Anouska is a Paediatric T&O Consultant at the Royal London Hospital. She has a particular interest in education, with an MSc (MedEd) and is on the BSCOS Education Committee.

… BSc Physiotherapy (London 1990), MSc Manipulative Physiotherapy (Queensland, Australia 1996), and Fellowship of the Australian Physiotherapy Association by specialisation (2010).

Cathy was Lead Physiotherapist of the Advanced (Extended scope) Practitioner service at Imperial College Healthcare Trust (1998-2012) where she working alongside Orthopaedic Consultants in the Shoulder and Elbow Specialist Unit at St Marys Hospital and collaborated in research across the wider Imperial College academic Network. Cathy contributes widely to National and International Shoulder and Elbow meetings year and is a peer reviewer for Shoulder and Elbow Journal. She was awarded the BESS travelling fellowship in 2005.

At University College London (UCL) Cathy leads the Upper Quadrant teaching on the MScs in Advanced Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy and teaches on the Paediatric and Adolescent Sports Physiotherapy and Neuro Physiotherapy courses.

Clinically in private practice, Cathy works with consultant and GP colleagues in London and the UK and. Cathy has jointly developed non-medical referring pathways for Imaging in private practice in London and clinically mentors UCL MSc students developing into FCP and advanced roles.
Cathy’s specific clinical and research interests include Shoulder Instability, complex upper quadrant pain including hypermobility disorders, adolescent shoulder pain and rehabilitation of overhead Sports (Especially Tennis, Swimming and Water Polo).

Past clinical experience includes Club physiotherapist to Saracens RFC (1992-1996) and Company Physiotherapist to Birmingham Royal Ballet (1997-1998) and Rambert Dance Company (1998-2004).

Deborah Higgs is a Consultant
Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon at the
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital,
Stanmore, and has a special interest
in complex surgery of the Shoulder
and Elbow with a tertiary referral
practice that reflects this. She
lectures on the Elbow and Shoulder
nationally and Internationally.
A previous member of the BESS
Education Committee, she is the
current BESS Instructional Course
Sub-Committee Elbow Surgeon
Member and was appointed the NCIP
(National Consultant Information
Programme) Clinical Lead for
Orthopaedics in 2022.

…specialist physiotherapist role in shoulder and elbow. She has a special interest in rotator cuff rehabilitation and shoulder and elbow instability. Kat believes that excellent communication and multidisciplinary team working are the key to successful patient outcomes.

…based in London. With over 20 years of experience in medicine, Mr Prinja has a high level of expertise in several orthopaedic procedures including shoulder surgery, rotator cuff repair, frozen shoulder, elbow surgery, hand surgery and wrist surgery.

Mr Prinja read medicine at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, before going on to complete his clinical training at University College London. Mr Prinja did his higher surgical training on the Middlesex and University College London Orthopaedic Rotation. He was awarded the FRCS (Tr&Orth) from the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2018. He completed his fellowship in upper limb surgery at the world renowned Wrightington Upper Limb Unit. In addition to his training in the UK, he has also trained at centres of excellence in the United States and Canada.

Mr Prinja currently practises at Capital Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine at the Cromwell Hospital, the Wellington Hospital and the Nuffield Health Highgate Hospital. His NHS practice is at the Whittington Hospital and University College London Hospitals.

In addition to his clinical work, Mr Prinja is also an esteemed medical researcher, having published numerous articles concerning his areas of expertise in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He is also a prominent voice in medical education, currently holding the position of Honorary Clinical Lecturer at University College London, where he trains and supervises junior surgeons.

Dr. Kannan Rajesparan is a consultant musculoskeletal radiologist specialising in diagnostic imaging and intervention for bone, joint, and soft tissue disorders. He has extensive experience in using advanced imaging techniques to diagnose and treat a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions. His expertise includes MRI, ultrasound, and CT imaging, as well as performing image-guided interventions.

…and a 1st class honours in BSc Orthopaedics. He completed his orthopaedic specialisation on the London North West Thames Rotation and, in 2012, attained his Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons. (FRCS) He has been on the General Medical Council’s Specialist Register since 2014.

Abbas broadened his surgical experience through completing internationally renowned upper limb fellowships in Wrightington and Cambridge. Additionally, in 2015, he was selected to undertake the prestigious AO Trauma Fellowship in Hanover, Germany. In 2015, he was given was given the Zimmer Upper Extremities Award by The British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) facilitating visits to Harvard and The Mayo Clinic in North America. In 2017, he was given the Intra-Europe Travelling Award by the European Society of Shoulder & Elbow Surgeons facilitating visits to top European centres, all of which have contributed to Abbas’ versatility as a clinician and surgeon.

In 2015, Abbas joined UCLH as a Consultant Elbow & Shoulder Surgeon. The scope of his work includes evidence-based treatment of complex trauma, sports injuries and degenerative conditions of the upper limb. He is the nominated lead for elbow surgery.

Abbas’ specific areas of interest are functional outcomes in upper limb surgery, innovations in arthroplasty and the role of biologics. His mandate is to translate research findings into clinical gains for his patients. He has written upper limb guidelines for the British Orthopaedic Association’s Wikipaedics project, two book chapters and has published over 40 articles in peer review journals. He is currently an invited reviewer for the Bone & Joint Journal and Shoulder & Elbow.

Abbas is a member of the British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS) and European Shoulder and Elbow Society (SECEC).

…training on the North West London Rotation, and had subspecialty fellowship training in shoulder and elbow surgery at The Wrightington Upper Limb Unit, Addenbrookes Hospital and Imperial College NHS Trust. He was appointed as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Imperial College NHS Trust in 2023. He specialises in shoulder and elbow conditions, and carries out the trauma component of his practice at The Major Trauma Centre at St Mary’s Hospital.

Sanjeeve has a Masters Degree in Surgical Technology and an MD(Res) from Imperial College. He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in the MSK Laboratory at Imperial College. He supervises doctoral students at the university, and has a research interest in registry analysis and health economic evaluation.

…College Healthcare NHS Trust (based both at St Mary’s Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital) and Clinical Lead in paediatric orthopaedics and trauma.

His specialist interest lies in all aspects of trauma, hip and knee conditions and sports injuries of all ages. He is able to perform a wide variety of procedures, including trauma surgery, adult hip and knee reconstructive and joint replacement surgery as well as minimally invasive and arthroscopic surgery and joint preservation surgery.

His academic research interest remain at the forefront of his work with over 40 peer reviewed publications in the orthopaedic literature, multiple book chapters and author of 2 orthopaedic b

… Mr Tan Thangarajah is a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon exclusively treating patients with complex sports, shoulder and elbow problems. He has a tertiary referral practice dealing with some of the most challenging cases from around the United Kingdom. Given his expertise, he is regularly consulted for a second opinion by both colleagues and patients. He specialises in all aspects of keyhole surgery, sports-related injuries, rotator cuff tears, shoulder instability, arthritis, elbow disorders, and fractures of the upper limb.

Mr Thangarajah completed world-renowned shoulder and elbow fellowships at the University of Cambridge and the University of Calgary in Canada. In these, he collaborated with some of the top surgeons in the world to treat elite competitors, including professional rugby players, ice hockey players, gymnasts, skiers, snowboarders, and Olympic athletes. This highly specialised experience provided him with the sophisticated abilities required to deliver a bespoke, patient centred service using state-of-the-art surgical techniques and innovations. As such, he is one of a select group of surgeons who have excelled academically in shoulder surgery while gaining a wealth of technical expertise from some of the world’s most renowned centres of clinical excellence.