Mr Kahlan Al Kaisi is Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in lower limb arthroplasty and complex trauma, with a particular focus on hip and knee replacement and femoral fragility fractures and complex hip revision surgery. After obtaining an MBChB in Iraq and completing GMC registration, Mr Al Kaisi trained extensively across the NHS, including at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Stanmore) and the West Midlands Deanery (Oswestry/Stoke rotation), followed by a post-CCT fellowship in arthroplasty. Currently works as a Consultant Trauma & Orthopedic surgeon at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, co-leading the femur fragility fracture service.

… replacement surgery of the hip and knee. He is based at the Avon Orthopaedic Centre and has a specialist interest in revision surgery for failed hip and knee replacements. This includes failure from infection, fracture, loosening, pain and reaction to metal debris.

He went to medical school in Manchester and graduated in 1999. He is on the GMC specialist register as an Orthopaedic Consultant who specialises in both elective and trauma surgery, after completing his training in Bristol.

He is fellowship trained having spent one year in the prestigious Vancouver adult lower limb joint reconstruction unit. Subsequently he has visted Munster (Germany) as an AO fellow in trauma. His research interests include hip and knee replacement, hip resurfacing and hip fracture treatment.

He is an advisory editor of hip international, the only journal dedicated to hip disease and is actively involved in teaching junior doctors and medical students.

…of the Swiss Medical Association (FMH) for orthopaedic surgery and musculoskeletal traumatology. He lives with his family in the city of Bern and is a Swiss citizen. He is based at the Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, where he specialises in hip and pelvic surgery with a focus on primary and revision prosthetics, and traumatology in the treatment and revision of fractures of the femur and acetabulum, including periprosthetic fractures and pelvic ring injuries. His most important teachers and mentors are Prof. R. Ganz, Prof. K. Siebenrock, Prof. M. Keel and Prof. P. Giannoudis (Leeds, UK).
In his fields of expertise, he is involved in teaching and research. He is the author of scientific publications (PubMed) and book contributions, speaks at national and international conferences, writes reviews for various journals, and is an active member of renowned professional societies.
At the Inselspital he and his team have established an orthogeriatric service and a fracture liaison service, both of which he leads. At his request, the «Orthogeriatry and geriatric traumatology» expert group was set up within the Swiss Society for Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (Swiss Orthopaedics), of which he is the president. He founded the Orthogeriatric Research Center Bern as a platform for interdisciplinary and interprofessional exchange within the framework of the Swiss Orthogeriatric Day. He is passionate about providing the elderly with optimal orthopaedic trauma.

…Oxford and Honorary Consultant Trauma Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.

Matt was appointed as Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant at University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire in 2006, and was promoted to Professor at Warwick Clinical Trials Unit in 2011. Matt moved to Oxford to take up the post of Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma in 2015.

Matt’s research interest is in clinical and cost effectiveness of musculoskeletal interventions and he is Chief Investigator for a series of randomised trials supported by grants from the UK National Institute of Health Research and Musculoskeletal Charities. His work has been cited widely, and informs many guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

Mr David Crone is a Trauma & Orthopaedic Consultant at The Royal Sussex County Hospital Major Trauma Centre in Brighton. He specialises in the management of polytrauma patients and has an interest in all aspects of trauma management including modern damage control interventions. He spent 6 years as Clinical Lead for Orthopaedic Major Trauma and made a significant contribution to the early development of the Sussex Trauma Network.

David completed most of his training at The Royal London Hospital developing his interest in trauma from a very early stage in his career. He completed his Fellowship in Christchurch (New Zealand) where he gained invaluable experience in the management of severe mass casualty injuries due to his involvement in the devastating 2011 Christchurch Earthquake.

David collaboratively founded the Sussex Ortho-Plastic and Bone Infection service which receives referrals from all over the South East and continues to expand and develop.

…extremity trauma and sequelae. He is a professor at the University of Oslo. His main research interests are fragility fracture care, hip fractures, quality improvement and secondary fracture prevention. Frede was the President of the Fragility Fracture Network in 2023/2024. He leads the FLS services and the Orthogeriatric Unit at Østfold Hospital Trust. He coauthored the Norwegian Orthopaedic Association Guidelines for Secondary Fracture Prevention and the Norwegian Guidelines for Interdisciplinary Hip Fracture Care.

