Jia Hui Gan

NIHR/HEE Predoctoral Clinical Academic and Practitioner Fellow, Honorary highly specialist physiotherapist, Population Health Research Institute, St George's, University of London/ Community Directorates, Queen Mary's Hospital, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Jia Hui Gan is a physiotherapist specialising in fragility trauma and orthopaedics. She has 15 years of clinical and research experience, starting in the Singapore before moving to the UK. Jia recently completed a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) /Heath Education England Predoctoral Clinical Academic Fellowship following completion of an NIHR Springboard award and an internship.

Clinically, she is an honorary highly specialist physiotherapist at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. As an early clinical academic, Jia has published 10 research articles in scientific rehabilitation journals and has been featured nationally and internationally by the NIHR ‘#YourPathinResearch’ Campaign, ‘Cancer World’ of European School of Oncology, among others. She also teaches in the physiotherapy programmes at St George’s, University of London, as a visiting lecturer.

Jia also invited as a steering member for the NIHR community rehabilitation incubator hub.Over the past four years, Jia has focused on advancing humeral fractures rehabilitation. Her research projects aim to develop an early functional use intervention as part of rehabilitation guidelines to enhance patient’s recovery and alleviate the compounded pressure on health and social care systems by updating the outdated, indiscriminate use of prolonged non-weight bearing protocols.

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.

Katrina Mitchell

ATOCP Co-Chair

I have been a physiotherapist for over 20 years, and a clinical specialist in trauma and orthopaedics since 2008. I have completed my Orthopaedic diploma and an MSc in Musculoskeletal Science. I have worked alongside Mr Goldberg and published a systematic review on the use of mesenchymal stem cells, and more recently been part of the stakeholder group working on weight bearing terminology and the NAFF pathway.

 I am currently the Clinical Services Manager for community therapies, a challenge I sought after completing a secondment as the AHP Faculty Lead in the HIOW ICB. In these roles I have a focus on workforce and service development and have used my networks and skills to enhance the experience our patients receive.

 I am the current co- chair of the CSP South Central Regional Branch and the co-Chair and treasurer of the physio professional network, Association of Trauma and Orthopaedic Chartered Physiotherapists.

 In my spare time I support my 2 boys with their sports clubs, taking on the admin role within their cricket teams and run director of the local junior park run, "if you can't beat them join them".

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.