Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery

Wednesday 3rd June, Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre, Birmingham.

Following the success of the previous two meeting, this course returns – this time the meeting will be hosted at Edgbaston Park Hotel & Conference Centre in Birmingham. CAOS is the UK’s leading forum dedicated to exploring how computer-assisted surgery is transforming joint replacement practice. 

CAOS-UK has always been a meeting that asks the difficult questions. This year we are pushing that further. Rather than a series of lectures, we have designed a programme built around genuine debate, interactive High Intensity Teaching sessions, and a live unfiltered Q&A. We are also, for the first time, incorporating a dedicated patient voice into the programme, placing outcomes at the centre of every conversation.

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Previous Highlights

  • New and upcoming technologies
  • Advancements in surgical navigation
  • Artificial intelligence within orthopaedics
  • Debates covering both hip and knee replacements
  • Integrating new technologies into clinical practice
  • Alignment philosophies
  • In depth demonstrations

Convenors

Akash Sharma

Mr Sharma is the current President of CAOS and a consultant orthopaedic …

…surgeon at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital . He qualified with a Distinction in Clinical Practice from St. Georges Hospital Medical School, London in 2007 and undertook his Basic Surgical Training in London and Oxford. He went on to complete his higher surgical training in the West Midlands on the Birmingham rotation and obtained his FRCS (Trauma and Orthopaedics) in 2016. Mr Sharma completed his highly competitive advanced knee fellowships from both the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford and Nottingham University Hospitals.

Mr Sharma has a specialist interest in all aspects of knee surgery, including partial knee replacements, total knee replacements and failed knee replacements. He strives to use the latest technologies and advancements in orthopaedics to personalise the best surgical outcome for his patients and where possible uses robotic surgery. His robotic experience entails using the Robotic Surgical Assistant (ROSA®) by Zimmer Biomet and his experience with other robotics systems is broadening.

He is the chair of the Modern Interventions Panel at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital and is the Surgical Lead for same day discharge following knee replacement surgery at his Trust. Mr. Sharma has been awarded three academic prizes and has a strong research background in both clinical and basic sciences. He has co-authored a number of book chapters and enjoys lecturing regularly for undergraduates.

Dinesh Nathwani

Mr Dinesh Nathwani is the immediate past president of CAOS UK. He is a Consultant …

…and Hon Senior Clinical Lecturer at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Robotics Lead at Cleveland Clinic London.
He has a keen clinical and research interest in technology assisted knee surgery and has used Navigation and Robotics for all his partial and Total knee replacements since being appointed as a substantive Knee Consultant at Imperial College Healthcare in 2004. This was following a fellowship in Knee Navigation techniques in Perth, Western Australia. He is involved in international trials for novel cartilage resurfacing implants, customised and robotically assisted knee replacements. He is a programme committee member of Computer assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS) International. He is an Orthopaedic research advisor for the Hamlyn Centre of Robotics at Imperial College and faculty member on several national and international knee reconstruction course teaching surgeons of all grades in Robotic Knee Surgery. He is a reviewer for several Orthopaedic Journals including British Bone & Joint Journal, American Journal of Sports Medicine, The Knee, and Injury.

Fred Picard

Mr Fred Picard has been an Orthopaedic Consultant at the Golden Jubilee…

… National Hospital in Glasgow since July 2005 and served as its Director of Orthopaedic Research for 10 years. He has worked in Orthopaedic units in Grenoble, Lyon, and Paris in France, as well as in Chicago and Pittsburgh in the United States. Mr. Picard has been involved in Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS) since its inception. He is a member of several national and international orthopaedic societies and is a past president of the CAOS UK society. Mr. Picard has more than 180 peer-reviewed publications, over ten book chapters, and has edited two books on Computer Assisted Technology. Additionally, he holds seven registered patents. Mr. Picard’s basic research at the University of Grenoble in the 1990s laid the foundation for the technical construction of the first routine CT-free knee navigation system for Total Knee Arthroplasty and later the first CT-free robotic system. On January 21, 1997, he performed the first-ever knee replacement in the world using this technology. Recognised as a “Lead User Developer of Radical Innovation in the Field of Medical Equipment Technology,” Dr. Picard is also an Honorary Professor at the Biomedical Engineering Department of Strathclyde University in Glasgow. His contributions to the field have earned him multiple awards, including the Muller Award, the highest recognition in Computer Assisted Surgery, in 2009 in Boston, MA (USA), and the NHS 70 Heroes Award in Scotland.

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Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre

Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre is a purpose-built conference and accommodation venue located on the University of Birmingham’s Edgbaston campus, approximately two miles from Birmingham city centre.

Edgbaston Park Hotel and

Conference Centre

53 Edgbaston Park Road

Birmingham

B15 2RS

United Kingdom

Approximately 100 free parking spaces, available on a first-come, first-served basis.

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The venue offers a range of modern, flexible meeting facilities suitable for medical education, scientific conferences and professional development events.

Situated within the University of Birmingham campus, Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre provides a practical setting for healthcare professional education, scientific exchange and professional meetings.

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The hotel is conveniently located near University railway station, on the University of Birmingham campus. The station is approximately a 10–15-minute walk from the hotel and offers regular services to Birmingham New Street, with a journey time of around 7 minutes.

Birmingham New Street provides direct rail connections to major UK cities, including London, Manchester and Bristol. Delegates can travel onwards to University station or take a taxi to the hotel.

Birmingham Airport (BHX) is the nearest major airport, approximately 10 miles from the hotel. The journey typically takes 25–35 minutes by taxi, depending on traffic.

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