Mr. Kanai Garala is a highly trained consultant specialising in hip and knee replacement surgery and pelvic trauma. With dual fellowship training in hip and knee replacements as well as pelvic trauma, Mr. Garala focuses on complex surgeries, revision hip surgery, and treating pelvic and acetabular (hip socket) trauma. He is one of the few surgeons in Birmingham with expertise in acetabular trauma reconstruction and redo hip surgery, and receives referrals from across the region for these challenging cases. Additionally, he has completed a robotic surgery, gaining proficiency in advanced robotic systems such as MAKO and ROSA.

Mr. Garala graduated with a double honours degree in medicine and has passed the MRCP (medical) and FRCS Orth (surgical) exams. He has published over 20 peer-reviewed research papers and frequently presents his work at national and international conferences. He is an active member of the British Hip Society, the British Orthopaedic Association, and the Orthopaedic Trauma Society.

Miss Gill qualified from University College Hospital, London in 1997. After completing junior surgical training she was successful in securing a specialist registrar post within the South West Thames training rotation.

During this time Miss Gill developed an interest in lower limb joint replacement surgery, working with many of the regions top hip and knee replacement surgeons before being awarded the FRCS (Tr&Orth) exam from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, London in 2009.

Miss Gill was offered a prestigious fellowship with the world renowned Hip Unit at the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre (PEOC), Exeter in 2011. During her year in Exeter she worked alongside their highly skilled surgeons gaining experience in not only primary hip replacement surgery but revision hip surgery too, completing research projects, the results of which have subsequently been published in peer-reviewed journals.

In 2012 Miss Gill was fortunate enough to have a further year of fellowship training, this time in knee replacement surgery, working closely with Mr. Neil Bradley in Guildford.

…Surgery and Centre Lead for Bone and Joint Health at Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health.
Driven by a commitment to improving patient care, his research focuses on the clinical and cost effectiveness of new and existing treatments to advance bone and joint health. He has secured more than £45 million in research funding, alongside over 120 peer-reviewed publications and his work has been cited by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. He is passionate about developing innovative methodologies that harness the power of routinely collected data while combining this with the rigour of randomisation.

His vision is to make a step change in musculoskeletal research and care here in Northeast London and with colleagues across the world.

Outside of work he can be found mountain biking or rock climbing usually with his young sons in tow!

Ahmed Hamed is a Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at University Hospitals Birmingham, with specialist interests in lower limb arthroplasty, femoral fragility trauma and periprosthetic fractures.
He graduated from Alexandria University Medical School in 2005, completed a Master’s degree in Orthopaedics and Traumatology, and obtained the FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics) from the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2019. He subsequently completed specialist fellowship training in lower limb arthroplasty at University Hospitals Plymouth and University Hospitals Birmingham.

His clinical practice encompasses hip and knee arthroplasty, complex femoral trauma, and the management of fragility and periprosthetic fractures. He is actively involved in multidisciplinary arthroplasty and fragility fracture care, clinical research, quality improvement and orthopaedic education, with recent academic work focusing on operative strategies and outcomes in femoral fragility trauma.

General and Trauma Surgeon, Senior Registrar in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery at University Hospital of Bern

Antony Johansen was the first consultant to be appointed as a full time orthogeriatrician, and has worked in the Cardiff trauma unit since 1997.
He coauthored the BOA-BGS Blue Book, the NICE Guidance on hip fracture and helped to design the National Hip Fracture Database.

…& acetabular reconstruction surgeon at Leeds Teaching Hospitals since 2008. He has been appointed as the Clinical
Lead for LEEDS Major Trauma Centre since its launch in 2013. He holds the title of Hon. Ass. Professor
at the Academic Department of T&O of the University of Leeds and is chairing the Major Incident
Steering Group for LTHT. He has been elected as the Education Lead of BAPAS, the secretary of
ESTROT, the Chair of the Trauma Education Group of the EFORT, and Trauma Section Editor for the
AO Foundation.
He was born and studied in Athens, Greece. He received his specialist/fellowship training in Greece, the
USA (Yale-New Haven Hospital) and the UK (Leeds Teaching Hospitals).
He is an active member of the BOA, OTA, OTS, BAPAS, EFORT, AO Foundation, ZBI, ESTROT, SEPAS/ESPA,
and ISOPS. He has communicated the results of his clinical and research work in more than 170 peer-
reviewed scientific publications and over 80 chapters of scientific textbooks, which have received over
11,000 citations, with an h-index of 59. He has received 32 awards/prizes for his scientific and clinical
work. He is married with three teenage children and enjoys his free time with his family, as well as offshore
sailing and basketball.

