Prof. Dr. med. Dr. biol. hom. Volker Alt, MD, Director, Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

Prof Alt is an author on a paper in the January 2024 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

The PJI-TNM classification for periprosthetic joint infections: clinical application and implementation of an app-based classification tool

Bone Joint Res. 2024;13(1):19–27.

Prof Volker Alt is the Director of the Department of Trauma Surgery at the University Hospital Regensburg, Germany. He was trained as a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at the University Hospitals in Heidelberg and Giessen, Germany, as well as at the University of Paris, France, and at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

Prof Alt has a strong clinical and scientific focus on the prevention and treatment of bone infections, mainly on periprosthetic joint and fracture-related infections. His research covers the full range of preclinical and clinical studies, including randomized controlled trials on the effects of antimicrobial coatings of fracture fixation and total joint devices, but also health-economic and psychosomatic topics in this field.

Furthermore, Prof Alt serves as the Head of the Section of the Musculoskeletal Infection of the German Society of Orthopedics and Trauma, and is involved in several national and international guidelines projects on fracture-related and periprosthetic joint infections.

Dr Pedro Dantas, MD, Head of the Hip & Pelvis Unit at Hospital Cuf Descobertas and Head of the Hip Unit of Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisbon, Portugal.

Dr Dantas is an author on a paper in the December 2023 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Hip joint contact pressure and force: a scoping review of in vivo and cadaver studies

Bone Joint Res. 2023;12(12):712–721.

Dr Pedro Dantas is a hip surgeon with special interest in hip preservation surgery, primary and revision in arthroplasty. As an orthopaedic consultant, he leads the Hip Unit at both Hospital CUF Descobertas and Hospital Curry Cabral in Lisbon.

Dr Dantas’ research focuses on hip arthroscopy and preservation surgery, particularly in the study of the femoroacetabular contact forces in cam impingement. He has been actively involved in the development of a novel device designed to measure these contact forces during arthroscopic surgery, both in the intact joint and post-cam resection.

In recognition of his research, Dr Dantas has received grants from the CUF Academic Center and the Biomechanics Section of the Portuguese Orthopaedics and Traumatology Society. He is the Portuguese National Representative in the European Hip Society and is also a Board Member of the Portuguese Society of Arthroscopy and Sports Traumatology, a member of the European Hip Preservation Associates (ESSKA), and a member of The Hip Preservation Society.

Dr Qinghua Zhao, PhD, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

Dr Zhao is an author on a paper in the November 2023 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Interleukin-19 promotes bone resorption by suppressing osteoprotegerin expression in BMSCs in a lipopolysaccharide-induced bone loss mouse model

Bone Joint Res. 2023;12(11):691–701.

Dr Qinghua Zhao graduated from the Naval Military Medical University in 2007 with a doctorate degree in medicine. Since then, he has been working in the Department of Spine Surgery, Shanghai General Hospital. His research interests include: 1) basic and clinical studies on ageing and bone metabolism; 2) the role of osteoblast-osteoclast homeostasis in bone metabolism; and 3) basic mechanisms and clinical studies on the organ-bone axis.

In the past five years, Dr Zhao has published several high-level papers in international authoritative journals such as Nature Metabolism, Cell Discovery, Cellular Signalling, and Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. If you are interested in Dr Zhao’s research topics, please feel free to contact him by email: qinghua.zhao@shgh.cn. He looks forward to hearing from you and discussing the mysteries of bone metabolism.

Mr Joseph Pagkalos, MSc, FRCS(Tr&Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.

Mr Pagkalos is an author on a paper in the September 2023 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Defining the optimal position of the lipped liner in combination with cup orientation and stem version: a kinematic model analysis

Bone Joint Res. 2023;12(9):571–579.

Mr Pagkalos is a Consultant Arthroplasty Surgeon at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham. He completed his specialist training on the Birmingham Orthopaedic Training Programme and undertook two subspecialty fellowships focusing on hip and knee arthroplasty. He spent a year at University Hospitals Dorset and the Orthopaedic Research Institute under Professor Middleton, and then returned to Birmingham and the Bone Tumour Service where he focused on revision arthroplasty, limb salvage, and periprosthetic joint infection.

Mr Pagkalos has a hip and knee arthroplasty practice, co-chairs the MRC Knee revision MDT meeting, and runs a combined orthopaedic-rheumatology clinic for patients with inflammatory arthropathy considering joint replacements. His research interests include hip replacement longevity, revision arthroplasty, and enabling technologies in joint replacement surgery.

Mr Peter Smitham, PhD, FRCS (Tr & Orth), FRACS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Associate Professor, Centre for Orthopaedic and Trauma Research, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.

Mr Smitham is an author on a paper in the October 2023 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Unbiased gene expression analysis of the delayed fracture healing observed in Zucker diabetic fatty rats

Bone Joint Res. 2023;12(10):657–666.

Mr Peter Smitham is an Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide and an Orthopaedic Consultant at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He has a specialist interest in revision arthroplasty and trauma.

Mr Smitham studied in Bristol before moving to Sydney for his PhD, investigating growth factors in osteoporotic fractures. On returning to the UK, he was a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Academic Clinical Lecturer and Registrar on the Stanmore/University College London (UCL) rotation. As a trainee, he was awarded the British Orthopaedic Research (BORS) Travelling Fellowship and was the British Orthopaedic Trainee Association (BOTA) President. He moved to Adelaide on Fellowship and after completing the Australian Fellowship exams became a Consultant at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Mr Smitham’s research interests include trauma, arthroplasty, and medical education along with innovation and sustainability. Currently, this has allowed the creation of two spin-off companies and the formation of the Adelaide MedTech Hackathon on Sustainability and Medical Dilemmas.

Mr Nick D. Clement, MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCS Ed (Tr & Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

Mr Clement is an author on a paper in the August 2023 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Artificial intelligence in orthopaedics: what level of evidence does it represent and how is it validated?

Bone Joint Res. 2023;12(8):494–496.

Mr Nick Clement is an orthopaedic consultant at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (UK), and his clinical practice focuses on hip and knee arthroplasty. He has been awarded a PhD for his work looking at the outcome of total knee arthroplasty, and an MD for his research defining fracture epidemiology and outcomes in elderly and super-elderly patients.

Nick has recently been appointed as the Clinical Lead for orthopaedics for the Chief Scientist Office in Scotland, and is Chair for research for the Scottish Committee for Orthopaedics and Trauma (SCOT). In these positions he hopes to help to promote and support research projects across Scotland, and to establish national and international collaborations.

Nick is the author of over 350 peer-reviewed publications and several book chapters, and believes that only through collaboration can true orthopaedic science progress. His recent publication in Bone & Joint Research highlights the history of artificial intelligence (AI), the techniques employed and the potential applications in orthopaedics, and the limitations. There will likely be an explosion of AI-related studies in the coming years that will change every aspect of orthopaedics. Nick hopes to be part of this new age of orthopaedics through collaboration with those in the know!

Dr Anthony Lisacek-Kiosoglous, B.Phys MD, Junior Clinical Fellow in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Dr Lisacek-Kiosoglous is an author on a paper in the July 2023 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Artificial intelligence in orthopaedic surgery: exploring its applications, limitations, and future direction

Bone Joint Res. 2023;12(7):447–454.

Dr Anthony Lisacek-Kiosoglous is currently an Education & Clinical Fellow in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He graduated magna cum laude from the six-year Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree at the European University Cyprus. Anthony is also an experienced physiotherapist, obtaining his undergraduate bachelor’s degree from the University of South Australia.

Anthony has a keen interest in rehabilitation and pain management practice both locally and internationally. In particular, he is interested in orthopaedic trauma surgery, arthroplasty, post-surgical rehabilitation, and the application of technology in surgery. He developed his interests while undertaking overseas work experience at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, Royal Brompton Hospital in London, Wesley Hospital in Brisbane, Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar, Sidra Medicine in Qatar, and Sahara Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Hospital and Stupa Community Hospital in Nepal.

Anthony is currently completing his orthopaedic surgical training and is engaged in regular teaching and research. Most recently he has been involved in a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) multicentre trial as an Associate Principal Investigator.

Mr Navnit S. Makaram, MBChB, MRCS(Ed), MSc, PGCert Med Ed, AFHEA, Specialty Registrar & Clinical Research Fellow, Edinburgh Orthopaedics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

Dr Makaram is an author on a paper in the June 2023 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Are we doing the right surgical trials? The difficult nature of ‘true’ equipoise

Bone Joint Res. 2023;12(6):372–374.

Mr Navnit S. Makaram is a Specialty Trainee in Trauma and Orthopaedics on the South-East Scotland rotation and a Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He completed his undergraduate medical training at the University of Edinburgh, and subsequently completed a surgically focused Academic Foundation Programme at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.

Nav has a clinical and translational academic interest in orthopaedics and is currently completing a PhD investigating the genetic basis of Paget’s Disease of Bone at the MRC Institute of Genetics and Cancer (IGC), University of Edinburgh. His clinical research interests lie in study design and orthopaedic outcome-based studies, and he has published numerous studies evaluating factors associated with clinical and patient-reported outcomes in lower limb arthroplasty, upper limb trauma, and sports medicine.

Nav has received several research grants and awards, including from the Paget’s Association, the Orthoregeneration Network, and the Arthroscopic Association of North America. He also enjoys teaching and medical education, and regularly supervises undergraduate research electives and BSc dissertations at the University of Edinburgh.

Outside orthopaedics, Nav enjoys running, racquet sports, and anything that involves the outdoors. He is particularly proud of managing to struggle through to the finish line of the London Marathon in 2021, raising funds for the Paget’s Association in the process.

Dr Markus Rupp, MD, Senior Physician, Department of Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

Dr Rupp is an author on a paper in the May 2023 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Infection after intracapsular femoral neck fracture – does antibiotic-loaded bone cement reduce infection risk after hemiarthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty? Data from the German Arthroplasty Registry

Bone Joint Res. 2023;12(5):331–338.

Dr Markus Rupp is a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at the University Hospital Regensburg in Germany, where he leads the section infection surgery and research affairs. After completing his medical training at the University Hospitals Muenster and Giessen in Germany, Markus was granted the prestigious travel fellowship from the German Society of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, allowing him to enhance his expertise in limb and deformity reconstruction and osteomyelitis treatment through a clinical observership with Prof David Lowenberg at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Markus's clinical and scientific focus revolves around optimizing the diagnosis and treatment of severely injured patients and those affected by bone and joint infections. He actively engages in translational research, with a particular interest in fracture healing, angiogenesis, and the use of bacteriophages as adjunctive therapies for bone and joint infections. His contributions to the field have been recognized, as he was honored with the Prize for Research Funding of Translational Cooperative Projects at the German Congress for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery in 2022.

Markus is an esteemed member of various professional organizations, including the German Society of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, the European Bone and Joint Infection Society, AO-Trauma, and the Osteosynthesis and Trauma Care Foundation.

Mr Luke Farrow, BSc, MBChB, MRCS, Clinical Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen Institute of Applied Health Sciences, Aberdeen, UK.

Mr Farrow is an author on a paper in the April 2023 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Future registry research: database linkage in Trauma and Orthopaedics

Bone Joint Res. 2023;12(4):256–258.

Mr Luke Farrow is a Clinical Academic and Senior Orthopaedic Trainee based in Aberdeen, Scotland. He is currently taking time out of his clinical training to undertake a CSO Funded Clinical Academic Fellowship exploring how to make improvements in the clinical care pathway for those awaiting hip and knee arthroplasty through the use of data linkage and artificial intelligence techniques.

Luke’s PhD builds on his prior experiences working with large clinical datasets and routinely collected healthcare data. He is particularly interested in the application of machine learning and natural language processing methods to help address important clinical problems in Trauma and Orthopaedics. His research also includes health service provision, time-series analysis, epidemiology, and clinical imaging studies, some of which have received national and international media attention.

Luke is the current chair of the Scottish Hip Fracture Audit Quality Improvement and Research Sub-Group and a Fellow for the Bone and Joint Infection Registry. He also regularly reviews for both Bone & Joint Research and The Bone & Joint Journal. In his spare time, he enjoys golf, cycling, and spending time with his wife and three young children. Follow him on twitter: @docfarrow

Dr Oreste Gualillo, PharmD, PhD, Senior scientist group leader SERGAS (Galician Healthcare Service) and NEIRID Lab (Neuroendocrine Interactions in Rheumatology and Inflammatory Diseases), Research Laboratory 9, IDIS (Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela), University Clinical Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Dr Gualillo is an author on a paper in the March 2023 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Monomeric CRP regulates inflammatory responses in human intervertebral disc cells

Bone Joint Res. 2023;12(3):189–198.

Dr Oreste Gualillo graduated in pharmaceutical chemistry and earned a PhD in Pharmacology at the Department of Experimental Pharmacology of the University of Naples Federico II (Italy). He received postdoctoral training in molecular endocrinology at the Necker School of Medicine, INSERM U344, in Paris (France). He was a Marie Curie TMR30 post-doctoral Researcher at the Department of Medicine, Molecular Endocrinology Division of the University of Santiago de Compostela.

In 2001, Dr Gualillo set up his own research group at the Santiago University Clinical Hospital, Division of Rheumatology. He is currently a Staff Researcher of the Servizo Galego de Saude (SERGAS) into the Spanish National Health System, at Área Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela e Barbanza, Santiago University Clinical Hospital, heading the Neuroendocrine Interactions in Rheumatology and Inflammatory Diseases (NEIRID) group of Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS).

Dr Gualillo works on the immunometabolic regulation and signal transduction of adipokines and other natural pharmacologically active substances in inflammatory, rheumatic, and musculoskeletal diseases. His track record of professional achievement is backed up by more than 210 primary peer-reviewed publications. Dr Gualillo’s h-index is currently 68, and he has ongoing collaborative research with industry and leading academic investigators in established centres of excellence. He serves on the editorial boards of several scientific journals and committees, as well as technical advisory bodies.

