…of experience in lower limb issues, including knee surgery and sports trauma. He sees private patients at the Nuffield Health Vale Hospital and Princess Wales Hospital.

Mr Chandratreya gained his medical degree at the BJ Medical College, India, which he followed with specialist orthopaedic training across Pune and Mumbai. After this, he came to the UK and gain fellowship with the Royal College of Surgeons and completed his CCST at Queens’s Medical Centre, Nottingham. He also undertook two Knee fellowships in Nottingham and Bradford. Since his Consultant appointment in 2005, he has dedicated his practice to offering the best treatment to his patients while using cutting edge technology, where necessary.

…and North Bristol NHS Trust. He graduated from Oxford University (Christ Church) in 2010 and began his registrar training in Glasgow in 2012. In 2016-19, he returned to Oxford University and completed a DPhil (PhD), evaluating treatment indications for the management of meniscal injuries. A key output from his thesis was the publication of the current UK national guidelines for meniscal tear investigation and management. Following his PhD, Simon completed his orthopaedic training on the Oxford rotation.

In 2023, Simon was one of only two surgeons awarded a BORS/BJR travelling fellowship across North America, visiting and learning from leading clinical and academic centres in Colorado, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Ottawa. Subsequently, Simon was selected to the sub-specialty knee arthroplasty and soft tissue reconstruction fellowship in Exeter, and the sports knee fellowship at the RJAH Orthopaedic Hospital in Oswestry, before taking up his appointment to specialist practice in Bristol.

Mr Abram is a clinical academic and has published more that 40 scientific publications in journals including the Lancet, BMJ, and both the British and American Journals of Sports Medicine. His work has been awarded multiple prizes and grant awards in excess of £1.6m. His current research interests include the use of innovative technology, AI and large datasets to improve surgical planning and the precision of orthopaedic interventions. He is a member of the national BASK Joint Preservation Working Group, and Specialty Editor for Knee at the Bone and Joint Research journal. Mr Abram’s clinical practice is a fully elective, in all aspects of sports knee surgery and ligament reconstruction, joint preservation, and joint replacement.

… 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.

…completed the Bristol Knee Fellowship & Christian Bezenar travelling fellowship. He covers the breadth of knee pathology but his main interest is in joint preservation & reconstruction.

…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.

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.

…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.

…and other knee conditions which can occur throughout active adult life. Sports injuries may require arthroscopic (key-hole) surgery treating meniscal or cartilage damage, or reconstruction surgery on ruptured ligaments, most commonly the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). For joint damage caused by conditions such as Osteoarthritis (OA), he offers preservation surgery including combined arthroscopic and periarticular realignment osteotomy to slow the progression of damage. When joint damage is severe, he specialises in partial or total knee replacement, and if you present with a problematic knee replacement, this can be fully assessed with times when revision joint replacement may be required.

Mr Putnis completed a 6-year Specialist Training Programme in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery based at The University College London Hospitals, UK, rotating through hospitals in London. He followed this with an Australian Orthopaedic Association Clinical and Research Knee Fellowship at the Sydney Orthopaedic Research Institute. With over 50 research publications, journal reviews, and memberships of international research groups, the treatment he provides has proven success.

…Engineering, University of Liverpool. Her role involves research in biomedical engineering and teaching engineering students.

Before joining the University of Liverpool, Dr Readioff was a lecturer (Teaching and Research) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath. She gained leadership and management experience when coordinating students and staff to deliver teaching on the Group Business Design Project (GBDP 1 & GBDP II) units for the third and fourth-year mechanical engineering students. During this time, she continued collaborating with surgeons and academics interested in orthopaedic and dental bioengineering research.

Prior to her first lectureship, Dr Readioff was a Research Fellow at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. She worked on The Optimising Knee Therapies programme grant and contributed to the project’s numerical modelling and simulation tasks. In particular, she led the development of finite element models representing the meniscus within the tibiofemoral joint to evaluate meniscal allografts’ mechanical and tribological performance.

As a postdoctoral research associate at the School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Keele University, Stafford, UK, her project was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). This project focused on using musculoskeletal modelling and analysis to develop a personalised assistive technology to support people who are paralysed and have lost functionality of their upper limbs.

…complex lower limb trauma and knee surgery.

He completed his training on the highly regarded Severn Deanery rotation, prior to competing further fellowships in Calgary, Canada, and Oswestry, UK.

His practice comprises the treatment of all knee conditions, and he has a high volume practice in treating patellofemoral disorders, receiving referrals from across the UK.

…He completed a degree in Engineering Science at Oxford prior to doing Medicine at St Barts. His specialist Trauma and Orthopaedic training was on the South West Thames rotation, risking life and limb tackling the A3 and M25 on a motorbike! His fellowship year was spent in Sydney before the Southampton appointment in 2000. He now focuses on elective knee surgery and the most common procedure that he performs is a unicompartmental knee replacement.

Happily married for 37 years, they have four daughters and four granddaughters. Most holidays are spent in the Alps.

…He has significant clinical experience in lower limb surgery, and he has been a Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon since 2021. He has an extensive background in research with two master’s degrees and a PhD in the field. He has published over 50 scientific papers as of yet.

…in the Northeast of England. She performs trauma surgery and has an elective practice that focuses exclusively on knee surgery.
She is experienced in cartilage, meniscal and ligament injury repair and reconstruction, osteotomy, realignment and stabilisation surgery and the management of early and advanced osteoarthritis including partial and total knee replacement. She aims to help patients to preserve their native knee joint where advisable. Helen has a particular interest in treating patellofemoral conditions and adolescent knee problems. She is also a keen trainer for orthopaedic trainees and fellows.
She graduated from Newcastle University Medical School in 2008 and went on to specialist trauma and orthopaedic surgery training in the Northern Deanery and then two years of knee surgery sub-specialist fellowship training in Bristol and Coventry. Her fellowship training encompassed all aspects of knee surgery with a focus on advanced techniques for recurrent kneecap instability, trochleoplasty, osteochondral transplantation and meniscus transplantation.

…his research focuses on the treatment of osteoarthritis, outcomes of joint replacement, adverse events such as the treatment of PJI, hip fracture, open fractures and cartilage damage. He employs a wide range of research methodologies including multicentre randomised controlled trials, first-in-human trials, analysis of large routinely collected healthcare datasets, evidence synthesis, qualitative methods and health economics. He leads the NJR lot 2 contract for Statistical Analysis, Support and Associated Services and a range of NIHR funded studies investigating bearings in THR, optimisation for surgery, intra-articular injections, novel devices and treatments for cartilage damage and infection. Mike has published over 300 peer reviewed papers, 11 NJR annual reports, and obtained grant funding of £9.4 million as lead and a further £17.2 million as co-applicant. He sits on the British Orthopaedic Association research committee and chairs the British Hip Society research committee.