Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th October 2025 East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham.

The Convenors for the 2025 BASK Revision Knee Instructional Course have put together a programme designed to fulfil all of the CPD requirements for surgeons performing revision knee surgery. This course will be aimed at all surgeons performing revision knee surgery, and will cover a number of core topics, as well as deep dives into specific topics relevant to revision knee.
 
This year’s deep dives will be on Extensor Mechanism Management and Knee Instability.
We will maintain the successful format of small group sessions where topics. This year’s topics will be on DAIR, soft tissue defects, tips and tricks on implant extraction and complication management. There will also be small group case discussions on a variety of cases involving revision knee. 
There will be a parallel AHP/Network session to give network coordinators, nurse specialists and the wider multidisciplinary teams opportunity to share good practice.
 
Following the success of 2024 we will be repeating specific sessions for Early Years Revision Consultants and Fellows/Senior Trainees to discuss the challenges and opportunities being faced.
This is an interactive meeting and attendance from all the multidisciplinary team is crucial. We welcome consultant surgeons with an interest in knee revision surgery as well as senior orthopaedic trainees and fellows, physios, nurse specialist network coordinators and anyone involved in managing patients. 
Our guest lecture this year will be Gile Van Hellmondt from Nijmegen, who leads a large arthroplasty and revision team in the Netherlands
 
The meeting will be starting at 12:30pm on Monday 13th October with registration and a welcome lunch, with a course dinner at the venue on the Monday evening.

CPD points applied for

Meeting Highlights

  • Infection – PJI guidelines and pathways
  • Bespoke sessions for AHPs, senior trainees and young consultants
  • Clinical cases

Convenors

Abtin Alvand

Abtin is a Consultant Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC)…

… and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Oxford (NDORMS). He graduated from University of London (Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine). After completing basic surgical training on the prestigious Hammersmith surgical rotation, he began higher surgical training in Trauma and Orthopaedics on the Oxford programme in 2008. He took three years out of programme to undertake a PhD (DPhil) as the NIHR Biomedical Research Unit Fellow at the University of Oxford. His DPhil was titled “Improving Surgical Learning and Performance at Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty”.

Abtin was appointed as NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer at the University of Oxford in 2015, and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in 2017. He undertook two post-CCT sub-specialist clinical fellowships focusing on complex hip and knee surgery in Oxford (NOC) and Stanmore (Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital). He was then appointed in Oxford as a Consultant Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon. Clinically, he has a specialist interest in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, revision knee arthroplasty, and peri-prosthetic joint infection.

Ben Bloch

Ben is a Consultant Orthopaedic Hip and Knee Surgeon at Nottingham University Hospitals…

He graduated from University of London (Imperial College School of Medicine) in 2003. He completed his surgical training in Oxfordshire, Leicester and Northamptonshire. He then undertook two post-CCT sub-specialist clinical fellowships in Nottingham and Coventry, before being appointed to Nottingham as a Consultant Hip and Knee Surgeon.

Clinically, he has a specialist interest in primary hip and knee arthroplasty, including unicompartmental and patellofemoral knee arthroplasty. He also has a particular interest in revision knee arthroplasty and peri-prosthetic joint infection and is the Revision Knee lead for the East Midlands Specialist Orthopaedic Network.

He has published widely on outcomes of primary and revision joint replacement, and regularly speaks at national and international meetings. He is currently responsible for supervising the Nottingham Knee Fellowship, and also teaches on cadaveric primary and revision knee arthroplasty courses.

Andrew Gordon

Andrew is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Northern General and The Royal Hallamshire…

… Hospitals. He qualified from Sheffield Medical School in 1997 and was a higher surgical trainee in Sheffield and the surrounding area. Prior to his Consultant post, he trained as a Fellow with the highly respected Mr Andrew Manktelow and Mr Peter James in hip and knee replacement surgery at Nottingham University NHS Trust.

He is currently Chair of the Dr Foster Global Comparators Group; an organisation which promotes best practice in hip and knee surgery worldwide and is also the Clinical Lead for both Seamless Surgery and Technology Transformation at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.

In 2012, he gained a PhD in immunobiology and genetic risk factors for aseptic loosening after total hip replacement. Work from his PhD has been awarded both National and International prizes including the William Harris Hip Award in the USA.

He has published in numerous journals including The Lancet.