Mr Alexander L. Aquilina, DPhil, MSc (Dist), MBChB (Hons), BSc (Hons), MRCS, PGCert Med Ed, FHEA, Specialist Trainee Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Severn Rotation, Bristol, UK.

Mr Aquilina is an author on a paper in the February 2023 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

What outcomes have been reported on patients following open lower limb fracture, and how have they been measured?

Bone Joint Res. 2023;12(2):138–146.

Mr Alex Aquilina is a Specialist Trainee Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery. He developed an interest in trauma and orthopaedic research as a medical student. After graduating from the University of Bristol, Alex completed an Academic Foundation Training Programme before being appointed to an Academic Clinical Fellowship in August 2014 with an attached National Training Number in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery.

Alex undertook a DPhil with the Oxford Trauma research group leading a National Institute for Health and Care Research registered multicentre study. This study developed a core outcome set for patients recovering from open lower limb fractures, identifying what and how outcomes should be measured in this patient group in future clinical research and audit. Study methodologies included systematic review, qualitative research, consensus methods, and clinimetrics.

Alex is currently completing his surgical training, and remains passionate about academic trauma and orthopaedic surgery.

Dr Silvia María Díaz Prado, PhD, Professor of Physiotherapy, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Centro Interdiciplinar de Química y Biología (CICA), Universidade da Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain.

Dr Díaz Prado is an author on a paper in the January 2023 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Generation of human immortalized chondrocytes from osteoarthritic and healthy cartilage: a new tool for cartilage pathophysiology studies

Bone Joint Res. 2022;12(1):46–57.

Dr Silvia María Díaz Prado obtained her PhD in Biology in 2004 at University of A Coruña. In 2005, she joined the Biomedical Research Institute of A Coruña (INIBIC) as a postdoctoral researcher. Later, she signed a five-year postdoctoral research contract from Xunta de Galicia (Spain), which financed her four research international and national stays. In 2011, she obtained her first contract as Associated Professor.

Dr Díaz Prado is now Senior Lecturer of Anatomy at the University of a Coruña, coordinator of the Master´s Degree in Health Care and Research, and coordinator of the Cellular Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Research group at INIBIC. Her lines of research focus on tissue engineering, with special emphasis on the use of new biomaterials and stem cells as therapeutic tools for the treatment of different pathologies.

Dr Díaz Prado is author of 60 scientific articles with an H index of 22, 31 book chapters, five books/monographs, and 184 conference communications. She has participated in 30 research projects and directed more than 30 Master´s Theses and six Doctoral theses.

Prof Dr Enrique Gómez Barrena, MD, PhD, Full Professor and Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain.

Prof Dr Gómez Barrena is an author on a paper in the December 2022 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Volume and location of bone regeneration after autologous expanded mesenchymal stromal cells in hip osteonecrosis: a pilot study

Bone Joint Res. 2022;11(12):881–889.

Prof Enrique Gómez Barrena is an orthopaedic surgeon by training who completed his residency at La Paz Hospital in Madrid, a research fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York and who was appointed as Professor and Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology in 2010. His clinical expertise in hip and knee reconstructive surgery has also been associated with experimental research, particularly on biomaterials and regenerative medicine. He has led multicentric clinical trials in these areas, including major EU-funded projects such as EU-FP7 REBORNE and EU-H2020 ORTHOUNION.

Prof Gómez Barrena’s international activities and recognition led him to sit at the European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS) Board from 2008 to 2016, and he was the EORS President from 2011 to 2014. He is also a founding member of the International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies (ICORS) network, served as the EORS President in 2013, and currently remains a Fellow of ICORS. Prof Gómez Barrena has sat at the European Federation of Orthopaedic and Trauma Societies (EFORT) Board from 2017 to date, and is currently the EFORT President (2022-23).

Dr Sujeesh Sebastian, BSc, MSc, PhD, Research Engineer, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Orthopedics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Dr Sebastian is an author on a paper in the November 2022 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Extended local release and improved bacterial eradication by adding rifampicin to a biphasic ceramic carrier containing gentamicin or vancomycin

Bone Joint Res. 2022;11(11):787–802.

Dr Sujeesh Sebastian has for the last year been a research engineer at the Department of Orthopedics, Lund University. Having both Bachelor and Master’s degrees in medical microbiology, Sujeesh is a trained microbiologist and completed his PhD from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi in 2019. His Doctoral research was on prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) following hip and knee arthroplasties. In 2018, he was awarded a senior research fellowship by the Indian Council of Medical Research to continue his PJI research at AIIMS.

In late 2019, Sujeesh moved to Lund University, Sweden, for a two-year postdoc with Prof MD Lars Lidgren and PhD Deepak Raina. He published epidemiolocal studies based on the well-known Swedish knee arthroplasty national database and compared bacteriological and resistance patterns in PJI from national registries in different countries. Sujeesh has been actively involved in experimental bone and joint infection research at the Biomedical Centre with in vitro and in vivo pharmacokinetic antibiotic studies. In October 2022, Sujeesh joined as a research associate the team at the Orthopädisches Spital Speising in Vienna, Austria, focusing on PJI.

Dr Erik Lenguerrand, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics and Quantitative Epidemiology, Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Dr Lenguerrand is an author on a paper in the October 2022 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Mortality and re-revision following single-stage and two-stage revision surgery for the management of infected primary knee arthroplasty in England and Wales: evidence from the National Joint Registry

Bone Joint Res. 2022;11(10):690–699.

Following the completion of a PhD in medical statistics and epidemiology in 2008 at the Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 (Lyon, France), Dr Erik Lenguerrand worked for the Medical Research Council/Chief Scientist Office Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in Glasgow, UK. In 2012, he joined the Musculoskeletal Research Unit at the University of Bristol.

Erik has a huge interest in multidisciplinary projects aiming to improve the experience and outcomes of patients waiting for or who have received joint replacement. He is interested in reducing social inequalities in access and outcome of joint replacement. He is also interested in the impact of bearing surface materials used for primary hip replacement. Finally, Erik is focusing in reducing the risk of infection and re-infection following joint arthroplasty, a central part of his research activities for which he has published numerous outputs.

Erik uses big registry data such as the National Joint Registry and the Hospital Episode Statistics, and is involved in setting up randomized controlled trial studies. Details of Erik's research activities can be found here.

Priv-Doz Dr Irene Sigmund, MD, Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Vienna General Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and currently, Fellow at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK.

Dr Sigmund is an author on a paper in the September 2022 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Diagnosing periprosthetic joint infections: a comparison of infection definitions: EBJIS 2021, ICM 2018, and IDSA 2013

Bone Joint Res. 2022;11(9):608–618.

Dr Irene Sigmund is an orthopaedic surgeon specialized in musculoskeletal infections at the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. Currently, she is undertaking a clinical Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Fellowship at the prestigious Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK.

In 2017, Dr Sigmund completed a three-month ESCMID Observership and Research Fellowship at the Centre for Septic Surgery at the Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Germany leading to a Dr.med. degree at the Charité. In 2018, she was a recipient of the European Bone and Joint Infection Society (EBJIS) Travelling Fellowship, visiting four orthopaedic infection centres in Europe.

Dr Sigmund completed a one-year clinical and research fellowship at the prestigious Bone Infection Unit at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, UK. In 2021, she was awarded the habilitation degree (venia docendi; qualification as university lecturer) in the discipline of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the Medical University of Vienna.

Dr Sigmund is currently an ordinary member of the EBJIS executive committee and a reviewer for various research journals. Irene’s clinical practice and research interests are focused on the diagnosis and surgical treatment strategies (revision surgery, limb salvage) of periprosthetic joint infections, osteomyelitis, fracture-related infections, and septic arthritis.

Prof Gundula Schulze-Tanzil, VMD, Univ. Prof., Head, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany.

Prof Schulze-Tanzil is an author on a paper in the August 2022 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Tendon healing: a concise review on cellular and molecular mechanisms with a particular focus on the Achilles tendon

Bone Joint Res. 2022;11(8):561–574.

Prof Gundula Schulze-Tanzil is a veterinarian and finished her doctoral thesis with a scholarship at the Freie Universität Berlin in 1999 in the field of veterinary microbiology. In 1999 she started her postdoc time in human anatomy at the Freie Universität Berlin. In 2005 she received a Rahel Hirsch scholarship of the Charité-Universitätsmedizin in Berlin and finished her postdoctoral lecture qualification (habilitation) in Anatomy and Cell Biology in 2009 at the Charité.

Prof Schulze-Tanzil continued with experimental orthopaedic research (2005 to 2015 at the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin), leading the research unit of the department. In 2015 she obtained a professorship for Anatomy at the Paracelsus Medical University in Nuremberg (Germany) and leads this Anatomical institute until now. She has more than 20 years of experience in the field of musculoskeletal research, human gross anatomy, and cell biology.

Fields of interest: Prof Schulze-Tanzil and her team investigate tendon/ligament and cartilage reconstruction strategies and pathologies, combining in vitro tissue engineering approaches with surgical small/large animal models.

Dr Silvia Hayer, PhD, Assoc. Prof. at the Medical University of Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Dr Hayer is an author on a paper in the July 2022 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Analysis of combined deficiency of interleukin-1 and -6 versus single deficiencies in TNF-mediated arthritis and systemic bone loss

Bone Joint Res. 2022;11(7):484–493.

Dr Silvia Hayer studied Biology and obtained her PhD degree in Biochemistry at the University of Vienna. In 2020, she received her venia docendi degree in ‘Pathophysiology’ at the Medical University of Vienna. She works as group leader in the research laboratory of the Division of Rheumatology. As a well-experienced biologist, she intensively works on pathology in experimental models of musculoskeletal disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis or osteoporosis. In 2020/2021, she was a visiting researcher at the Skeletal Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering Research Center, KU Leuven, Belgium, to expand her knowledge on experimental osteoarthritis.

Dr Hayer’s scientific interest focusses on studying mechanisms of inflammation-mediated bone and cartilage damage, understanding cellular interactions within synovial tissue, and generation of bone-resorbing osteoclasts. Pathomechanisms contributing to musculoskeletal disorders are elucidated by the use of genetically modified mice or in vivo drug screening approaches. Working in a Clinical Department of Rheumatology allows her an ideal environment to combine basic and translational research.

Mr Andrew J. Hall, MBChB, BMedSci (Hons), MRCS(Ed), MFST (Ed), PgCert, Specialty Registrar & PhD Candidate, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh; Chief Resident, Golden Jubilee University National Hospital, Clydebank; Deputy Chair, Scottish Hip Fracture Audit Research Group, Edinburgh, UK.

Mr Hall is an author on two papers in the June 2022 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

The IMPACT of COVID-19 on trauma & orthopaedic surgery provides lessons for future communicable disease outbreaks: minimum reporting standards, risk scores, fragility trauma services, and global collaboration

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The delivery of an emergency audit response to a communicable disease outbreak can inform future orthopaedic investigations and clinical practice: lessons from IMPACT Hip Fracture Global Audits

Bone Joint Res. 2022;11(6):342–345 & 346–348.

Mr Andrew Hall is a Specialty Trainee in trauma and orthopaedics (T&O) on the South East Scotland rotation and a PhD Candidate at the University of Edinburgh. The focus of his thesis is the examination of population-level data in hip fracture, and he is delivering the International Multicentre Project Auditing COVID-19 in T&O (IMPACT) in concert with Edinburgh Orthopaedics and the Scottish Hip Fracture Audit.

This collaborative approach to investigating topical issues in orthopaedics is the basis for the Scottish Collaborative Orthopaedic Trainees’ Research Network (SCOTnet), which Andrew established alongside trainees across Scotland, and has stimulated cooperation between national audit programmes around the world.

Andrew is Chief Resident at the Golden Jubilee University National Hospital, and is being supported to establish a research group with the primary aims of: improving delivery of national elective orthopaedic services; developing novel techniques in joint preservation surgery; and using preclinical methods such as motion analysis in the context of Sports Orthopaedics.

Andrew is especially interested in the interface between Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports & Exercise Medicine, and his work is strongly influenced by his experience of clinical and academic practice in high performance sporting environments including the Scottish Rugby Union, Sportscotland, and as Club Doctor for Heart of Midlothian FC.

Mr Thomas C Edwards, BSc(Hons), MBBS, MRCS, PhD Candidate and Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery Registrar, Imperial College London, London, UK.

Mr Edwards is an author on a paper in the May 2022 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

The metabolic equivalent of task score: a useful metric for comparing high-functioning hip arthroplasty patients

Bone Joint Res. 2022;11(5):317-326.

Mr Thomas Edwards is a Trauma & Orthopaedic surgery trainee based in North-West London. He is currently undertaking his PhD at Imperial College London, investigating the use of innovative technologies to improve safety and efficacy of anterior approach total hip arthroplasty, funded through an industry grant from Johnson & Johnson.

Through his PhD work, Tom has developed a research interest in surgical team performance and human factors in the operating room. His research using an innovative multiplayer virtual reality programme to train surgical teams together has won several awards, most recently an ISTELAR award for best clinical podium presentation at CAOS 2022.

Tom is a peer reviewer for a number of scientific journals and is a current member of the editorial board for Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery.

Outside orthopaedics, Tom is a very amateur jazz pianist and enjoys applying his (fairly limited) surgical skills to renovating his Edwardian cottage in the Chiltern Hills.

Dr Gerard Slobogean, MD MPH, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Associate Professor, and Director of Clinical Research, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Dr Sheila Sprague, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

Dr Slobogean and Dr Sprague are authors on a paper in the April 2022 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Bone turnover markers as surrogates of fracture healing after intramedullary fixation of tibia and femur fractures

Bone Joint Res. 2022;11(4):239-250.

Dr Gerard Slobogean:

Dr Slobogean is an Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Orthopaedic Injury Research & Innovation (COIRI) in the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of British Columbia, an orthopaedic trauma fellowship at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, and a shoulder and elbow reconstruction fellowship at the University of Toronto.

