Ben Ollivere

Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Chair of Orthopaedic Trauma, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham & Nottingham University Hospital

Professor Benjamin Ollivere, Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery at the University of Nottingham and Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon and Major Trauma Surgeon, Nottingham University Hospital

He is head of division for Rheumatology, Orthopaedics and Dermatology.
He has a keen interest in training and education and is currently the Training Programme Director for Health Education East Midlands in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery. His clinical expertise lies in complex trauma and reconstruction, particularly in non-union, infection and limb reconstruction. His academic interests compliment his clinical interests.

Professor Xavier Griffin

Chair Trauma & Orthopaedic Research Group, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust

Professor Xavier Griffin spearheads academic orthopaedics at QMUL and Barts Health, having joined in August 2020 as the inaugural chair of Bone & Joint Health. Xavier’s vision is for worldclass excellence in research and clinical academic training; providing opportunity for the next generation of clinician scientists to realise their aspirations.

Xavier has been awarded over £12m of research funding and over 100 peer reviewed publications. He is a recognised research leader in the management of hip fracture and is excited to have launched the WHiTE PLATFORM study with colleagues at University of Oxford. Xavier is Chief Investigator for a number of National Institute Health Research funded clinical trials, having led 9 in the last 5 years and supported a further 5.

Xavier is driven by having meaningful impact on patient care; his research is focused on the clinical and cost effectiveness of new and existing treatments to improve bone and joint health and has been cited by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence. He has a passion for developing methodologies which harness the speed, power and efficiency of routinely-collected data but are coupled with the great advantages of randomisation.

Xavier’s clinical expertise is orthopaedic trauma surgery specialising in pelvic and acetabular fractures. He enjoys working as part of the team at the busiest orthopaedic trauma hospital in Europe – The Royal London. Having graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1999 before attending medical school at the University of Oxford, Xavier trained in orthopaedic surgery as a National Institute of Health Research integrated clinical academic fellow. Xavier completed a world-renowned clinical fellowship in Melbourne, Australia specialising in complex fractures of the pelvis and hip. Prior to joining Bone & Joint Health Xavier was Associate Professor of Trauma Surgery at the University of Oxford and Honorary Consultant Trauma Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital major trauma centre.

Outside of work Xavier can be found mountain biking or rock climbing usually with his young sons in tow!

Professor Andrew Duckworth

Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon, Edinburgh Orthopaedics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Andrew Duckworth is Professor of Trauma & Orthopaedics at the University of Edinburgh and is Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.  His undergraduate and postgraduate study was undertaken at the University of Edinburgh, with the award of his PhD in 2016.  Following completion of his training in Edinburgh, he was an Upper Limb Fellow at the Wrightington Upper Limb Unit. 

Andrew’s clinical and research interests are in trauma and upper limb surgery, with a focus on injuries around the elbow, wrist and hand. His current research includes multi-centre clinical trials in orthopaedic trauma, large data studies and the efficacy of patient reported outcome measures.  He is the Co-CI for the NIHR funded FOREST and MOTION trials and is a co-app and PI on several other NIHR funded clinical trials.  He is an Editorial Board Member for the Bone and Joint Journal (BJJ), Bone and Joint Research (BJR), Bone & Joint³⁶⁰ and the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma (JOT). He is also on the Research Committees of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) and the Orthopaedic Trauma Society (OTS).  He is a co-director of the world-renowned Edinburgh International Trauma Symposium and is a member of the Edinburgh Sports Medicine Research Network and the UKCCIIS IOC Research Centre of Excellence.

Helen Chase

Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital

Helen studied medicine at UCL, obtaining an intercalated BSc in Physiology and Pharmacology. She was part of the East Anglian region for her speciality orthopaedic training, gaining her FRCS in 2015.

Helen undertook her fellowship at Adelaide’s Women and Children’s Hospital. She has recently joined the Great Ormond Street team specialising in Neurodisability and clubfoot. Prior to this she was a consultant at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and the West Suffolk Hospitals. Helen has been RCS college tutor, mentoring lead and previously won trainer of the year for east of England orthopaedics. She has been on the editorial board for the Bone and Joint 360 since 2018.

Sebastian Dawson-Bowling

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust

Sebastian specialises in all aspects of lower limb surgery, especially primary and revision hip and knee replacement, and sports injuries. He also works within the Royal London Hospital major trauma service.

He was Clinical Network Director for the Barts Hospital group and North East London ICS from 2017-2022, during which time he led development of the regional elective orthopaedic centre, also researching and implementing development of the accelerated post-surgical patient recovery.

Following undergraduate studies at Cambridge University, he undertook specialist surgical training on the Guy's and St. Thomas's rotation, at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Stanmore) and the Hospital for Special Surgery (New York). He holds Master’s degrees in Medical Law and Musculoskeletal  Science. He has co-authored three textbooks; as well as has contributing chapters to other volumes on orthopaedics, trauma and medical law. He frequently acts as an expert witness in litigation cases.

He sits on the editorial board for Bone& Joint 360, the National Joint Registry implant scrutiny committee, the Council of the BOA and is an examiner for the FRCS(Tr&Orth). His interest in orthopaedic basic science has led to collaboration with colleagues from across Europe on a novel hip prosthesis design.