He is currently a Consultant in the Lower Limb Arthroplasty Unit at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, a centre for both simple and complex primary and revision hip and knee replacement surgery

Jonathan Phillips

Jonathan works at the Exeter Knee Reconstruction Unit at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital…

specialising in knee arthroplasty and knee revision surgery, as well as general trauma. He is the Revision Knee Network lead for the South West Peninsula and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter.

He has been a member of the ODEP and Beyond Compliance committees since 2015, and he is a member of both the BASK Primary and Revision Knee Working Groups. He is regularly involved in teaching (including being AO faculty and regularly teaching on FRCS and industry courses). He is on the editorial board of the BJ360 journal and is the South West regional clinical coordinator for the NJR.

His research portfolio includes exploring patient outcomes after knee surgery, pain, robotics, revision surgery and infection, and with the team at Exeter he is involved in a number of ongoing RCTs in primary and revision knee surgery.

During training, he completed a Master’s Degree in Sports Medicine and volunteered as a medic for the athletics competition at the London 2012 Olympics.

RCS Accreditation

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Day 1 - Monday 13th October

12:30

Lunch & Registration

13:30 – 15:15
Session 1 – Core Lectures

Moderator: Jon Phillips

13:30

Introduction & Welcome
Jon Phillips

13:35

Assessment of the problematic knee replacement
Jonathan Miles

13:45

Infection – PJI guidelines and pathways
Abtin Alvand

13:55

Pain and the management of the painful knee replacement

James Murray

14:05

Non surgical pathways

Liz Jacobs

14:15

“Persona® Revision: The next generation of knee revision (ZimmerBiomet)
Kirill Gromov

14:35

Local antibiotic delivery to optimise management of bone and joint infections (Biocomposites)

Abtin Alvand

14:55

Coffee Break

15:15 – 18:15 Session 2 – Group Parallel Sessions (40 mins each 5 minute turnaround time)
Breakouts are a round robin style and delegates will attend each of them

15:15

Introduction & welcome
Amy Cudmore

15:20

Coordination & Planning: Need to know for MDT Coordinators
Laura Doyle & Amy Cudmore

15:40

Pre-op Care: Revision knee joint school & Painful knee clinic with case studies
Rupert Broomby, Liz Jacobs

16:00

Inpatient care: Patient experience of revision knee surgery pathway
Nic Sinclair

16:20

Post-op and beyond: What to do when the knee can’t stay
Shaun Fryett

16:40

Coffee Break

17:00

STAR Pathway
Bincy Thomas, Clare Walton

17:10

Managing stiffness
Alasdair Santini, Michelle Hall, Liz Jacobs

17:20

Antibiotic monitoring after discharge
Amy Cudmore

17:30

Psychological support for PJI patients
Andy Gordon

17:50

BAJIR Update
Anji Kingman

15:15

DAIR
James Murray, Jeya Palan, Chloe Scott

16:00

Management of complications
Andy Toms, Jonathan Miles, Alasdair Santini

16:40

Coffee Break

17:00

Implant extraction
Rhidian Morgan Jones, Gijs Van Hellemondt, Paul Baker

17:40

Soft tissue defects
Jonathan Stevenson, Ben Bloch, Alex Charalambous

18:15 – 19:15

Young consultants session
Conference Suite 1A

18:15 – 19:15

Senior registrars and fellows
Conference Suite 2A

20:15

Course Dinner

Day 2 - Tuesday 14th October

08:30 – 09:30
Session 3 – Instability Session

Moderator: Ben Bloch

08:30

Introduction and scale of the problem
Ben Bloch

08:45

Diagnosis and classification of instability
James Fountain

09:00

Technical tips and outcomes of revision for instability
Simon Van Laarhoven

09:20

Discussion

09:30

When the knee seems it doesn’t want saving… My battle plans (Adler Ortho)
Jon Phillips

09:50

Coffee Break

10:20 – 12:00
Session 4- Extensor Mechanism Session

Moderator: Jon Phillips & Abtin Alvand

10:20

The patella in the revision scenario – leave unresurfaced, resurface or revise?
Koen Defoort

10:35

Management of acute extensor mechanism failure
Jon Phillips

10:50

Management of chronic extensor mechanism failure
Abtin Alvand

11:05

Management of the unstable patella at revision
Andrew Porteous

11:20

PJI in the knee: Mobile vs fixed spacers (Implantcast)
Alex Shearman and Veysi Veysi

11:40

CORI Robotics for revision knees – my early experience (Smith & Nephew)
Andrew Porteous

