…BOTA Secretary and sits on the BOA Trauma Committee. He has an interest in trauma and global surgery. Outside of work he enjoys travel, running, chilli growing and (unfortunately) watching Manchester United.

He specialises predominantly in orthopaedic trauma, pelvic and acetabular fractures and limb reconstruction. He also maintains an interest in lower limb arthroplasty and osteotomy around the knee.

Originally from Glasgow, he completed his surgical training in the North East of England. He undertook fellowships at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, and at the Russian Ilizarov Scientific Centre, Kurgan, Russia.

He has a strong interest in training and holds a Masters in Medical Education from Newcastle University, where he is also an Associate Clinical Lecturer. He is the early years lead for orthopaedic training in the Northern Deanery, sits on the regional STC and is faculty for AO and ATLS.

… Leeds Teaching Hospitals since 2002, having completed surgical training in Bath and Bristol and following fellowship training in the Ilizarov method at the Ilizarov Scientific Centre in Kurgan, Russia.

Mr Britten’s clinical practice includes the treatment of severe lower limb fractures and post-traumatic limb reconstruction including non-union, mal-union and deformity, limb length inequality, bone loss and amputation.

He is the Immediate Past President of the British Limb Reconstruction Society and he has just finished his three year tenure as Chair of the British Orthopaedic Association Medico-legal Committee.

In 2018 Mr Britten was awarded the taught degree of Master of Laws with Distinction in medical law and ethics by De Montfort University Leicester.

His other interests include Nottingham Forest FC, Leeds Rhinos RLFC, modern languages, old Gothic Hammer Horror films, Formula One racing and the castles of Northumberland.

… Surgeon, specialising in paediatric and adult congenital and acquired limb deficiency and deformity correction.
He graduated from St. Bartholomew’s Medical College, London in 1993. He undertook Basic Surgical Training on the Barts surgical rotation before his Orthopaedic Specialist Registrar training on the Royal London Hospital rotation. He undertook a paediatric orthopaedic fellowship at Great Ormond Street and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospitals, with a Masters Fellowship at the Ilizarov centre in Kurgan, Russia. He was appointed as a consultant at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in 2005.
Mr Calder has published extensively in peer-review journals and written several book chapters covering a wide range of topics including limb lengthening and deformity correction techniques and optimisation of function following amputation. He is regularly invited to lecture in national and international meetings.
He is the current President of the British Limb Reconstruction Society and Associate Medical Director of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. His research interests remain in improving outcome following limb reconstruction procedures and raising professional standards in surgical practice.

Mr Simon Chambers is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary specialising in foot and ankle surgery, trauma surgery and limb reconstruction (including ring fixators).

Mr Chambers graduated from Newcastle Medical School in 2004. He undertook basic and higher surgical training in the Northeast.

He won a place as an AO International Trauma Fellow in Marseille, France. He then completed a Foot and Ankle Fellowship at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Finally he spent a year at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia, gaining experience in complex trauma and limb reconstruction.

He won the prize for Best International Paper at AOFAS in 2015 for research work on Ankle Replacements, done at Freeman Hospital.

…and major trauma team at the Great North Children’s Hospital.

…Orthopaedic Surgeon at Sheffield University Teaching Hospitals, UK, specialising in the treatment of elective and traumatic conditions of the adult foot and ankle. He now bases his clinical practice solely from Spire Claremont Hospital, Sheffield. He qualified from the University of Southampton in 1993 and undertook basic surgical training in London, Oxford and Swindon prior to commencing Orthopaedic training in Sheffield. He is both Fellowship trained in Limb Reconstruction techniques (Sheffield) and in elective Adult Foot & Ankle surgery (Brisbane). In education, he has been voted Orthopaedic Trainer of the Year by the South Yorkshire trainees and contributes to teaching and training nationally and internationally. He consults for many implant manufacturers providing design ideas and education. He has a specific interest in additive manufacturing processes for custom solutions. He has been an investigator in many local, national and international clinical trials and has published extensively on many aspects of foot and ankle surgery. He is the immediate past President of the British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (BOFAS) having been the former Honorary Secretary and ordinary member of the Scientific Committee. He is the former Chairman of Sheffield Orthopaedics Ltd.

… in orthopaedic trauma surgery and the management of post-traumatic complications including fracture fixation failure, nonunion, deformity and osteomyelitis. Will trained in surgery throughout Northern England and completed his education with a year of fellowship experience before being appointed as Consultant Surgeon to the South Tees Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust in 2014.