Dr Slobogean’s clinical practice specializes in complex fractures of the pelvis, acetabulum, and lower extremity. His research interests are in the design and conduct of large multicentre clinical trials. He currently serves as the Annual Meeting Program Chair for the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (2022-2023) and the Levels of Evidence section editor for the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma.

Dr Sheila Sprague:

Dr Sprague is an Associate Professor and Research Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Orthopaedics in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery at McMaster University. She completed her doctorate degree at the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Sprague’s areas of  expertise include design and conduct of large randomized controlled trials, observational studies, systematic reviews, and scoping reviews. Her research interests include optimizing the fracture clinic to assist women experiencing intimate partner violence and improving outcomes in fracture patients. Throughout her career, Dr Sprague has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications and contributed to 15 definitive multi-centre clinical trials.

Collaboration

Drs Slobogean and Sprague have collaborated on several large multicentre studies, including the 10,000-patient PREP-IT surgical antisepsis trials (NCT 03385304 and 03523962). Their recent publication, Bone Turnover Markers as Surrogates of Fracture Healing after Intramedullary Fixation of Tibia and Femur Fractures, is an analysis of their Vita-Shock trial that received the Edwin G. Bovill Jr. Award for the most outstanding scientific paper presented at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association’s 2020 annual meeting.

Dr Katherine Staines, BSc, PhD, Senior Lecturer, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences; Centre for Stress and Age-Related Disease, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.

Dr Staines is an author on a paper in the March 2022 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

The role of accelerated growth plate fusion in the absence of SOCS2 on osteoarthritis vulnerability

Bone Joint Res. 2022;11(3):162-170.

Dr Katherine Staines is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton, UK. Her research looks to understand the development, regulation, and pathology of the musculoskeletal system, with a particular focus on understanding the molecular pathogenesis of osteoarthritis.

She obtained her PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2012, examining the role of the SIBLING protein matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein (MEPE) in chondrocyte matrix mineralization. Katherine then undertook two postdoctoral positions at the Royal Veterinary College and the University of Edinburgh, both investigating the role of the subchondral bone in osteoarthritis using pre-clinical models, which led to the development of a novel technology for imaging murine joints under load (published in Nature Biomedical Engineering). Katherine was awarded a Vice Chancellor's Fellowship at Edinburgh Napier University in 2017, and then joined the University of Brighton in 2020.

Katherine’s research is currently funded by the Medical Research Council and Medical Research Scotland. She sits on the editorial boards for the Journal of Endocrinology and Frontiers in Endocrinology, Bone Research, as well as the Royal Osteoporosis Society Research Grants Assessment Panel.

Mr Sofus Ø. Vittrup, BSc. med, Research Year Student, Aarhus Denmark Microdialysis Research (ADMIRE), Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

Mr Vittrup is an author on a paper in the February 2022 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Tibial bone and soft-tissue concentrations following combination therapy with vancomycin and meropenem – evaluated by microdialysis in a porcine model: should patients with open fractures have higher doses of antibiotics?

Bone Joint Res. 2022;11(2):112-120.

Mr Sofus Vittrup is a medical student at Aarhus University, currently taking his master's degree. He is scheduled to finish his studies in the summer of 2023, whereafter he is planning on conducting a PhD in the field of orthopaedics. He has been a member of the ADMIRE group based in Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, since 2020, where he conducted a full-time research year in 2021 in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen. The ADMIRE research group applies the pharmacokinetic tool microdialysis to measure various drug concentrations within relevant tissues.

In his role as a researcher, Sofus works with fellow medical students, PhD students, surgeons, infection disease specialists, professors, and veterinarians in the study on prophylaxis and treatment of orthopaedic infections. His main focuses have thus far been on infection prophylaxis of open fractures using the combination of meropenem and vancomycin, as well as the treatment of implant-associated osteomyelitis with the combination of rifampicin and meropenem.

Dr Matthew P. Abdel, MD, Andrew A. and Mary S. Sugg Professor of Orthopedic Surgery; Chair, Division of Orthopedic Surgery Research; Vice Chair, Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Consultant, Division of Hip and Knee Reconstruction, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

Dr Abdel is an author on a paper in the January 2022 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Intra-articular celecoxib improves knee extension regardless of surgical release in a rabbit model of arthrofibrosis

Bone Joint Res. 2022;11(1):32-39.

Dr Matthew Abdel completed his adult hip and knee reconstruction fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He then completed the Müller Foundation/Hip Society European Fellowship in Hip Surgery, visiting multiple centres in Europe.

Dr Abdel completed his internship and residency at the Mayo Clinic. In addition, he received his M.S. in Biomedical Sciences from the Mayo Graduate School. In 2017, Dr Abdel completed the esteemed Insall Traveling Fellowship, visiting multiple centres in North America. As Director of the Genetic Host Variation Laboratory, his research focuses on the genetic expression profiles of people predisposed to arthrofibrosis through the use of both animal models and human trials.

For his research, Dr Abdel is the Principal Investigator of a revered National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant to study arthrofibrosis after total knee arthroplasty (2018 to 2022). He has also been the recipient of the AAHKS Dorr Award three times (2020, 2019, and 2018), Hip Society Stinchfield Award (2022), Hip Society Aufranc Award (2017), Knee Society Coventry Award twice (2019 and 2014), and OREF Grant (2017). He has authored over 350 peer-reviewed publications, 75 book chapters, and is the Editor of a recent arthroplasty book. Dr Abdel is a member of the prestigious members-only Knee Society and Hip Society, and serves on the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors (2020 – 2022).

Prof Dr Florian Schmidutz, MD, MSc, Senior Attending Physician, BG Klinik/University of Tübingen (UKT), Tübingen; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany; AO Research Institute Davos (ARI), Davos, Switzerland.

Prof Dr Schmidutz is an author on a paper in the December 2021 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Cortical bone thickness of the distal radius predicts the local bone mineral density

Bone Joint Res. 2021;10(12):820–829.

Prof Dr Florian Schmidutz obtained his MD at the Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg, with fellowships at the Karolinska Institute Stockholm and the Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas, USA). His doctoral thesis involved the analysis of Chemokines in neonatal obstructive nephropathy.

He completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU). In 2011/2012 he joined the AO Research Institute (ARI) in Davos, Switzerland for a one-year medical research fellowship. During that time, his research activity involved bone remodelling processes at the upper extremity related to ageing and around arthroplasty implants. Due to his activities, he received the professor title of the LMU Munich, is a reviewer for various research journals, and is a member of several national and international orthopaedic societies.

Prof Schmidutz is a certified orthopaedic surgeon and is highly specialized in joint replacement. His further research activity includes bone remodelling and biomechanical analysis of arthroplasty implants.

Dr Richard van Arkel, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Biomechanics Group, Mechanical Engineering Department, Imperial College London, London, UK.

Dr van Arkel is an author on a paper in the November 2021 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Bi-unicondylar arthroplasty: a biomechanics and clinical outcomes study

Bone Joint Res. 2021;10(11):723–733.

Dr Richard van Arkel is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London, with a research focus on orthopaedic systems. He applies engineering science to advance orthopaedic interventions through modelling procedures in the lab. He has keen research interests in joint and bone biomechanics, implant function, bioreactors, additive manufacturing, implantable sensors, and ultrasound. He is a firm believer that collaboration leads to research that is greater than the sum of its parts.

Richard gained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College for his thesis on the biomechanics of ligaments and muscles throughout the range of hip motion. His thesis won the Best Biomedical Engineering Postgraduate Project Prize from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and the Biomechanics Award from the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty.

Before joining Imperial College, Richard studied Engineering Design with Study in Industry at the University of Bristol. He spent a year at Renishaw working on the design and manufacture of their brain surgery robot and held an Engineering Leadership Advanced Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Dr Sean Bergiers, MEng, PhD, Research Fellow, Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science, University College London, London, UK.

Dr Bergiers is an author on a paper in the October 2021 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

The in vivo location of edge-wear in hip arthroplasties: combining pre-revision 3D CT imaging with retrieval analysis

Bone Joint Res. 2021;10(10):639–649.

Dr Sean Bergiers is a research fellow at University College London, based in the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH, Stanmore, UK), within Professor Alister Hart’s research group. In this role he works with surgeons and fellow biomedical engineers in the study of orthopaedic implants. A prominent part of his research has involved the tribological analysis of retrieved hip implants, focusing on the evaluation of their performance from a metrological perspective. Dr Bergiers has worked on refining these methods to better understand the surgeon, implant and patient factors that contribute to the failure of such devices. Through their combination with 3D CT imaging, he was able to provide a clearer clinical context to tribological outcomes, facilitating a more direct study of their relationship with surgical and patient variables.

Dr Bergiers is currently focused on enhancing imaging and metrology methods to investigate the performance of different implant types, including additively manufactured hips.

Dr Laura Saldaña, PhD, Principal Investigator, Hospital Universitario La Paz- IdiPAZ, Madrid; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, CIBER- BBN, Madrid, Spain.

Dr Saldaña is an author on a paper in the September 2021 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Osteoblast function in patients with idiopathic osteonecrosis of the femoral head: implications for a possible novel therapy

Bone Joint Res. 2021;10(9):619–628.

Dr Saldaña obtained her PhD degree in Chemistry from the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain), receiving the extraordinary PhD award. During her PhD studies, she was a visiting researcher at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute in Bologna (Italy), where she gained an interest in exploring the interactions between cells and biomaterials using confocal microscopy.

She worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Center for Metallurgical Research (CSIC, Spain), the Department of Medical Specialties of the University of Alcalá (Spain), and the Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN, Spain). In 2012, she joined the Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ) in Madrid as a Research Scientist under the Miguel Servet Program.

Dr Saldaña’s research interests are focused on the study of the biocompatibility of new materials for bone repair and regeneration, the understanding of the interactions between the immune and skeletal systems, and the study of the physiopathology of bone diseases. She is a member of the European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS).

Dr Rasmus Cleemann, MD, PhD, Associated Specialist Surgeon, Department of Orthopedics - Foot & Ankle section, Zealand University Hospital Køge, Køge, Denmark.

Dr Cleemann is an author on a paper in the August 2021 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Augmentation of implant surfaces with BMP-2 in a revision setting: effects of local and systemic bisphosphonate

Bone Joint Res. 2021;10(8):488-497.

Dr Cleemann completed his orthopaedic specialist training at Aarhus University Hospital and Regional Hospital Central Jutland, Central Region Denmark. He started specializing in foot and ankle surgery at Alborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark and currently holds a position as Associated Specialist Surgeon in Orthopedics on Zealand University Hospital Køge, Køge, Denmark.

He undertook a PhD at Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospitals Orthopedic Research Laboratory, Aarhus, in collaboration with Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

His thesis was in augmenting bone ingrowth to primary and revision implant surfaces with combined bone anabolic and anti-catabolic therapy in an animal setting.

Dr Cleemann is a member of the Danish Orthopedic Society (DOS), the Danish Foot & Ankle Society (DFAS), and the European Foot & Ankle Society (EFAS). His clinical interest and future research are aimed at hind and middle foot degenerative and traumatic conditions.

Dr Bjoern Vogt, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Senior Consultant at the Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Deformity Reconstruction and Foot Surgery, University Hospital of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.

Dr Vogt is the corresponding author on a paper in the July 2021 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Focal osteolysis and corrosion at the junction of Precice Stryde intramedullary lengthening device : preliminary clinical, radiological, and metallurgic analysis of 57 lengthened segments

Bone Joint Res. 2021;10(7):425-436.

Dr Bjoern Vogt is a senior consultant with a broad clinical and research experience within paediatric orthopaedics and limb reconstruction as well as foot surgery. He is well published and currently pursuing an academic career at the University of Muenster, Germany. This endeavour is supported by his mentor Prof. Dr Robert Roedl and Univ.-Prof. Dr Georg Gosheger. Together they built a strong research team as well as national and international collaborations.

Dr Vogt is currently vice president of the German Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society and has been part of the faculty of the Baltimore Limb Deformity Course organised by Prof J. Herzenberg. In recent years, Dr Vogt has established a strong collaboration with Danish Paediatric Orthopaedic Research at Aarhus University Hospital. Advancing the field of limb lengthening and reconstruction through a wide variety of projects is a main area of his academic work. In recent years, together with his colleague Dr A. Frommer he has focused on the scientific evaluation of intramedullary lengthening nails.

In his spare time, Dr Vogt enjoys spending time with his wife, his two daughters, and his dog, as well as meeting friends, playing piano, and doing sports, especially soccer, running, and fitness.

Dr Harry Hothi, BEng, MSc, PhD, Implant Science Fellow, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, Stanmore, UK.

Dr Hothi is an author on a paper in the July 2021 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Osseointegration of retrieved 3D-printed, off-the-shelf acetabular implants

Bone Joint Res. 2021;10(7):388-400.

Dr Harry Hothi is an orthopaedic engineer with a background in mechanical (BEng) and biomedical (MSc, PhD) engineering. He is the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH, Stanmore, UK) Implant Science Fellow, Engineering Director of the London Implant Retrieval Centre (LIRC), also based at the RNOH, and an honorary University College London (UCL) lecturer.

He leads and supports research projects related to the analysis of failed medical implants which has led to: 1) 64 peer-reviewed journal papers, 2) over 140 acceptances of abstracts to leading international conferences, and 3) collaboration with over 85 leading researchers, including surgeons, engineers, scientists, and statisticians from Germany, USA, Canada, Finland, Australia, China, Hong Kong, and across the UK.

Harry was a 2016 British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS) travelling fellow visiting research centres in Hong Kong, China (Xi’an), Australia (Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney), and Singapore.

His key research areas currently are in: 1) understanding the performance of 3D printed implants in patients, 2) the analysis of magnetically controlled growing rods/nails for the spine and lower limb, and 3) post-market surveillance of newly introduced implant designs.

Dr Terence E. McIff, MBA, PhD, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.

Dr McIff is an author on a paper in the April 2021 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Elution of rifampin and vancomycin from a weight-bearing silorane-based bone cement

Bone Joint Res. 2021;10(4):277-284.