12:00

Lunch Break

13:00 – 14:20 Group Discussions
please refer to your badge for group number

13:00

Group 1 case discussions
James Fountain, James Murray, Gijs Van Hellemondt

13:00

Group 2 case discussions
Simon Pickering, Diane Back, Paul Baker

13:00

Group 3 case discussions
Nick Kalson, Koen Defoort, Jaison Patel

13:00

Group 4 case discussions
Amy Garner, Chloe Scott, Simon Van Laarhoven

14:20

Coffee Break

15:00 – 15:50
Session 5 – Managing The Work Load

Moderator: Abtin Alvand

15:00

Patient optimisation
Andy Gordon

15:10

Landscape in revision knee replacement

Alex Matthews

15:20

National revision knee networks and RKCC
Andy Toms

15:30

Managing a large revision knee unit in the Netherlands
Gijs Van Hellemondt

16:20

Summary & close

Abtin Alvand

Abtin is a Consultant Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC)…

… and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Oxford (NDORMS). He graduated from University of London (Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine). After completing basic surgical training on the prestigious Hammersmith surgical rotation, he began higher surgical training in Trauma and Orthopaedics on the Oxford programme in 2008. He took three years out of programme to undertake a PhD (DPhil) as the NIHR Biomedical Research Unit Fellow at the University of Oxford. His DPhil was titled “Improving Surgical Learning and Performance at Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty”.

Abtin was appointed as NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer at the University of Oxford in 2015, and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in 2017. He undertook two post-CCT sub-specialist clinical fellowships focusing on complex hip and knee surgery in Oxford (NOC) and Stanmore (Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital). He was then appointed in Oxford as a Consultant Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon. Clinically, he has a specialist interest in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, revision knee arthroplasty, and peri-prosthetic joint infection.

Diane Back

Diane is serving at an esteemed academic position in Guy’s & St. Thomas Hospitals…

… at Guys Hospital, St Thomas’s St, London, UK .She is the recipient of numerous awards for her expert research works in related fields. Her research interests reflect in hs wide range of publications in various national and international journals. Her international experience includes various programs, contributions to reputed journals and participation in different international conferences in diverse fields of study.

Paul Baker

Professor Baker is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in the…

…treatment of patients with degenerative hip and knee conditions that require hip and knee replacement surgery. He has a specific interest in revision knee replacement and the treatment of prosthetic joint infection
Professor Baker is the current lead for the national revision knee surgery programme and is supervising the current NJR fellow examining implant choice at revision surgery and the associated clinical outcomes.
Between 2018 and 2023 he was been the director for research and innovation at the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, an executive member of the Tees Valley Research Alliance (TVRA) and the Research Design Service for North East and North Cumbria.
Professor Baker has undertaken a significant amount of research into the outcomes of patients undergoing hip and knee replacement procedures. He was the inaugral National Joint Registry (NJR) research fellow (2012) and has also been a visiting British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) ABC fellow (2018).
Professor Baker is a member of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) team and is the expert reviewer for their current early value assessment. In the past he has been the current Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) speciality lead for orthopaedics and has sat on the NIHR HTA commissioning panel, the BOA research committee and the RCS MSK RADAR group.
He is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) grant holder leading a national studies that research how to help patients get back to work after hip and knee replacement surgery

Ben Bloch

Ben is a Consultant Orthopaedic Hip and Knee Surgeon at Nottingham University Hospitals…

He graduated from University of London (Imperial College School of Medicine) in 2003. He completed his surgical training in Oxfordshire, Leicester and Northamptonshire. He then undertook two post-CCT sub-specialist clinical fellowships in Nottingham and Coventry, before being appointed to Nottingham as a Consultant Hip and Knee Surgeon.

Clinically, he has a specialist interest in primary hip and knee arthroplasty, including unicompartmental and patellofemoral knee arthroplasty. He also has a particular interest in revision knee arthroplasty and peri-prosthetic joint infection and is the Revision Knee lead for the East Midlands Specialist Orthopaedic Network.

He has published widely on outcomes of primary and revision joint replacement, and regularly speaks at national and international meetings. He is currently responsible for supervising the Nottingham Knee Fellowship, and also teaches on cadaveric primary and revision knee arthroplasty courses.

