General Medical Council Details
- GMC reg no: 3628955
- GMC Specialist Register: Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery - 3 Nov 1997
Qualifications
- 1970: Scottish Certificate of Education - Higher levels, Aberdeen Grammar School, Scotland.
- 1975: BSc Anatomy - Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Alexandria, Egypt.
- 1978: MBBCh, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Egypt
- 1983: MChOrth Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Egypt.
Professional Society Memberships
- British Orthopaedic Association
- British Limb Reconstruction Society
- British Association for Surgery of the Knee
- British Medical Association
- ISAKOS (International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine)
- ESSKA (European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy)
Past memberships
- AAOS: (American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons - affiliate member)
- AO Alumni Association
- EOA: Egyptian Orthopaedic Association
- ORS: Orthopaedic Reserach Society
- ISFR: (International Society for Fracture Repair)
Training and previous posts
- 1979: Internship at Alexandria University Hospitals for six months including Burns, Anaesthesia, Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Paediatrics.
- 1979 - 1980: Internship at Ministry of Health Hospitals for six months including General Surgery, Internal Medicine and Fevers.
- March - July 1980: Resident - Orthopaedic Surgery, Alexandria University Students' Hospital.
- July 1980 - Oct 1981: Resident - Orthopaedic Surgery, General Military Hospital, Alexandria.
- Nov 1981 - March 1983: Visiting Resident, Hadara University Hospital (320 Orthopaedic & Fracture beds), University of Alexandria.
- March – Sept 1983: Resident - Orthopaedic Surgery, El-Mouassat Hospital.
- Oct 1983 - May 1989: Specialist - Orthopaedic Surgery, Alexandria University Students Hospital.
- 1984 - Dec 1988: Part-time Specialist - Orthopaedic Surgery, El-Sammak Private Hospitals, Alexandria (El-Seguini and Hassab Hospitals).
- 1984 - 1989: Part-time Orthopaedic Surgeon and Founding Member of the Medical Care Advisory Team, responsible for medical care of expatriates belonging to foreign firms in Alexandria, including the American Consulate General.
- 1985 - 1989: Part-time attending Orthopaedic Surgeon in charge of the Alexandria Union Sporting Club first basket-ball team.
- 1 August 1989 - 31 Oct 1989: *SHO Orthopaedic Surgery, Academic Unit, Hope Hospital, Salford, Manchester.
- 1 Nov 1989 - 31 Jan 1990: *SHO Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.
- 1 Feb 1990 - 31 July 1990: *Registrar - Orthopaedic Surgery, Withers Orthopaedic Centre, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast.
- 1 August 1990 - 31 Jan 1991: *Registrar - Fractures, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.
- 1 Feb 1991 - 31 July 1991: *Registrar, Orthopaedic Surgery, Withers Orthopaedic Centre, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast.
- 1 August 1991 - 31 Jan 1992: *Registrar - Orthopaedic Surgery, Withers Orthopaedic Centre, Tutor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Queens University, Belfast, Musgrave Park Hospital.
- 1 Feb 1992 - 31 July 1992: *Registrar - Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Ulster Hospital Dundonald, Belfast.
- 1 August 1992 - 31 Jan 1993: *Registrar - Orthopaedic Traumatology Belfast City Hospital.
- 19 Sept 1992 - 31 Oct 1992: Locum Senior Registrar, Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Fellow to Mr A J Hall in Arthroscopic ACL Reconstruction.
- 1 Feb 1993 - 31 July 1993: *Senior Registrar - Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, Belfast.
- 1 August 1993 - Oct 1996: Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon, Alexandria University Students Hospital, Egypt.
- Part-time attending Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Alexandria International Hospital.
- Part-time attending Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, El-Seguini Private Hospital, Alexandria.
- Sept - Dec 1995: Knee Fellow to Mr Angus Strover, FRCS Droitwich Knee Clinic, Droitwich, Worcs.
- Oct 1996 - June 1999: Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield, Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Limb Reconstruction Service Northern General Hospital, Sheffield.
* Positions sponsored and recognised by the Royal College of Surgeons, England.
Current post
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Droitwich Knee Clinic.
Other current duties
- Member of Executive Committee Droitwich Knee Foundation educational trust
- Jun 04 - 09: Droitwich Knee Clinic Representative: Medical Advisory Committee, Droitwich Spa Hospital
- Mar 05 - current: Chairman Board of Directors Droitwich Knee Clinic
- 2009 – current: Managing Director DKC
Lectures:
External fixators for fractures of the distal radius
The treatment of tibial pilon fractures using monolateral and circular fixators
Use of the Sheffield Hybrid Fixator for trauma and reconstruction
21 – 22 Sept 2000: Orthofix advanced Course, Verona, Italy. Invited lecturer and workshop instructor. Lectures & workshops below
2-3 Oct 2000: British Orthopaedic Research Society Meeting, London
13-14 Oct 2000: Nottingham Knee Meeting. Presentation by Mr A Strover: Meniscal Allografts: The Droitwich Experience. Strover, El Shazly 2000
3 Nov 2000: Rotaglide day on mobile bearing Total Knee Replacement. Avon Orthopaedic Centre, Bristol
11 Nov 2000: Naughton Dunn Club Meeting. Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham
25 Nov 2000: 2nd Geistlich Orthopaedic Symposium. Royal Society of Medicine, London. Subject: Tissue Engineering: Bone substitutes, Cartilage repair
26-27 Feb 2001: American ASAMI meeting, (Association for the study of the methods of Ilizarov) International Congress on External fixation: San Francisco Paper presented: The Sheffield Hybrid Fixator in Tibial Pilon Fractures
28 Feb – 4 March 2001: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons meeting, San Francisco. Instructional courses attended:
- Mobile bearing knee replacement
- Surgical Options in the middle aged arthritic knee
- Unicompartmental arthritis of the knee
- Meniscus function: repair and restoration
- Allograft Meniscus Transplantation
- Management of complex knee ligament injuries
1 March 2001: Meniscal Allograft Study Group: San Francisco. Paper presented: Meniscal Allografts: The Droitwich Experience
3 March 2001: Speciality day at the AAOS, San Francisco: American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Arthroscopy Association of North America
28 March 2001: Advanced Knee Replacement Course. Royal College of Surgeons of England: including revision surgery, unicompartmental and patellofemoral arthroplasty.
