Vice Presidential Election

Matthew Porteous has been elected as Vice President for 2009-2011 and is therefore President Elect for 2011-2013

Paul Szypryt, outgoing President, made gifts to Secretary Val Chipchase and Administartor Jon Whitmore, thanking them for their help during his time in office ...

... and to his wife Louise and incoming President Bob Handley

Guest speaker Phill Bradshaw gave a talk entitled "Eucomed Guidelines - Relations between Synthes and AOUK"

ABHI Code of Business Practice

Eucomed Guidelines On Interactions with Healthcare Professionals

Q&A on the Eucomed Guidelines On Interactions with Healthcare
Professionals

Paul Szypryt delivered his final Presidential Address ...

... before handing over to his successor Bob Handley

Three papers were shortlisted for presentation at the AGM and were judged by President Paul Szypryt, Vice President Bob Handley and Chairman of the Research Committee Ian Pallister

"Can DCP and LCP plates generate more compression?"

by Dr Feras Ya'ish, from Sunderland Royal Hospital

"Pre-operative haemoglobin concentration is not a predictor of post-operative blood transfusion requirement in operated neck of femur fractures"

by Dr Aswin Vasireddy, from Eastbourne District General Hospital

The Prize of £1,000 was awarded to Dr Stefan Bajada from Keel University and the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, for his paper entitled:

"Decreased osteogenesis, increased cell senescence and elevated Dickkopf-1 secretion in human non-union stromal cells"