Rupert Broomby

I have been a consultant at Royal Devon University Hospital in Exeter since 2008…

…working in anaesthetics with special interest in Pain Management. During that tie I have been lead for the pain management service from 2012 to 2022, overseeing the service in both acute inpatient pain and outpatient pain Management services. I have been involved with the painful knee service since 2020

Amy Cudmore

Amy is the Revision Knee CNS and Regional MDT Co-ordinator for the South West (South) Revision…

…Knee Network based at the Royal Devon University Healthcare Trust in Exeter. She has been a registered nurse since 2005 and has worked in preparation for surgery and as a Matron in trauma and orthopaedics for over 10 years.
During her time as Matron she led a number of departments including fracture clinic, outpatients, an admissions and day case unit, rheumatology infusion service and separate elective and trauma inpatient wards. She has also worked as a senior nurse involved in setting up and leading the nursing workforce of an MSK injuries unit during COVID. More recently Amy was seconded to develop the staffing model and subsequent recruitment of the ward nursing workforce for the South West Ambulatory Orthopaedic Centre in Exeter.

In March 2022 Amy joined the Exeter Knee Reconstruction Unit (EKRU) to work as a CNS in the Revision Knee Network. Amy has a keen interest in the infection side of revision surgery as she feels this is where patients need the most support both in terms of the psychological effects of living with a PJI but also with coordination of care and symptom management.

Amy is a non-medical prescriber and has completed a Masters in Advanced Professional Practice (Clinical Practitioner) and sits on the BAJIS Executive Committee and Research Committee as the nursing representative.

Laura Doyle

Laura Doyle is the Regional MDT Revision and Infection Coordinator, responsible for leading administrative services…

…including the Revision & Infection MDT. She brings with her a strong expertise coordinating complex clinical pathways from working within cancer services, helping to enhance patient outcomes and promote best practices across the region.

She has implemented changes within the MDT to improve the process and streamline ways of working. She continues to work with the revision units within the region to help their local MDT processes.

James Fountain

I was appointed as a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic surgeon at Aintree…

… University Hospital in 2012. I have developed a primary and revision lower limb arthroplasty elective practice, complex lower limb trauma practice and established services of benefit nationally, regionally and to the trust. My sub-specialist interest in periprosthetic joint infection has been of significant benefit to the unit. I cover a wide range of treatments in which some include, Primary Knee and Hip Replacements, Major/Complex Trauma and Acute Fracture Management. In addition I also specialise within Revision Knee and Hip Replacements, Periprosthetic Fractures, Unicompartmental Knee Replacements, Management of Orthopaedic Infection and Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Sports Injuries.

I specialise in working as a major trauma surgeon in Mersey and Cheshire’s Major Trauma Centre; I am managing the most severely injured patients in the region on a regular basis. I also see patients on the NHS and privately at Spire Liverpool and the Sefton Suite, AUH consulting orthopaedic patients with regards to both elective lower limb problems and trauma related injuries. With my special interest in orthopaedic infection I organise, chair and run the North West Periprosthetic Joint Infection meeting. Approximately 100 surgeons/consultants from across the region attend annually.

I continue to publish widely in peer-reviewed journals on orthopaedics and my chosen subspecialties. Presenting nationally and internationally I am also invited to lecture at hip and knee arthroplasty meetings. Training and selecting the surgeons of the future is important to me: I am on the national interview panel for registrars and teach regularly on two Royal College of Surgeons courses as well as courses on orthopaedic infection, complex hip/knee surgery and FRCS (T&O) revision courses.

Fellowship August 2011 – 2012 Cavendish Hip Fellowship, Sheffield Mr I Stockley, Mr R Kerry, Mr S Buckley. The Cavendish Hip Fellowship is an advanced lower limb arthroplasty fellowship in a tertiary referral centre. It was a twelve month position managing primary and complex revision hip and knee arthroplasty of septic and aseptic aetiology, periprosthetic fractures and total hip replacement for fractured neck of femur. The unit is renowned for managing orthopaedic infections and the position of Cavendish Hip Fellow required a close and effective partnership with microbiologists and radiologists in managing these complex cases. As well as clinical commitments time was dedicated to research, audit and teaching.

Clinical Director Orthopaedics AUHVice Chair Sefton Suite Medical Advisory CommitteeOrganiser/Chair North West Periprosthetic Infection Meeting Lead in arthroplasty and orthopaedic infection (AUH)Clinical lead in advancing quality framework for hip and knee. Northwest England Interviewing panel for the National ST3 appointments for T&O. Annually. Ex-President 58 Society Clinical Supervisor to Core and Specialist Trainees.

Excellence in Surgical Education – NW School of Surgery, 2017 First Prize Surgical Division Proud of Aintree Awards November 2015. Enhanced Recovery Project in Arthroplasty.

