Speakers
Lt Col Tom Barker
Lennel Lutchman
Ansar Mahmood
Alexander Montgomery
External Organisation
Interactive session with management of vascular injuries in trauma followed by management of combined spine and major trauma and a open discussion in management of a trauma case monitored by an impartial senior examiner.
Chair: Ansar Mahmood, Co-Chair: Janardhan Rao
This interactive revalidation session is aimed at all grades of doctors and surgeons to update them on the current management of trauma. The speakers are well recognised experts in their field and excellent at communication.
Agenda:
08:30 - 09:00 Management of vascular injury associated with fractures Lt Col Tom Barker [Presentation not Recorded]
09:00 - 09:30 Challenges in management of combined spine and major trauma Lennel Lutchman & Alexander Montgomery
09:30 - 10:00 FRCS (ORTH) Clinical case Ansar Mahmood
Lennel qualified in medicine in 1994 from the University of the West Indies in his home country of Trinidad. He came to the UK for postgraduate training in orthopaedics in 1996 and was a BST and HST in the East of England. He did his spinal training in Ipswich, Norwich, and Brisbane.
Lennel was awarded the Walter Mercer gold medal for the FRCS in Trauma and Orthopaedics in 2004 and has been a consultant orthopaedic spinal surgeon at Norwich since 2006. He joined the board of examiners for the FRCS (Tr and Orth) in 2019 and became Education Lead for the British Association of Spinal Surgeons in 2022.
Mr. Ansar Mahmood serves as a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at University Hospital Birmingham. Specializing in the treatment of complex musculoskeletal injuries, Mr. Mahmood provides comprehensive, patient-focused care. His work not only enhances clinical outcomes but also contributes significantly to the field of orthopaedic surgery through ongoing research and the training of future surgeons.
Mr Montgomery set up and led the Spinal Unit at Barts Health for 10 years, turning it in to one of the largest Spinal trauma Unit in the U.K. He has gained a wealth of experience and expertise in this field working in conjunction with the Royal London Trauma, and Orthopaedic teams.
He is now Chair of Spinal Surgery for North East London and Essex region, having set up the Network, and it's team 2 years ago. They have set the standards and governance for the whole region, and continue to grow in influence. Alongside this he and the team at Barts treat patients with common degenerative and complex deformity conditions, as well as TB of the Spine .
Mr Montgomery performs surgery using minimally invasive techniques for anterior, posterior and lateral lumbar and thoracic approaches, as well as anterior and posterior cervical surgery. Mr.Montgomery is honorary senior lecturer at Queen Mary University, and has presented nationally as well as across the globe from the USA to Europe and Australasia. He has regularly been faculty for AO Spine Middle East. He won the best presentation poster at the International Society for Study of the Lumbar Spine, and has featured in Spine News International. He was invited to both the Rothman Institute in Philadelphia, and Harborview Hospital in Seattle to present papers.
Mr Janardhan Rao is the Lead Orthopaedic Examiner for the National and International Exam, Chair JCIE T&O since 2020 taking the exam throughout covid. He has been a Senior Intercollegiate Examiner for more than half of his 21 years as a consultant. Also acting as an assessor of all the surgical exams to promote fairness.
He is on the board of the Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel which scrutinises orthopaedic implants published data for survival, this ensures a quality rating for implants. He has been the Lead Clinician and Divisional Medical Director in his Trust, innovating the use of a neighbouring hospital spare operating theatre capacity and promoting day case hip and knee replacement. Continuing elective cases during the COVID lockdown.
He is a Senior Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, moving the teaching online and continuing lectures on a weekly basis throughout covid. He also provided teaching for nursing and paramedics via the University of Chester. He is the President Elect of the Chester and North Wales Medical Society, originally founded in 1883.
Mr Rao, originally went to a Quaker school in York before graduating with an intercalated honours Degree from the University of St. Andrews. He was trained in Orthopaedics on the Cambridge program at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and gained experience in the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. After a fellowship in Colorado, USA he gained further International experience with a travelling Fellowship in Australia and China.
He took up a post of Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Chester. He is a Regional Surgical Ambassador for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is proud to be the president elect of the Chester And North Wales Medical Society.
Mr Rao specialises in hip and knee surgery.