William Eardley

Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma and Limb Reconstruction Surgeon, Research Associate, University of York CTU, Honorary Associate, University of Teesside, South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Will is an academic orthopaedic surgeon with a specialist interest in trauma surgery and fracture fixation failure, nonunion and osteomyelitis.
Will is responsible for hip fracture care in England and Wales as the Orthopaedic Clinical lead for the National Hip Fracture Database.
Will is involved in benchmarking surgical quality as vice-chair of the Specialty Surgical Board of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Will helps coordinate United Kingdom Orthopaedic Trauma and co-author BOAST guidelines as vice-chair of the
British Orthopaedic Association Trauma Committee. Will is involved in benchmarking Major Trauma Care and open fracture data collection nationally through the Major Trauma Registry audit committee. Will has recently become an examiner for the FRCS(Orth).

 

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.