Mr Kharwadkar specialises in hip and knee surgery. His clinical practice involves hip replacement surgery, knee replacement surgery and knee arthroscopy. He is a full-time Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
Mr Kharwadkar completed his higher surgical training in Orthopaedics and Trauma in March 2011 in the Yorkshire rotation based at Leeds. He then undertook sub-speciality fellowship training in hip and knee surgery at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham. He has also undertaken visiting fellowships in complex hip and knee surgery at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA and Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland which are world-famous institutions for the highest quality of care and leading advances in medical research. He worked as a Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon on a fixed-term contract for nearly two years at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge prior to his current appointment.

Mr Kharwadkar regularly attends national and international conferences to keep abreast of the latest advances in hip and knee surgery. He has presented papers in national and international meetings. He has published a number of research projects including prospective randomised trial and retrospective studies and has undertaken audits to improve the quality and safety of health care in the NHS. He is a clinical and educational supervisor for junior doctors in training and is invited as a faculty to teach on postgraduate courses in Orthopaedics and Trauma. He is an examiner for the FRCS (Orth) exam conducted by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Mr Kharwadkar is a keen runner and cyclist. He has completed a number of marathons and long-distance cycling events.

Mr Amit Kotecha – MBBS, MRCS, FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics) is specialist Hip and Knee surgeon at Spire Little Aston Hospital/ Spire Parkway, Solihull/ BMI Priory hospitals. He specialise in treating adult hip and knee pathologies. His NHS practice is based at University Hospitals Birmingham.
His basic surgical training was in south east London at University Hospital Lewisham where he completed his MRCS.

His higher specialist Orthopaedic training was in the West Midlands on prestigious Birmingham Orthopaedic Training Programme leading to FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics) and CCST.

He has undertaken Advanced Arthroplasty (Joint replacement) Fellowship at the University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire.

He had a successful Consultant practice at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton before moving close to home at Birmingham.

… at the world-famous Wrightington Hospital and the University of Bristol. His practice serves patients across the North West, Cheshire, and Yorkshire.

He completed his Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery specialist training in Yorkshire and has completed hip and knee arthroplasty fellowships in Waikato (NZ) and Wrightington (UK). His subspecialist training included primary hip and knee surgery, as well as robotic and navigated surgery. He also received advanced training in hip and knee revision surgery. His current clinical practice focuses on primary hip and knee replacement and revision surgery.

Mr. Lamb is an expert in the way implant selection affects the risk of post-operative complications. Following on from a PhD and over 30 peer reviewed scientific papers on the subject, his academic work informs his clinical practice, helping him select implants for his patients to maximise the chances of a positive outcome.

Mr. Lamb’s philosophy is centered on patient well-being. He understands that joint pain can significantly impact your life, and he is dedicated to offering personalised treatment plans, clear communication, and a supportive environment from your initial consultation through recovery. He believes in empowering his patients with knowledge and ensuring they feel safe and cared for every step of the way. Your journey to restored mobility and a pain-free life is his priority.

Dr Tammy Lee is a Consultant Geriatrician at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital and the Clinical Service Lead for Orthogeriatrics. She graduated from the University of Birmingham and completed her specialist training in the West Midlands, obtaining dual CCT in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine. Her clinical interests include Osteoporosis and perioperative care of older surgical patients. She has led multiple quality improvement initiatives, including work on optimisation of vitamin D management and streamlining osteoporosis referral pathways.

… clinical academic, serving as Head of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery at Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Switzerland. Lucerne Cantonal Hospital is the major tertiary referral centre for Central Switzerland, hosting a certified Geriatric Trauma Unit, and the university teaching and research hospital of the University of Lucerne.
Björn’s clinical expertise spans complex trauma and reconstructive surgery, with particular interests in hip and pelvis trauma, arthroplasty (including revision surgery) and orthogeriatric fracture care. He is actively involved in quality management and system improvement, working at the interface of clinical pathways, outcomes measurement and multidisciplinary trauma care.

Alongside his clinical work, Prof. Link drives an academic programme aimed at optimising routine care through lean processes and automated/digital solutions, translating pragmatic clinical research into measurable improvements for patients and teams. He regularly contributes to education, research collaborations and scientific review activities within orthopaedics and trauma surgery.