Having left the British Army in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel after nineteen years of service, Will has worked in an operational capacity in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. Will has an acknowledged reputation in orthopaedic trauma research, publishing numerous papers, letters and book chapters.

He completed a master’s degree investigating fracture distribution in Road Traffic Accidents. He has also completed a formal period of study at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, successfully defending his thesis to be awarded Doctor of Medicine. He is research active and is co-applicant on several NIHR funded research trials.

In his NHS practice, Mr Eardley consults on acute and chronic trauma management, with a range of patients under his care for significant limb injuries. Post traumatic deformity, fixation failure, nonunion and infection account for the bulk of his clinical work.

Will holds several senior positions of responsibility within United Kingdom Orthopaedic Trauma :

Vice-Chair British Orthopaedic Association Trauma Committee

Vice-Chair Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Speciality Board. Orthopaedic Clinical Lead, National Hip Fracture Database of England and Wales.

National Major Trauma Registry Audit Orthopaedic representative

…reconstruction surgeon at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, with a specialist interest in open fractures, periarticular trauma, non-union and bone infection.

He graduated from Newcastle University Medical School in 2013 and completed basic and higher surgical training in the North East of England prior to completing a fellowship at the Queen Elizabeth Universtiy Hospital, Glasgow, in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction.

In addition to his clinical practice he has a keen interest in medical education. He is faculty for courses run through the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow (RCPSG), ATLS and is course director for local external fixation and intramedullary nailing courses.

…Victoria Infirmary. She qualified in 2008 as a registered adult nurse and has since performed a variety of roles within elective orthopaedic and trauma inpatients/outpatients settings. Currently in the process of completing an MSc in clinical practice to support our service development.

…the New Queen Elizabeth Hopsital and undertakes Private work at BMI Priory Hospital, BMI Droitwich Spa Hospital, Hereford Nuffield Hospital, Spire Southbank Hospital and The Chaddesley Clinic.

Mr Evriviades provides a comprehensive, plastic surgical practice in the Midlands and Worcestershire. Demetrius practises all aspects of plastic and cosmetic surgery, but particularly cosmetic surgery of the face, breast and abdomen.

He holds the FRCS(Plast) Examination and is on the GMC Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery. He is a Full Member of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) and the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the governing and representative body for Plastic Surgery in the UK.

Demetrius Evriviades was born in Derby and educated at Nottingham High School before attending Liverpool Medical School to read Medicine, graduating MB ChB BSc(Hons) in 1994. He has served in the Royal Air Force Medical Branch since 1992. He trained initially in general practice before surgical training in Portsmouth, Peterborough, Stoke Mandeville and Southampton, qualifying MRCS(Ed) in 2000.

After a period of time spent researching new treatments for chemical burns, he went on to complete an intensive training program in Plastic and Reconstructive surgery in the UK and overseas at the prestigious Wharton Centre for Head and Neck Surgery, Toronto qualifying FRCS (Plast) in 2007. During this time he completed Advanced Surgical Fellowships in Cosmetic Surgery, Nasal Surgery, Breast Reconstruction, Eyelid Surgery, and Microsurgery.

…and ankle trauma, orthoplastic injuries and post-traumatic limb reconstruction. At Spire Little Aston Hospital I manage conditions of the foot and ankle including trauma, forefoot deformity, sports injuries and arthritic conditions.

A significant proportion of my practice involves the use of circular fixators for both acute and delayed trauma reconstruction (non-union malunion and bone infection) as well as the management of post-traumatic and elective foot and ankle conditions, including sports injuries.

Since 2015 I have worked as an Orthopaedic Trauma Consultant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital which serves as the major trauma centre for Birmingham and the surrounding region. I am a member of the limb reconstruction unit, receiving tertiary referrals from across the region.

After undergraduate training in Edinburgh, I completed Orthopaedic training in Birmingham. This was followed by specialist fellowship training in limb reconstruction surgery in Bristol and foot and ankle surgery in Sheffield as well as a visiting fellowship to Tampa, Florida with Dr Roy Sanders.

…University Hospital Tees and a full time Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic & Limb Reconstruction Surgeon.

He graduated from the University of Leeds Medical School in 2005, and went on to complete his basic and higher surgical training in Yorkshire. He then joined the James Cook University Hospital as a consultant in 2016.

He has specialist training in adult and paediatric limb reconstruction and has been the clinical lead for Paediatric Major Trauma since 2019. He is an academic with a diverse research portfolio involving several multi-centre trials in both paediatric and adult orthopaedics.

