John Skinner

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, RNOH Stanmore

John Skinner is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at RNOH Stanmore with a special interest in hip and knee replacement surgery. He is on the Editorial Board of the BJJ. John is a former President of the BOA and has represented the Association at high level discussions with NHS England and other stakeholders on elective care.

Hannah James

ST8, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer, Warwick Clinical Trials Unit

Hannah James is an ST8 on the Warwick Rotation and current NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer at Warwick Clinical Trials Unit. She completed an award-winning PhD investigating patient benefit from cadaveric simulation for postgraduate T&O trainees.

Hannah’s research expertise is in modelling surgical learning curves and measuring the impact of training using patient-level outcomes. She applies clinical trials methodology to test complex educational interventions and is developing an international reputation as a leader in this interface research field.

She was awarded the RCS Hunterian Professorship in 2023 for her translational educational research work, which she is continuing to develop as a Clinical Lecturer. Hannah is a member of both the NIHR Education Incubator and RCS Specialist Advisory Network in Clinical Education.

Hannah has three young daughters and is passionate about promoting flexible training and equality in T&O.

 

Imran Ahmed

Orthopaedic Registrar, Warwick Orthopaedic Rotation

Imran Ahmed, Orthopaedic Registrar on the Warwick Orthopaedic Rotation, previous NIHR doctoral research fellow at the Warwick Clinical Trials Unit and RCS Hunterian Professor for 2024.

Having completed Undergraduate training at Imperial College London, Imran completed an Academic Foundation post at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire before securing a highly competitive Academic Clinical Fellowship supervised by Andrew Metcalfe. During this post he completed a range of research projects working closely with the Warwick Clinical Trials Unit obtaining several publications and international presentations. Following this post he was successful in obtaining a NIHR doctoral research fellowship grant to complete his PhD at the University of Warwick.

His award winning PhD thesis was titled ‘The treatment, expectations and outcomes of patients aged 18 to 55 with a meniscal tear of the knee.’ This work was supervised by Prof Andy Metcalfe, Andrew Price, Charles Hutchinson, Sophie Staniszewska and Nick Parsons. As part of this work, Imran set up and completed a multicentre national cohort study (the Meniscal tear outcome study (METRO). Several of his chapters have been published and he has gone on to present the findings at national conferences winning a presentation award at BASK 2023. His Hunterian lecture will focus on key findings from his thesis and the implications of this work for clinical practice.

Matthew Costa

Orthopaedic Consultant & Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, University of Oxford & John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

Matthew Costa PhD, FRCS, FMedSci. Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery at the University of Oxford and Honorary Consultant Trauma Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Matt’s research interest is in clinical and cost effectiveness of musculoskeletal trauma interventions. He is Lead Investigator for a series of randomised trials and associated studies supported by grants from the UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). His work has been cited widely and informs many guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
Matt is the NIHR National Specialty Lead for Trauma and Emergency Care and an NIHR Senior Investigator. He is also Associate Editor for Trauma and Research Methods at The Bone & Joint Journal.
Matt is past President of the UK Orthopaedic Trauma Society and past President of the Global Fragility Fracture Network.
 

Fergal Monsell

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

Fergal Monsell graduated without distinction from the Welsh National School of Medicine. He completed higher surgical training at the University of Manchester and has been a Consultant at the Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol since 2004. He is involved in the management of paediatric patients with a special interest in limb deformity and trauma.
He has made a greater than average contribution to the canon of lower-level evidence and has been awarded degrees at Master and Doctorate level.
He has a longstanding interest in education, is Director of the Avon Centre for Musculoskeletal Education and Projector at the Grand Academy.