…Thessaloniki. Afterwards he completed his Orthopaedic training at the NIMTS Hospital Athens.

Following these studies, he performed several Fellowships in Switzerland, Italy and Germany. He further improved his clinical and research skills in the United Kingdom at the Gt.George’s medical school for 3 years( St. George’s rotation training scheme in Orthopaedics) (1989-1991), before completing a PhD at the University of Athens in 1990.

Since his return to Athens Greece, he practiced as Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in the 1st IKA hospital (1998 -2008). Then he gained a Senior Consultant Orthopedic surgeon position at the KAT Hospital in Athens, in 2008, becoming the Head of the fourth Orthopedic Department and Director of Medical services of this hospital (2011-2019) and gained a vast experience in Arthroplasty surgery both hip and knee and in revision surgery. He has a vast experience in high CDH cases surgery and in revision hip and knee surgery (both septic and aseptic Cases). He ended his practice in KAT hospital end of 2021. Currently he is chief Orthopaedic surgeon at Henry Dunant Medical center and the director of the surgical sector of the same hospital. He also a Visiting Professor of Orthopaedics at University of Athens

Dr. Macheras has been founding member of the European Hip Society and has been elected President of the Society (2008-2010) organizing an EHS meeting in 2010, in Athens. He is member of the International Hip Society. He has been President of the Hellenic Orthopaedic Association in 2014. He was member of the executive committee of EFORT and chair of EFORT FORA for 10 years. He takes part in many scientific committees nationally and internationally.

He has published 95 papers in international journals (Index Medicus) and 68 in Greek Journals. He has written 16 chapters in books, and he has 395 podium presentations in international congresses. He has run 20 international clinical trials. He is regularly traveling to middle East and to China lecturing and performing educational activities. He is member of the advisory board of AORecon for Europe and South Africa(ESA). He organizes annually AORecon courses in Greece. He regularly participates as international chair or the internation faculty, in AORecon courses all around the world,promoting surgical techniques both for primary and revision total hip and total knee replacements.

He has serviced as manager of the 1st IKA hospital (2000- 2001) for 2 years and as manager of KAT hospital for seven months (2015)

He has serviced, as chair, in many comities and health care programs for the National health system

… basic surgical training programme and the Warwick higher surgical training program in orthopaedics. During this time I obtained an MSc from the University of Warwick.
I undertook fellowship training in trauma, pelvic and acetabular reconstruction and lower limb arthroplasty at Frenchay Hospital and the Avon Orthopaedic Centre. I was appointed as a consultant at UHCW in 2014. I am the clinical lead for orthopaedic trauma and organise the fellowship programme in complex trauma.

James is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at Warwick Hospital with a specialist practice in Lower limb revision arthroplasty. He graduated from Barts and The London Medical School before completing higher surgical training on the Warwick Orthopaedic Training Programme gaining a broad experience in both trauma and arthroplasty, including both navigation and alternative alignment strategies. He subsequently completed his fellowship at Wrightington Hospital, where he developed expertise in complex revision hip and knee arthroplasty and management of peri-prosthetic fractures.

His clinical and academic interests include revision arthroplasty, surgical innovation and service improvement. He has led improvement initiatives to enhance theatre efficiency and has presented and published research at national and international meetings. James is also actively involved in surgical education and training, with a particular interest in advancing contemporary lower limb arthroplasty practice.

…knee and hip surgery. Mr Mohanty works as a private orthopaedics consultant at Nuffield Health Cardiff and Vale Hospitals, South Wales’ leading private clinic and private hospital in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.
Mr Mohanty has obtained fellowship level training in pelvic and hip socket surgery from Canada and higher training in lower limb arthroplasty from Oswestry. His special interest includes pregnancy related pelvic conditions, Sacroiliac joint disorders, hip resurfacing, partial and total knee replacements and complex traumatic conditions of the elbow.
Khitish routinely performs a high volume of knee and hip replacement procedures and knee arthroscopy treatments. Khitish Moharty performs computer guided hip resurfacing and open surgery for hip impingement. He also provides regional service for various conditions of pelvis and hip socket. Khitish is a specialist in complex limb trauma and deals with post traumatic conditions such as nonunion, malunion and joint stiffness.

