Hip Diploma

Prof Tom Cosker

Co-founder of PMI, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

University of Oxford

MB BCh, MSc (Tr Surg), FRCS (Tr & Orth), FAS

Associate Professor and Director of Surgical Anatomy at the University of Oxford. College Assessor for the Royal College of Surgeons. Anatomy tutor at Balliol College.

Mr Ather Siddiqi

Orthopaedic Surgeon (Limb Salvage and Complex Reconstruction)

Oxford University Hospitals

MBBS, MRCS, FCPS, FRCS (Tr & Orth)

Expert in pelvic sarcoma, complex hip anatomy, and complex bone and soft tissue tumour surgeries.

Stephen Mellon

Associate Professor / Senior Researcher in Orthopaedic Biomechanics

Oxford Orthopaedic Engineering Centre, NDORMS, University of Oxford

PhD

Researches orthopaedic biomechanics: joint mechanics after hip and knee replacement, implant design, radiostereometric analysis (RSA) and motion analysis, and leads development of ultrasound-based motion capture.

Karen Partington

Consultant MSK Radiologist

Oxford University Hospitals

BMBS, FRCR

Specialises in musculoskeletal imaging, ultrasound-guided therapeutic joint and shoulder injections, and diagnostic radiology of the knee.

Nigel Kiely

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry

FRCS; higher degree in Orthopaedic Engineering (Cardiff)

Specialises in children's and young-adult orthopaedics (developmental dysplasia of the hip, Perthes disease, clubfoot by the Ponseti method, and limb deformity) alongside an adult practice.

Max Mifsud

Consultant in Paediatric Trauma and Orthopaedics

Oxford University Hospitals

MD, MSc, FEBOT, FRCS (Tr & Orth)

Specialises in paediatric orthopaedics, adolescent hip dysplasia, complex lower limb reconstruction, bone infections, and young adult tumours.

Tony Andrade

Consultant Orthopaedic (Hip & Knee) Surgeon

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Reading

MBBS, MSc, FRCS (Tr & Orth)

A UK pioneer of hip arthroscopy, specialising in young-adult hip preservation (femoroacetabular impingement, labral and chondral pathology) alongside hip resurfacing and primary and revision hip and knee replacement. Past President of ISHA, the Hip Preservation Society.

Geraint Thomas

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, RJAH Oswestry

Consultant Senior Lecturer in Population Orthopaedics, Keele University

Specialises in the young-adult hip and hip preservation (periacetabular osteotomy and hip arthroscopy) alongside hip arthroplasty, with an academic focus on orthopaedic epidemiology and population health. First British winner of the Hip Society's John Charnley Award (2014).

George Grammatopoulos

Staff Orthopaedic Surgeon, Arthroplasty & Hip Preservation Team

The Ottawa Hospital; Associate Professor, University of Ottawa

BSc (Hons), MBBS (Hons), DPhil (Oxon), MRCS, FRCS (Tr & Orth)

Specialises in young-adult hip and hip preservation (FAI, dysplasia) and primary and complex hip arthroplasty, with a research focus on the hip-spine (spinopelvic) relationship and cup orientation.

Mr David Bryson

Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic & Adult Trauma Surgeon

Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals

MBChB, FRCS (Eng)

Specialises in paediatric orthopaedics and adult trauma: paediatric trauma, neuromuscular conditions (cerebral palsy, spina bifida), Perthes disease, DDH and clubfoot. Course Director of the Paediatric Trauma Diploma.

Henry Wynn Jones

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

MBChB, FRCS (Tr & Orth)

Specialises in primary and revision hip and knee replacement, acetabular reconstruction and pelvic discontinuity, and pelvic and acetabular trauma and periprosthetic fractures, at the Wrightington Centre for Hip Surgery.

Gordon Blunn

Professor of Bioengineering

University of Portsmouth

PhD, BEng

Specialises in orthopaedic implant bioengineering, bone tissue engineering, implant-skeleton integration, and tendon-to-bone reattachment.

