Prof Tom Wainwright was honoured to be invited to visit Singapore last week by the Singaporean Ministry of Health as a visiting expert to share ORI’s research and experience in Enhanced Recovery after Surgery protocols for orthopaedic surgery. He was warmly welcomed by his hosts Dr Kelvin Tan and Dr Tan Tong Leng from Tan… Read more » about Prof Tom Wainwright invited to Singapore by MOH as a HDMP Visiting Expert
Congratulations to Prof Tom Wainwright who has recently been appointed to the Editorial Board at The Knee Journal. He will be the Associate Editor for Rehabilitation and Orthotics. The Knee Journal, published by Elsevier, is a highly respected orthopaedic journal, and is the official publication journal of the British Association for Surgery of the Knee… Read more » about Prof Tom Wainwright appointed as Associate Editor at The Knee Journal
Congratulations to Deputy Head of ORI, Prof Tom Wainwright, for a highly productive year as a Committee member of the International Surgical Wound Complications Advisory Panel (ISWCAP). ISWCAP’s mission is to reduce the occurrence of surgical wound complications across the world through advocacy, education, risk identification and improved clinical management. The organisation has over 1500… Read more » about ORI helping to reduce the occurrence of surgical wound complications
Two research projects involving ORI researchers were featured in the media last week. Professor Tom Wainwright spoke to the Mail on Sunday about the Orthopaedic Research Institute’s trial of cycling to help people with hip pain. To find out more about the CHAIN (Cycling against Hip pain) programme and the NIHR funded research CLEAT study… Read more » about ORI in the news!
Over the past few months, Professor Middleton‘s Clinical Hip Fellow, Mr Nishil Modi has been offering surgical trainees from across the Wessex Deanery the opportunity to hone their surgical skills on the VR surgical simulators at ORI. Nishil has been teaching his colleagues in small groups and reports, “it has been great to see local… Read more » about Surgical trainees supported with VR simulation
We are delighted to welcome Wissem Tafat to the ORI team, she has joined ORI as a match funded PhD student in partnership with NHS Scotland. Her research will use data science techniques to develop a learning health system in NHS Scotland for orthopaedic surgery patients. She is being supervised by Prof Tom Wainwright, Prof… Read more » about ORI welcomes new PhD student – Wissem Tafat
The team at ORI were delighted to see that the CHAIN (Cycling against Hip Pain) programme was featured on ITV’s This Morning programme, as part of a segment from Dr Zoe Williams advising viewers on how to best self-manage arthritis. The CHAIN programme is an exercise and education treatment pathway for people with hip arthritis… Read more » about CHAIN featured on ITV’s This Morning programme – 2nd Nov 2023
Congratulations to Professor Tom Wainwright who on a recent trip to China was awarded a Visiting Professorship at Lanzhou University. Lanzhou University is noted for being one of China’s premier institutions of higher learning with its position as the best university in Northwestern China, and is closely affiliated to the First Hospital of Lanzhou University…. Read more » about Professor Tom Wainwright awarded Visiting Professorship at Lanzhou University
ORI would like to congratulate Prof Ian Swain, who was recently made a Life Patron of the Spinal Injuries Charity INSPIRE at a function in the House of Lords. Inspire is a charity whose aim is to use technology to improve the quality of life for people with Spinal Injuries. Prof Swain has been involved with charity… Read more » about Congratulation to Prof Ian Swain who has recently been honoured as a Life Patron of the Spinal Injuries Charity INSPIRE
Prof Ian Swain was recently invited to participate in an IFESS expert panel on Functional Electrical Stimulation. Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) is the application of tiny electrical impulses to restore or enhance function in people with a wide range of neurological or musculoskeletal disabilities. This can include correction of foot drop following a stroke, restoring… Read more » about Prof Ian Swain invited to participate in IFESS expert panel on Functional Electrical Stimulation
