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ABC Travelling Fellows 2008 Biographies
Andrew Barrow, Johannesburg, South Africa drandy{at}global.co.za Dr Andrew Barrow is a consultant Orthopeadic surgeon working in private practice in Johannesburg South Africa. He graduated from The University Of The Witwatersand Medical school and did his residency on the Johannesburg teaching circuit at Wits. He completed an Upper limb Fellowship at Wrightington in the United Kingdom. On returning to South Africa he ran the Upper Limb trauma and elective surgery unit at the Johannesburg for a number of years. At present Dr Barrow works in private practice with a teaching affiliation. His practice is largely upper limb and trauma based. Presentation Topics:
Dominic Meek, Glasgow, UK dominic.meek{at}sgh.scot.nhs.uk Dr R.M. Dominic Meek is a Consultant, in Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow and honorary senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow. He graduated from the University of Glasgow where he completed his postgraduate training in orthopaedics. He undertook a fellowship in adult reconstruction of the hip and knee at the department of lower limb arthroplasty, Vancouver General Hospital. He was the British and American Hip Societies Travelling Fellow in 2005. His research interests are in the basic science of wear particles particularly metal CoCr particles and implant fixation and bone density. Presentation Topics:
Kevin Mulhall, Dublin, Ireland kjm{at}indigo.ie Mr. Kevin Mulhall is a Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon working in the Mater University Hospital, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital and Sports Surgery Clinic Dublin, Ireland. He is a graduate of University College Galway and is an adjunct senior lecturer at the University of Dublin. Following completion of postgraduate orthopaedic training in Ireland he underwent fellowship training in adult reconstructive surgery at the Universities of Minnesota and Virginia and trauma in the BG Trauma Clinic, Ludwigshafen Germany. His current main research interests include outcomes of hip and knee arthroplasty and the use of tissue preconditioning in surgery. Presentation Topics:
Peter Poon, Aukland, New Zealand petercpoon{at}xtra.co.nz Mr Peter Poon is a Shoulder and Elbow surgeon at North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. He graduated from the Auckland University School of Medicine and completed the New Zealand National registrar training programme in Auckland. His Shoulder and Elbow training was at the Royal North Shore Hospital (University of Sydney), Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (University of Oxford), Peter Lougheed Centre (University of Calgary). His clinical practice includes acute trauma, arthroscopy and arthroplasty of the Shoulder and Elbow. His research interest is in the reverse shoulder prosthesis. Presentation Topics:
Alasdair Sutherland, Aberdeenshire, UK ort025{at}abdn.ac.uk Mr Alasdair Sutherland is a Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Orthopedics at the University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen Teaching Hospitals, and Director of the North of Scotland Orthopaedic Residency Programme. He graduated from the University of Aberdeen and completed his training training in Scotland before undertaking three fellowships (Trauma, Arthroplasty, Knee Reconstruction) in Melbourne, Australia. His clinical interests centre on knee arthroplasty and knee reconstruction surgery. His research interests are in measuring and optimising orthopaedic outcomes, post traumatic psychopathology, and the role of placebo surgery in trials. His research has been funded by the NHS Health Technology Assessment Unit, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edniburgh, Tenovus Scotland and NHS Endowments. Presentation Topics:
Richard Williams, Brisbane, Australia rwilliam{at}bigpond.net.au Dr Richard Williams is in sole spinal surgical practice in Brisbane, Australia. He is closely involved in the surgical care of patients with acute spinal cord injuries through the Princess Alexandra Hospital Spinal Injuries Unit which is the only reference institution in the state of Queensland for spinal cord trauma. He is currently the Chairman of the AOSpine Australia / New Zealand Council and has an extensive experience of spinal education and research with many published articles and peer review journals. He undertook Fellowship with Dr John Webb at the Centre for Spinal Surgery at the Queens Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, England. He is the founder and Chairman of the AOSpine Reference Centre in Brisbane, Australia where a clinical fellowship program is run in partnership with ongoing clinical and basic science research. Dr Williams is Adjunct Professor at the Queensland University of Technology School of Biomedical Engineering. Dr Williams is also the current Chairman of the Queensland Branch of the Australian Orthopaedic Association and is an active member of The Spine Society of Australia. He has been awarded the Biennial Australian ABC Travelling Fellowship for 2008. Presentation Topics: En bloc resection of spinal tumours Spinal surgery in Australia Techniques of assessment of spinal fusion in a sheep model The role of early stabilisation in the treatment of spinal cord injury Clinical applications and basic science of vertebroplasty The osteogenic properties of urothelium
Rob Pollock, Middlesex, UK Rob.pollock{at}doctors.org.uk Mr. Pollock is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, UK. He specializes in lower limb reconstruction including the management of bone and soft tissue tumours. He graduated from University College London School of Medicine and completed his post-graduate training at the RNOH. He undertook an orthopaedic oncology fellowship at the New South Wales Cancer Institute, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia. His research interests include cartilage transplantation and modern designs of tumour endoprostheses. Presentation Topics:
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