Abbas Rashid graduated from Imperial College with a distinction in MBBS and intercalated to University College London where he gained a first class honours in the Orthopaedics Science BSc. He completed his higher surgical training on the London North West Thames Rotation and broadened his surgical experience through upper limb fellowships in Wrightington, Cambridge and an AO Trauma Fellowship in Hanover, Germany. He has been recipient of the Mark Patterson award by The Bone & Joint Journal/European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (2013), the Zimmer Upper Extremities Award by the British Orthopaedic Association (2015) and the Intra-European Travelling Award by the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and Elbow (SECEC) (2017). In 2015, he joined University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Consultant Elbow & Shoulder Surgeon. The scope of his work includes evidence-based treatment of complex trauma, sports injuries and degenerative conditions of the upper limb. He is the lead for elbow surgery. He is a member of the British Elbow and Shoulder Society and SECEC.