9 – 10 April 2001: Orthofix Seminar on the Sheffield Hybrid Fixator, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield: invited speaker and workshop demonstrator: Lectures:
- Fine Wire Techniques: Insertion and safe corridors followed by workshop
- Management of Pilon Fractures
18 April 2001: Principles and pre-operative planning in Total Knee Arthroplasty: lecture given at Exactech TKR meeting, Stratford
4 – 5 May 2001: Advances in Bone & Joint Restoration. Hip & Knee Replacement Course, Miami, Florida
13 May 01: Posterior stabilized knee replacement: Past present and future: Symposium: Geneva, Switzerland
28 – 29 May 01: Invited guest lecturer and workshop instructor at the Orthofix advanced course, Verona. Lectures & workshops given below
22 June 2001: Lecture at HST meeting, Leicester Royal Infirmary: Meniscal allografts: literature review and the Droitwich experience
20 – 21 Sep 01: Invited guest lecturer and workshop instructor at the Orthofix advanced course, Verona. Lectures & workshops given below
3 – 4 Oct 01: Oxford Unicompartmental Knee Replacement Course
29 – 30 Jan 02: Advances In ACL Reconstruction.
24 – 25 Apr 02: Optetrak Knee Meeting The Belfry
6 – 7 May 02: Invited Lecturer at Orthofix Advanced Course Verona. Lectures & Workshops given below
10 May 02: British Limb Reconstruction Society meeting, Bristol
24 May 02: Advanced Techniques in Arthroscopic Surgery
10 – 11 Jun 02: Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction Society Meeting (ASAMI – North America) 12th annual scientific meeting, Dallas, Texas Poster & podium presentation
19 Jun 02: Midland Problem Knee Club Meeting. Hosted & chaired at the Droitwich Knee Clinic & 2 case presentations
4 – 5 July 02: 3rd International Orthopedic Symposium. Heidelberg. Knee Update
11 Oct 02: Issues of Knee Arthroplasty Course. Droitwich Knee Clinic. Lecture given: Issues in Knee replacement design
28 Oct 02: Invited Lecturer at Orthofix Advanced Course Verona. Lectures & Workshops given below
6 Nov 02: Seminar on Limb Reconstruction including complex fractures. Sheffield. Invited lecturer. See below for lectures
18 Dec 02: Annual International Congress of the Egyptian Orthopaedic Association. Cairo. Podium presentation: Use of the Sheffield Ring Fixator in Tibial Pilon Fractures.
27-28 Jan 03: 3rd Basel International Knee Congress
5 May 03: Orthofix Advanced International course. Invited Lecturer and workshops.
18-19 Jun 03: Optetrak Knee Replacement Meeting, Worcester. Co-convener and lecturer: Revision Knee Replacement
23 Jun 03: ACL study day. North Manchester General Hospital
30 Jul 03: International Limb Reconstruction Seminar. Sheffield. Invited lecturer. Lecture: Rotational and Translational corrections using the Sheffield Ring Fixator.
7-12 Sep 03: 13th Annual Baltimore Limb Deformity Course
18 Sep 03: BOA Annual Congress. Birmingham
18 Sep 03: Inaugural meeting of the UK Meniscal Study Group
3-4 Oct 03: Nottingham Knee Symposium
9 Oct 03: Seminar on The Sheffield Ring Fixator. Sheffield. Invited lecturer: Lecture: Rotational Correction
13 Oct 03: Orthofix Course on Complex Trauma: Invited lecturer: Lecture: The use of a circular frame in tibial plateau fractures. Workshop: Plateau fracture treated with a circular frame
1 Nov 03: Training day on MACI. Royal National Stanmore. with Mr Tim Briggs
7-8 Nov 03: The Cologne Bone & Joint course. A masterclass seminar. Invited lecturer: Complex leg lengthening: combined technique
18 – 19 Mar 04: British Limb Reconstruction Society Spring meeting: Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
24 Mar 04: Advances & controversies in Hip & Knee Arthroplasty. Stratford Upon Avon
28 Apr 04: Hosting and case presentations Midland Problem Knee Club meeting, Droitwich Knee Foundation
6 May 04: Orthofix Advanced Course: Verona. Invited Lecturer: Distal third tibial fractures: the role of external fixation Planning and deformity correction+ Workshops: Pilon fractures using Hybrid fixation. Deformity correction in the tibia with a circular frame
26-28 May 04: International Cartilage Repair Society meeting. Gent including visit to Professor Renee Verdonk’s dept