Dr McIff completed his BSc in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arizona, an MBA at the Yale School of Management, and his PhD in Bioengineering at the University of Strathclyde. Dr McIff currently holds a full-time faculty position in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), where he holds the James R. Neff/John and Harriet Wiebe Endowed Chair of Orthopedic Biomechanics and leads the Orthopedic Research and Education Center. He also serves in the leadership of the Bioengineering Graduate Program at the University of Kansas.

Dr McIff’s research covers many different areas in orthopedics, from biomechanics to cancer treatment. Some of his recent work has focused on development of novel biomaterials to replace methyl methacrylate cement and drug delivery to combat infection. He enjoys the daily interaction and the opportunity to mentor the medical students, graduate students, and orthopedic residents who work and study in the Orthopedic Research and Education Center.

Dr McIff is a member of the Orthopedic Research Society (ORS), the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), and the Society for Biomaterials (SFB).

Dr Tom Nicholson, BMedSci, PhD, Post-doctoral Research Associate, MRC-ARUK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, Medical School, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

Dr Nicholson is an author on a paper in the March 2021 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Do E-cigarettes and vaping have a lower risk of osteoporosis, nonunion, and infection than tobacco smoking?

Bone Joint Res. 2021;10(3):188-191.

Dr Tom Nicholson is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow within the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing at the University of Birmingham, UK. His research spans musculoskeletal pathological disorders including scoliosis, sarcopenia, and type II diabetes.

Tom completed a CASE PhD between the University of Birmingham and MedImmune, AstraZeneca in 2019, in which he investigated novel mediators of adipose tissue and skeletal muscle crosstalk and their role in obesity associated skeletal muscle disease. Following his PhD, he has continued to work in Dr Simon Jones’s Lab at the University of Birmingham, where he is currently utilizing human spinal tissues from adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients to generate in vitro culture models to investigate intrinsic drivers of scoliosis. Additionally, he maintains an interest in skeletal muscle disease and is also investigating mechanisms that cause sarcopenia in chronic disease states, including chronic liver disease and rheumatoid arthritis, under the supervision of Professor Janet Lord. Tom has also recently begun to explore the potential impact of E-Cigarettes on human bone, through collaboration with respiratory scientist, Dr Aaron Scott.

In his spare time Tom enjoys travelling, sports including football and golf, and going on long walks with his dog, Freddie.

Dr Stefanie M. Shiels, PhD, Research Scientist, Combat Wound Care, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.

Dr Shiels is an author on a paper in the February 2021 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Negative pressure wound therapy does not diminish efficacy of topical antibiotic powder in a preclinical contaminated wound model: an animal study

Bone Joint Res. 2021;10(2):149-155.

Dr. Stefanie Shiels is a Civilian Research Scientist in one of the U.S. Army’s premier medical research organizations whose mission is to optimize combat casualty care. She specializes in orthopaedic trauma research, focusing her efforts in seeking out promising therapies to reduce complications associated with high-energy extremity trauma.

Trained as a biomedical engineer, Dr. Shiels spent her time as a post-doctoral fellow at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research investigating tissue engineered constructs meant to restore structure and function of long bone fractures. During this time, she developed and published a number of pre-clinical animal models that simulate complications associated with traumatic bone loss. With the pressing need to reduce musculoskeletal infections of the combat wounded, Dr. Shiels transitioned her research efforts towards identifying anti-infective therapies. These projects included evaluating dual-purpose implants, which both promotes fracture healing and reduces infection, and identifying easy-to-use topical antimicrobial therapies for soft tissue extremity injuries. She is currently working with several university investigators and small businesses to determine the utility of their products for point-of-injury, combat casualty care.

Miss Amy Garner, MA (Oxon), BM BCh (Oxon), MRCS, PG DipLATHE (dist. Oxon), MA (oxon), PhD Candidate, Imperial College London, and Orthopaedic and Trauma Registrar, Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery, London, UK.

Miss Garner is an author on a paper in the January 2021 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

The extensor efficiency of unicompartmental, bicompartmental, and total knee arthroplasty

Bone Joint Res. 2021;10(1):1-9.

Miss Amy Garner is a PhD candidate from Imperial College London, and an Orthopaedic Registrar from Kent, Surrey and Sussex. Her research investigates the clinical outcomes and biomechanics of Compartmental Arthroplasty of the knee. Amy is supervised by Prof Justin Cobb, Dr Richard van Arkel, and Prof Andrew Amis, and funded by the Sir Michael Uren Foundation, the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and the Dunhill Medical Trust.

Amy has presented on the podium at over 20 international conferences, winning best free paper at the European Knee Society, 2019. Amy won an International Society of Technology in Arthroplasty young investigator scholarship, the BJR/BORS young investigator award, and was the highest rated early career researcher at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering conference “Engineering the Knee”, which led to a keynote presentation at the IMechE, 2020. As a 2019 ESSKA/EKA travelling fellow, Amy visited world-leading institutions across Europe. In 2020 (while seven months pregnant) Amy was a Bone & Joint Research/British Orthopaedic Research Society travelling fellow, presenting her work throughout Canada and the USA, including a podium presentation at the Orthopaedic Research Society. Amy’s post-doctoral work will look to further understand the basic science and clinical impact of Anterior Cruciate Ligament-preserving arthroplasty.

Dr Anita Sanghani-Kerai, Meng, PhD, Stem Cell Research Scientist, Fitzpatrick Referrals, Godalming, UK.

Dr Sanghani-Kerai is an author on a paper in the December 2020 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

A novel antimicrobial coating to prevent periprosthetic joint infection

Bone Joint Res. 2020;9(12):848-856.

Dr Anita Sanghani-Kerai is a stem cell research scientist at Fitzpatrick Referrals Orthopaedics and Neurology, where she is responsible for the stem cell regenerative service for the clinical management of canine osteoarthritis. She has a master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Queen Mary University of London. She undertook a PhD degree from University College London (UCL), after being awarded an Impact studentship. Her doctorate was on genetically modifying stem cells in order to improve their migration and then to investigate if this modification enhanced their potency in an in vivo model of osteoporosis. During her PhD, she was actively involved with other independent orthopaedics-related research projects, which entailed the application of stem cells and growth factors in tissue engineered scaffolds in tendon, cartilage, and bone regeneration. During her postdoctoral work at UCL, Anita also developed Intellectual Property (IP) for a stem cell glue and is a named inventor on this patent.

Anita is a member of the British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS). She has also been awarded the BORS Young Investigator’s award and Eleanor Davies-Colley prize at UCL. She was a recipient of the Principal’s award at Queen Mary University of London.

Dr Brzeszczyńska is an author on a paper in the November 2020 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Role of microRNA in muscle regeneration and diseases related to muscle dysfunction in atrophy, cachexia, osteoporosis, and osteoarthritis

Bone Joint Res. 2020;9(11):798-807.

Dr Joanna Brzeszczyńska is a senior level research fellow. She specializes in molecular biology and tissue stem cell research, including the work on induced pluripotent stem cell technology (iPS cells) for regenerative medicine applications. Joanna’s projects are focused on the analyses of molecular pathways and microRNA regulatory function in differentiation, development, and tissue regeneration in a variety of biological contexts. She developed a successful collaboration with Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research in Switzerland, focused on skeletal muscle satellite stem cells’ regenerative potential in sarcopenia and cancer cachexia.

Recently, Joanna’s research has expanded the work on satellite stem cells’ activity and function as an important factor contributing to patients’ mobility recovery after knee surgery. She has actively participated in various European scientific projects in the area of regenerative and translational medicine, such as: StemBANCC European IMI Collaborative Project; EndoVESPA; and BREATH Border Regions Airways Training Hub.

Joanna has held positions at the University of Łódź, University of the West of Scotland, Heriot-Watt University, Roslin Institute, and University of Edinburgh.

Prof Lin is an author on a paper in the October 2020 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Half-threaded holes markedly increase the fatigue life of locking plates without compromising screw stability

Bone Joint Res. 2020;9(10): 645–652.

Prof Jinn Lin is a Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery of the Medical College in National Taiwan University. He is a senior orthopaedic surgeon and also holds a PhD in Mechanics. He is specialized in orthopaedic trauma on a clinical level and design of orthopaedic implants in basic science. His publications include: the use of locked nails, biomechanical studies, and clinical application; the design of orthopaedic screws; hip fractures in aged patients; and design of locking plates.

Prof Lin is particularly interested in notch sensitivity of titanium as implants in the orthopaedic field, and has published a series of related papers. This issue is important practically but has still not been adequately investigated, making this research especially significant.

Prof Lin is a member of the Taiwan Orthopedic Trauma Association (TOTA), International Society of Fracture Repair (ISFR), and Orthopedic Trauma Association (OTA).

Mr James Masters, DPhil, MRCS, Clinical Lecturer in Trauma and Orthopaedics, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Mr Masters is an author on a paper in the September 2020 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Surgical site infection after hip fracture surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies published in the UK

Bone Joint Res. 2020;9(9):554-562.

James Masters is a Clinical Lecturer in Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery at the University of Oxford as well as an ST5 trainee on the Warwick Orthopaedic specialist training programme, where he started as an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow.

James’ research interest is in infection as a complication of surgery. He completed his DPhil in 2019 in the Oxford Trauma and Emergency Care group investigating surgical site infection after hip fracture surgery. His doctoral work was funded by the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Dunhill Medical Trust. He was recently awarded the AO UK &I Trauma Research Prize for parts of this work.

During his DPhil time James also took part in the University of Oxford/University of Cape Town PhD exchange programme where he gained an interest in exploring clinical effectiveness research beyond the UK. This is an area that he hopes to work in more closely as part of his clinical lecturer post.

Mr James Fletcher, BSc(Hons), MBBS, MRCS, MSc(Eng), SpR Trauma and Orthopaedics, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol; PhD Candidate, Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.

Mr Fletcher is an author on a paper in the August 2020 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Stripping torques in human bone can be reliably predicted prior to screw insertion with optimum tightness being found between 70% and 80% of the maximum

Bone Joint Res. 2020;9(8):493-500.

Mr James Fletcher is a Senior Registrar in Trauma & Orthopaedics in the Severn Deanery. After obtaining a MSc with distinction in Orthopaedic Engineering from Cardiff University, he took time out from surgical training to read a PhD in Biomechanics at the University of Bath, becoming runner-up for their best PhD candidate in 2019. During his research into optimizing fracture fixation, James became the first UK surgical trainee to become an AO research fellow, developing improved fixation techniques at the AO Research Institute Davos, Davos, Switzerland. James has been a recent recipient of a BOA (British Orthopaedic Association) European travelling fellowship and a RCS (Royal College of Surgeons) research fellowship. This year, he was selected as a BJR/BORS (Bone & Joint Research/British Orthopaedic Research Society) travelling fellow, presenting his research at numerous institutions in the USA and Canada. He is the Principal Investigator on the RISCS trial (Risks In Spinal Consenting for Surgery) - a randomized controlled trial (RCT) into consenting practices.

James continues to review for a number of journals, and has received multiple grants and prizes for improving trauma fixation. James hopes to continue to work on advancing surgical techniques and orthopaedic education. Outside of orthopaedics, James enjoys running and skiing with his family.

Dr Yousef Marwan, BMedSc, BMBCh, Orthopaedic Surgery Clinical Fellow, Sports Medicine & Arthroscopy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Dr Marwan is an author on a paper in the July 2020 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Cosmetic stature lengthening: systematic review of outcomes and complications

Bone Joint Res. 2020;9(7):341-350.

Dr Yousef Marwan recently completed his Orthopaedic Surgery residency training at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He is currently a fellow in Sports Medicine & Arthroscopy at McGill University, and will follow with a fellowship in Limb Lengthening and Deformity Correction at the same institution. He will also complete a Limb Reconstruction fellowship at Hull University Teaching Hospitals, Hull, UK, before returning to his hometown, Kuwait, to join Kuwait University as an academic Orthopaedic Surgeon. Dr Marwan is also currently completing a Masters degree in Surgical Education.

Dr. Marwan’s clinical practice will be focused on complex knee sports injuries, as well as paediatric and adult limb reconstruction/deformity correction. He is a young researcher with more than 35 peer-reviewed published scientific articles. His main research interests are ligament injuries of the knee, arthroscopy, limb lengthening and deformity correction, and undergraduate and postgraduate surgical education.

Mr Hexter is an author on a paper in the June 2020 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Decellularized porcine xenograft for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A histological study in sheep comparing cross-pin and cortical suspensory femoral fixation

Bone Joint Res. 2020;9(6):293-301.

Mr Adam T. Hexter is in the final year of a PhD at University College London in Regenerative Medicine; his doctorate has explored biological modulation of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. His research interest centres on the use of orthobiologics to enhance tendon-to-bone healing. In particular, he has investigated the use of demineralized bone matrix (DBM), mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to enhance graft healing and ligamentization of ACL grafts.

Adam is a member of the British Orthopaedic Research Society, British Orthopaedic Association, and was awarded a Royal College of Surgeon’s Surgical Research Fellowship. More recently, Adam was awarded the Sir Rodney Sweetnam prize for best presentation at The Middlesex/UCLH Orthopaedic Society Academic Meeting and the Dr. Victor Ibrahim Memorial Orthobiologic Scholarship.

Dr Paul E. Beaulé, MD, FRCSC, Professor of Surgery, University of Ottawa; Head, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada.

Dr Beaulé is an author on a paper in the May 2020 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Ottawa classification for symptomatic acetabular dysplasia assessment of interobserver and intraobserver reliability

Bone Joint Res. 2020;9(5):242-249.

Dr Paul E. Beaulé specializes in joint preserving surgery of the hip as well as hip arthroplasty. After completing his training at University of Ottawa, he pursued his fellowship training at University of California, Los Angeles and University of Southern California. Currently, he is Professor of Surgery and Head of the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Ottawa and Past President of the Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society.

