Sue Deakin

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Currently 20 years as a Consultant Orthopod at West Suffolk Foundation Trust .  I deal with general on call trauma , specialise in foot and ankle and paediatric orthopaedics .

Career Journey so far

Medical School – Newcastle upon Tyne 1985-1990

Anatomy demonstrator Birmingham Med school

Basic surgical training Manchester

Junior Trauma fellow Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

SPR rotation Manchester  1996-2002

Fellowships ;Manchester Childrens Hospitals , Wrightington Hospital foot and ankle

I  decided to make ortho my career when an SHO when my boss encouraged me with ‘ Orthopaedics needs you ‘.  My mind must have been geared towards visible improvement in a relatively short period of time compared to other specialities. I loved the positive can do / will do approach of orthopods that I met.

During my training  I was the first woman on our  programme to have children. When I became a consultant I was the first female non gynae surgeon in the trust .  When I became the lead clinician

Bob Handley

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, GIRFT Clinical Lead for Adult Orthopaedic Trauma, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bob Handley has been a Consultant on the Trauma Service at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford since 1994. Bob is currently President of the British Orthoapedic Association, and National Clinical Lead for GIRFT Orthopaedic Trauma. He has been President of both AOUK and the Orthopaedic Trauma Society, and has chaired the NICE guideline development group. Bob was also an examiner for FRCS T&O for ten years.

Ben Ollivere

Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Chair of Orthopaedic Trauma, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham & Nottingham University Hospital

Professor Benjamin Ollivere, Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery at the University of Nottingham and Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon and Major Trauma Surgeon, Nottingham University Hospital

He is head of division for Rheumatology, Orthopaedics and Dermatology.
He has a keen interest in training and education and is currently the Training Programme Director for Health Education East Midlands in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery. His clinical expertise lies in complex trauma and reconstruction, particularly in non-union, infection and limb reconstruction. His academic interests compliment his clinical interests.

Sharon Scott

Orthopaedic Consultant, Liverpool

Sharon is an Orthopaedic Consultant working in Liverpool, who specialises in trauma surgery including pelvic and acetabular fractures. She was involved in the origination of the Cheshire and Mersey Major Trauma Network / Centre and has previously been a clinical member of the National Clinical Reference Group for Major Trauma and Burns. Being a strong advocate for trauma patients, she is driven to improve the access to acute fracture surgery and to heighten the awareness of non-elective care during a period where the focus is very much on ‘elective recovery’.

She is an Associate Editor for the international trauma journal, Injury;  co-chair for the Royal College of Surgeons Damage Control Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery course and member of the AO faculty.

Her interests include running, golf, skiing and horse riding, whilst being perpetually entertained by the antics of her four children.

Alex Trompeter

Orthopaedic Trauma / Limb Reconstruction Surgeon

Alex Trompeter works at St George’s University Hospital in London and holds the 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 is Training Program Director for the South West London Orthopaedic Rotation, sits on the BLRS Research Committee and the BOA Clinical Standards Committee (responsible for producing BOASTS). 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.