14 Sep 04: Orthofix Advanced Course: Verona: Invited lecturer: lectures and workshops
17 Sep 04: Anterior Cruciate Ligament study day: Manchester
8-9 Oct 04 : Advanced Nottingham Knee Symposium
12 Oct 04: Advances in mobile bearing total and unicondylar knee replacement: Newport.
20 Nov 04: Naughton Dunn Club meeting Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Birmingham
23-24 Nov 04: Wexham Park ACL meeting
14 Mar 05: Orthofix Advanced Course: Verona: Invited lecturer: Distal third tibial fractures: the role of external fixation. Planning and deformity correction. Workshop: Circular frame for deformity correction in the tibia
27 Apr 05: Hosting and case presentations Midland Problem Knee Club meeting, Droitwich Knee Foundation
5 May 05: North Staffordshire International External Fixation Course: invited lecturer: Frame assembly and Fine wire insertion: lecture and workshop
7-8 Jun 05: Optetrak Knee Meeting: Droitwich Knee Foundation: Host & lecturer including live link surgery. Lecture: The valgus knee literature review and case studies
15 Dec 05: Orthofix advanced course Verona: invited lecturer: distal third tibia: the role of external fixation. Workshop: Distal tibial fracture
10 – 11 Feb 06: British Society for Computer Assisted Surgery meeting: London
16 Mar 06: British Limb Reconstruction Society Annual meeting: Nottingham City Hospital.
19 Apr 06: Organising and hosting Midland Problem Knee Club Meeting. Droitwich Knee Foundation
13 May 06: Naughton Dunn Club meeting: Walsall Football Club
4 – 5 Sep 06: Orthofix Limb Reconstruction Course Verona: invited lecturer. ISKD course; External fixation: callotasis and deformity correction.
8 – 9 Sep 06: Update in Knee Surgery Heidelberg
11 - 13 Dec 06: Visit to Exatech Headquarters in Gainsville Florida. Lectures and factory tour with live surgery on Wed. 13 Dec.
13 – 16 Dec 06: Current Concepts in Knee Replacement Meeting Orlando Florida
18 - 24 Dec 06: One week visit to Hospital for Special Surgery shadowing Drs Sculco, Cornell, Westrich, Haas and Russell Warren in theatre
22 – 23 Feb 07: ‘The Knee All You Need to Know’ lecturing at course for Physiotherapists, Knee Foundation, Droitwich.
16 April 07: FPV Clinical Meeting Patellofemoral replacement hosted by Wright Medical Limited at The University of Warwick
4 May 2007: Stanmore/UK User Group Meeting: Study of ACI v MACI
7 – 8 Sept 2007: Dublin Knee Sports Injury Instructional Course and Cadaveric Workshop Beaumont Hospital Dublin
11/12 Oct 2007: Taylor Spatial Frame Course, Hilton Southampton Hotel
21 Nov 2007: The Fourth Combined Oxford and Bristol Unicompartmental Arthritis Meeting held in the Oxford Centre, Oxford
6 December 2007: Technology in Motion/Ossur Sports Exercise and Medicine held in Birmingham
18 January 2008: Imperial College London ‘Early Intervention in the Hip and Knee’ held at the Science Museum London
11 April 2008: Stanmore Users Meeting Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore Middlesex
12 April 2008: Windsor Knee Clinic: Second Current Concepts Symposium on Knee Surgery: the Emirates Stadium London
22 May 2008: Knee Foundation Arthroscopy Course: lecturing and workshop
30 May 2008: Naughton Dunn Club meeting: Analysis of early complications of Oxford Unicompartmental knee replacement; Outcomes following ACL reconstruction; Function of PCL; Early results of high tibial osteotomy using hemicallotasis combing with microfracturing for medial compartment osteoarthritis of knee
2/3 June 2008: Orthofix Symposium on Advanced Limb Reconstruction: Liverpool Medical Institution – Lecturing on hemicallotasis
27/28 October 2008: Smith & Nephew Course: Jounre Bi-cruciate Stabilised Total Knee System, Leuven Belgium
21 January 2009: Arranged and contributed to symposium on vascular problems in orthopaedic surgery. Droitwich Knee Clinic
28/29 January 2009: ICRS Worskshop on Cartilage Transplantation Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Stanmore
6 February 2009: 20th Anniversary Droitwich Knee Clinic Meeting: lecturing
6 March 2009: North West Patellofemoral Joint Surgery Meeting, Wilmslow
19/20 March 2009: British Limb Reconstruction Society: Trauma Reconstruction meeting Crowne Plaza Docklands London
26 March 2009: BMA Private Practice Conference: ‘A journey through Private Practice’: BMA House, London
23 – 26 May 2009: ICRS 2009 8th World Congress Miami Florida
30 September 2009: Midland Problem Knee Club Meeting hosted at Droitwich Knee Clinic
10 May 2010: The Sporting Knee, Droitwich Knee Clinic
11 May 2010: Midlands Knee Controversies 2010, Sixways Stadium
May 12/13 2010: Advances in Knee Arthroplasty, Chandos House, London
May 14 2010: Kitley House Hotel, Plymouth
June 1/2/3/4 2010: 12th EFFORT Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark
Oct 23/24 2010: ICRS Conference – Tackling Osteoarthritis in Sport, London
Dec 7 2010: Speciality Doctor Teaching Programme, Birmingham City Hospital
June 1-5 2011: EFORT – Copenhagen
9.12. 2011: Naughton Dunn Club Meeting, ROH, Birmingham
22-23 March 2012: British Limb Reconstruction Society Meeting, Hull
3.4.12: British Association for Surgery of the Knee, Derby
21-22 Apr 2012: Isokinetic Course Chelsea Football Club, London
25.4.12: Midland Problem Knee Club Meeting: case presented
17.5.12: Midlands Knee Controversies: Invited lecture: Rotational osteotomy for AKP and PF instability
SPECIAL INTERESTS
Sports injuries of the knee, arthroscopic surgery, patellofemoral problems, articular cartilage defects, anterior cruciate lesions
Corrective Osteotomy
Knee Replacement
Limb Reconstruction, using monolateral & circular external fixators.
