News: New BOA Trustees

New BOA Trustees (2021–2023)

Amar Rangan

I am a Shoulder & Elbow Surgeon at South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust in Middlesbrough and I’m Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, holding the Mary Kinross Trust & Royal College of Surgeons Chair at Department of Health Sciences and Hull York Medical School, University of York. I also hold a full Professorship with the Faculty of Medical Sciences & NDORMS, University of Oxford. I am current President of the British Elbow and Shoulder Society.

I was Chair of the BOA Research Committee from 2013-2018; the Academic / APOS representative on the T&O SAC from 2013 to 2016; and have been FRCS (Tr& Orth) examiner for the Intercollegiate Specialty Boards for 10 years.

I lead a programme of clinical and translational research, including NIHR funded multi-centre clinical trials. I have been published widely in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery, particularly in the field of Shoulder & Elbow surgery, where my work has influenced clinical practice, national guidelines and policy. I am a member of the NIHR i4i Challenge Awards Committee and am a surgeon member of the Steering Committee of the National Joint Registry.

There are obvious challenges ahead to our professional practice during the pandemic and beyond, but also some exciting opportunities for us to become innovative with our services, education and research. I look forward to contributing to the BOA’s work in these areas. We have come a long way in the last decade in world leading, practice changing research. I will work to build on our strengths to attract further investment into T&O research to benefit our patients and our services.

Fares Haddad

I am a Hip and Knee Reconstructive Orthopaedic and Sports Surgeon at University College Hospitals, Divisional Clinical Director of Surgical Specialties at UCH, and Director of the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health at University College London. I graduated from the University College London Hospitals with a First Class BSc and MB BS. I was the gold medallist in the FRCS (Orth) exam and have gained a large number of prizes and prestigious academic awards. I have been an EFORT Travelling Fellow, British Hip Society Travelling Fellow and ABC Travelling Fellow in 2004. I was a Hunterian Professor in 2005. I am Editor-in-Chief of the Bone and Joint Journal.

My clinical and research endeavours have centred on hip and knee reconstruction. I have presented and published widely on key aspects of hip, knee and sports surgery and continue to lead a clinical research group with interests in hip and knee joint preservation after injury, prosthetic design and performance and outcomes measurement after hip / knee surgery and sports injuries. I was the musculoskeletal lead at the 2012 London Olympics and run the IOC research centre at ISEH. I am Chief Medical Officer for the NFL in the UK.

I am really pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to the challenges facing the BOA and our profession. We face an era of mounting service pressures, lengthening waiting lists, limited opportunities for trainees and trainers, and difficulty with pension and finances and premature burn out. The need for strong BOA Council has never been greater. NHS and professional pressures adversely affecting surgical practice require decisive action. I am organised, hardworking, and vocal when needed, and will stand up for our colleagues, our trainees, our researchers, our profession and our patients.

Hiro Tanaka

I have two passions as a Foot and Ankle surgeon in Wales. The first is a belief that if we improve the way we train future surgeons at all levels from medical students to fellows, we can guarantee the future of our profession as an inclusive and diverse speciality. By daring to innovate and testing new educational tools, we will nurture more resilient and capable surgeons. I have applied this ethos to the educational strategy of BOFAS for over 10 years and as Chairman of the Education Committee for the BOA. I continue my work for BOFAS as Honorary Treasurer. The second, is promoting clinical leadership and quality improvement across the NHS. I was one of the first people to complete the Generation Q programme with the Health Foundation and I am the co-director of the BOA Future Leader’s Programme.

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. I believe we are at a critical moment in our profession. Change is inevitable both for us as surgeons and patients. The BOA is the most effective instrument by which the right changes are adopted because it is the combined voice of our consultants, SAS surgeons, trainees and patients. As JTO Editor, I will seek to ensure that our members are kept up to date with the most topical, useful and sometimes challenging content.

Sarah Stapley

A consultant since 2004, I have been fortunate enough to have experienced trauma and orthopaedic delivery in a number of settings, although based in the Portsmouth area for the whole of my consultant career. Serving with the Royal Navy for 33 years, I have lead health care delivery in isolated and extreme locations with limited resources. Understanding how education, and the effect a good mentor has on an individual, has continually driven me to encourage trainees of all levels to seek their potential, and I have demonstrated this as a Training Programme Director at both core and higher specialty level, and as Defence Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics, where I have expanded the influence of military orthopaedics into several academic institutions.

I have undertaken several unusual leadership roles, as a Deployed Medical Director (Camp Bastian Hospital) in Afghanistan, Consultant Advisor in Trauma and Orthopaedics to the Royal Navy and as the UK Representative on the NATO COMEDS futures advisory panel, which recently developed a military research strategy for the 47 Countries of NATO.

I have been a member of the BOA since I was a trainee and sit on the Education Committee as the representative for Medical Student engagement.

As my military career closes, I wish to utilise my broad leadership skills and experience to support and enhance the national development of Trauma and Orthopaedics as the outstanding specialty it is now.