Medico-legal Experience: I prepare over 300 medico-legal reports a year: Negligence reports and Personal Injury reports ranging from soft tissue injuries to complex orthopaedic problems on behalf of claimant, defendant and combined. I have attended conferences and seminars on medico-legal matters and understand Part 35 of the Civil Procedure Rules. Medco registration: DME4515I have an interest in the recovery from orthopaedic injury in the medico-legal setting. I base this on a critical review of the medical literature.

 

Amy Garner

Amy is a consultant knee surgeon from the Exeter Knee Reconstruction Unit…

with a sub-specialist interest in partial, total and revision knee Arthroplasty. Amy read medicine at the University of Oxford, she has a masters in medical education and went on to complete a PhD at  Imperial College, London. Her research investigates the clinical outcomes and biomechanics of Compartmental Arthroplasty of the knee. Amy has reported a biomechanical advantage of medial and lateral unicompartmental arthroplasty, both in isolation and in combination, compared to posterior-cruciate retaining total knee arthroplasty. Amy’s cadaveric studies demonstrated that partial knee arthroplasty preserves nearer-native anterior posterior stability and extensor mechanism efficiency. In the gait laboratory, Amy has demonstrated that compartmental arthroplasty is associated with nearer-normal vertical ground reaction forces and high levels of patient satisfaction, compared to matched posterior-cruciate retaining total knee arthroplasty and healthy control subjects. To date, Amy has published more than 21 research papers. She has presented on 22 podiums across the world.

Andrew Gordon

Andrew is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Northern General and The Royal Hallamshire…

… Hospitals. He qualified from Sheffield Medical School in 1997 and was a higher surgical trainee in Sheffield and the surrounding area. Prior to his Consultant post, he trained as a Fellow with the highly respected Mr Andrew Manktelow and Mr Peter James in hip and knee replacement surgery at Nottingham University NHS Trust.

He is currently Chair of the Dr Foster Global Comparators Group; an organisation which promotes best practice in hip and knee surgery worldwide and is also the Clinical Lead for both Seamless Surgery and Technology Transformation at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.

In 2012, he gained a PhD in immunobiology and genetic risk factors for aseptic loosening after total hip replacement. Work from his PhD has been awarded both National and International prizes including the William Harris Hip Award in the USA.

He has published in numerous journals including The Lancet.

He is currently a Consultant in the Lower Limb Arthroplasty Unit at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, a centre for both simple and complex primary and revision hip and knee replacement surgery

Liz Jacobs

Liz Jacobs is an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist working in the Exeter Knee Reconstruction Unit…

…(EKRU). She graduated from Cardiff University in 2005 and has enjoyed a varied career which has led to her most recent role in EKRU since 2021. Her experience and passion for managing patients with persistent and complex pain contributes to her role in supporting patients before and after arthroplasty and revision knee surgery. Liz has an MSc in Advanced Practice from Plymouth University (2024) and is an associate at The University of Exeter, currently contributing to research projects studying post operative knee stiffness, and working towards leading further research in this field.

Nick Kalson

I am a consultant knee surgeon at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust…

…which hosts the North East Major Revision Centre. My practice is entirely devoted to knee arthroplasty (partial, total and revision) with a particular interest in problematic, painful and stiff total knee replacements. I undertook his medical training in Manchester, including a PhD in tendon biology, followed by orthopaedic training in Newcastle and Northumbria on the North East Rotation. During this period I was the British Association for Surgery of the Knee Research Fellow (2018-) and worked with BASK’s revision knee working group to drive the reorganisation of revision knee surgery in England. I undertook fellowship training in revision knee surgery in Exeter (2022-23, Prof Andy Toms and Mr Jon Phillips) and Oxford (2023-24, Mr Abtin Alvand and Prof Andy Price) before returning to the North East as a consultant in April 2024. To complement my clinical work, I continue to collaborate with research scientists in Newcastle University to improve our understanding of the development of stiffness after knee replacement and improve treatment for this challenging patient group. I was elected to the BASK Executive Committee in September 2024, and as Junior Member I hope to develop BASK’s appeal to trainees, fellows and young consultants and increase the number of trainee members through trainee specific sessions at BASK meetings.

Koen Defoort

Koen Defoort is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon specialising in knee reconstruction…

…at the Sint Maartenskliniek in Nijmegen. He plays a key role in cutting-edge clinical research, including investigating meniscus prostheses aimed at delaying total knee arthroplasty  and contributing to the development of the MOTOR mobility-monitoring tool for personalized osteoarthritis care . A sought-after educator, he also contributes to advanced surgical training modules on knee instability, joint-line reconstruction, and revision arthroplasty accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Jonathan Miles

Jonathan is a consultant orthopaedic consultant based in London…

He sees private patients at The Wellington Hospital, St John’s Wood and its partner sites in Elstree and Golders Green, all part of HCA Healthcare UK.