Nonunions, malunions, bone lengthening
Chronic Osteomyelitis, septic arthritis & infected nonunions
TEACHING
UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING
As Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield at the Northern General Hospital, I have been responsible for organising students’ courses, including fourth year (level 3) and final year (level 5) as well as the pre-clinical introductory course (Basic Clinical Skills). This included organising their lectures, seminars and clinical attachments. During the academic year I lectured one to two hours weekly. I also organised the Orthopaedic training for the BSc Course for paramedics.
POSTGRADUATE TEACHING
Apart from teaching the trainees, since April 1997, I have been lecturing on various international limb reconstruction courses, meetings and other venues, as well as local arthroscopy and all knee related topics and courses.
LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
Elbow reconstruction procedures. Presentation for Higher Surgical Training, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, 14 November 1990.
Fracture of the upper tibial metaphysis in children. An innocent fracture? Presented to the Surgical Society Meeting, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, 1990.
Classification and external fixation in pelvic fractures. Presented at the Higher Surgical Training Teaching Session, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, 1992.
Risks of delay in surgery for femoral neck and pertrochanteric fractures. Presented to the monthly Audit Meeting, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, Belfast, 1992.
The incidence of ARDS and delay in surgery for the polytrauma patient. Presented to the monthly Audit Meeting, Belfast City Hospital, 1992.
The use and abuse of Antibiotics for surgical prophylaxis. Presented to the Scientific Society Meeting, Alexandria University Students' Hospital, 5 April 1995.
The Plica Syndrome. Presented by Mr A.E. Strover to the Annual FA Sports Medicine Meeting, Lillieshall, 8 October 1995.
24-25 Nov 1995: Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Course. Droitwich Knee Clinic. Instructor at workshop
9-10 April 1997: Instructor: Orthofix Intermediate Course. Lecture & workshop: Wrist Fractures: the role of external fixation using trans-articular techniques.
13-14 Oct 1997: Instructor: Orthofix Intermediate course: Lecture & Workshop: Management of Distal Tibial Fractures. Northern General Hospital Sheffield.
21 Nov 1997: Instructor: Orthofix Nurses Course Workshop. Northern General Hospital, Sheffield.
21-22 April 1998: Instructor: Orthofix Nurses Course Workshop, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield.
21-22 May 1998: Instructor: Orthofix Advanced Course on Trauma & Orthopaedics. Verona, Italy. Lecture: The Sheffield Hybrid System in Plateau & Pilon Fractures.
29-30 June 1998: Course Organiser & Instructor: Intermediate Course on External Fixation: Northern General Hospital Sheffield. Lectures & Workshops:
1. Distal Tibial Fracture Management,
2. Wrist Fractures: the role of external fixation using trans-articular techniques.
23-25 Sept 1998: Biological Activity of Nonunions: Podium presentation, International Society for Fracture Repair. Strasbourg.
23-25 Sept 1998: A new Position Control Device for lower limb Radiography. Poster presentation, nominated for best poster prize presented at podium. International Society for Fracture Repair. Strasbourg.
6-9 Oct 1998: The use of Tansarticular and Extraarticular External Fixation for Management of Intraarticular Distal Tibial Fractures. Podium presentation. British Limb Reconstruction Society session, BOA/IOA meeting, Dublin.
6-9 Oct 1998: The use of a Position Control Device for precise orientation in tibial Radiographs. Poster presentation. BOA/IOA meeting, Dublin.
5-6 Oct 1998: Are nonunions completely indolent? A histological and biochemical investigation. Poster presentation. First joint conference of the British Orthopaedic Research society & the section of bioengineering, Royal academy of Medicine in Ireland at the Royal college of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.
12-13 Oct 1998: Intermediate Course on External Fixation: Northern General Hospital Sheffield. Lectures & Workshops:
1. Distal Tibial Fracture Management,
2. Wrist Fractures: the role of external fixation using trans-articular techniques.
18-19 Feb 1999: Instructor: Orthofix Advanced Course on Trauma & Orthopaedics. Verona, Italy.
1. Lecture: The Sheffield Hybrid Fixator in the treatment of tibial plateau and pilon fractures.
2. Lecture: The Limb Reconstruction System in nonunions and malunions. Acute correction templates and progressive correction clamps.
3. Workshop: Bone transport using LRS & other systems
22-23 March 1999: Intermediate Course on External Fixation: Northern General Hospital Sheffield. Lectures & Workshops:
1. Distal Tibial Fracture Management,
2. Wrist Fractures: the role of external fixation using trans-articular techniques.
8-11 April 1999: International Society for Fracture Repair: Workshop: Oxford: The monitoring of fracture healing. Invited presentation: Biochemical markers in nonunion.
26 April 1999: Basic lecture to Nurses on Nonunion & Fracture Repair. Northern General Hospital
10-11 May 1999: British Limb Reconstruction Society meeting, Belfast. Presentation: Arthrofibrosis of the knee following limb reconstruction - a preliminary report.
2-3 June 1999: Orthofix International Course on Trauma and Orthopaedics, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, Lecture: The trans-articular technique in the treatment of tibial pilon fractures.