…and Trauma Surgeon specialised in Femoral Fragility Hip Trauma, and Lower Limb Personalised Reconstructive Surgery of the Knee and Hip working in University Hospitals Birmingham
He is also Honorary Associate Professor of Birmingham University and the Co-chair of Fragility Fracture Network (Europe) as a recognition of his efforts to promote the management of Femoral Fragility Fractures through clinical practice, continuous medical education and research.
He is the Director of a Senior Femoral Fragility Fellowship the only one currently available in UK and a Member of the Academy of Medical Educators in recognition of his achievements as a Medical Educator. He has published numerous papers regarding femoral fragility trauma.

Dr. Vasileios Nikolaou is a Full Professor of Orthopaedics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Following completion of his undergraduate medical and surgical training, Professor Nikolaou pursued extensive postgraduate and fellowship training at leading academic institutions in Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Canada. His advanced subspecialty training includes: a trauma fellowship at University of Leeds, arthroplasty and spine fellowships at McGill University, and two fellowships in lower extremity adult reconstruction and revision arthroplasty at the University of Toronto.
Professor Nikolaou holds a PhD in Orthopaedics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a Master of Science in Experimental Surgery from McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
He has an extensive academic portfolio, with more than 160 peer-reviewed publications, 17 book chapters, and over 250 national and international lectures and scientific presentations. He serves on the editorial boards of multiple international orthopaedic journals.
His clinical practice focuses on lower extremity adult reconstruction and revision arthroplasty, adult spine surgery, and trauma surgery, integrating evidence-based medicine with advanced surgical techniques.

… leading specialists in the field of hip surgery and hip endoprosthetics. As a specialist in orthopedic surgery and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system (FMH), he is dedicated to the comprehensive treatment of the hip joint. His range of services extends from joint-preserving, minimally invasive procedures to highly complex replacement operations and the treatment of tumor and mega-prostheses, thus covering the entire spectrum of modern hip surgery.

…native Greece and was appointed to a two year academic Foundation Programme in the North West of England, moving to Birmingham in 2009 for core surgical training and was appointed to the Birmingham Orthopaedic Training Programme in 2010 for higher specialist training. Mr Pagkalos received training in all subspecialties of Orthopaedic Surgery and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh by examination (FRCS Orth) in 2017, gaining a certificate of completion of training (CCT) in 2018.

Mr Pagkalos completed two subspecialty fellowships focusing on hip and knee arthroplasty; at University Hospitals Dorset and the Orthopaedic Research Institute specialising in hip surgery under Professor Middleton, and the returning to the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital to focus on revision joint replacement procedures, joint replacement infection and limb salvage as a fellow for the world renowned Birmingham Bone Tumour Service.

Mr Pagkalos finds that working in a specialist hospital allows him to have a very focused practice, exclusively treating patients who need joint replacements of the hip and knee or patients with malfunctioning joint replacements who need revision surgery, working closely with the local Bone Infection Unit, a multidisciplinary team guiding the management of patients with infected joint replacements. Mr Pagkalos also treats patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory arthropathies who need hip and knee replacement surgery. He runs a combined clinic with rheumatology consultant colleagues at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Mr Pagkalos has published extensively in the field of hip and knee replacements as well as general orthopaedics with over 30 peer-reviewed publications. Research interests include hip replacement longevity and enabling technologies such as computer navigation and robotic-arm assisted joint replacement. Mr Pagkalos is currently recruiting patients to two Randomised Controlled Trials on Robotic arm-assisted Total Hip Replacement surgery and am the principal investigator on a study investigating the role of stromal cells in chronic inflammatory arthritis.

..Medicine at the University of Verona. She later earned a PhD in the study of healthy ageing and longevity from the University of Bologna.
Since 2013, she has worked as a Consultant in Geriatric and Orthogeriatric Medicine at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, where she has led transformative improvements in the care of older patients with hip fractures. She is Clinical Lead for the hospital’s Fracture Liaison Service, for the inpatient falls and Orthogeriatric Lead.
She is a member of the Executive Board of the Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) – Greece and co-Chair of the EuGMS of the Urinary Incontinence Group of the EuGMS.
She is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Buckingham Medical School and a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.
From January 2026 she has been appointed Orthogeriatric Lead of the NHFD.
Her clinical and academic interests focus on frailty, urinary incontinence, the effects of acute stressors such as surgery in older adults, and secondary fracture prevention.

