Sashin Ahuja is a Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon at Cardiff & Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK since 2003. His practice covers the full spectrum of spinal disorders including paediatric deformity.

He is also actively involved in education (convening cadaveric and interactive courses for senior trainees and consultants), training (as the lead for the centre’s fellowship programme which has AO Spine recognition) and research -Co-Chief Investigator for NIHR trial-FORENSIC UK (FusiOn veRsus bEst coNServatIve Care for chronic low back pain). Co-App on successful NIHR UK (BASIS, PRESTO) and NHMRC Australia (FORENSIC Australia) research grants, publishing regularly in peer reviewed journals and authored book chapters).

He has worked on the executive boards of British Scoliosis Society (BSS), British Association of Spine Surgeons (BASS) and AO Spine UK& Ireland.

He is the Co-Chair of the Spine Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel & Beyond Compliance (ODEP & BC) Committee. Past Chair of the UK Spine Societies Board (UKSSB) (2021-2025), Past-President BASS (2019-2021), Past Chair AO Spine UK Council (2017-2020).
He is an expert adviser to NHS England, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulator Agency (MHRA) UK.

It was whilst Rachel was working for Public Health England and with support and training at Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital that after a decade in environmental, food and water microbiology she made the switch into medical diagnostic science. Upon qualifying as a biomedical scientist in 2004 she practised in medical microbiology at St Thomas’ Hospital and subsequently at Gloucester Royal Hospital and most recently The University Hospital of Wales. Whilst having gained wide experience across all aspects of laboratory microbiology it is within her new Clinical Liaison BMS role that Rachel has gained a specialist interest within Trauma & Orthopaedic microbiology and molecular biology which she believes will shape the future for the diagnostic service. She participates in the multi-disciplinary Microbiology-Orthopaedic liaison service in Cardiff, which manages complicated infection. Her focus is improving current, and implementing new, laboratory diagnostics and building the relationship between Orthopaedics and the laboratory by working collaboratively on quality improvement projects through the Orthopaedic Infection Quality Improvement Group.

…with a specialist interest in Lower Limb Arthroplasty. His NHS practice is based at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, City Hospital Campus.
After graduating from University College London, he trained in London before moving to the East Midlands where he undertook specialist training on the highly regarded training programmes across both Nottingham and Leicester.

Mr Berber was awarded a PhD from University College London, for completing a programme of internationally recognised research based at the prestigious Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore.

On completion of training, he went on to highly regarded national and international fellowships with renowned mentors, including a British Orthopaedic Association travelling fellowship to the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, USA. His experiences have equipped him with a breadth of knowledge and skills in managing primary joint replacement surgery and complex revision surgery.
Mr Berber has an interest in revision hip and knee replacements and the treatment of the young patient with an arthritic knee. He can offer treatments suitable for the younger patient such as unicompartmental knee replacement and patello-femoral joint replacements where clinically appropriate. Mr Berber is a consultant member of the East Midlands Specialist Orthopaedic Network.

Mr Berber has published numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles and has delivered several international presentations, including at the prestigious American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons conference. He has received numerous awards in recognition of his research activities.

Mr Berber is actively involved in teaching surgical trainees, and allied health care professionals. He is a dedicated faculty member on a number of national and international teaching courses.

Mr Alex Bolt is a Consultant Hand & Wrist Surgeon at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. Alex graduated from Keele University with Honours in 2010, obtaining the Nigel Eastwood prize. His postgraduate Trauma & Orthopaedic training was completed in 2019 on the Oswestry / Stoke-on-Trent rotation of the West Midlands. He secured a nationally appointed Advanced Training Post fellowship in hand surgery in Oxford, where he developed an interest in arthroplasty and bone infection working with the Oxford bone infection unit. He completed an additional period of fellowship at the Birmingham Hand Centre, where he developed his skills in complex wrist surgery. Alex has completed both the European Hand Diploma in 2020 and the British Hand Diploma in 2021, where he was awarded the Vivien Lees gold medal. He began his consultant career at the Birmingham hand centre after his fellowship, but later that year was offered a consultant post at the Pulvertaft hand centre in Derby. He subsequently moved his consultant practice to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff in 2024 to pursue his interest in complex hand and wrist trauma. He has elective interests in arthroplasty, wrist surgery and bone infection. He is a reviewer for the European Journal of Hand Surgery, current lead of module 8 for the British Hand diploma committee and a British Hand Diploma tutor.

…Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust with a special interest in bone and prosthetic joint infection lead to role as Pharmacist representative for BAJIS. My research portfolio has focussed on novel antimicrobial therapeutics, penicillin allergy delabelling and global health having established a pharmacist-led international health partnership to address AMR in Tanzania in 2019. I have a keen interest in bacteriophage therapy and hope to see phage therapy available for PJI patient within the NHS in the near future. I am passionate about representing fellow infection pharmacists’ and the wider MDT’s contribution to patient care.

Dr Fiona Brennan has worked as a consultant in anaesthesia in Cardiff & Vale University Health Board (CAV) since 2013.
Fiona interests lie in the health of both people and planet.
Fiona wrote proposals for and supervised 4 years of HEIW leadership fellows in sustainable healthcare 2019-2023. Advocated for clinical leadership in sustainability to be recognised within our health boards in Wales; a role she held in CAV from 2022-24 and succession planned for it to be represented by both primary care and secondary care leaders thereafter.
Fiona completed a part time secondment role with the WG NHS decarbonisation team last year and is looking forward to commencing an Executive Fellowship in Sustainable Healthcare with the National University of Singapore this August.

… Medicine, UK, during which time she also intercalated to complete a BSc in Human Anatomy from Cardiff University. Following this, she entered surgical training and completed her basic surgical training in South Wales. After successful training placements in various surgical disciplines, she obtained Membership (MRCS) to the Royal College of Surgeons of England. She then undertook a period of dedicated basic science research evaluating the effects of IL-6/sIL-6R in osteoclastogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis; the thesis is to be submitted towards a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree at Cardiff University.

After completing her Specialist Registrar training in Trauma and Orthopaedics on the All Wales Higher Surgical Training programme, she undertook a year of specialisation (fellowship) in paediatric orthopaedics at the highly acclaimed Westmead Children’s Hospital in Westmead, Sydney, Australia. Following this, she was appointed as a Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.

Dr Carpenter has a keen interest in teaching and has been involved in various academic activities both for undergraduate and postgraduate students. She also has the experience of devising teaching assessment tools and developing clinical skills examination audio-visual presentations. Besides the UK, she has the experience of working in various countries including Australia, Papua New Guinea and India (working with children affected by the sequlae of poliomyelitis).

Pablo S. Corona, MD, PhD (1976; Santa Cruz de Tenerife; Spain) is an orthopedic surgeon, member of the Osteoarticular Septic Surgical Unit (UCSO), belonging to the Orthopaedic Surgery Department at University Hospital Valld´Hebron of Barcelona. He is PhD in surgery from the Universidad Autónoma of Barcelona (UAB). His unit is national reference-center for complex infections of the musculoskeletal system (CSUR program of the Ministry of Health). Dr. Corona performs his private activity at HM Delfos Hospital and at Pilar Quirón Hospital, both in the city of Barcelona. His daily clinical practice focuses, monographically, on the resolution of complex problems in the field of musculoskeletal infections and on the reconstruction of large bone defects, deformities and amputee osseointegration, areas where Dr. Corona is national and international reference. He is currently the principal investigator of the septic pathology study group of the Valld´Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) and author of more than 50 articles in international core journals and book chapters of the specialty (Pubmed y Researchgate). Dr. Corona is an active teacher and works as a consultant for the most prestigious companies in the sector.

…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.

…the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. Her special interest in bone and joint infection began during specialist training in Oxford, and she has since developed and leads the multi-disciplinary Microbiology-Orthopaedic liaison service in Cardiff, which manages complicated infection on a regional basis. She is committed to reducing rates of orthopaedic infection through the Orthopaedic Infection Quality Improvement Group and is actively involved in clinical research.

In addition, as Clinical Lead for the UK Anaerobe Reference Unit, Harriet provides advice on the clinical management of anaerobic infections across the UK and supports the research output of the unit including the ongoing surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and the utilisation of genomics in clinically relevant anaerobic pathogens. She is also the Training Programme Director for speciality training in medical microbiology in Wales, the chair of the RCPath microbiology/virology Specialty Training Committee and the co-chair for the JRCTB Combined Infection Training Committee.

Dr Philippa King is a Consultant Microbiologist & Clinical Lead for Microbiology at West Suffolk Hospital. She developed an interest in bone and joint infections during her training and is currently Lead Microbiologist for the Essex & Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre (ESEOC), having taken up this role when the centre opened in late 2024. In addition, she has interests in laboratory development, workforce and education and currently sits on the British Infection Association council as Workforce and Training Secretary.

…Executive Medical Director and Chief Information Officer in NHS Wales, UK.
A Professor in Swansea University since 2018 and Director of its global leading Value-Based Health and Care (VBHC) Academy, Hamish teaches, researches and provides consultancy about VBHC and Value-Based Procurement (VBP) for Health and life-sciences sectors. The Academy works with UK and many international health systems to creating sustainability though adopting Value-Based Health Care.
A member of EFPIA’s VBHC Think-Tank and of the steering committee of the EU VBP Community of Practice, Hamish supports Life Sciences companies on their VBHC transformation and is an expert affiliate to EU Alliance for Value in Health.