28 June 1999: Sheffield Fine Wire Course: Northern General Hospital. Keynote Lecture: Use of the Sheffield Hybrid Frame in Complex Trauma and Orthopaedics. Workshop: Application of the Sheffield hybrid Frame for tibial plateau fractures.
6-7 Sept 1999: Orthofix Advanced Course on Trauma & Orthopaedics. Lectures:
1. Design rationale and biomechanical principles of the Sheffield Hybrid Fixator.
2. The Sheffield Hybrid Fixator in the treatment of tibial plateau and pilon fractures.
Current concepts in adult limb reconstruction.
& Workshops:
1. Wire insertion in the tibia.
2 The Sheffield Hybrid Fixator in the treatment of tibial plateau and pilon fractures.
3. The Limb Reconstruction System.
11 & 12 Sept 1999: Basic arthroscopy course: Droitwich Knee clinic. Instructor practical workshop with practical demonstration of meniscal suture and presentation on patellofemoral problems.
9 Feb 2000: Visiting consultant to Police Hospital and Roosevelt Centre for paediatric reconstruction, Bogota Columbia
10 – 12 Feb 2000: First Course on External fixation, Cali, Colombia. Invited international guest speaker. Key-note lectures:
1. Use of the Sheffield Hybrid Frame in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction.
2. Current concepts in management of Pilon Fractures.
3. Principles of limb deformity correction
4. External fixation in the management of distal radial fractures.
Workshops on application of the Sheffield Hybrid Frame
18 –19 Feb 2000: Invited lecturer. Cologne Bone and Joint Course. Cologne, Germany. Convener: Prof Dietmar Pennig
Lectures:
1. Use of the Sheffield Hybrid Frame in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction
2. Lower Limb Deformity Correction
3. Workshop: application of Sheffield Hybrid Frame in tibial plateau fractures
10-14 May 2000 : The Third Riva Congress: Riva Del Garda, Italy: 2 papers presented:
1. Useful biochemical markers in non-union
2. Use of the Sheffield Hybrid System for tibial pilon fractures.
17-19 August 2000: Invited international guest speaker: ASAMI International Congress on external fixation. Pousada do Rio Quente, Brasil. Lectures:
1. External fixators for fractures of the distal radius
2. The treatment of tibial pilon fractures using monolateral and circular fixators
3. Use of the Sheffield Hybrid Fixator for trauma and reconstruction
21 – 22 Sept 2000: Orthofix advanced Course, Verona, Italy. Invited lecturer and workshop instructor.
Lectures:
1. The Sheffield Hybrid Fixator in the treatment of Tibial Plateau Fractures
2. Tibial Pilon Fractures treated with external fixation. Trans-articular and extra-articular applications
3. Current Concepts in Adult Limb Reconstruction
Workshops:
1. Application of the Sheffield Hybrid Fixator
2. Application of the LRS acute correction templates, demonstration of the application of the LRS Micrometric Correction Clamps
13-14 Oct 2000: Strover AE, El-Shazly M. Meniscal Allografts: The Droitwich Experience. Presented at the Nottingham Knee Symposium by Mr AE Strover
17 Nov 2000: Invited guest lecturer. Department of Orthopaedics, University of Nantes:
Lectures:
1. Biological Activity of Nonunions – implications on management
2. The Sheffield Hybrid Frame in Trauma & Limb Reconstruction.
26-27 Feb 2001: American ASAMI meeting (Association for the study of the methods of Ilizarov) International Congress on External fixation Meeting 26-27 February, San Francisco. Paper presented: The Sheffield Hybrid Fixator in Tibial Pilon Fractures
1 March 2001: Meniscal Allograft Study Group: San Francisco. Paper presented: Meniscal Allografts: The Droitwich Experience
21 March 2001: Knee Ligament Injuries in Skiing: Lecture presented to the Midlands Ski Club, Birmingham
9 – 10 April 2001: Orthofix Seminar on the Sheffield Hybrid Fixator, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield. Invited speaker and workshop demonstrator: Lectures:
1. Fine Wire Techniques: Insertion and safe corridors followed by workshop
2. Management of Pilon Fractures
18 April 2001: Principles and pre-operative planning in Total Knee Arthroplasty: lecture given at Exactech TKR meeting, Stratford
28 – 29 May 01 Invited guest lecturer and workshop instructor at the Orthofix advanced course, Verona. Lectures & workshops given:
• The Sheffield Hybrid System in Tibial Plateau & Pilon Fractures
• Nonunions & deformity correction
• Workshop: Application of the Sheffield Hybrid Frame
• Workshop: The Limb Reconstruction System: acute correction templates and micrometric clamps
22 June 2001: Lecture at HST meeting, Leicester Royal Infirmary: Meniscal allografts: literature review and the Droitwich experience
20 – 21 Sep 01: Invited guest lecturer and workshop instructor at the Orthofix advanced course, Verona
8 – 11 Oct 01: Instructor Basic arthroscopy courses Droitwich Knee Foundation
2 Feb 02: Nurses Study day. Droitwich Knee Foundation. Lecture: The Patellofemoral Joint: Anatomy & surgical procedures
13 Feb 02 Lecture to Midland Ski Club: The Patellofemoral joint
6 – 7 May 02: Invited Lecturer at Orthofix Advanced Course Verona.
