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Associate Professor of Trauma Surgery

University of Oxford,, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Kadoorie Centre, Level 3, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Trauma and Orthopaedics Department, UHNM NHS Trust, Royal Stoke University Hospital, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 6QG, UK.

Consultant Spine Surgeon

Spine Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Windmill Rd, Headington, Oxford. OX3 7LD, UK.

Clinical Director

Trauma and Orthopaedics Department, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust, Wansbeck Hospital, Woodhorn Lane, Ashington, Northumberland NE63 9JJ, UK.

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon (OTS Past President)

Trauma and Orthopaedics Department, Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital, Aldermaston Road, Basingstoke RG24 9NA, UK.