Dr Beaulé is a member of the Hip Society, the International Hip Society, European Hip Society, and the Academic Network for Conservative Hip Outcome Research (ANCHOR). He is a two-time recipient of the William H. Harris Award, has received the Hip Society Award four times and the Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Award.

Dr Beaulé has published over 250 refereed papers with an h-index of 63,300 abstracts, and has given more than 200 lectures and workshops in several areas in orthopaedic research. He has recently published on: Hip Dysplasia: Understanding and Treating Instability of the Native Hip with Springer.

Mr Khanduja is an author on a paper in the September 2020 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

The history of femoroacetabular impingement

Bone Joint Res. 2020;9(9):572-577.

Mr Vikas Khanduja is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in both sports surgery and arthroplasty of the hip and knee. Vikas has been instrumental in setting up and developing the tertiary referral service for young adult hip surgery in Cambridge.

Vikas qualified as a doctor in 1997 and then completed his BST in London. Following this he received his HST in Trauma and Orthopaedics on the North Thames circuit in London, gaining the FRCS (Orth) in 2005. Subsequently, he undertook his subspecialty fellowships in knee and hip surgery with eminent surgeons in the field in London, Cambridge, Zurich, and New York.

Complementing his clinical practice, Vikas’ research interests centre around optimisation of arthroscopic management of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). In particular, he has been working on evaluation of novel technologies in stratification of FAI, better preoperative planning tools and precision surgery using navigation to improve accuracy. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles and three books.

Vikas is the recipient of the American and British Hip Society Travelling Fellowship in 2011, the Arnott Medal presented by the RCS of England in 2013, and the Insall Fellowship presented by the Insall Foundation in 2014.

Vikas sits on the executive board of the British Hip Society as the Vice President, the Board of Directors for SICOT as Chair of the Education Academy, and is the Chair of the Hip Arthroscopy Committee at ESSKA. He is also the Specialty Editor for Hip Preservation for The Bone and Joint Journal.

Dr Pijls is an author on a paper in the April 2020 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Induction heating for eradicating Staphylococcus epidermidis from biofilm

Bone Joint Res. 2020;9(4):192-199.

Dr Pijls is an orthopaedic surgeon and clinical epidemiologist. In 2014 he completed his thesis on radiostereometric analysis (RSA) with distinction at the Leiden University Medical Center in Leiden, The Netherlands, entitled “Evidence based introduction of orthopaedic implants: RSA, implant quality and patient safety”. In addition to RSA, Bart has developed an interest in prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) and his ambition is to improve the care for patients affected with this serious complication. For this purpose, he is developing non-contact induction heating as a possible future treatment modality for PJI in close collaboration with medical microbiologists.

Bart has a broad interest in science and has mastered a wide variety of research methodologies ranging from basic science to clinical research, systematic review, and meta-analyses.

Bart shares his time between clinical work and science, and is currently working as a senior researcher at the Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Dr Waldstein is an author on a paper in the March 2020 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Serum cobalt concentrations remain at low levels at a minimum of 20 years following metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty

Bone Joint Res. 2020;9(3):146-151.

Dr Wenzel Waldstein is a knee arthroplasty and sports medicine surgeon at the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna. He completed a postdoctoral one-year research fellowship at the Hospital of Special Surgery (HSS) under Dr Fritz Boettner. At HSS, his main research activities were focused on the preoperative assessment of factors influencing the condition of lateral-compartment cartilage in potential candidates for medial partial knee arthroplasty. In 2019, he received the knee arthroplasty travelling fellowship of the European Knee Society. Dr Waldstein is co-editor of a scientific book on the surgical management of knee arthritis, which will be published in 2021. He was selected as an Austria-Switzerland-Germany (ASG) Fellow for 2021, the ASG-Fellowship being one of the most prestigious awards among the German-speaking orthopaedic associations.

Dr Waldstein has 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications. His main research interests are hip and knee arthroplasties and the surgical management of ligament injuries around the knee.

Besides work, Dr Waldstein is a sports enthusiast. In winter, he enjoys ski touring around the world with his friends. He is also a passionate road cyclist in summer.

Mr Akhbari is an author on a paper in the March 2020 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Can joint fluid metabolic profiling (or “metabonomics”) reveal biomarkers for osteoarthritis and inflammatory joint disease?: A systematic review

Bone Joint Res. 2020;9(3):108-119.

Mr Pouya Akhbari completed his undergraduate medical training at King’s College London. During his undergraduate studies he also undertook and successfully completed an intercalated BSc in Physiology with Applied Medical Sciences at University College London.

Pouya completed his postgraduate training in the London deanery. During this time, in addition to publishing papers and presenting at both national and international meetings, he completed a part-time MSc in Trauma and Orthopaedics at the University of Brighton. He has furthered his academic interests by undertaking a part-time MD, through Imperial College London, looking at the role of metabolic profiling in identifying the inflammatory metabolites associated with osteoarthritis and joint infections in human synovial fluid. His contributions have helped Imperial College London currently become the foremost musculoskeletal metabolic and joint fluid research centre in the world.

Pouya is a fellowship-trained upper limb surgeon. He has completed an international sports fellowship in Perth, Australia with an interest in shoulder, hip, and knee surgery. Subsequently, he was awarded and completed an upper limb fellowship at the world-renowned Wrightington Hospital. Currently, he is undertaking a shoulder, elbow, and hand fellowship at the prestigious Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt hospital in Oswestry, UK.

Dr Susana Aideé González-Chávez, BSChem, MSc, PhD, PABIOM Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Dr González-Chávez is an author on a paper in the January 2020 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Positive transcriptional response on inflammation and joint remodelling influenced by physical exercise in proteoglycan-induced arthritis: An animal study

Bone Joint Res. 2020;9(1):36-48.

Dr Susana González-Chávez is a chemist with a master’s degree in biotechnology and a doctorate in physical culture sciences. She is currently a full-time professor and researcher in the Laboratory of Pathogenesis and Molecular Biomedicine of the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico.

Susana is a young researcher recognized by the National Council of Science and Technology as a member of the National System of Researchers since 2016. Her research is focused in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of inflammatory and infectious diseases. She has contributed to the description of the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of rheumatic diseases in Chihuahua and Mexico. Susana's research interests focus on the study of molecular mechanisms in the pathogenesis of rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthritis. She has worked with different arthritis murine models as well as with samples from patients in whom, with the use of molecular tools, she has described the alteration of diverse signalling pathways. Her doctoral studies focused on assessing the effect of physical activity and exercise on the inflammatory process and joint remodelling in arthritis, and are currently one of her strongest lines of research.

Major Stewart is an author on a paper in the January 2020 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Mechanotransduction in osteogenesis

Bone Joint Res. 2020;9(1):1-14.

Major Sarah K Stewart is a military trauma and orthopaedic registrar on the Royal London Hospital rotation. Following undergraduate training at the University of Edinburgh and foundation training in Birmingham, Sarah commissioned from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Subsequent deployments to Afghanistan and Kenya gave Sarah first-hand experience in the clinical management of battlefield trauma and damage control surgery, as well as broadening her surgical skills and experience.

Sarah is currently out of programme and undertaking a full-time PhD at the Centre for Blast Injury Studies at Imperial College London. Her thesis aims to better understand the osteogenic effect of blast waves and their clinical applicability. Sarah is a reviewer for a number of peer-reviewed journals in the field of military and translational medicine, and has a clinical and academic interest in fracture non-union and foot and ankle surgery.

Sarah’s career aspirations are to obtain a consultant post in foot and ankle surgery and to continue to pursue her academic interests. Beyond research, Sarah enjoys trail running, skiing, and tennis with her husband James, an emergency medicine physician.

Dr Mohammad is an author on a paper in the November 2019 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Long-term in vivo wear of different bearing types used for the Oxford Unicompartmental Knee Replacement

Bone Joint Res. 2019;8(11):535-543.

Dr Hasan Mohammad completed his undergraduate medical training at The University of Manchester in 2015. During his undergraduate studies he was awarded the prize for most outstanding academic research from his medical epidemiology work.

Hasan undertook an MRes in Tissue Engineering under the Leo Pharma scholarship, designing tissue-engineered intervertebral disc replacements for low back pain. He graduated with distinction for this work and won national surgical prizes for his contributions.

Hasan subsequently completed the Academic Foundation Programme during which he published several orthopaedic papers and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He was awarded the prestigious University of Oxford’s Henni Mester Scholarship and the Royal College of Surgeon's Research Fellowship to undertake a DPhil in Musculoskeletal Sciences optimising Knee Replacement design.

Mr Andrew Hotchen is an Academic Clinical Fellow in the Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK. Andrew’s research interests are in limb reconstruction, bone infection, and immunobiology. He has worked with the team in the Bone Infection Unit at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK, to develop the BACH classification of long bone osteomyelitis. This classification system offers a structured and evidence-based approach to assessing patient and disease. The development of BACH achieved a full award from the NHS’s Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) for the stratification of complex cases of long bone osteomyelitis. Andrew has secured clinical research fellowships from Versus Arthritis, the Royal College of Surgeons, the Orthopaedic Research Trust, and the Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust to investigate the immune contribution to joint injury and repair.

Mr Hotchen is an author on a paper in the October 2019 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

The BACH classification of long bone osteomyelitis

Bone Joint Res 2019;8:459-468.

Julia Starlinger is a consultant for trauma surgery at the Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna who specialized in the treatment of polytrauma patients as well as spine surgery. She completed her trauma surgery residency at Vienna General Hospital, which is a level-one trauma centre and spent her fellowship training in spine surgery at the Orthopedic Hospital Speising, Vienna with Professor Michael Ogon. She had further fellowship training on spine surgery at the BGU Frankfurt/Main, Germany under the guidance of Professor Kandziora, which was supported by an AO spine fellowship grant.

Dr Starlinger’s research interests include bone biology, biology of fracture healing, and pathophysiology of fracture nonunion. She did her PhD in the programme ‘Bone and Joint Regeneration’ investigating the role of various cytokines during human fracture healing. Dr Starlinger’s research efforts have earned her grants (for example, from the Medical Scientific Fund of the Mayor of the City of Vienna).

Currently, Dr Starlinger is a research fellow at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Mayo Clinic, Rochester; for this purpose she was awarded with a Research Grant of the Austrian Society for Surgery.

Dr Starlinger is an author on a paper in the July 2019 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

The impact of nonosteogenic factors on the expression of osteoprotegerin and RANKL during human fracture healing

Bone Joint Res 2019;8:349-356.

Liza is a postdoctoral Specialty Registrar in Orthopaedics on the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital rotation. She undertook a PhD at University College London in Orthopaedic Sciences; her doctorate was in parathyroid hormone and mesenchymal stem cell augmented fracture healing.

Liza is a member of the British Orthopaedic Research Society, Bone Research Society, and the Royal College of Surgeon’s Research Committee. Recently awarded the Seddon Society research prize in 2019, Liza has also completed a research fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery and was both a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Academic Clinical Fellow and a Royal College of Surgeons Surgical Research fellow.

Liza is currently a specialty registrar at the Royal Free Hospital and a Senior Lecturer at Portsmouth University. She is the recipient of multiple grants and is continuing active research investigating biological augments to fracture healing and implant osseointegration.

Miss Osagie-Clouard is an author on a paper in the August 2019 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

The influence of parathyroid hormone 1-34 on the osteogenic characteristics of adipose- and bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells from juvenile and ovarectomized rats

Bone Joint Res 2019;8:397-404.

Alison is currently an ST6 Trauma and Orthopaedic registrar in the North East. She graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne with an MBBS in 2010 and has stayed in the North East, completing house officer years in Sunderland before joining an orthopaedic themed Core Surgery Training rotation. Prior to starting registrar training, she was awarded a junior trauma fellowship in Tygerberg, South Africa which she used to broaden the base of her surgical experience.

Alison’s research is carried out as an integral part of her training and the initiative to research revision cementing techniques arose due to observations made during everyday clinical practice. Her initial research about ultrasonic cement removal has raised further questions about the materials science commonly encountered in orthopaedics, and this is an area that she hopes to investigate further.

She has retained her sense of adventure while in training, travelling to unusual destinations and recently serving as ship’s doctor on a leg of a heritage tall ship expedition.

Miss Liddle is an author on a paper in the June 2019 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Ultrasonic cement removal in cement-in-cement revision total hip arthroplasty

A. Liddle, M. Webb, N. Clement, S. Green, J. Liddle, M. German, J. Holland

Bone Joint Res 2019;8:246-252.

Dr Cowie received her MEng and PhD in Biomaterials Science and Tissue Engineering from the University of Sheffield. Now at the Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, University of Leeds, her research under the supervision of Dr Louise Jennings primarily focuses on the tribology of knee prostheses and tissue-sparing knee interventions. Using experimental techniques to simulate the loading and motion within the knee joint, methodologies have been developed to deliver more rigorous pre-clinical evaluations under a wide range of conditions that recreate the wear and damage seen in vivo. Dr Cowie is a member of the British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS) and actively contributes to the development of international standards for arthroplasty through membership of ISO and ASTM committees. She spends her spare time exploring the British countryside.

Dr Cowie is an author on a paper in the February 2019 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

The influence of a calcium sulphate bone void filler on the third-body damage and polyethylene wear of total knee arthroplasty

R. M. Cowie, S. S. Aiken, J. J. Cooper, L. M. Jennings

Bone Joint Res 2019;8:65-72.

Mr Millar is an Academic Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the University of Glasgow specializing in shoulder surgery and tendon injuries, having completed fellowships in Sydney and New York. His laboratory’s research focuses on the immunopathogenesis and translational immunobiology of soft-tissue musculoskeletal diseases including tendinopathy. He has been instrumental in leading/designing clinical trials of novel therapies in human tendon disease. He is currently leading a worldwide Phase II clinical trial of interleukin (IL)-17A blockade in shoulder tendinopathy patients following his laboratory discovery of a key role of IL-17 in tendon disease. Furthermore, his discovery of a single microRNA-dependent regulatory pathway in early tissue healing highlights microRNA replacement therapy as a promising therapeutic option for human tendon disease. This research is currently in Phase III equine trails and is entering Phase I human development, representing true ‘translational’ science. Additionally, he runs a specialist ‘one stop’ complex tendon clinic in the NHS focused on improving the treatment of tendinopathy.