Lectures:
The Sheffield Ring Fixator: Application in Tibial Plateau & Pilon Fractures
The management of non-union and malunion
Workshop:
Application of the Sheffield Ring Fixator in Plateau Fractures
10 – 11 June 02: Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction Society Meeting (ASAMI – North America) 12th annual scientific meeting, Dallas, Texas Poster: Rotational deformity correction using new rotation hinges & podium presentation
19 June 02: Midland Problem Knee Club Meeting. Hosted & chaired at the Droitwich Knee Clinic & 2 case presentations
11 Oct 02: Issues of Knee Arthroplasty Course. Droitwich Knee Clinic. Lecture given: Issues in Knee replacement design
18 Oct 02: Invited Lecturer at Orthofix Advanced Course Verona.
Lectures:
The Sheffield Ring Fixator: Application in Tibial Plateau & Pilon Fractures
Workshop: Application of the Sheffield Ring Fixator in Plateau Fractures
6 Nov 02: Seminar on Limb Reconstruction including complex fractures. Sheffield. Lectures: Fine wire insertion and safe corridors. Tibial Pilon fractures
18 Dec 02: Annual International Congress of the Egyptian Orthopaedic Association. Cairo. Podium presentation: Use of the Sheffield Ring Fixator in Tibial Pilon Fractures.
5 May 03: Orthofix Advanced International course on Trauma & orthopaedics. Invited Lecturer: Lectures:
1. The Sheffield Ring Fixator: application in tibial plateau and pilon fractures.
2. Correction of deformities using the Sheffield Ring Fixator and workshop: Application of Sheffield Ring fixator in Plateau Fractures
18-19 Jun 03: Optetrak Knee Replacement Meeting, Worcester. Co-convener and lecturer: Revision Knee Replacement
30 Jul 03: International Limb Reconstruction Seminar. Sheffield. Invited lecturer. Lecture: Rotational and Translational corrections using the Sheffield Ring Fixator.
9 Oct 03: Seminar on The Sheffield Ring Fixator. Invited lecturer: Lecture: Rotational Correction
13 Oct 03: Orthofix Course on Complex Trauma: Invited lecturer: Lecture: The use of a circular frame in tibial plateau fractures.
Workshop: Plateau fracture treated with a circular frame
7-8 Nov 03: The Cologne Bone & Joint course. A masterclass seminar. Invited lecturer: Complex leg lengthening: combined technique
21 Feb 04: Hand, Foot & Knee study for nurses: Lecture: Modern Limb reconstruction: The biological way
22 Apr 04: Anterior Knee Pain: Lecture to Organisation of Chartered Physiotherapists in Private Practice: Cotswold Physiotherapy Centre. Cheltenham.
28 Apr 04: Hosting and case presentations Midland Problem Knee Club meeting, Droitwich Knee Foundation
6 May 04: Orthofix Advanced Course: Verona. Invited Lecturer:
Distal third tibial fractures: the role of external fixation
Planning and deformity correction
+ Workshops:
Pilon fractures using Hybrid fixation
Deformity correction in the tibia with a circular frame
26 Jun 04: Acute Knee Course: lectures and workshops: History and clinical examination, case scenarios & discussions
7 Jul 04: Lecture to Physio evening meeting: The Anterior Cruciate Ligament
14 Sep 04: Orthofix Advanced Course: Verona: Invited lecturer: lectures and workshops
14 Mar 05: Orthofix Advanced Course: Verona: Invited lecturer:
Distal third tibial fractures: the role of external fixation
Planning and deformity correction
Workshop: Circular frame for deformity correction in the tibia
5 May 05: North Staffordshire International External Fixation Course: invited lecturer: Frame assembly and Fine wire insertion: lecture and workshop
7-8 Jun 05: Optetrak Knee Meeting: Droitwich Knee Foundation: Host & lecturer including live link surgery. Lecture: The valgus knee literature review and case studies
17 Sep 05: ACL study day for physios: lectures:
History & clinical examination
Indications for surgery
Update on surgery
7 Oct 05: The complete Knee for physios: invited lecturer: Knee Foundation. Lecture: Interpretation of XRs & MRIs
26 Nov 05: Acute Knee Course: lectures and workshops: History and clinical examination, case scenarios & discussions
15 Dec 05: Orthofix advanced course Verona: invited lecturer: distal third tibia: the role of external fixation. Workshop: Distal tibial fracture
11 Mar 06: Knee Foundation Acute Knee Course: lectures and workshops: History and clinical examination, case scenarios & discussions
30 Mar 06: Knee Foundation Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Workshop
1 June 06: Knee Foundation Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Workshop
6 – 7 July 06: The Knee ………all you need to know! Knee Foundation, Droitwich
4 – 5 Sep 06: Orthofix Limb Reconstruction Course Verona: invited lecturer: Planning for Deformity Correction including practical session; Angular & Rotational Deformities in the Femur; Acute Deformity Correction and Lengthening using Monolateral External Fixation (Practical session)
23 September 06: Knee Foundation ACL Study Day
28 September 06: Knee Foundation Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Workshop
11 November 06 : Knee Foundation Acute Knee Course: ‘History, Clinical Examination and Diagnosis – Patient Perspective’.
23 February 07: Knee Foundation Course: The Knee- all you need to know
28 March 07: Knee Foundation Basic Knee Arthroscopy Workshop
30 June 07: Knee Foundation ACL Study Day
27 September 07: Knee Foundation Basic Knee Arthroscopy Workshop
13 October 07: Knee Foundation The Knee All You Need to Know
31 October 07: Knee Foundation Basic Knee Arthroscopy Workshop
10 Nov 07: Knee Foundation Acute Knee Course
16 Nov 07: International Limb Reconstruction Meeting at the Knee Foundation Droitwich
13 Nov 08: Exactech Meeting Sudeley Castle: Management of the Valgus Knee
14 Nov 08: Orthofix Meeting Verona Italy: Joint deformity The Hemicallotasis Technique
6 February 2009: Droitwich Knee Clinic 20th Anniversary Meeting: lecturing
28 March 2009: Knee Foundation Acute Knee Course held at Worcester Hospital Charles Hastings Post graduate Centre
April 25 – 26 2009: XVIII International Congress on Sports Rehabilitation and Traumatology Bologna Italy: ‘Microfracturing & high tibial osteotomy for medial compartment osteoarthrosis’.
