Steve Borland

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Steve Borland is a Consultant at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne. He specialises predominantly in orthopaedic trauma, pelvic and acetabular fractures and limb reconstruction. He also maintains an interest in lower limb arthroplasty and osteotomy around the knee. He undertook fellowships at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, and at the Russian Ilizarov Scientific Centre, Kurgan, Russia. He has a strong interest in teaching and training. He sits on the regional STC, is faculty on AO and ATLS and holds a masters in medical education from Newcastle University.

Chris Crome

Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow

Chris Crome is a Trauma & Orthopaedic Consultant based at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. His specialist interests consist of hip arthroplasty, revision hip arthroplasty, lower limb trauma and limb reconstruction, including limb lengthening, non-union, deformity correction and orthoplastics.

Chris graduated from St. George’s Hospital Medical School in 2011, before completing Foundation Training in Aberdeen, and Core Surgical Training in Sussex. He completed his higher Orthopaedic Training in the West of Scotland, before undertaking fellowships at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Glasgow, and the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield.

Chris is a member of the Orthopaedic Trauma Society, the British Limb Reconstruction Society and sits on the Surgical Education Board for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He currently coordinates the post CCT Fellowship Programme at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

Xavier Griffin

Chair Trauma & Orthopaedic Research Group, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust

Professor Xavier Griffin spearheads academic orthopaedics at Queen Mary and Barts Health, having joined in August 2020 as the inaugural chair of Bone and Joint Health.

Xavier’s vision is for world class excellence in research and clinical academic training; providing opportunity for the next generation of clinician scientists to realise their aspirations.

Xavier is a NIHR Clinician Scientist and has been awarded over £10m of research funding and over 80 peer reviewed publications.

He is driven by having a meaningful impact on patient care; his research is focused on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of new and existing treatments to improve bone and joint health and has been cited by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence. He has a passion for developing methodologies that harness the speed, power, and efficiency of routinely-collected data but are coupled with the great advantages of randomisation.

Aswinkumar Vasireddy

Mr Aswinkumar Vasireddy is a fellowship-trained Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon specialising in the management of complex upper limb, lower limb, pelvic and acetabular fractures. He works at King’s College Hospital (Major Trauma Centre) in London. At King's, he is also the Director of the Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship. He completed further specialist Orthopaedic Trauma training at The Royal London Hospital, as well as Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowships at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham and King’s College Hospital in London. In addition, Mr Vasireddy has also completed travelling fellowship visits to multiple major trauma centres in America, including the Shock Trauma Centre in Baltimore and Harborview Medical Centre in Seattle. Mr Vasireddy also has extensive experience in Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care and Anaesthesia. As a result, he is also a Consultant in Prehospital Care with the Air Ambulance Service.