Specialising in hip replacement surgery for over 20 years, Professor Robert Middleton is one of the leading hip replacement surgeons and robotic surgery experts in the country. As Professor of Orthopaedics and Head of the Orthopaedic Research Institute (ORI) at Bournemouth University, he trains surgeons from around the world using the latest technology. He and… Read more » about Robotic Hip Surgery Training Course
Last night, Professor Middleton led an event for professionals focusing on primary care hip pain, followed by a short, informal Q & A. The educational session was attended by local GPs and physiotherapists as a chance to discuss treatment options, and what advice to give to patients suffering from hip pain. Find out about upcoming… Read more » about CPD Event – Hip Replacement
Last night, Professor Middleton led an event titled ‘New Year, New Hip?’ at the Nuffield Health Hospital in Bournemouth. The event was open to anyone who had hip pain and wished to explore options for treatment around hip health and hip replacement surgery. 28 patients attended to find out more information about potential treatment options…. Read more » about New Year, New Hip?
ORI’s Postdoctoral Data Science Research Assistant, Dr Richard Matzko, recently spent a week at Jesus College within Oxford University to gain insight and connect with leading researchers in the design, execution and analysis of studies involving wearable devices for clinical purposes. The course, titled ‘Machine Learning of Wearables in Large Scale Biomedical Studies’, was organised… Read more » about ORI attends Oxford University to learn more about the use of wearable technology
Join ORI’s Professor Middleton on 2nd October at 2:00pm at St Mark’s Church, Highcliffe, to hear more about how to avoid hip surgery.
It was a pleasure to welcome Poole Grammar School pupil Eddie Hall to ORI today for some work experience. Eddie had the opportunity to spend time with the whole of the ORI team to learn about our research and clinical practice, and also complete some VR surgery in the afternoon with our Hip Fellow Sameh… Read more » about ORI helping to inspire surgeons of the future
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
Last week, ORI was delighted to welcome third year BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice (ODP) students to ORI’s Virtual Reality Training Lab for a series of workshops. The workshops were a follow-up from last year’s highly successful collaboration between ORI, Debora Almeida and her colleagues from the ODP team. Over a period of 3 days,… Read more » about VR surgical simulation workshops at ORI for BU ODP students
ORI was delighted to welcome third year BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice students to the Virtual Reality Training Lab for a series of workshops last week. The workshops were the first step in a growing collaboration between ORI and Debora Almeida and her colleagues from the Operating Department Practice team. Professor Tom Wainwright introduced the… Read more » about ODP students benefit from VR surgical simulation training at ORI