21 May 2009: Knee Foundation Intermediate Arthroscopy Course: partial meniscectomies and chondroplasty Seminar Room Worcestershire Royal Hospital Education Centre
3 – 5 June 2009: 10th EFORT Congress Vienna: Presentation on Lateral Release: Lodhi Y, Durve K, El-Shazly M. Lateral Release in middle aged to elderly population with patellofemoral OA: Long term follow up. J Bone Joint Surgery 2010; proceedings 92-B: 539.
24 October 2009: Acute Knee Course Charles Hastings Post Graduate Centre at Worcestershire Royal Hospital
10 May 2010: The Sporting Knee for Physiotherapists, Knee Foundation, Droitwich
12-13 May 2011: 2nd International Advances in Knee Arthroplasty – London
25 May 2011: Acute Knee for Physios, hosted at Droitwich Knee Clinic
6 July 2011: Limb Reconstruction: Joint preservation. Patient Information Evening: Knee Foundation: hosted at DKC
28.9.11: Knee instability for Physios: DKC
23.11.11 Cartilage Repair for Physios: DKC
30.1.12 Soft Tissue Injuries of Knee: Rationalisation of investigation and referrals. Malvern Health Centre
7.3.12: Joint preservation: Droitwich Spa Hospital
8.3.12: Acute Knee: Rationalisation of investigation and referrals GP lecture, Broadway
25.4.12: Midland Problem Knee Club Meeting: case presented
17.5.12: Midlands Knee Controversies: Invited lecture: Rotational osteotomy for AKP and PF instability
Recurring courses and regular teaching commitments:
Basic arthroscopy courses: monthly
Clinical & audit meetings: monthly
PROJECTS
Radiological, Histological and Biochemical Characteristics of Non-Unions.
Biological activity of nonunions: A study including histological, histochemical, histomorphometric and biochemical characteristics of human nonunions and comparison to radiological parameters. Thirty-seven patients recruited. Potential for several publications. Presentations to date: at the sixth meeting of the International Society for Fracture Repair in Strasbourg (September 1998), Combined BORS meeting Dublin October 1998, Combined BOA/IOA meeting, ISFR workshop, Oxford April 1999, in addition to local research meetings and research lectures to Nurses, Northern General Hospital. (Details below, under presentations)
On-going projects
The value of arthroscopic joint debridement for Grade IV OA of the knee.
The value of lateral retincacular release with established grade IV end stage patellofemoral OA.
Minimally invasive biological high tibial osteotomy using hemicallotasis with extensive microfracturing in advanced medial compartment OA.
Trochlear lesions: an arthroscopic and MRI study
Spontaneous osteonecrosis.
The partially injured ACL
Grants:
Title: Biological and Histological Characteristics of Nonunion.
Awarding Body: Northern General Hospital Research Committee
Amount: £4980.
Date: November 1997
Status: Awarded
Title: Biological Activity of nonunions
Awarding Body: Wishbone Trust, British Orthopaedic Association
Amount: £25000
Status: Awarded
Date: July 1998
Other interests and activities
Tennis: I held several University titles between 1970 & 1973 and competed at National level for several years, both as junior and during my college years.
Also involved in junior coaching and later founding member and Club Secretary of Alexandria Cricket Club (Tennis).
Organised several tournaments at National level (1973 - 1977).
Member of Umpire Committee, Alexandria International Championships (1974-1976)
Represented Queens’ University Belfast in the Open League Championships (1991-1993).
Photography. (landscapes and medical)
Hill walking, cycling.
Drama: Participated in School plays and in plays set up by the English Language Department, University of Alexandria.
Languages
I speak fluent Arabic & English, good French & fair German.
Resume
Very soon after I started my internship, I realised that I was keen on a surgical speciality. The first available opportunity was in Orthopaedics at the Alexandria University Students’ Hospital. This is a small (110 beds at the time) hospital with a strong tradition in care for sports injuries. As, at the time, I myself was heavily involved in sports, this tied in with my interests and I quickly became comfortable with a broad spectrum of knee injuries. At that stage, open menisectomies were still practised as were various extra-articular reconstructions for Anterior Cruciate Ligament injuries, including pes ansereni transfers etc. This was in addition to some Orthopaedics and trauma.
It was not until I joined the Army for my statutory military service, that I was exposed to more serious trauma. Following a short period of military training I was lucky to train with Gen/ Dr Samy Mansour FRCS, (now Professor Mansour) a local pioneer in hip surgery in Alexandria. With him I saw my first total hip replacements.
