Mr Peter Hughes BSc FRCS(Orth)
Mr Peter Hughes is an orthopaedic surgeon with a special interest in surgery of the shoulder and elbow. He trained in orthopaedics in the Mersey region and then completed a shoulder and elbow fellowship in Sydney, Australia. He has a special interest in the application of arthroscopic techniques to the treatment of shoulder conditions. He is an active researcher and has won several international research prizes which include Best Research Prize at the International Congress of Shoulder Surgery [Sydney 1997] and Best Paper Prize, Asian Shoulder Society. His research activity has continued as a consultant and in 2007 he was awarded Best Research Poster Prize by the British Elbow and Shoulder Society. Mr Hughes holds a Consultant post as an upper limb surgeon at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and is a member of the British Shoulder and Elbow Society. He has also been elected as a member of the European Shoulder and Elbow Society.

Mr Stephen Bale BSc FRCS(Orth)
Mr Stephen Bale is an orthopaedic surgeon with a special interest in surgery of the shoulder. He trained in orthopaedics in Manchester holding posts of tutor and lecturer with the University Department of Orthopaedics. He holds the Sir Harry Platt Research Honour. He has a special interest in upper limb surgery particularly in relation to the shoulder. He has travelled widely in Europe and the USA to exchange ideas on techniques relating to all aspects of shoulder surgery. His particular interests are rotator cuff surgery, instability and shoulder arthroplasty. He continues to be actively involved in research.

Mr Daniel Redfern FRCS(Orth)
Born and bred in nearby Rivington village, Daniel Redfern qualified from Barts’ Hospital in 1988 after graduation at Oriel College, Oxford. His training continued in London at St Mary’s Hospital, the Royal Postgraduate Medical School Hammersmith Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital. Winner of the prestigious Laming Evans Fellowship of the Royal college of Surgeons, his Upper Limb training was completed as a fellow at the Wrightington Hospital before returning to the North West in 1999. His major interests are in elbow, wrist and hand surgery. He has published and presented nationally and internationally in these fields and is a faculty teacher in wrist and elbow arthroscopy at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Mr A O Browne M.Ch., FRCSI
Mr Tony Browne qualified from the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin in 1975. He undertook fellowships in shoulder and elbow surgery at Columbia University, New York, in sports medicine at Centinella Hospital in Los Angeles and in hip surgery later at the Mayo Clinic in Switzerland, where his qualifications in Orthopaedic biomechanics facilitated in dept. research into shoulder function, and he has numerous publications on the subject. He has received a number of awards including the Gussy Mehigan Memorial Scholarship, Irish American Orthopaedic Society Scholarship and Travelling Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons. He has designed instruments currently in used in shoulder surgery throughout the world and is a member of the British Shoulder and Elbow Society

Mr R Murali FRCS Ed. FRCS(Tr & Orth)
Mr Raj Murali is an orthopaedic surgeon with a special interest in all aspects of hand and wrist surgery. He trained in the University of Aberdeen as a lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery. He undertook hand surgery training in Nottingham and Derby. He holds a consultant post at the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust and has sessions at Wrightington Hospital, Royal Albert Edward Infirmary and Leigh Infirmary. He set up the hand trauma service at the Royal Albert Edward site. He is an active researcher and is presently the Clinical Director for Research and Development of the Trust.