…at the Bristol Medical School, where he leads the Qualitative Musculoskeletal Research Group. Andrew specialises in using qualitative research methods in the development, evaluation, and implementation of health interventions at both local and national scale. His research focuses on the management of chronic musculoskeletal conditions and adverse outcomes after joint arthroplasty, including post-surgical pain and periprosthetic infections.

His research on the INFORM programme advanced the qualitative understanding of patient and clinician experiences of prosthetic infection, and as Chief Investigator of the INFORM: EP study he led the development and implementation of the evidence-based INFORM guidelines on the management of prosthetic infection. More recently he led the development of an NHSe Training Module on the Management of Prosthetic Infection aimed at allied health professionals.
He recently led on the adoption and implementation of a shared-decision making tool for osteoarthritis; the qualitative evaluation of the NIHR-funded STAR clinic for chronic pain after knee replacement and he is currently leading work packages on the largest ever orthopaedic trial NIHR PGfAR (NIHR203671) Hip Implant Prosthesis Programme for the Younger total hip replacement patient (HiPPY). He is also Co-Chief Investigator of the SOS Project, a study to improve support for orthopaedic surgeons in managing outlier performance.

Andrew is Director of the Bristol Medical School’s Short Courses Programme; Co-director of the Bristol Bone and Joints Health Integration Team; a Member of Versus Arthritis’ Research Expert Committee; and Chair of the Bone and Joint Infection Society’s Research Committee.

…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.

Tamsin Oswald completed her undergraduate education in the South-West graduating from the University of Bristol in 1998. She completed her post-graduate training in the North-East qualifying as a Consultant Microbiologist in 2008 when she was appointed at Northumbria. She has also been the Director of Infection Prevention and Control since 2022. As well as providing the general microbiology and infection control advice and driving service development, she also has a specialist interest in bone and joint infections and antibiotic stewardship, having participated in research and co-authored several publications in these areas. She collaborates closely with the different pathology disciplines to further develop diagnostic services, examples of which include enabling the introduction of synovial fluid analysis and exploring histopathology support to aid the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infections. She works very closely with the orthopaedic and associated teams and was integral in developing the trust’s Bone and Joint Infection MDT. She is the deputy chair of the Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Steering group, which is dedicated to ensuring best practice locally to reduce the incidence of SSIs (leading on a Patient Safety Incident Investigation to establish contributing factors to an increased SSI rate in TKRs, resulting in changes in practices and reduction in rates) and has been closely involved in developing the regional pathways and MDT

…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.

…consultant practice since 2014. He has a specialist interest in complex hip and knee replacement and revision (re-do). Following training in Exeter, London and the North East he undertook specialist fellowship training in the world famous Exeter Hip unit. He has undertaken a prestigious AAHKS travelling fellowship to Mayo clinic and Rothman Institutes in North America.

With a high volume practice (performing more than three times average UK caseload) Mr Petheram is a busy joint replacement surgeon. He is heavily involved in several national projects, including roles on the executive committee of the British Hip Society, the UK Bone and Joint Infection Society, and helps lead the UK Bone and Joint Infection Registry. He has received National recognition of his surgical training as National Trainer of the Year in 2023. He has published and presented several papers on hip and knee replacement surgery, attends meetings across the UK and world to stay up to date, often as faculty, and has led various large multicentre studies in Northumbria, such as the RACER Hip robotic hip replacement research project.

…in infectious diseases in the Northern Deanery. He became a consultant in 2010 and worked at the RVI before moving to Northumbria in 2012 to develop the Clinical Infection service. Nikhil works across the acute medical team and the clinical infection service in addition to being the trust clinical lead for IT (CCIO).
His clinical interests include bone and joint infection, antimicrobial stewardship and the application of technology to healthcare with the aim of improving patient care and staff experience.
Nikhil is the clinical lead for the North Cumbria viral hepatitis service and delivers intermittent clinics in Carlisle.
Additionally, Nikhil is an Associate Dean for Health Education England North East and chairs the Faculty of Digital Health. He is also the current trust Local Negotiating Committee (LNC) Chair.

..surgeon. He trained in the North of England and did fellowships in New Zealand.

He leads Trauma and Orthopaedics at Northumbria, working with a team of 31 talented colleagues.

