Manoj Ramachandran is a Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon at St BartholomewÆs and the Royal London Hospitals (Barts and The London NHS Trust), the Portland Hospital, The Princess Grace Hospital and the London Independent Hospital, London.

He qualified from KingÆs College School of Medicine, University of London with a double honours degree and proxime accessit to the University of London Gold Medal. After basic surgical training on the Oxford and Hammersmith rotations, he trained in Orthopaedics and Trauma on the Stanmore rotation in London and undertook 3 fellowship positions in young adult and paediatric orthopaedics in Sydney, Australia, Los Angeles, California and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Middlesex.

Mr RamachandranÆs interests are in all aspects of paediatric trauma and orthopaedics, the young adult (aged 15 to 50) hip and knee (especially hip and knee arthroscopy including early arthritis, dysplasia, the young athlete, sports, skiing, football, mensical injury and microfracture) and sports injuries.

Mr Ramachandran has authored 12 books, published over 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented at over 100 national and international meetings. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the William Harvey Institute, Charterhouse Square, part of Queen MaryÆs and Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London.

He is the current Associate Editor of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine and sits on committees at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the British Orthopaedic Association.

See his website www.youngbones.co.uk for further details. Contact his secretary Natalie Cole on 1708 259629 or nataliecole1411@gmail.com, or contact him directly on info@youngbones.co.uk.