With a focus on complex, revision, and second opinion hip and knee procedures, Mr Miles’ specialist interests include partial and total knee replacement, total hip replacement, meniscal surgery and ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) surgery.

Rhidian Morgan-Jones

Rhidian runs a regional service for the management of infected…

…total knee replacement re-revision knee replacement, chronic osteomyelitis, non-unions and lower limb reconstruction. He undertakes young adult and complex primary knee replacement along with revision arthroscopy and revision ACL surgery.

He serves on several national committees working on infection and revision services.

To date Mr Morgan-Jones has published over 100 peer reviewed papers, 20 books & chapters, multiple invited lectures nationally & internationally.

James Murray

James started his practice as an orthopaedic consultant in Bristol in 2007…

He holds an elective NHS Consultant post at The Avon Orthopaedic Centre in Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, where he is the Specialty Lead for Knee Surgery, previously having been Director for Elective Orthopaedics 2017 – 2020, Director for Trauma from 2008-2012. James is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Bristol Medical School.

James graduated from Cambridge University, underwent basic surgical training in Oxford before working in knee and hip research in Newcastle. He then entered orthopaedic specialist training in the Wessex Deanery and won the EndoPlus Knee Prize in 2005. In 2006, he spent a Fellowship year in Sydney, Australia at the internationally renowned Australian Institute of Musculoskeletal Surgery, gaining valuable experience in sports injuries and joint replacement surgery under the supervision of Merv Cross, whilst also spending time with Leo Pinczewski, David Wood and Justin Roe. That same year he was awarded the British Association of Surgery for the Knee travelling fellowship.

James has a keen research and training interest having written numerous published peer-reviewed papers (over 60) and his first book, A to Z of Musculoskeletal and Trauma Radiology, which was published in June 2008. He is also a current reviewer for scientific journals, including the Bone and Joint Journal and The Knee, having previously reviewed for Injury, Acta Orthopaedica and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. James leads on a number of trials and contributes to others as a co-investigator; he works closely with his colleagues as a member of the Bristol Knee Group which carries out research and teaching related to knee surgery both in the UK and internationally. He is a member of both national (BASK Working Groups for Meniscus, ACL Prevention, Arthroplasty and Revision Knee Surgery) and international collaborative consensus groups (International Consensus Meeting for Prosthetic Joint Infection 2018). James is the current BASK (British Association of Surgery for the Knee) Education Representative, sitting on the BASK Executive since March 2019.

His extensive experience has enabled him to offer a comprehensive knee service from ligament reconstruction, meniscal and cartilage surgery, osteotomy, partial, total and revision knee replacement. He leads the Bristol service for prosthetic joint infection of the knee, which runs via a multidisciplinary team at Southmead Hospital. He is well-known to encourage early post-operative mobility with enhanced recovery techniques, such as minimally-invasive muscle-sparing knee joint replacement, avoidance of tourniquets and local anaesthetic infiltrative techniques.

James has a keen sporting interest, previously playing competitive squash, athletics and rugby, but now he tends to be more of a spectator, but still coaches rugby, plays recreational squash and loves skiing! He is also a keen pianist, playing anything from Blues to Classical.  He is married to a local GP at Bristol University Students’ Health Service and together they have three children.

Jeya Palan

Jeya is a consultant hip and knee arthroplasty surgeon at Leeds Teaching Hospitals…

…NHS trust. He is a high volume arthroplasty surgeon undertaking approximately 200 hip and knee replacements annually. He has completed revision arthroplasty fellowships in Coventry and Nottingham as well as a sarcoma fellowship at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford. He was a T&O registrar in the East Midlands Leicester Deanery. He has been an Associate Editor for the Bone and Joint Journal (2012-2016) and was the National Joint Registry/RCS fellow in 2013/14.

Jeya was awarded the BMA Doris-Hillier research grant in 2014/15 and awarded his PhD from the University of Leicester, looking into outcomes after hip and knee replacements. He has a specialist interest in the management of periprosthetic joint infections and fractures. Jeya has published over 50 peer reviewed scientific papers and presented extensively on hip and knee arthroplasty surgery both nationally and internationally. He was President of the British Orthopaedic Trainees Association (BOTA) in 2013/14. He is a member of the European Knee Society and European Hip Society, Orthopaedic Device Evaluation Panel (ODEP) and T&O ST3 National Selection Design Group. He is also the clinical lead for Trauma and Orthopaedics in the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), representing the 6 main hospitals in West Yorkshire.