…Alfried Krupp Hospital Essen, Germany. He is a member of the Geriatric Trauma Section of the German Trauma Society (Sektion Alterstraumatologie – DGU). His clinical and academic interests focus on geriatric trauma surgery, proximal femoral fractures, and orthogeriatric co-management.
He completed his orthopaedic and trauma surgery training at Alfried Krupp Hospital Essen and holds additional qualifications in Specialized Trauma Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Physical Therapy, and Osteology.
In 2025, he completed his habilitation at Philipps University Marburg with a thesis focusing on mortality analyses and treatment pathways in geriatric proximal femur fractures. He currently serves as an external lecturer in trauma surgery at Philipps University Marburg.
Dr. Pass has published on fragility fractures, orthogeriatric treatment concepts, perioperative management, and registry-based outcome research within the Registry for Geriatric Trauma (ATR-DGU) of the German Trauma Society.

…Coventry and Warwickshire. He trained in the Northern Deanery and undertook trauma fellowships at Edinburgh and Toronto. His clinical interests include pelvic and acetabular fractures, polytrauma, peri-articular fractures and chest trauma. He is also the lead for musculoskeletal sciences at Warwick University for the MBChB course.

…Dr. Lazaros Poultsides is an Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon and of Chief of Hip Preservation Surgery at Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. He is an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chair of Education in Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He obtained his Medical Diploma degree at University of Athens Medical School, Greece, his Master of Science in Health Care Administration at University of Athens, Greece, his PhD in Orthopaedics and specialty in Orthopaedics at the University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessalia, Greece. He completed a fellowship in Musculoskeletal Infections and Orthopaedic Trauma at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Poultsides was fellowship trained in Adult Reconstruction and Joint Replacement, Sports Hip injuries, and Hip Preservation Surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY. Dr. Poultsides worked as an Assistant Scientist at the Hospital for Special Surgery-Weill Cornell Medicine. He was appointed faculty in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Adult Reconstruction and Joint Replacement at New York University Langone Orthopedic Hospital. He was an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at New York University School of Medicine, Chief of Adult Reconstruction Surgery at Bellevue Hospital, Manhattan, NY, and member of the Hip Preservation Service at New York University Langone Orthopedic Hospital. He has published more than 160 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters (>6200 citations, h-index 45) and presented more than 380 papers in national and international meetings. He has been the recipient of multiple national and international awards and grants. Dr Poultsides has been nominated Representative of the Hellenic Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology to the EFORT Education Committee, and National Representative to the European Hip Society. He is founding member of the new ESSKA section –European Hip Preservation Associates. His main areas of clinical expertise and research are joint preservation, replacement and revision, sports hip and knee injuries, and minimally invasive and robotic hip and knee surgery.

…of Perugia and Head of the Orthogeriatric Unit at the Academic Hospital S. Maria della Misericordia in Perugia, Italy, where our unit has served over 500 patients annually since 2017. My work spans clinical care, research leadership, and education, with a sustained focus on improving care models across the full orthogeriatric continuum, from acute presentation through recovery and secondary prevention.
My academic foundation includes a PhD in Biology and Pathology of Aging and a Master’s degree in Bone Diseases, from genetics to clinical management. This was complemented by advanced epidemiological training at Johns Hopkins University and research fellowships at the National Institute on Aging (NIH), equipping me to bridge basic science, clinical investigation, and health systems research. Additional regional training in healthcare management has strengthened my ability to translate evidence into organizational practice.
Clinically and scientifically, I specialize in the care of older adults with frailty, multimorbidity, and fragility fractures, particularly patients with hip fractures requiring surgical management. I have contributed to major international clinical trials, including Hip Attack 2 (surgical timing in hip fracture patients with acute myocardial injury), the FEMUR study (health-related outcomes in hip fracture management), and the JUNO and PRIME trials (efficacy and safety of antifracture pharmacological agents), and many others. My current research aims are focusing on the integration of falls and fracture prevention strategies into the broader care pathways for oldere adults with different needs.
In addition to clinical and research activity, I lead regional, national, and international educational programs in orthogeriatrics and actively mentor clinicians and researchers at various career stages. I am engaged in global professional networks working to advance best practice, and several of my research initiatives now serve as reference standards in the scientific literature, informing clinical practice internationally.