Mr Millar is an author on a paper in the January 2019 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Tranexamic acid toxicity in human periarticular tissues

M. McLean, K. McCall, I. D. M. Smith, M. Blyth, S. M. Kitson, L. A. N. Crowe, W. J. Leach, B. P. Rooney, S. J. Spencer, M. Mullen, J. L. Campton, I. B. McInnes, M. Akbar, N. L. Millar

Bone Joint Res 2019;8:11-18.

Dr Steinmetz leads a team of clinical and laboratory-based scientists and engineers who conduct research on interventional orthopedics with a privately funded research group, Regenexx, LLC. After studying for a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech University, she obtained both a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her doctorate focused on aiming to engineer bone, cartilage, and the osteochondral interface between the two distinct tissues utilizing human mesenchymal stem cells and synthetic hydrogels.

Dr Steinmetz received a Whitaker International Postdoctoral Fellowship award and completed her fellowship research at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom working with researchers at the Centre for Cell Engineering. Her current research interests lie in translational medicine that advances the field of interventional orthopedics. She was previously a professional mountain bike racer and has recently taken up BMX racing to fill that void in her life. She spends most of her free time training for national and international amateur BMX competitions and mentoring young female student athletes.

Dr Steinmetz is an author on a paper in the January 2019 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Platelet lysates from aged donors promote human tenocyte proliferation and migration in a concentration-dependent manner

D. R. Berger, C. J. Centeno, N. J. Steinmetz

Bone Joint Res 2019;8:32-40.

Jerry Tsang graduated with a BSc (Hons) and MBChB from the University of Edinburgh in 2009. He was appointed as a Specialty Registrar in Trauma and Orthopaedics in 2011 on the South-East Scotland rotation and was awarded the J.I.P. James Memorial Medal in 2014. In addition to his general orthopaedic training, he obtained an MSc with Distinction from the University of Edinburgh in 2013. He is currently a Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, Centre of Inflammation Research. He was awarded the Cutner Research Fellowship by the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh in 2016 to undertake a PhD investigating novel therapies in the treatment of Staphylococcus biofilm infections. Following completion of his PhD, he will return to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh to complete his orthopaedic training. He is a member of the British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS), Orthopaedic Research Society, European Orthopaedic Research Society, and British Orthopaedics Trainees Association. He was awarded the BORS/Bone & Joint Research International Travelling Fellowship in 2018. He has a clinical, as well as an academic, interest in musculoskeletal infections and plans to undertake a clinical fellowship in this subspecialty. He is a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals in the fields of orthopaedics and microbiology, and is a Specialty Editor for Bone & Joint Research. Jerry’s interests include rugby and skiing, although he spends the majority of his weekends trudging up and down sodden Scottish mountains with his long-suffering girlfriend and dog.

Jerry Tsang is the author of a paper in the August 2018 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

The biofilm eradication activity of acetic acid in the management of periprosthetic joint infection

S. T. J. Tsang, P. J. Gwynne, M. P. Gallagher, A. H. R. W. Simpson

Bone Joint Res 2018;7:517–523.

Peter qualified from St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in 1993 (MBBS), gaining his FRCS(Eng) whilst on the Bart’s basic surgical training programme. He undertook his orthopaedic training on the Royal London Rotation, gaining the FRCS(Tr&Orth), before being awarded the National Paediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship based at Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. He completed his limb reconstruction training with a Masters Fellowship at the Ilizarov Institute in Kurgan, Russia before joining the staff at the RNOH in 2005.

He is currently a Member at Large on the British Limb Reconstruction Council. His research interests include paediatric orthopaedic conditions including developmental dysplasia of the hip and congenital limb deformity. He was the first UK surgeon to use the Precice intramedullary lengthening nail, which is the latest implant in limb reconstruction surgery. Following excellent early clinical results, a retrieval study was undertaken in collaboration with Professor Alister Hart and the London Implant Retrieval Centre, based at the RNOH. This is the leading centre for retrieval analysis, combining clinical and engineering experience to better understand why spine, hip and knee implants fail. Further studies are planned on implant degradation and biomechanical testing.

Peter enjoys gardening, sport and music. He has coached Hertfordshire Under 18 and 20 rugby teams and continues to play cricket at Winchmore Hill Cricket Club as a wicket-keeper/batsmen.

Peter Calder is the author of a paper in the July 2018 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

A retrieval analysis of the Precice intramedullary limb lengthening system

V. C. Panagiotopoulou, K. Davda, H. S. Hothi, J. Henckel, A. Cerquiglini, W. D. Goodier, J. Skinner, A. Hart, P. R. Calder

Bone Joint Res 2018;7:476–484.

Dr Ryan Porter, PhD, Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), USA

Ryan Porter is currently Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He earned degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Kentucky (BSc) and Virginia Tech (MSc, PhD), with a graduate program emphasis in Biomedical Engineering. Ryan received his postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School with Prof. Christopher Evans at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). In 2012, Ryan became research faculty in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at BIDMC. He moved to UAMS in late 2017, joining the Departments of Internal Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery. Ryan has been actively involved in the Orthopaedic Research Society, including the recently-formed ORS Preclinical Models Section.

Ryan’s laboratory generally focuses on developing strategies to direct skeletal tissue repair or prevent tissue degeneration (e.g., osteoarthritis). Currently his group is pursuing two active areas of research: one focused on improving the intra-articular delivery of therapeutics within synovial joints; the other on overcoming key bottlenecks to the repair of critical-sized bone defects. At present, they use rat and rabbit models of bone and joint injury to help answer specific questions. His group also studies the biology of skeletal stem/progenitor cells with the potential to conduct or aid in tissue repair. This work has been supported by NIH K99/R00 and R21 awards and by funding from the Klarman Family Foundation and MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation.

Ryan is interested in establishing new collaborations that address the above challenges in skeletal regenerative medicine. His group brings to the table expertise in the progenitor cell biology and rodent models of bone/cartilage repair and intra-articular therapy.

Beyond research, Ryan spends most of his free time exploring his new home of Arkansas. It is self-nicknamed “the Natural State” and has a lot to offer those with a passion for the outdoors.

Harnessing extracellular vesicles to direct endochondral repair of large bone defects

E. Ferreira, R. M. Porter

Bone Joint Res 2018;7:263–273.

Dr Pinheiro is a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Hull. He has a MEng degree and PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering by the University of Minho (Portugal). His PhD thesis was in industrial custom-implant development for orthopaedic and trauma applications.

Currently, Manuel is actively researching two paediatric orthopaedic conditions, namely Legg-Calvé-Pethes’ disease and Cleft lip and palate. His main research interests are medical image processing and segmentation, biomechanics and musculoskeletal modelling, custom implant development and finite element analysis.

You can read Dr Pinheiro's latest article here:

New insights into the biomechanics of Legg-Calvé-Perthes' disease

M. Pinheiro, C. A. Dobson, D. Perry, M. J. Fagan

Bone Joint Res 2018;7:148-156.

Dr Hopper is a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Cambridge. She has a Bachelor degree in Biotechnology, a Master’s degree in Molecular biology and a PhD degree in Surgery from the University of Cambridge. Her Doctorate was on the role of peripheral blood derived stromal cells in cartilage repair.

Niina is a member of the Bone Research Society and the British Orthopaedic Research Society. She has been awarded the BORS Young Investigator award and International Travelling Research Fellowship. Her research interests include adult stem cells, biodegradable biomaterials, new drug development and regenerative medicine in the musculoskeletal system. She is an effective and supportive team worker in the lab, always keen to mentor and train students and visiting scholars. Together with her husband Donald, she enjoys playing with their one-year old daughter Ella and four-year old son Benjamin.

You can read Dr Hopper's latest article here:

Increased sclerostin associated with stress fracture of the third metacarpal bone in the Thoroughbred racehorse

N. Hopper, E. Singer, F. Henson

Bone Joint Res 2018;7:94-102.

Dr Stephen Brealey is a Trial Manager in the York Trials Unit at the University of York.

He has a Bachelor degree in Diagnostic Radiography and a PhD degree in Health Sciences. His doctorate was on the role of radiographers in the reporting of musculoskeletal plain radiographs.

He has maintained a research interest in orthopaedics and for the past ten years he has led as Trial Manager as well as Lead Investigator in York) on many National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment funded randomised trials about the treatment of fractures and other conditions involving the shoulder, wrist and ankle joints. Before this, he managed UK Medical Research Council funded randomised trials about treatments for back pain and the diagnosis and treatment of patients with suspected internal derangement of the knee. He is a member of the British Orthopaedic Association Orthopaedic Research Centre at the York Trials Unit that provides methodological support for the development of randomised trials. As a Trial Manager, he also has an interest in nested trials that inform the effective and efficient conduct of trials.

Stephen is the author of a paper in the December 2017 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Defining the fracture population in a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial

H. H. G. Handoll, S. D. Brealey, L. Jefferson, A. Keding, A. J. Brooksbank, A. J. Johnstone, J. J. Candal-Couto, A. Rangan

Bone Joint Res 2016;5:481-489.

Dr Sien Lin is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Orthopeadic and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. 

He has a Bachelor degree in medicine and surgery, a Master’s degree in Pharmacology from Guangdong Medical University and a PhD degree in Orthopeadic and Traumatology from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. 

He is a member of the Orthopeadic Research Society, International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society and Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering. His research interests include adult stem cells and regenerative medicine in musculoskeletal system, new drug research and development for musculoskeletal diseases. He is the author of 23 peer-reviewed papers and one book chapter since 2012. 

He is also an effective and supportive team worker in the lab, and keenly providing lab skill trainings to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and visiting scholars.

Sien Lin is the author of a paper in the June 2017 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Stem cell therapy for enhancement of bone consolidation in distraction osteogenesis

Y. Yang, S. Lin, B. Wang, W. Gu, G. Li

Bone Joint Res 2017;6:385-390.

Chloe Scott is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh with specialist interests in lower limb arthroplasty and trauma. She completed Orthopaedic specialty training and Knee Fellowship training in Edinburgh and has a Master’s degree in Orthopaedic Engineering from Cardiff University and an MD from the University of Edinburgh. She was awarded the BASK Knee Research Fellowship in 2012 and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers award for Best Medical Project in 2013 for her work on unicompartmental knee arthroplasty biomechanics.

Other research interests include post-traumatic osteoarthritis and patient reported outcomes of arthroplasty particularly in young patients. She is a keen trainer and is a Member of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers and tutors on the University of Edinburgh Orthopaedic ChM course. Otherwise she enjoys running around after her young daughter and skiing.

Chloe Scott is the author of a paper in the January 2017 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Metal-backed versus all-polyethylene unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

C. E. H. Scott, M. J. Eaton, R. W. Nutton, F. A. Wade, S. L. Evans, P. Pankaj

Bone Joint Res 2017;6:22-30.

Dr Guy Rubin is a senior hand and elbow surgeon in the orthopedic department at Emek Medical Center and a clinical lecturer in the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel. He graduated his MD at the Faculty of Medicine, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel in 2004. He is the graduate of a residency program in orthopedic surgery at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Emek Medical Center and a second residency program in hand surgery at the Department of Hand Surgery, Shiba, Tel-Ha'shomer, Israel.

Dr Rubin has more than 35 peer reviewed scientific publications. His main research interests are upper extremity orthopedic surgery outcome, orthopedic epidemiology and Dupuytren's disease.

Dr Rubin is the author of a paper in the May issue of Bone & Joint Research:

A new bromelain-based enzyme for the release of Dupuytren’s contracture

G. Rubin, M. Rinott, A. Wolovelsky, N. Rozen, L. Rosenberg, Y. Shoham

Bone Joint Res 2016;5:175-177.

Dr Nathan Evaniew is a Senior Resident in the orthopaedic surgery training program at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is also enrolled in the McMaster Surgeon-Scientist Program and the McMaster Clinical Investigator Program. He previously completed an undergraduate degree in human physiology at the University of Alberta and medical school at the University of Calgary.

Under the supervision of Drs Gordon Guyatt, Mohit Bhandari, and Michelle Ghert, Dr. Evaniew is currently working on a PhD in Health Research Methodology, specialising in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Dr. Evaniew’s primary research and subspecialty interests are spine surgery, orthopaedic oncology, and evidence-based orthopaedics. He is particularly focused on the design and conduct of collaborative randomised trials and meta-analyses.

Dr Evaniew led the writing committee for a paper in the September 2015 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Prophylactic antibiotic regimens un tumour surgery (PARITY): a pilot multicentre randomised controlled trial

The PARITY Investigators

Bone Joint Res 2015;4:154-162.

Nick qualified from the University of Nottingham Medical School in 2006. He completed his foundation year training at Nottingham City Hospital and King’s Mill Hospital, Mansfield before moving to the West Midlands to complete his Core Surgical Training. In 2010 he was appointed as an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Trauma and Orthopaedics on the Warwick Programme of the West Midlands Deanery.

As part of his fellowship, he completed the Warwick Trauma and Orthopaedics MSc, being awarded a distinction. Subsequently, he was awarded a Clinical Research Fellowship grant from Arthritis Research UK to undertake a PhD looking at whether meniscal allograft transplantation is chondroprotective. This work is due to be completed by the end of 2015, when he will re-join clinical training as an ST5.

Nick has a clinical, as well as academic interest in knees and hopes to undertake fellowships in this area on completion of training.

He currently lives in Dorridge with his wife, Bethan, a registrar in respiratory medicine, and daughter, Elinor who has just turned one.

