Appointments

Specialist Orthopaedic Registrar                                                                  Mersey Region                                                                                1996-2001

Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia                                                  Shoulder fellow to
                           Prof. D. H. Sonnabend                                      June01-Dec.01
                           Dr. G. McDougal 
                           Dr. J. Hughes (North Shore Private Hospital)

Shoulder fellow to Dr. J. Goldberg                                                Jan.02-Mar.02

Orthopaedic Research fellow to Assoc. Prof. W. R. Walsh
                  (University of New South Wales)                                June01-Mar.02

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon                                                               Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust                                     2003 to date

Member of British Shoulder and Elbow Society                             2003 to date

Ordinary Member European Shoulder and Elbow Society             2005 to date

Committees

British Orthopaedic Trainees Association
Executive Committee                                                     2000-01        2002-04

British Orthopaedic Association
Education Committee                                                    2000-01

Joint Committee on Higher Surgical Training
Specialist Advisory Committee for
Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery
BOTA Representative                                                   2002-04

Central Consultant & Specialists Committee                                                  British Medical Association                                            2004-05

Orthopaedic Sub-Committee                                                                         British Medical Association                                            2004 to date

CCSC Information Technology Subcommittee               2005 to date 

Orthopaedics Specialist Training Committee                                                          North West Region                                                        2005 to date

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust                                                             Research and Development Committee                          2005 to date

 

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) 2(1) June 1986
Applied and Human Biology
University of Aston.

MBChB June 1991
University of Liverpool

FRCS Part 1
ENGLAND April 1993
EDINBURGH May 1993

FRCS Part 2
ENGLAND Feb. 1996

FRCS (Tr&Orth) Oct. 2000

 

Prizes

ROUSSEL PRIZE 1989
Liverpool Medical School, UK

CLINICAL SURGERY CUP 1990
Liverpool Medical School, UK

7th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 1998
OF SHOULDER SURGERY
Best Poster Presentation
Sydney, Australia

UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL, UK 2000
MUSCULOSKELETAL SCIENCES
SCIENTIFIC DAY
Best Presentation Prize

ALUMNI PRESENTATIONS 2000
Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital, UK
Runner up

COAST MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 2001
TOW RESEARCH AWARDS
Best Presentation – Clinical Division
Sydney, Australia

4th ACADEMIC CONGRESS OF 2002
ASIAN SHOULDER ASSOCIATION.
Gold award for best paper
Seoul, Korea

BRITISH ELBOW SHOULDER SOCIETY 2007
Best poster Prize
Telford, UK