George Pavlou

George is qualified in 2001 and currently practices as a consultant with a…

… specialist interest in adult reconstruction at WWL.  He completed his specialist orthopaedic training at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital followed by fellowship training at the Princess Elizabeth Knee Reconstruction unit in Exeter.

In addition George was awarded the British Orthopaedic Association/EFORT travelling fellowship, where he visited centres in Marseille, Nice and the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

His clinical interests are that of joint replacement surgery of the knee and hip and revision surgery for infection and aseptic loosening.  He has also developed a specialist interest in arthroscopic surgery of the knee.  For those patients who are suitable Mr Pavlou looks to promote enhanced recovery for his joint replacement patients.

George actively pursues an academic and research interest and has numerous peer review publications and presentations in both the British, European and American Orthopaedic literature.

He is an active member of the British Orthopaedic Association, British Association for Surgery of the Knee and Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh.

Jonathan Phillips

Jonathan works at the Exeter Knee Reconstruction Unit at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital…

specialising in knee arthroplasty and knee revision surgery, as well as general trauma. He is the Revision Knee Network lead for the South West Peninsula and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter.

He has been a member of the ODEP and Beyond Compliance committees since 2015, and he is a member of both the BASK Primary and Revision Knee Working Groups. He is regularly involved in teaching (including being AO faculty and regularly teaching on FRCS and industry courses). He is on the editorial board of the BJ360 journal and is the South West regional clinical coordinator for the NJR.

His research portfolio includes exploring patient outcomes after knee surgery, pain, robotics, revision surgery and infection, and with the team at Exeter he is involved in a number of ongoing RCTs in primary and revision knee surgery.

During training, he completed a Master’s Degree in Sports Medicine and volunteered as a medic for the athletics competition at the London 2012 Olympics.

Simon Pickering

After training at Birmingham University, Mr Pickering undertook basic surgical training…

…in Leicester and specialist orthopaedics training in Nottingham developing his interest in revision knee surgery working with Peter James and Tim Wilton. An additional year was sponsored by a competitively awarded research fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons resulting in a Doctorate of Medicine for research into novel treatments for Orthopaedic Infection.

Mr Pickering undertook a sabbatical at the Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, USA, working with several internationally renowned knee arthroplasty surgeons. In addition he spent a year on fellowship in Brisbane, Australia, focusing on hip and knee arthroplasty, knee revision and sports medicine.

Mr Pickering has published, presented and taught nationally and internationally. He continues an active interest in research and teaching, working closely with industry on taking forwards innovation.

Mr Pickering has been a consultant working at the Royal Derby Hospital for 20 years. He performs over 350 arthroplasty procedures a year and is currently the MRC lead.

Andrew Porteous

Andrew is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, specialising exclusively in knee surgery. He is…

…the Senior Knee Surgeon for Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (which incorporates the Avon Orthopaedic Centre) and he is a founding partner of Knee Specialists LLP. He is a Past-President of BASK and on the NHSE Steering Committee for the Revision Knee Network. He is on the Board and Executive Committees of the NJR and is the Chair of the Editorial Committee and the Vice-chair of the Surgical Performance Committee of the NJR. His practice covers all knee surgery but with and emphasis on arthroplasty and revision. He is co-Lead for the Revision Knee Network(South West).

He graduated in Medicine from the University of Cape Town (MBChB 1990) before undertaking his surgical and orthopaedic training in Bristol, UK. He completed knee fellowships in Melbourne, London Ontario, Pittsburgh, Boston, Oslo and Oxford. He is a member of: BASK, BOA, EKS, EKA/ESSKA, ISAKOS.

Alasdair Santini

Alasdair Santini is a Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics at Liverpool University…

…Hospitals FT where he specialises primary and revision knee arthroplasty, arthroscopic surgery to the knee and hip arthroplasty. He lives in Cheshire and is married with three sons.

He was educated at The Edinburgh Academy and then at The University of Sheffield. He is a fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and the Royal College of Surgeons of England. His higher training in orthopaedics was on the Mersey Orthopaedic Rotation and involved a year at Wrightington Hospital and a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow sponsored travelling fellowship to visit Dr Leo Whiteside in St Louis, USA.

He is the current Treasurer for BASK as well as the President of the Grosvenor Orthopaedic Club and Managing Partner of the Bone and Joint Centre. He is an honorary clinical lecturer at The University of Liverpool and has a number of peer reviewed publications.

Alasdair Santini was a keen fencer, having been captain of The University of Sheffield  team but currently keeps fit by skiing and coaching junior rugby. He is a lifetime ticket holder of seats at Murrayfield so he can follow Scotland’s rugby internationals.

Chloe Scott

Chloe Scott is a consultant hip, knee & trauma surgeon at the Royal Infirmary…

…of Edinburgh and is Editor-in-Chief of Bone and Joint Research. Clinically she has specialist interests in complex knee arthroplasty surgery and periprosthetic fracture management. Her research interests include arthroplasty outcomes, periprosthetic fractures, robotic surgery, finite element analysis and knee biomechanics in which she has over 100 publications. She was awarded the Hunter Doig medal by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2020. She is an advocate for diversity in surgery and is involved in diversity projects both in the UK and America and is a member of Pride Ortho.

Nicola Sinclair

Nicola is a highly experienced and passionate Physiotherapist at Northumbria Healthcare…

…NHS Trust, with over 20 years of clinical practice.
Nicola began her academic journey with a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science from Northumbria University (1998), followed by a BSc in Physiotherapy from the University of Huddersfield (2001). She is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and is a member of the Bone and Joint Infection Society (BAJIS) and the Association of Trauma and Orthopaedic Chartered Physiotherapists (ATOCP)
Since 2006, Nicola has specialised in orthopaedic physiotherapy, gaining extensive experience in elective orthopaedics, trauma, and rehabilitation. Her approach integrates hands-on therapy, exercise rehabilitation, and patient education, always aiming to treat the whole person and tailor interventions to individual goals and needs.
In addition to her clinical expertise, Nicola has a strong interest in research and evidence-based practice. She has served as a Principal Investigator on several physiotherapy and orthopaedic research trials, including AFTER, OPAL, and Outdoor Mobility trials, and has delivered interventions for the Hip Helper trial.
Nicola currently works as a Clinical Specialist within the North East and North Cumbria Revision Knee Network, collaborating with Orthopaedic Surgeons and the MDT co-ordinator. Together, they are developing a regional revision network to improve care pathways and outcomes for patients with problematic, infected, or failed knee replacements.

Andrew Toms

Professor Toms specialises in surgery of the knee, particularly complex primary…

… total knee replacement and revision knee surgery. He is currently Clinical Director and Academic Lead for the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre and NIHR lead for the SW. He Chairs the Revision Knee Working Group for BASK, sits on the NJR editorial board, the Bone and Joint Infection Registry steering group and the Royal College of Surgeons Robotic Advisory Group for MSK. Major research interests include pain post TKR, periprosthetic joint infection, robotics and alignment in TKR.

Gijs Van Hellemondt

Dr Gijs van Hellemondt is an orthopedic surgeon at Sint Maartenskliniek Nijmegen…

…since 1996. He is subspecialized in adult knee and hip reconstruction and is involved in various societies including the Dutch Knee Society and the European Knee Society (EKS). Dr Hellemondt also contributes reviews to the ESSKA Journal, the Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica and the Bone & Joint Journal.

Simon Van Laarhoven

Simon is a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon based at South..

…Tees NHS Trust. Simon has a specialist interest in hip and knee replacement, revision surgery including the management of fractures and infection around joint replacements, and bone cancer. He was a National Joint Registry research fellow in 2012. During this period he completed his PhD with a thesis entitled ‘Rationalisation of hip replacement prostheses using evidence from linked national databases’.

East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham.

The BASK Revision Knee Instructional Course will take place at the East Midlands Conference Centre, please see the address below:

East Midlands Conference Centre, Beeston Lane, Nottingham, NG7 2RJ

There is ample free car parking, including electric car charges. 

Venue Highlights

The venue includes on site accommodation at the Orchard Hotel, complimentary parking, electric vehicle charging points, nearby tram links and access to the Universities extensive leisure facilities.

Set in 330 acres of the University of Nottingham parkland, delegates and companies alike can look forward to a state-of-the-art conference centre with cutting-edge facilities, banqueting suites, and contemporary public areas.

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There is ample free parking on site and electric charging points are available.

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The center is approximately 4 miles away from Nottingham train station. Nottingham’s tram system is accessible which will take you directly to the university park campus.

You can fly into East Midlands Airport via the M1, which is just 12 miles away.

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