David Simpson

Consultant Orthopaedic Hip & Knee Surgeon

Nuffield Health Wolverhampton Hospital and New Cross Hospital

MB ChB, FRCS (Tr & Orth)

Specialises in custom-made personalised knee replacements, advanced arthritic hip and knee disorders, and sports injury knee management.

Josh Lamb

Consultant Hip & Knee Surgeon, Centre for Hip Surgery, Wrightington

Consultant Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol

PhD (Leeds), FRCS (Tr & Orth)

Specialises in primary and revision hip and knee replacement, including robotic and navigated surgery, with academic expertise in periprosthetic fractures and registry-based implant analysis.

Ayesha Abdeen

Chief of Hip & Knee Arthroplasty, Boston Medical Center

Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University

MD

Specialises in hip and knee replacement (minimally invasive and direct-anterior total hip replacement, partial knee replacement, robotic-assisted and revision arthroplasty) with a focus on efficient, outpatient-style pathways.

Matt Wilson

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon, Exeter Hip Unit

Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS FT

MB BS, FRCS (Tr & Orth)

Specialises in the young-adult hip, hip preservation and complex primary and revision hip replacement. Current President of the British Hip Society.

Sam Hook

Consultant Orthopaedic (Hip & Knee) Surgeon

Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth

BSc, MBChB (Bristol), FRCS (Tr & Orth)

Specialises in lower-limb primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty, including robotic-assisted joint replacement and the management of infected arthroplasty.

Simon Newman

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals

Specialises in hip replacement, revision hip replacement and hip preservation (hip arthroscopy and pelvic osteotomy), with a particular interest in preoperative planning and templating. Founded Oxford's day-case hip and adult pelvic osteotomy services and leads the Oxford hip and knee fellowship.

Steve Jones

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board

Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University

BSc, MBBCh, MRCS, MSc, FRCS (Orth)

A specialist adult hip surgeon with a high-volume primary and revision hip replacement practice and research interests in hip implant design and the spinopelvic relationship. Past President of the British Hip Society.

Duncan Whitwell

Consultant Orthopaedic Hip, Knee & Sarcoma Surgeon

Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Nuffield Health The Manor

BMedSci, BMBS, FRCS (Tr & Orth)

Specialises in primary or revision computer-navigated hip and knee replacements, complex orthopaedic oncology resections, and bone and soft tissue sarcoma management.

Laura Coates

NIHR Research Professor, NDORMS, University of Oxford

Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, Oxford University Hospitals

PhD

Rheumatologist specialising in psoriatic arthritis and the spondyloarthritides, focusing on early diagnosis, treat-to-target strategies and outcome-measure development. First rheumatologist to be awarded an NIHR Research Professorship.

Ed Davis

Professor & Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital

Honorary Professor, University of Birmingham

MB ChB, MSc (Trauma), PGCME, FRCS (Tr & Orth)

A recognised authority in computer navigation and robotic-assisted (Mako) hip and knee arthroplasty, including primary and revision joint replacement, and a surgeon-designer of navigation technology.

Raja Bhaskara Rajasekaran

Consultant, Musculoskeletal Oncology & Arthroplasty

Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore

MS (Orth), DNB (Orth), FNB (Trauma)

Specialises in musculoskeletal oncology, arthroplasty and complex trauma, including periprosthetic fractures. Fellowship-trained in MSK oncology at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, and former Girdlestone Scholar at the Oxford Sarcoma Service.

Matt Scarborough

Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Bone Infection Unit

Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals

Infectious-diseases physician specialising in bone and joint infection (osteomyelitis, prosthetic joint infection, fracture-related infection and the diabetic foot) within the Oxford Bone Infection Unit, and has led major randomised antibiotic trials, notably OVIVA.

Karen Barker

Professor of Physiotherapy, NDORMS, University of Oxford

Consultant Physiotherapist & Head of Physiotherapy, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

FCSP, OBE

Consultant physiotherapist specialising in musculoskeletal and orthopaedic rehabilitation, with research in knee-arthroplasty rehabilitation (CORKA trial) and osteoporotic vertebral fractures.