I lead the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Leicester. Editor, European Journal of Hand Surgery Reviewer for Post Graduate Medical Journal Regular reviewer for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, invited to be on the editorial board Head of School of Surgery, EMHW Deanery (South) Projects:MRC 'Recovery of nerves after injury' DTI (with Finsnury Limited, Oxford) Trapezio-metacarpal joint Trent Audit Fund - Trent Ganglion Study BSSH - National Study on Outcome of Dupytrens Contrature Surgery Friction in tendons Scaphoid followup study Cimetidine in Calcific tendonitis study I am the Acting Head of the Clinical Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Leicester, where the main research theme is the outcome of joint replacement, based on a large prospectively collected database. President of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand Secretary of the British Orthopaedic Association British Orthopaedic Research Society Association of Professors of Orthopaedic Surgery Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand FESSH IFSSH

Most of my research is clinically based, investigating intervention effectiveness in prospective randomised studies for various disorders of the hand, providing a high level of evidence, and has altered management of various disorders, provision of hand surgery and assessment outcome.