Anastasios P Nikolaides

Consultant Femoral Fragility Trauma and Lower Limb Arthroplasty Specialist, NHFD Orthopaedic Clinical Lead, Chair European Committee Fragility Fracture Network

Dr Anastasios P. Nikolaides is an internationally recognised Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in hip trauma, lower limb periprosthetic fractures, fragility fractures, arthroplasty, and complex reconstructive surgery of the hip and knee. He graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School in 1990, obtained his Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in Orthopaedics and Trauma in 1998, and completed a PhD in 2008 focusing on polyethylene wear in total knee arthroplasty.

Since January 2020, Dr Nikolaides has served as Consultant Hip Trauma and Lower Limb Arthroplasty Specialist at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. He led the Birmingham Heartlands Femoral Fragility Fracture Service, one of the largest services of its kind in the UK, managing approximately 1,200 hip and periprosthetic fractures annually. Under his leadership, the service was shortlisted for the 2024 HSJ Award for Clinical Redesign, recognising its innovative approach to fragility fracture care.

A highly respected clinical leader, educator, and researcher, Dr Nikolaides was appointed Co-Chair of the European Committee of the Fragility Fracture Network in 2024 and will become National Hip Fracture Database Orthopaedic Lead for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland from July 2026. He is also Director of the UK’s only Senior Femoral Fragility Fellowship.

Dr Nikolaides holds the position of Honorary Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Birmingham and plays a key role in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, trainee supervision, and examiner activities. He became a Member of the Academy of Medical Educators in 2023.

His clinical interests include minimally invasive fracture fixation, complex revision arthroplasty, kinematic alignment and augmented reality navigation in knee replacement surgery. He has authored more than 20 peer-reviewed publications and is actively involved in research, editorial work, and international professional education in orthopaedic trauma and arthroplasty.

Maria Panourgia

Consultant Geriatrician & Orthogeriatrician, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dr. Panourgia graduated in Medicine from the University of Bologna and trained in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Verona. She later earned a PhD in the study of healthy ageing and longevity from the University of Bologna.

Since 2013, she has worked as a Consultant in Geriatric and Orthogeriatric Medicine at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, where she has led transformative improvements in the care of older patients with hip fractures. She is Clinical Lead for the hospital’s Fracture Liaison Service, for the inpatient falls and Orthogeriatric Lead.

She is a member of the Executive Board of the Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) – Greece and co-Chair of the EuGMS of the Urinary Incontinence Group of the EuGMS.

She is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Buckingham Medical School and a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.

From January 2026 she has been appointed Orthogeriatric Lead of the NHFD.

Her clinical and academic interests focus on frailty, urinary incontinence, the effects of acute stressors such as surgery in older adults, and secondary fracture prevention.

Steve Borland

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Mr Steven Borland is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Victoria Infirmary where he specialises in complex orthopaedic trauma, pelvic and acetabular fractures, post trauma limb reconstruction, deformity correction, and hip and knee arthroplasty. 

Mr Borland graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2005 and completed his higher surgical training in the North-East and where he developed an interest in orthopaedic trauma.  
 
He completed the Ilizarov limb reconstruction fellowship in Kurgan, Russia. He then spent a year in Toronto, Canada at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and St Michael’s Hospital gaining experience of complex trauma, pelvis and acetabular (hip socket) injuries and hip and knee replacement. 

Andrew Gray

President Elect for the UK Orthopaedic Trauma Society, James Cook University Hospital

Andrew Gray's main orthopaedic specialist interest is trauma. He is based at James Cook University Hospital major trauma centre; current president elect for the UK Orthopaedic Trauma Society (Orthopaedic Trauma Society) and a trustee for the British Orthopaedic Association.  He completed his medical and orthopaedic training in Glasgow, Oxford and Edinburgh, finishing an MD and also a year's trauma fellowship in Calgary. Mr Gray has been a major trauma consultant for 17 years and the lower limb trauma editor for the journal 'Injury' 2014-2021.  Over the past 5 years he has worked with the global and UK Fragility Fracture Networks (Home - Fragility Fracture Network) focusing on the 4 pillars of fragility fracture management - acute care, rehabilitation, secondary fracture prevention and policy. He co-chairs the Fracture Liaison Service Academy Network (FLS Academy & Network (FAN) Community - login) and is committed to championing Fracture Liaison Services.

Professor Matthew Costa

Orthopaedic Consultant & Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, University of Oxford & John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

Matt was appointed Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma, University of Oxford in 2015. He was previously Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics at University of Warwick. Matt is also Honorary Consultant Trauma Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.

Matt's research interest is in clinical and cost effectiveness of musculoskeletal interventions and he is Chief Investigator for a series of randomised trials and associated studies supported by grants from the UK National Institute of Health Research. His work has been cited widely, and informs many guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)