Speakers
James Archer
Yuri Kulikov
Andrew McCaskie
BOA Session
Training and Research: overcoming challenges and taking opportunities
In this session we will explore how to overcome challenges and take opportunities in research. We will consider this through different perspectives; training, clinical practice, and working across disciplines. We will describe some of the ways the BOA facilitates and supports research.
Chair: Andrew McCaskie
Agenda:
Research in Orthopaedics Andrew McCaskie
Research during training James Archer
Research in clinical practice Yuri Kulikov
Research across disciplines Ines Reichert
Research and the BOA Andrew McCaskie
James is a Trauma and Orthopaedic Specialty Registrar working in the West Midlands as part of the Birmingham Orthopaedic Training Programme. His career aspirations include a career in arthroplasty and revision arthroplasty.
He is the current Academic Officer for the British Orthopaedic Trainees Association (BOTA) and has worked to develop and support trainees in their academic and research pursuits. He is a strong advocate for collaborative research and the important role trainees can play in research trials.
Mr Kulikov is a Specialty Doctor in Trauma and Orthopaedics with a broad research background and an eye on clinical practice improvement and innovation. He is a passionate proponent of SAS grade development as a career pathway in its own right.
He is particularly interested in Trauma and Orthopaedic research methodology and support of novel research ideas integral to clinical practice. He started career in the Vreden Russian Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, worked with the Centre for Orthopaedic Biomechanics (University of Bath) and Warwick Orthopaedics group Warwick Medical School), where he completed PhD in research methodology specific to surgical studies. He currently explores development of technology assisted joint surgery.
Professor Andrew McCaskie is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Interim Deputy Head of the School of Clinical Medicine (following this he will resume the role as Head of the Department of Surgery) at the University of Cambridge and Honorary Consultant at Addenbrookes’ Hospital.
His clinical interest is lower limb, particularly hip disease in young adults. His translational research is focused on cell and regenerative therapies relating to bone and cartilage repair. This encompasses work to understand the role of cells and molecules in repair, alongside advanced imaging, related clinical trial work, precision health approaches and patient stratification.
He is Director of the Versus Arthritis Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Therapies Centre, which brings together several UK institutions and is a Principal Investigator at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.
He is a past president of the Association of Professors of Orthopaedic Surgery and the British Orthopaedic Research Society and has served on the British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery Council of Management. He is the current Chair of the Research Committee of the BOA. He is an editor for Bailey and Love’s Short Practice of Surgery (27th & 28th Editions) and was inducted a Fellow of International Orthopaedic Research in 2019.
PhD in Fracture Healing and Bone Blood Flow at Imperial College prior to her Orthopaedic Training in the KSS / South-East London Region. Since continued interest in research with focus on fracture treatment, post-traumatic OA and the effect of comorbidities, in particular diabetic neuropathy, on bone biology. Clinical Research: conduct and delivery of NIHR portfolio trials, Undergraduate teaching. Active member of BORS, ORS / ISFR. Clinical Sub-specialities Hand & Wrist / Diabetic Foot / Trauma.