Mr Raj Sahemey is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at University Hospitals Birmingham and Lead for complex arthroplasty at periprosthetic fractures. He has a specialist interest in hip & knee revision, infection, and fragility fractures.

After graduating with a Distinction from Barts and The Royal London Medical School in 2013, Raj completed competitive specialist orthopaedic training on the Warwick Orthopaedic Programme, achieving MRCS and FRCS with the Royal College of Surgeons. He has undertaken further fellowship training at the internationally renowned ENDO-Klinik in Hamburg, and the prestigious Pelvic and Revision Arthroplasty Fellowship from the Centre for Hip Surgery at Wrightington Hospital before being appointed at UHB in 2024.

Mr Omer Salar, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, university hospitals Birmingham. His practice encompasses a broad spectrum of arthroplasty and revision arthroplasty around both the hip and knee as well as providing skills in fragility fracture. He trained in the West Midlands with fellowships in Exeter, Birmingham and Sheffield before being appointed as a Consultant in February 2023 to the University hospitals Birmingham, specialising in hip and knee revisions as well as prosthetic joint infection.

Omer is particularly passionate about treatment and management of prosthetic joint infections, understanding techniques in staged and single stage revisions as well as the importance and need for a multidisciplinary approach which he has helped to set up at university hospitals Birmingham.

Omer has been elected to the prestigious position of British Orthopaedic Association Committee member which will help to formulate and drive standards in elective care across the United Kingdom.

…Hospital NHSFT and is a full-time trauma surgeon.

As well as participating in the Major Trauma rota, she has an interest in the surgical management of poly trauma patients and injuries to the pelvis and chest. She is on the Examiners panel for the FRCS (T&O) and enjoys teaching, including being faculty for AO and the Royal College Damage Control Orthopaedic Trauma Course.

She is a clinical member of the National Clinical Reference Group for Major Trauma and Burns and as such, has been involved in updating the Adult Major Trauma Centres Quality Indicators and the Best Practice Tariff for Major Trauma.

Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family; including four children, walking her dog, and cooking. Her most recent challenge is to run the London Marathon in October 2021, raising money for Barnados.

Miss Sarah Shammout is a Trauma and Orthopaedic Speciality Registrar on the West Midlands (Birmingham) rotation with a strong clinical interest in fragility fractures, silver trauma and lower limb arthroplasty. Throughout her training, she has recognised that frail and elderly patients with fragility fractures require a tailored, multidisciplinary approach that extends beyond the operating theatre. She believes that pathway‑driven fragility fracture care represents the future of orthopaedics, with an emphasis on restoring function, maintaining independence and supporting shared decision‑making.
Alongside her clinical work, Sarah has a sustained commitment to medical education. She holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, reflecting formal training in curriculum design, assessment and feedback. She has extensive experience teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and serves as Education Lead within the Birmingham Orthopaedic Network, where she helps to coordinate regional teaching programmes and skills courses for students, junior doctors and trainees.
Sarah also maintains an active portfolio in research and quality improvement, with projects and publications focusing on service delivery, trauma pathways and peri‑operative care in vulnerable patient groups. Her work consistently aims to improve outcomes, streamline care and embed evidence‑based practice into everyday orthopaedic decision‑making.
She previously held a national role within BOTA and now sits on the British Hip Society Culture and Diversity Committee. In this capacity, she works to promote inclusive, supportive environments for both patients and colleagues, and to widen access to training for individuals from underrepresented backgrounds. Sarah aspires to a consultant career that combines lower limb arthroplasty and fragility trauma with a substantive role in education and mentorship, championing high‑quality, patient‑centred care for this growing and often underserved population.

…and arthroplasty at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham. After graduating from the University of Birmingham with degrees in biomedical sciences and medicine (MBChB) in 2005, he undertook specialist training at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry. He joined the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in 2015 and is also a Senior Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Orthopaedics at Aston University.

Jonathan specialises in orthopaedic oncology and complex arthroplasty with sub-specialty interests in pelvic surgery and reconstruction, revision knee replacement and prosthetic joint infection. Jonathan is principal investigator on studies into the osseointegration of endoprosthetic replacements for limb-salvage and soft-tissue sarcomas and is clinical lead for sarcoma genomics, metastatic bone disease and the research tissue bank. He is also clinical lead for metastatic bone disease for the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) and a trustee for the Bone Cancer Research Trust (BCRT) leading on awareness and early diagnosis in bone sarcomas.