Across the street from the General Military Hospital in Alexandria was the Hadara University Hospital with 320 Orthopaedic & trauma beds. This was the major tertiary referral centre from all of the north Coast and the northern half of the Nile Delta. When not on duty, I would go across to attend meetings, ward rounds etc. I finally managed to secure a visiting residency there, at first on part-time basis but eventually full time. There, I was exposed to long hours of backbreaking work, many sleepless nights in a row. It was well worth it, however. As many who have trained there in that era, will vouch, the experience one can gain there is priceless. The take system was one week in three. During the take, I would be resident in the hospital round the clock. The number of trauma admissions was always more than theatre lists or human resources could cope with. A large number were treated conservatively on traction etc. I was also exposed to the treatment of Acute and Chronic Osteomyelitis, some tuberculosis and a considerable amount of deformity corrections for Polio etc. One of the surgeons I trained with, there was the late Professor Abdel-Razzak. He was the first to pioneer scoliosis surgery in Egypt. His other interest was hand surgery and I was later to work quite closely with him at El-Mouassat Hospital, where he also performed most of his private surgery.
In October 1983, a few months after passing my MChOrth(Alex) exams, I secured a permanent post as Specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Alexandria University Students’ Hospital, where I continued to cultivate my interests in sports injuries. I was impressed by the disabling chronic instability of the ankle amongst top level football and basketball players and performed a series of lateral ligament repairs having developed a non-invasive technique for radiological diagnosis of complete tears (MChOrth thesis). The results were extremely encouraging. At that early stage I was also involved in the day to day management of trauma and had a particular interest in osteosynthesis using AO techniques. Apart from this I performed a number of femoral and tibial lengthenings using mainly the Wagner Technique (and others later including callotasis), in addition to lower limb deformity corrections.
The AO course in Davos in 1984, was my first real exposure to the international community of Orthopaedic surgeons, meeting such eminent people as Martin Allgower, the late Hans Willeneger, Roli Jacob, Joe Schatzker, Charles Rockwood Jr (who was the guest speaker that year) and many others. It was Professor Allgower, who, knowing my interests in knee surgery, helped arrange for my AO Fellowship in 1986 with Werner Muller outside Basel. There quite apart from the trauma, I was also exposed to a large number of ACL reconstructions as well as my first real exposure to arthroscopic surgery with Roger Baumgartner. I also took the opportunity to visit several AO centres in Switzerland and Southern Germany, meeting Maurice Muller and Professor Ganz in Bern, Professor Morscher in Basel, Professor Gschwend and Dr Steiger in Zurich and Professor Magerl in St Gallen. I also visited a number of surgeons with an interest in knee surgery such as Roli Jakob in Bern and Dr Munzinger in Zurich. Meeting with Professor Weber in St Gallen fired my interest in the management of difficult nonunions and later in the biology of fracture healing.
It was in 1989, having gained considerable experience with AO techniques, that I commenced my training in the UK, mostly in Belfast. There, apart from general Orthopaedics and trauma, I became adept in techniques of intramedullary nailing as well as arthroplasty of knees and hips. In this respect, the training there complemented my past experience nicely. There I was exposed to the vast Belfast experience in trauma management, in general and polytrauma in particular. My interest in complex trauma continued ever since.
During my training in the UK, I was always keen on staying abreast of recent advances in my other main interests. I therefore attended a large number of courses on various subjects, such as knee surgery but also nurturing my interests in lower limb reconstructive surgery and external fixation, which I had developed from my past experience with Polio patients.
During my training in Belfast, I used my annual leave to spend six weeks as locum Senior Registrar to Mr Anthony Hall at Charing Cross. There, and also assisting him at his private sessions, I saw his techniques in arthroscopic ACL reconstruction. Later in 1995 I took a four month fellowship at the Droitwich Knee Clinic, with Mr Angus Strover and others. There as well as exposure to a large number of arthroscopic reconstructions and meniscal repairs, I developed an interest in patellofemoral problems and learnt more techniques of dealing with them in a more scientific fashion, often guided by isokinetic testing (KinCom).
During a short period back in Egypt, apart from initiating a Sports Injury Clinic at Alexandria University, I was instrumental in the set up of a new dedicated theatre suite including up to date digital arthroscopic equipment and motorised instruments, as well as equipment for documentation.
My interest in lower limb reconstruction and complex trauma was maintained throughout this period. Apart from courses, including the Ilizarov Basic Course, I visited Maurizio Catagni in Lecco, Italy for one week. This as well as other visits helped my practice both in Egypt and later in the UK.
Duties of previous post
As Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, at the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield, I had taken charge of the day to day management of trauma for the academic unit. Working in close association with Professor Michael Saleh, I have learnt a large number of different external fixation techniques in very complex situations. I took part in the running of the Adult Limb Reconstruction Service, with one clinic and one to two theatre sessions weekly, apart from my trauma list.
Within the broad spectrum of complex trauma, I have developed a special interest in complex distal tibial fractures including the management of Pilon fractures with minimally invasive techniques and similarly in the treatment of complex tibial plateau fractures. This combined with my past experience with reconstructive surgery of the lower limb and lengthening for Polio patients and in the treatment of Chronic Osteomyelitis has made my work with the Sheffield Limb Reconstruction Service all the more fruitful and enjoyable.
I also handled the day to day administration of clinical matters relating to the academic unit including trauma and limb reconstruction. Running of the weekly audit meetings for the academic unit and participation in the six-weekly Orthopaedic Division meeting were part of my routine duties.
My academic duties as Senior Lecturer included organising the undergraduate student courses, at this difficult time of change. These included fourth year and final year students. Arranging their timetable and curriculum for tutorials as well as teaching them personally (one to two hours per week) and arranging and participating in their assessments at the end of each module. I have always enjoyed teaching tremendously, whether under or postgraduate.