His research focuses on clinical outcomes particularly around short stay surgery as well as infection prevention, diagnosis and management. Professor Reed is on the steering committee and executive of the National Joint Registry (NJR) and Chaired the Annual Report from 2019-2024. He now leads on Surgical Performance for the NJR, is a trustee for the Orthopaedic Research UK charity and is on the grant awards committee for the National Institute Health and Care Research (NIHR) (i4i PDA). He leads clinical trials for industry and NIHR, and works academically with the University of York.

He is leading the openPredictor project which aims to use data and artificial intelligence algorithms to predict the outcome of medical interventions including complications and health gain.

Dr. Riaz was born in Pakistan where he spent his formative years. His interest in infectious diseases began while completing a research fellowship in cardiovascular infectious diseases. Mentored by Dr. Camelia Marculescu, he found enjoyment and intrigue in taking care of patients with musculoskeletal infections. He furthered his skills in the management of orthopedics infectious diseases, under the mentorship of Dr. Doug Osmon. He has worked on multiple projects pertaining to osteoarticular infections including a multi-center research study that focused on the risk factors of fungal prosthetic joint infections.

Following completion of his fellowship, he worked in the Cleveland Clinic Health System and served as staff at the Northeast Ohio Medical University. In addition to his research interest in musculoskeletal infections, he also enjoys taking care of patients with cardiovascular infections including infective endocarditis and patients with cardiovascular device related infections. He also enjoys teaching and mentoring medical students and residents.

…The Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust and The Royal National Orthopaedic NHS Trust. Her specialist interests include orthopaedic and implant-associated infections, Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) and novel antimicrobial therapies including bacteriophages.

She is the research lead for the Bone Infection Unit at Royal National orthopaedic hospital and Lead for the UK Clinical Working Group for bacteriophage therapy in bone and joint infections and executive committee of Phage UK.

Dr. Imran Ali Shah is a European trained Orthopaedic Surgeon. He undertook his BST (Basic Surgical Training) in London. His Postgraduate qualifications include MRCS degrees from the Royal Colleges of Surgeons in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Dip. SICOT from Sweden and FRCS (Trauma and Orthopaedics) from the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Dr. Shah’s late father established A.O. Hospital in the trauma-active city of Karachi in Pakistan in 1985. This inspired Dr. Shah’s career in Trauma and Orthopaedics, and he is currently running A.O. Hospital and continuing his father’s legacy.
Dr. Shah’s areas of interest are: Complex Neglected Infected Nonunions/Malunions, Osteomyelitis, and he have completed a DePuy Fellowship in Primary and Revision Knee Arthroplasty at East Surrey Hospital, Surrey, UK.
Dr. Shah is active in postgraduate teaching and has been invited from Pakistan to speak on various platforms worldwide. He also teaches on FRCS courses in the UK and medical students and orthopaedic registrars in Karachi, Pakistan.
He has a vast contribution in charity & social work which includes promotion of sports and free treatment to the under privileged of Pakistan.
Currently, Dr. Imran Shah holds the record of operating successfully on Pakistan oldest patient with a Hip fracture, the patient is now 110 years old and lives in Kohat.
Dr. Imran Shah won by a landslide victory in the General Elections 2018 and is a serving MPA of PTI from North Nazimabad.

I worked full-time in the NHS until October 2022 and now work part-time. I have particular expertise in orthopaedic trauma, limb reconstruction, external
fixation, hand surgery, complex fracture and non-union work, bone infection and
nerve injury

… 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.

Mr Ryan Trickett grew up in Dorset before moving to Cardiff to study medicine in 1999. After developing an interest in the hand during his junior surgical jobs, he completed higher orthopaedic training across South Wales in all areas of orthopaedic surgery, but focusing on the hand and wrist.

In 2013 Ryan was appointed to the Advanced Training Post in Hand Surgery at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. This prestigious nationally appointed post covers all aspects of hand and wrist surgery, including both orthopaedic and plastic surgical techniques.

He then completed an additional fellowship at the world renowned Pulvertaft Hand Centre, learning advanced techniques in wrist fracture treatment, reconstruction and joint replacement in the hand and wrist. Ryan was appointed as a Consultant Hand and Wrist Surgeon in January 2015 at the University Hospital Wales, Cardiff

…took her surgical and orthopaedic training in the Severn Deanery. She attended a trauma fellowship at the hospital for special surgery in New York, an AO fellowship at Groote Schuur in Cape Town and a reconstructive trauma fellowship at Queen Elizabeth, Birmingham. In 2014 she started as an orthopaedic trauma consultant at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire. She has recently moved to Cardiff, the major trauma centre for Wales. Her main interest is open fractures and polytrauma. She has previously been education chair for the OTS and enjoys working with AO and teaching around the world