In 2020, he founded the Digital Skills Lab at University Hospital Tees and leads a team of clinical technologists focusing on improving patient care through technology. The 3D printing from the lab has been one of the most productive and successful outputs, supplying NHS trusts throughout the UK with anatomical models.

…in 2022. Previously he was a Senior Lecturer in Trauma and Orthopaedics at the University of Liverpool. He also works as a Major Trauma and Limb Reconstruction Consultant Surgeon at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust.

He completed a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research PhD Fellowship at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the University of Edinburgh. His project investigated fracture healing in HIV positive patients and was awarded the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons Hunterian Professorship and Syme Medal. He also has a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Leeds.

Simon’s research focuses on advancing higher standards of care in musculoskeletal trauma in low- and middle-income countries. He is actively involved with research in musculoskeletal trauma across sub-Saharan Africa and leads the Global Injury Group, a collaboration dedicated to improving musculoskeletal healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa through research. He has also published widely and presented his research internationally.

…and in Milan, Italy. He is renowned for his pioneering work in limb lengthening and advanced reconstructive surgery. With over 30 years of experience, he has developed innovative techniques and surgical tools that have become the Gold Standard in the field.

His contributions include the creation of the Albizzia and ‘G Nail’ (or Guichet® Nail), fully weight-bearing intramedullary lengthening nails, which have revolutionised limb lengthening procedures worldwide. He has also advanced treatments for children, introducing complex surgeries such as ligament reconstruction, 3D reconstruction and lengthening over nails.

His clinic offers a holistic care taking into account all parameters for surgery, including the bone corrections or lengthening, and also muscle optimisation for sports recovery, vascular supply and nerve repair. He has been using stem cells and bone healing enhancers for decades. The target of the care focuses on the improvement of the patient, who also benefits of a full psychological ‘custom-made’ support to bring them, through recovery, to their satisfaction at the end-result.

Mr Guichet is a prolific researcher, with dissertations on all aspects of lengthening and reconstruction and further thesis, and numerous articles published in international professional journals and several patents to his credit. He is actively involved in teaching and mentorship, including the establishment of educational courses and sharing his expertise with colleagues globally. He is regularly asked to do or organise conferences in various Congresses. He also participated in several Charity works.

His focus on minimally invasive techniques and rapid recovery has improved patient outcomes, particularly in cosmetic limb lengthening, with some patients being discharged after unilateral or bilateral surgeries on the day of the surgery. With memberships in prestigious orthopaedic societies, Mr Guichet is recognised as a leader in his field, dedicated to advancing patient care and the evolution of limb lengthening and reconstruction techniques.

John Henton has been a consultant plastic surgeon at the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2020. He specialises in reconstructive microsurgery of the breast and limbs. He has performed risk reducing lymphatic reconstruction for breast cancer patients since 2022. More recently he has begun performing super-microsurgical lymphovenous anastomoses for established lymphoedema, alongside liposuction. He is also interested in chronic pain in limb amputees, and has introduced targeted muscle reinnervation to his practice. He is a founding partner of the Great North Lymphatic Centre.

…Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
He graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 2006 and has completed his orthopaedic training in the West of Scotland. This has been supplemented with further subspecialist training in Sheffield and Edinburgh.
Mr Jamal is a recipient of the prestigious European Foot and Ankle Society travelling fellowship. Bilal has travelled widely allowing him to gain further experience in orthopaedic surgery by visiting internationally recognised centres in Heidelberg, Lyon and Verona.
Bilal continues to innovate and lead the conversation within orthopaedics. This is demonstrated by the fact that he is the Director of Surgical Education at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG). Bilal is also a member of Council at RCPSG. In addition, he is a member of the executive committee of the British Limb Reconstruction Society as well as being a member of the trauma committee of the British Orthopaedic Association.
Specialisation
Mr Jamal was appointed as a consultant in 2017. His practice consists entirely of foot, ankle and limb reconstruction surgery.
Sub specialisation of this nature allows Mr Jamal to offer the latest techniques which maximise patient comfort and outcome.
He is known for his pragmatic approach and will only operate when there is no other reasonable alternative.

…Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at James Cook University Hospital. Her clinical specialty areas are lower limb trauma, foot and ankle surgery and limb reconstruction. She completed a PhD at Newcastle University focused on osseointegration funded by Versus Arthritis.

She is secretary of the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Scientific Committee and a member of the British Orthopaedic Association Trauma Committee. She is a recipient of an NIHR Greenshoots Award and has received funding from Diabetes Research UK and the European Foot and Ankle Society. She is published in the areas of trauma, ankle arthritis and diabetic foot research. She is a PhD supervisor and examiner and is foot and ankle section editor for Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction. Her main areas of research interest are diabetic foot, trauma and limb reconstruction.

