About us
Francois Tudor has recently been appointed as a Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon in trauma and lower limb reconstruction at The Gold Coast University Hospital, Queensland, Australia. He completed his training on the Stanmore rotation in London, England and went on to undergo fellowship training in lower limb arthroplasty and post-traumatic reconstruction in Toronto, Canada, having previously completed fellowship training in sports surgery and knee injuries in Brisbane, Australia. He has been interested in education throughout his career, recently being appointed to a post as Associate Lecturer in Orthopaedics at The University of Queensland and previously holding the role of representative for education on The British Orthopaedic Trainees Association (BOTA). He has been involved as both organizer and faculty on a number of examination preparation courses and lectured on two MSc programs.
James Donaldson is currently finishing an international fellowship in lower limb arthroplasty and joint reconstruction in Toronto, Canada. He will be undertaking an AO trauma fellowship in Cape Town, South Africa before returning to the UK to the Joint Reconstruction Unit at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore and West Hertfordshire Hospitals. He has a number of pre- and postgraduate academic prizes including the WJ Little Medal and the Jacques Duparc prize. He trained on the RNOH rotation and was the senior surgical officer at Stanmore sitting on the medical education committee and managing the junior doctors training and educational requirements. He has written content for five previous educational books, been an invited lecturer on FRCS courses and is currently involved in undergraduate and postgraduate musculoskeletal education at the University of Toronto.
Manoj Ramachandran is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in Paediatric and Young Adult Orthopaedics and Trauma based at The Royal London, St Bartholomew's and Barts and The London Children’s Hospitals, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, England. He is CIO, the Lead for Paediatric Orthopaedics, the Director of Research for Orthopaedics, Director of Informatics and Innovation for Surgery and Cancer and Honorary Reader at Queen Mary, University of London. His clinical interests are in paediatric orthopaedics and trauma, especially of the lower limb, and the young adult hip and knee (including arthroscopy, preservation and sports injuries). He has extensive experience with teaching at all levels from medical students to consultant colleagues locally, nationally and internationally, and runs and teaches on several clinical and basic science courses. Manoj has a strong academic (clinical and basic science) interest, having authored 16 educational textbooks (http://amzn.to/1mfYh4M), published 80 papers in peer-reviewed journals, presented at hundreds of national and international meetings and built international research collaborations globally. More information on Manoj can be found here: http://bartskidsbones.weebly.com/manoj-ramachandran.html