Yusuf Michla

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, South Tyneside & Sunderland Foundation Trust

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

BOA Past President & Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Great Ormond St Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Great Ormond St Hospital for Children & the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Assoc Professor, University College London
Deputy Chair of the RCS England Workforce and Training Committee 
RCSE Trustee and Council Member

As a medical student, growth and function fascinated me, and so I became a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon. I enjoy clinical work, research and teaching, and I remain a committed trainer despite the current challenges. I am a past president of both EPOS and the BOA and current president of IODA (International Orthopaedic Diversity Alliance).
I enjoy writing and have contributed to numerous book chapters and authored many papers. As BOA President in 2023, I was at the forefront of developing and maintaining innovative and sustainable solutions for training, research and clinical care with diversity, inclusion and equity at the forefront of our plans: but all these do require engagement! I continue to pursue these interests and try to ‘make a difference’!

In my spare time … I enjoy London Life

Professor 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

 

Kash Akhtar

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust and Cleveland Clinic London

I studied medicine at Imperial College, graduating with a Distinction in Surgery. I was awarded Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2005 and the Fellowship (FRCS) in 2011.

I have undertaken a Masters in Medical Education (for which I was awarded a Distinction) and a Doctor of Medicine (MD) research degree. I have given over 100 international presentations, and have received multiple prizes and awards.

I completed my subspecialty fellowship in all aspects of knee surgery (sports injuries, trauma and joint replacement) at the renowned Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford.

I was also awarded the prestigious Winston Churchill Fellowship and spent 6 months in international centres of orthopaedic excellence across the USA.

I am appointed as a Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in knees at Barts Health NHS Trust, one of the busiest hospitals in the country, which receives complex tertiary referrals from a broad area.

I am also appointed as a Reader in Orthopaedic Surgery & Surgical Education at Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry. I am an Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

I am the Training Programme Director for the prestigious Royal London Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery rotation and a member of the Executive Committees of the British Association for Surgery of the Knee and the Specialist Advisory Committee to the Joint Committee on Surgical Training.