…and their consequences. This ranges from irritation caused by the implants used to fix a fracture all the way to limb-threatening infection and post-amputation problems.

…Pathologies; Ankle Instability; Ankle Arthritis including Ankle Replacement; Deformities including Toe Deformities; Neurological Feet; and
Diabetic Feet especially Charcot Arthropathy.

…College of Surgeons Chair at Health Sciences and Hull York Medical School, University of York. He also holds a full Professorship with Faculty of Medical Sciences & NDORMS, University of Oxford. He is Head of Academic Centre for Surgery at South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust in Middlesbrough, Past President of British Elbow & Shoulder Society, Trustee of the British Orthopaedic Association, member of the National Joint Registry Steering Committee and Research Committee.

Amar leads a programme of clinical and translational research, particularly NIHR funded multi-centre clinical trials. He has published widely in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery, where his work has influenced clinical practice, guidelines, and policy nationally and internationally.

…Donna is a Sister of Fracture Clinic at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle Upon Tyne. She qualified as an Registered Adult Nurse in 2008, and began her career in Trauma and Orthopaedics at Newcastle General Hospital. In 2016, Donna spend 18 months working as a research nurse leading on T&O Studies prior to commencing her role in Fracture clinic in 2018. She is currently in the process of completing a MSc in Clinical Practice.

…Hospital. She has a MSc in Contemporary Nursing.

Since qualifying as a nurse in 1994 she has specialised within the fields of Rheumatology and Orthopaedics. Working within the trauma environment at the Royal London Hospital she became a Limb Reconstruction Nurse Specialist in 2005, leaving to become a member of the team at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in 2012. Anna was the Nursing and AHP representative on the executive committee of the British Limb Reconstruction Society between 2018 and 2020.

Anna’s research interests include pin site care and Patient Reported Outcome Measures. She is very proud to be a part of the RNOH team.

…bone and joint infection. She is part of the Limb Reconstruction Unit at Stanmore.

She qualified as a doctor in 2008 from King’s College Hospital with distinction and is an Associate of King’s College. She has an MSc in Tropical Medicine and International Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She completed her specialist orthopaedic training in the East of England rotation, winning trainee of the year in 2017. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. She has completed sub-specialist fellowships in major trauma and orthoplastics (King’s College Hospital), bone infection (Oxford Bone Infection Unit and Sinai Hospital Baltimore), acute adult limb reconstruction (Royal London Hospital) and paediatric and elective adult limb reconstruction (Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital).

Alongside her clinic work, she leads the work of King’s Global Health Partnerships in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This long-term partnership works with the ministry of health in health systems strengthening to improve the quality of care in the Kongo Central province. This work has been recognised with a King’s Alumnus of the Year award in 2018.

Her research interests include: bone and joint infection and particularly their management in low resource settings, global surgery, health systems strengthening and health economics.

She is committed to the delivery of excellent surgical care in the NHS and to improving access to safe, timely and affordable surgery in areas of the world where it is most needed.

…position of Honorary Reader in Orthopaedic Surgery at St George’s University of London. His specific clinical interests are the management of complex fractures, bone infection, non-union, deformity correction and limb lengthening. He works closely with plastic surgeons for many cases. He has a regular ortho-plastic-microbiology MDT clinic as well as delivering the region’s amputation service.

Alex graduated from Guy’s and St Thomas’ medical school in 2003. He completed his specialist training in trauma and orthopaedics in the South West Thames rotation in 2012. He won the Sir Walter Mercer Gold Medal for the FRCS examinations in 2011. Alex undertook specialist fellowship training in trauma and limb reconstruction in the UK (Liverpool and Chertsey) and overseas (Calgary, Canada). He was awarded the Braun travelling fellowship to the Massachusetts General Hospital, USA, by the British Orthopaedic Association, and a travelling fellowship to the Oxford Bone Infection Unit by the British Limb Reconstruction Society.

Alex is actively involved in education locally, nationally and internationally. He regularly teaches and lectures in his specialist areas. He has previously been an MBBS module lead, is currently co-section head for Clinical teachers, and co-chairs a musculoskeletal anatomy BSc module at SGUL. He is Training Program Director for the South West London Orthopaedic Rotation. He is involved at a national level in policy making and improving patient care. Alex is also actively involved in academic research and is widely published in his field. In his spare time he tries to go running, learn the guitar, coach cricket and make salami.

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