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Prof Andrew McCaskie/Mr Simone Castagno

Professor Andrew McCaskie is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Head of the Department of Surgery* at the University of Cambridge and Honorary Consultant at Addenbrookes’ Hospital. His clinical interest is lower limb, particularly hip disease in young adults. His translational research is focused on cell and regenerative therapies relating to bone and cartilage repair. This encompasses work to understand the role of cells and molecules in repair, alongside advanced imaging, related clinical trial work, precision health approaches and patient stratification, which includes machine learning as described in this paper. Mr Simone Castagno is a specialty trainee in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery on the East of England rotation and a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, specialising in the application of machine learning to musculoskeletal diseases. He is pursuing his PhD with a full scholarship from Trinity College and has been awarded the ORUK/Versus Arthritis AI in MSK Research Fellowship, along with two grants from Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust.