Clinical research in bones and joints; knee injuries; fractures.

• BSc
• MB BS
• FRCS(Orth)
• MD

Research interests 

• Accelerated fracture healing; bone morphogenetic protein
• Matrix metalloproteinases in articular cartilage and tendon 
• Patellar instability and hypermobility syndrome
• Outcomes of orthopaedic operations; clinical and cost effectiveness
• Competency assessment in knee replacement

Career summary

Following undergraduate training at University College London, I undertook my basic surgical training at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. My middle grade rotation in orthopaedics was in Oxford, and Senior Registrar rotation based at St Bartholomew’s. On completion of training I became a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Orthopaedics, UCL, based at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore. Since 1994 I have been a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Norwich, and became honorary Reader at UEA in 2004.

Supervisor

Current

• PhD on Bias in Publishing

• MD on Proprioception and imaging in ACL rupture
• MD on Patient factors in failed total hip replacement.

Previous

• PhD  Costa ML. Achilles tendinopathy and rupture
• MD    Blundell C. Assessment of lower limb alignment using pedobarometry and computerised tomography
• MD    Hing CB. A comparison of the bony morphology of the distal femur with special reference to the shape of the trochlear groove.
• MD    Johnston P. Expression profiling of matrix metalloproteinases  and their inhibitors in Dupuytren’s disease