Mr Smith is an author of a paper in the June 2015 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Meniscal Transplantation and its Effect on Osteoarthritis Risk: an abridged protocol for the MeTEOR study

N. A. Smith, J. Achten, N. Parsons, D Wright, B Parkinson, P Thompson, C. E. Hutchinson, T. Spalding, M. L. Costa

Bone Joint Res 2015;4:93-98.

Michael qualified from Bristol Medical School in 2001. He completed his House Officer jobs at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and in Weston-Super-Mare prior to demonstrating Anatomy at Oxford University. He also was a Lecturer at Lady Margaret Hall for three years until he finished his Basic Surgical Training in Cheltenham.

He and his wife, Tanya, emigrated to New Zealand in 2005 and Michael was privileged to have completed his higher Orthopaedic Training in New Zealand in 2014 when he won the New Zealand Orthopaedics Association President’s Prize for Research. He is now an Exeter Hip Fellow for 2015.

He has a strong interest in hip arthroplasty, hip preservation surgery and paediatrics which his forthcoming Fellowships reflect and he is strongly considering a higher degree. He is a keen researcher and teacher and instructs on both ATLS and CCrISP courses. 

Michael currently lives in Exeter with his wife, Tanya and their four-year old daughter, Anna who has just started school. He and his wife are a keen skiers, tennis players and Michael enjoys golf, whatever he scores! They are all supporting the Exeter Chiefs this year!

Mr Wyatt is an author of a paper in the February 2015 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Femoral nerve infusion after primary total knee arthroplasty

M. C. Wyatt, T. Wright, J. Locker, K. Stout, C. Chapple and J. C. Theis

Bone Joint Res 2015;4:11-16.

Dr Craig J. Goergen holds a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and MS and PhD degrees in Bioengineering from Stanford University. His graduate work focused on the use of small animal magnetic resonance imaging to study abdominal aortic aneurysms. His postdoctoral training in molecular optical imaging at Harvard Medical School focused on cardiac disease and left ventricular remodeling.

Dr Goergen joined the faculty in Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University in December 2012. His work as Principal Investigator of the Purdue CardioVascular Imaging Research Laboratory focuses on developing advanced imaging techniques to study both cardiovascular and other diseases, including those affecting the musculoskeletal system (https://engineering.purdue.edu/cvirl/).

A fundamental understanding of disease initiation and progression is necessary to develop the next generation of therapeutics and devices. Non-invasive imaging has become vital for the detection and monitoring of disease progression, aiding in the development of technologies that will positively impact the clinical care of patients. The ultimate goal of his group is to advance the field of imaging to help diagnose, treat, or prevent cardiovascular and other disorders, ultimately providing patients with longer and more fulfilling lives.

Professor Goergen lives in West Lafayette, Indiana, with his wife and one-year-old daughter.

Dr Goergen is an author of a paper in the January 2015 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Accuracy of ultrasound-guided intra-articular injections in guinea pig knees

N. Vazquez-Portalatin, G. J. Breur, A. Panitch and C. J. Georgen

Bone Joint Res 2015;4:1-5.

James Berstock is an Orthopaedic Registrar in Bristol. He graduated from the University of Bristol with an MBChB in 2005. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2008, and entered the Severn Deanery Orthopaedic specialty training programme in 2009.

In 2013 he was awarded a research funding grant and the DePuy Advanced Hip Research Fellowship at the Avon Orthopaedic Centre, and commenced his MD on surgical approaches to hip and knee arthroplasty. His thesis includes meta-analyses of functional outcome and adverse event data following the main surgical approaches to the hip and knee. James plans to continue an academic career within the field of arthroplasty surgery.

Outside of orthopaedic surgery, James plays county league cricket and is an enthusiastic golfer.

Mr J. R. Berstock is author of a paper in the June 2014 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Mortality after total hip replacement surgery: a systematic review

J. R. Berstock, A. D. Beswick, E. Lenguerrand, M. R. Whitehouse, A. W. Blom

Bone Joint Res 2014;3:175-182.

After receiving his BS degree from Florida State University and competing for five years as a professional waterskier, Dr James (Jimi) Cook completed his DVM in 1994 and PhD in 1998.

In 1999, he founded the Comparative Orthopaedic Laboratory at the University of Missouri, a multi-disciplinary team of physicians, veterinarians, engineers and basic scientists dedicated to translational orthopaedic research. 

He is author of over 150 peer-reviewed publications, has received over $20 million in research funding, as well as numerous awards including America’s Best Veterinarian (2007), holds 14 US Patents and has seen three biomedical devices through FDA approval to human clinical trials. 

Dr Cook is currently Director of The Comparative Orthopaedic Laboratory and the William and Kathryn Allen Distinguished Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery, and serves as Director of the Division of Research for the Department of Orthopaedics at the University Hospital’s Missouri Orthopaedic Institute. He is also co-founder of Be The Change Volunteers, ­a non-governmental organisation dedicated to building schools in remote villages in the developing world, whose teams have built 24 educational facilities in 14 countries, providing educational opportunities to more than 4000 students.

Dr James Cook is the lead author of a paper in the April 2014 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Animal models of cartilage repair

J. L. Cook, C. T. Hung, K. Kuroki, A. M. Stoker, C. R. Cook, F. M. Pfeiffer, S. L. Sherman, J. P. Stannard

Bone Joint Res 2014;3:89-94.

Dr Kiapour graduated from the University of Toledo in 2013 with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering, before attending Harvard Medical School as a Research Fellow. His research lies in the intersection of joint biomechanics, orthopaedics, and soft-tissue mechanics. Dr. Kiapour's work focuses on mechano-biology of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and repair in an effort to reduce the risk of these devastating injuries and improve the primary outcomes of surgical treatments. In particular, he studies mechanisms and risk factors associated with non-contact ACL injuries, and the biomechanical and biological factors that affect injured ACL repair.

His doctoral work focused on the 'non-contact ACL injury mechanisms and associated risk factors' using a novel integrated in sim approach including ex vivo experiments and computer modeling. The research conducted using these techniques has yielded invaluable information with regard to the broader goals of ACL injury research. These findings have been featured as "Challenging Conventional Thought on ACL Injury Mechanism". Overall findings may help to improve current preventative, surgical and rehabilitation strategies and limit the risk of ACL injuries and development of post-traumatic osteoarthritis.

His research at Boston Children's Hospital investigates the interactions between joint biomechanics and biologic responses during ACL repair. In particular, he is interested in how gender, knee joint anatomy and biomechanics mediate the biology of ACL repair following injury. This is part of a broader goal to optimise the recently developed bio-enhanced ACL repair in an effort to improve the outcomes regarding restored ACL properties, joint function and risk of post-traumatic osteoarthritis.

Ata has also been involved in various translational research projects funded by the orthopaedic and medical device industry, mainly focused on spinal disorders. The outcomes of those projects have provided insight towards the biomechanical performance of a variety of newly developed orthopaedic devices and surgical techniques.

You can find more information regarding his research through his webpage.

Dr Ata Kiapour is the lead author of a paper in the February 2014 issue of Bone & Joint Research:

Basic science of anterior cruciate ligament injury and repair

A. M. Kiapour and M. M. Murray

Bone Joint Res 2014;3:20–31.

Mr Xavier Griffin graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1999 before attending medical school at the University of Oxford. He completed his basic surgical residency in 2007 and entered orthopaedic specialist training as a NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow at Warwick University. He was recently awarded his PhD, exploring the clinical effectiveness of biological adjuncts in fracture healing.

He currently holds a NIHR Clinical Lecturer post whilst completing his specialist training. His clinical interests include adult trauma surgery, particularly the management of pelvic and acetabular injuries. He will shortly join colleagues at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria for a clinical fellowship.

Xavier’s research interest lies in the testing of the clinical effectiveness of interventions in trauma surgery. He is also a Methodological Editor with the Bone, Joint and Musculoskeletal Trauma Group of the Cochrane Collaboration with whom he conducts and reviews secondary research in trauma interventions. His current projects include hip fracture management, assessment of outcome in hip fracture patients and interventions in fragility fracture of the distal femur.

Find his webpage at the University of Warwick here or follow him on twitter.

Mr Xavier Griffin is the first author of two October 2013 Bone & Joint Research articles:

The Warwick Hip Trauma Evaluation One – an abridged protocol for the WHiTE One Study: an embedded randomised trial comparing the X-bolt with sliding hip screw fixation in extracapsular hip fractures.

X. L. Griffin, J. McArthur, J. Achten, N. Parsons, and M. L. Costa

Bone Joint Res 2013;2:206–9.

The Warwick Hip Trauma Evaluation Two – an abridged protocol for the WHiTE Two Study: an embedded randomised trial comparing the Dual Mobility with polyethylene cups in hip arthroplasty for fracture.

X. L. Griffin, J. McArthur, J. Achten, N. Parsons, and M. L. Costa

Bone Joint Res 2013;2:210–13.

Dr. Ivan Wong completed his medical school training in 2003 at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He has completed his Orthopaedic Residency at McMaster University and a Fellowship in Sports Medicine and Trauma at the Southern California Orthopaedic Institute. Dr. Wong has recently completed a Masters of Academic Medicine at the University of Southern California. 

He currently serves as an Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University and specializes in arthroscopic reconstruction of the shoulder and hip.

Dr. Wong’s research interest is on development and teaching of advanced arthroscopic reconstructions. Current arthroscopic projects include reconstruction of irreparable cuff tears, and instability with bone loss.

Dr Ivan Wong is the senior author of a July 2013 Bone & Joint Research review article:

Time to surgery in acute rotator cuff tear: a systematic review.

I. Mukovozov, S. Byun, F. Farrokhyar, and I. Wong

Bone Joint Res 2013;2:122–8.

Yang Xia completed his MSc (1989) and PhD (1992) dissertation research at the Physics Department of Massey University (Palmerston North, New Zealand). The topics of his research dissertations were the physics of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the quantitative MRI of polymer dynamics and plant vascular flows at microscopic resolutions. After a two-year postdoctoral research post at the Biotechnology Program of Cornell University (Ithaca, New York), Yang Xia joined the Physics Faculty at Oakland University in 1994 and now holds the rank of Professor of Physics. 

For the last nineteen years at Oakland University, Professor Xia’s major research effort is on the study of articular cartilage using multidisciplinary microscopic imaging techniques (microscopic MRI, polarised light microscopy, Fourier-transform infrared microscopy, microscopic computer tomography) together with biochemical assays and biomechanical testing. Professor Xia’s research has been funded continuously by three 5-year R01 grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) since January 1999, with more than 5 million dollars of total federal funding. Professor Xia serves as an external reviewer on a number of federal and international funding agencies and the tenure review committees. He reviews frequently for a large number of scientific journals. More information on his research and publication can be found from his website.

Professor Yang Xia is the author of January 2013 Bone & Joint Research Instructional Review:

INSTRUCTIONAL REVIEW: MRI of articular cartilage at microscopic resolution.

Y. Xia

Bone Joint Res 2013;2:9-17.

Dr Emmanuel Audenaert graduated from Ghent University School of Medicine, Belgium in 2002. He did his postgraduate training in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Ghent and assumed a staff position at the University Hospital in 2008. He also became consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Groening Hospital in 2009.  He obtained his PhD in Medical Sciences in June 2012 on 3D evaluation and computer-aided treatment of femoroacetabular impingement.

At a national level, he has been the key person in a number of granted research projects involving musculoskeletal modeling of the lower limb. He is a frequently invited expert for evaluation committees of national and European granting bodies on biomedical research. Finally, as a multidisciplinary researcher he is reviewer in a large number of medical, technical  and biomechanical journals, including The Bone & Joint Journal, Clincal Biomechanics, Medical & Biological Engineering and Computing and the International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery.

Dr. Audenaert is the senior author on a December 2012 Bone & Joint Research paper:

Extra-articular hip endoscopy: A review of the literature

L. Verhelst, V. Guevara, J. De Schepper, J. Van Melkebeek, C. Pattyn, and E. A. Audenaert

Bone Joint Res 2012;1:324-332.

Dr. James Waddell was born in Alberta and graduated from the University of Alberta Medical School in 1967.  He did his postgraduate training in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Toronto and assumed a staff position at St. Michael’s Hospital in 1973.  

He has occupied a number of positions at St. Michael’s Hospital including Surgeon-in-Chief and Medical Director of the Trauma Program; he completed 10 years as the Professor & Chairman, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at University of Toronto in June of 2006. He has also occupied a number of positions in the Canadian Orthopaedic Association including President.  He has completed  a 10 year term as the Co-Editor of the Canadian Journal of Surgery.  

He is currently the Chair of the Expert Panel for Orthopaedic Surgery for the Province of Ontario and the Coordinator for the National Action Network for the Bone & Joint Decade in Canada. He also is the Co-Chair of the National Hip and Knee Knowledge Translation Network and the Board Chair for the Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation.

Dr. Waddell is the senior author on a September 2012 Bone & Joint Research Knee paper:

Complications of closing wedge high tibial osteotomies for unicompartmental osteoarthritis of the knee

A. Atrey, Z. Morison, T. Tosounidis, J. Tunggal, and J. P. Waddell

Bone Joint Res September 2012 1:205-209.

After graduating with Honors from the United States Military Academy in 1997, Dr Potter received his M.D. from the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, where he earned Alpha Omega Alpha honors, in 2001. He completed an orthopaedic surgery internship and residency at the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he earned the General Graves B. Erskine Award for Outstanding Resident from any program as well as the Bailey K. Ashford Award for best clinical research. Dr. Potter subsequently completed a Musculoskeletal Oncology fellowship at the University of Miami.

Dr. Potter has an interest and extensive background in clinical and translation research in the fields of musculoskeletal oncology and combat-related heterotopic ossification, wound healing, and amputation surgery. He has published more than 100 manuscripts and book chapters. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and a member of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association, Musculoskeletal Tumor Society, Orthopaedic Research Society, and Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons. Dr. Potter’s wife, Michelle, is an emergency medicine physician; they are the proud parents of Hazel, James, and Flora.

Dr. Potter is the senior author on the August 2012 Bone & Joint Research Instructional Review:

Blast injuries and heterotopic ossification. 

K. A. Alfieri, J. A. Forsberg, and B. K. Potter

Bone Joint Res August 2012;1:174-9.

Nikolaos Bardakos is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC) in Epsom, UK. Following basic orthopaedic training in Athens, Greece, he received specialised training in all aspects of surgery in and around joints, such as osteotomy at the Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, USA, primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, USA, and arthroscopy at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham, UK. He specifically trained in hip arthroscopy under Mr Richard Villar in London, UK and regularly performs this operation for a variety of indications.

Dr. Bardakos currently serves as a reviewer for three orthopaedic journals and has a keen interest in orthopaedic research and scientific writing.

Dr Bardakos is one of the authors on a July 2012 Bone & Joint Research Instructional Review:

Complications of arthroscopic surgery of the hip.

A. V. Papavasiliou and N. V. Bardakos

Bone Joint Res July 2012;1:131-44.

Brian Grawe is currently completing his PGY-4 year of Orthopaedic Residency at the University of Cincinnati. He completed his undergraduate studies at Loyola University Chicago and matriculated to University of Cincinnati for medical school, where he was elected to AOA status in his senior year. Upon successful completion of his Residency, Brian will be heading to New York for a one year fellowship in Sports Medicine at the Hospital for Special Surgery. He intends to pursue a career in academic medicine at the conclusion of his training.

Dr Grawe is one of the authors on a June 2012 Bone & Joint Research article:

Fracture fixation with two locking screws versus three non-locking screws: a biomechanical comparison in a normal and an osteoporotic bone model.

B. Grawe, T. Le, S. Williamson, A. Archdeacon, and L. Zardiackas

Bone Joint Res June 2012;1:118-24.

Dr. Jennifer S. Wayne received her Bachelors degree at Virginia Tech/Blacksburg, Virginia, in Engineering Science & Mechanics; her Master’s degree at Tulane University/New Orleans, Louisiana in Biomedical Engineering; and her Doctoral degree at University of California at San Diego/La Jolla, California, in Bioengineering.  For over 20 years, she has been the Director of the Orthopaedic Research Laboratory at Virginia Commonwealth University which trains undergraduate and graduate students, medical students, orthopaedic residents, and fellows in basic science research. Her research has focused on the biomechanical functioning of the musculoskeletal system in normal, injured, and repaired states. In collaboration with her surgical colleagues in Orthopaedic Surgery, corrective techniques for specific musculoskeletal conditions have been simulated in experimental models to assess stability and strength of fixation constructs for such as femoral fractures, trochanteric osteotomies, coracoclavicular repair, proximal tibial osteotomies, distal tibial syndesmotic injuries, calcaneal osteotomies, ankle arthrodeses, and hallux valgus osteotomies. An experimental study on procedures to correct flatfoot deformity received the Roger A. Mann, M.D. Award from the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) in 2004. Recently, her laboratory has developed computational models of the foot/ankle complex, elbow, wrist, and shoulder to predict biomechanical performance and the success of surgical treatments. These models are fully 3D, faithfully recreating the osteoarticular anatomy of bones and joints while invoking ligament elements for joint stability and muscle forces for actuation.  With the contributions from outstanding graduate students, the models have been successful for understanding such conditions as Adult Acquired Flatfoot Deformity (AAFD), terrible triad injuries about the elbow, wrist kinematics with fusion, and soft tissue contributions to shoulder stability.

Dr. Wayne has been active in serving her profession in various capacities.  She has been Conference Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary of the Executive Committee of ASME’s Bioengineering Division (BED). She was also the first female Chair of ASME’s Bioengineering Division. She was previously an Associate Editor for BED’s flagship journal, the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. She is currently serving as Treasurer of the Orthopaedic Research Society. Dr. Wayne reviews for many journals including Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (Am), Journal of Orthopaedic Research, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, American Journal of Sports Medicine, Clinical Biomechanics, and Journal of Biomechanics.  

Dr. Wayne has received several accolades and honors for her contributions.  She is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and of the American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE). She was honored as Outstanding Alumna from Virginia Tech and from Lawrence High School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.  She was also named Engineer of the Year by the Richmond Joint Engineers Council in 2008.

Dr Wayne is one of the authors on a June 2012 Bone & Joint Research article:

Biomechanical effects of hardware configuration after union of proximal femoral and shaft fractures. 

B. J. Swinteck, D. L. Phan, J. Jani, J. R. Owen, J. S. Wayne, and V. Mounasamy

Bone Joint Res June 2012;1:104-10.

Mr. Lyndon Mason is an Orthopaedic Specialist Registrar currently on the Wales rotation, where he holds a national training number. After obtaining a bachelors degree in medicine and surgery from the University of Wales College of Medicine, he undertook his basic surgical training in south Wales. During the early years of his registrar postings he became interested in foot and ankle surgery, which led him to undertake research, both basic science and clinical, in the subject.

His initial research in hallux valgus aeitiology received national recognition when he won the Chen memorial prize at the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (BOFAS) in 2010. After undertaking the BOFAS travelling fellowship to the University of Dresden, Germany and Utah University, USA he expanded his research into the kinematics of the first ray. He is currently working with other research teams in Utah University, Brown University and the University of New Mexico.  

His future ambitions are to complete his training and obtain a consultant post in foot and ankle surgery, in a department where his academic aspirations may continue. 

Mr Mason is one of the authors on a June 2012 Bone & Joint Research article:

The first tarsometatarsal joint and its association with hallux valgus. 

L. W. Mason and H. Tanaka

Bone Joint Res June 2012;1:99-103.

Dr Tiffany K. Gill is currently an NHMRC Early Career Fellow (Australian Public Health, 2011-2014), in the Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, with a clinical background in physiotherapy and an academic background in public health and epidemiology. During her early career she was a physiotherapist in clinical practice in both the public and private sectors which then expanded into the areas of epidemiology and public health and she also has qualifications in biostatistics and health economics.  Her PhD thesis was entitled “The ecology of musculoskeletal conditions in the adult South Australian population.”  Her research now focuses on the epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders including arthritis and osteoporosis and the impact of these on population.

Dr Gill is one of the authors on a May 2012 Bone & Joint Research article:

Osteoporosis in the community: sensitivity of self-reported estimates and medication use of those diagnosed with the condition.

T. K. Gill, A. W. Taylor, C. L. Hill, and P. J. Phillips

Bone Joint Res May 2012;1:93-98.

Mr Hiran Amarasekera is an Orthopaedic Research Fellow and a PhD student at University of Warwick Medical School, UK.

After obtaining the bachelors degree in medicine and surgery he completed postgraduate training in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo. He further trained in Trauma and Orthopaedics at Oldchurch Hospital, Essex, UK, The Avenue Hospital, Melbourne, Australia and the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire, UK. 

His research interest include the study of blood flow to the femoral head and neck region during Hip Resurfacing comparing different surgical approaches, phantom study designs, SPECT bone scanning, and the study of retrieval specimens. He trained in retrieval specimen analysis at the Orthopaedic Hospital, University of California Los Angeles. 

He is currently working on a thesis entitled “Study of Blood flow to the femoral head and its implications in hip resurfacing arthroplasty”.

Mr Amarasekera is one of the authors on a May 2012 Bone & Joint Research article:

Scintigraphic assessment of bone status at one year following hip resurfacing: comparison of two surgical approaches using SPECT-CT scan.

H. W. Amarasekera, P. Roberts, M. L. Costa, N. Parsons, J. Achten, D. R. Griffin, and N. R. Williams

Bone Joint Res May 2012;1:86-92.

Christiaan Keurentjes completed his medical school training at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Currently, he is a PhD student at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Leiden University Medical Center in Leiden, The Netherlands. His thesis focuses on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Hip or Knee Replacements, and is performed in close collaboration with the Department of Clinical Epidemiology. His interest in Epidemiology and Biostatistics will result in a postdoctoral degree in Clinical Epidemiology at the Leiden University Medical Center.  

He reviews for a number of leading Orthopaedic Journals including The Bone & Joint Journal, Bone & Joint Research and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.

Christiaan Keurentjes is one of the authors on a May 2012 Bone & Joint Research article:

Minimal clinically important differences in health-related quality of life after total hip or knee replacement: a systematic review.

J. C. Keurentjes, F. R. Van Tol, M. Fiocco, J. W. Schoones, and R. G. Nelissen

Bone Joint Res May 2012;1:71-77.

Dr Kwon completed his Fellowships in Adult Reconstructive Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and at the University Hospital Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland. Dr. Kwon earned a DPhil from the University of Oxford, England and his doctorate thesis was entitled: “Pseudotumours following metal-on-metal hip resurfacing arthroplasty”. 

Dr Kwon is currently the Director of Mass General Center for Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Replacement and Director of the Adult Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston USA. His research focuses on investigating failure mechanisms of metal-on-metal implants in order to provide clinical guidance to clinicians and a research framework for further efforts to obtain knowledge that is pivotal to improve the outcomes of these patients.

Dr Kwon is the lead author on an April 2012 Bone & Joint Research article:

In vivo evaluation of edge-loading in metal-on-metal hip resurfacing patients with pseudotumours.

Y-M. Kwon, S. J. Mellon, P. Monk, D. W. Murray, and H. S. Gill

Bone Joint Res April 2012 1:42-49.

Dr Sarah Franklin is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at Oxford University, UK.  As a precursor to her doctoral training at Bristol University where Sarah studied a murine model of Prion disease, she completed her BSc(HONS) degree in Biomedical Science at Cardiff University.

The first three years of Sarah’s post-doctoral academic career centred upon studying neurotrophic factors involved in pain.  Three years ago she joined the tendon team at the Botnar Research Centre, Oxford University. Her current research interests are therapies to improve tendon healing, alongside research into tendon pain and potential pain treatments.

Dr Franklin is one of the authors on a March 2012 Bone & Joint Research article: Instructional Review:

An ink surgical marker pen is damaging to tendon cells.

S. L. Franklin, C. Jayadev, R. Poulsen, P. Hulley, and A. Price

Bone Joint Res March 2012;1:36-41.

John Fowler is currently a senior Orthopaedic resident at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, USA. He completed his medical school training at Temple University School of Medicine and his undergraduate training at The Ohio State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science with honors in Chemistry. John has accepted a hand fellowship position at the University of Pittsburgh, starting in August of 2012. He intends pursue an academic career after fellowship.

Dr Fowler is the lead author the Bone & Joint Research article:

Assisted closure of fasciotomy wounds: a descriptive series and caution in patients with vascular injury.

J. R. Fowler, M. T. Kleiner, R. Das, J. P. Gaughan, and S. Rehman

Bone Joint Res 2012;1:31-35.

Ara Nazarian finished his Dr. Sc. degree in the field of biomedical engineering at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland under the co-mentorship of Dr. Brian Snyder from Harvard Medical School and Dr. Ralph Müller from ETH.  His doctorate thesis was entitled, “Relative interaction of material versus structure in normal and pathologic bone.” This work consisted of an extensive project to monitor the effects of breast cancer treatment options on bone structural behavior at sites of skeletal metastases. His master’s thesis was entitled, “Image-guided micro-compression: A novel technique for the nondestructive assessment of local bone failure”, where he worked under the guidance of Dr. Ralph Müller. The overall research question was to define a quantitative method of relating the global failure properties of trabecular bone to those of the individual trabeculae.

Dr Nazarian is the lead author of the Bone & Joint Research article:

Assessment of axial bone rigidity in rats with metabolic diseases using CT-based structural rigidity analysis.

M. D. Smith, S. Baldassarri, L. Anez-Bustillos, A. Tseng, V. Entezari, D. Zurakowski, B. D. Snyder, A. Nazarian

Bone Joint Res 2012;1:13-19.

Dr Tomonori Shigemura graduated from Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan in 2004, attaining an MD. He has since worked at Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan, Kimitsu Chuo Hospital, Kawatetsu Hospital and the Naruto Hospital. His main research interests are osteonecrosis, chronic pain, magnetic resonance spectroscopy and biomechanics of the hip joint. His main clinical interests are hip surgery and management of chronic pain. He is a member of The Japanese Orthopaedic Association, Japanese Pediatric Orthopaedic Association, Japanese Society for replacement arthroplasty, The Chiba Medical Society and the Japan Knee Society.

Dr Shigemura is the author of the second Bone & Joint Research article:

Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the thalamus in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip

T. Shigemura, S. Kishida, Y. Eguchi, S. Ohtori, J. Nakamura, M. Kojima, Y. Masuda, K. Takahashi

Bone Joint Res 2012;1:8-12.

Dr Nahum Rosenberg graduated from the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Isreal in 1989, attaining an MD. His final thesis was honored with distinction. Between 1990 and 1997 he accomplished the residency program in Orthopedic Surgery at Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel and in 1997 received a MOrth degree (with distinction) in Orthopaedic Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel. He was appointed as Senior Orthopaedic  Surgeon at the Rambam Medical Center in 1997. Between 1998 and 1999 he was appointed as a Nuffield Scholar in the Nuffield Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Oxford University, UK and in 2003, he was appointed as Clinical Fellow in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Nottingham, UK.  He was appointed as Clinical Lecturer in the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine in 2004 and went on to become a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the same institute in 2008.

His main research interests are osteoblast metabolism and mechanical stimulation, tissue engineering, shoulder biomechanics and outcome studies of orthopedic procedures. His main clinical interests are shoulder and elbow surgery.

He is a member of ORS, EORS, BORS, ISAKOS, SIROT, Israel Orthopedic Association, Israel Medical Society and sits on the Editorial Boards for ISRN Rheumatology, World Journal of Orthopedics, International Greener Journals, American Journal of Biomedical Engineering, Open Journal of Medical Imaging

He has 50 peer reviewed publications and has given 80 presentations at international scientific meetings.

Dr Rosenberg is the author of the first Bone & Joint Research article:

Extracorporeal human bone-like tissue generation

N. Rosenberg, O. Rosenberg

Bone Joint Res 2012;1:1-7.