAcadMEd HonMFPH MRSPH FRSM FMWF

Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon (now part-time) in Eastbourne, Honorary Clinical Professor at Brighton and Sussex Medical School and BMJ columnist (67 articles FREE at: https://www.bmj.com/search/advanced/mcnally). OBE 2026. Previously an elected Council member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2011-21). Past-President of the Medical Women’s Federation (2023-25). Recently Deputy Director of the Centre for Perioperative Care (2020-26). See www.cpoc.org.uk resources. Perioperative care = patient preparation + shared decision-making + team-working + pathways. This can halve complications.

Lead author for the Academy’s Exercise the miracle cure. Frequent speaker and writer – on bullying, leadership, careers, health, diversity, respect, sustainability, perioperative care, pathways, myeloma, exercise, active travel, education and how to fix the NHS. Patient with myeloma, stem cell transplant, cardiac amyloidosis and two hip replacements (one as a day case). Travels by electric-cycle, mother of 4 adults, 4^th Dan Karate black belt. www.scarlettmcnally.co.uk