Mr Stevenson has been awarded multiple national research prizes for his work in orthopaedic oncology from different organisations, including the British Orthopaedic Association, the British Orthopaedic Oncology Society, the British Sarcoma Group and the Royal Society of Medicine. He was presented the British Orthopaedic Association International Travelling Fellowship Award (2014) and the British Orthopaedic Oncology Society European Travelling Fellowship Award (2015). He has also completed the British Orthopaedic Association clinical leadership programme and was awarded a level 7 certificate in strategic management and leadership.

In addition to his clinical work, Mr. Stevenson has presented research at an international level since 2010 and is a reviewer for multiple orthopaedic and oncology journals. He has authored greater than 100 peer reviewed scientific publications with over 1000 citations, six book chapters and is the co-editor of an orthopaedic basic sciences textbook. Due to his experience, he regularly examines and lectures on FRCS (Tr & Orth) courses.

… with a particular focus on hip and pelvis surgery. He also holds a PhD in biomechanics, reflecting his strong academic and research background.
He currently serves as Deputy Head of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at Basel University Hospital in Switzerland, where he leads both the hip and pelvis division and the trauma team.

Prof. Stoffel completed his training in Switzerland and has worked at leading orthopaedic centres in both Switzerland and Australia for over 20 years. He has held a professorship since 2011.

An accomplished researcher, he has authored more than 130 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

He is deeply involved with AO, serving as a long-standing member of the Lower Extremity Expert Group. He currently chairs the AO Technical Commission’s Periprosthetic Fracture Taskforce (PFTF) and Distal Femur Taskforce (DFTF), and is a member of the Next Generation Plating Taskforce (NGPT). He has also played a key role in the design and development of several innovative fixation systems, including the Femoral Neck System, the Periprosthetic Proximal Femur Plating System, and the Patella Plating System.

…reconstruction and complex trauma. His NHS practice at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire involves managing both patients with high energy life changing injuries and patients with established hip and knee arthritis.

Farhan qualified in 2007 in Hyderabad, India, and continued his post-graduate training in orthopaedic surgery in the same city. Seeking career advancement, he relocated to the UK in 2012. In 2017, he obtained his FRCS(Tr & Orth) and then pursued further specialist fellowship training in trauma (at UHCW – major trauma centre) and high volume lower limb joint replacement surgery (hip and knee) at Warwick Hospital.

Farhan has a strong background in research, with involvement in audits and large multicentre randomised control trials. He has presented his research findings at conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals. https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Wvod3Y8AAAAJ

Farhan enjoys teaching and is an educational/clinical supervisor for trainees at different career stages. A testament to his high-quality teaching was being voted “Trainer of the Year” by Warwick trainees in 2022. Additionally, he organises educational meetings to enhance postgraduate doctors’ training and is involved in teaching of phase 3 students at Warwick Medical School. His local service improvement projects encompass setting up a virtual fracture clinic service, and optimising patient pathways in arthroplasty during his fellowship at Warwick Hospital.

Mr Niraj Vetharajan is Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in lower limb arthroplasty and complex trauma, with a particular focus on primary and revision arthroplasty as well as surgeries for prosthetic joint infections and femoral fragility fractures.

After training in the Severn deanery, Mr Vetharajan gained further experience of complex hip and knee reconstruction during his post-CCT fellowships in Northumbria and Sheffield.

He currently works as a Consultant Trauma & Orthopedic surgeon at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, leading the femur fragility fracture service, whilst continuing his passion into researching patient-related outcomes for hip and knee surgery.

Prof. Dr Daniel Wagner is Head of the Trauma Unit at Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Switzerland, and Associate Professor at the University of Lausanne. His clinical and academic work focuses on pelvic and acetabular trauma, with particular expertise in fragility fractures of the pelvis.
He has extensive experience in the assessment and surgical management of fragility fractures of the pelvis and has contributed to the development of modern treatment concepts for this increasingly important patient population. His research interests include fracture morphology, operative strategies, fixation techniques, clinical outcomes, and treatment algorithms for fragility fractures of the pelvis.

Dr Andrew Woodhouse is an infectious diseases physician trained in New Zealand.
He is currently a consultant at University Hospitals Birmingham. He was previously a consultant in Auckland and Oxford and has worked in the Oxford Bone Infection Unit.
He has a longstanding interest in musculoskeletal infection and the stewardship and rational us