Dr Youn is a senior orthopaedic trainee currently working at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland

As Dr Marel’s major interest has always been hip and knee replacement surgery, he now practices exclusively in the hip and knee area, performing hip replacement and hip resurfacing, and knee replacement and knee arthroscopy. His research interests have centred on hip instability and dislocation, and acetabular cup orientation.

Dr. Kurtz is a Corporate Vice President and the Director of Exponent’s Biomedical Engineering practice. He serves as a part-time Research Professor and Director of the Implant Research Center at Drexel University’s School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems. Dr. Kurtz has expertise in the clinical performance of polyethylene, ceramic, and metal-on-metal hip implants. His professional career has involved the evaluation of medical device technologies, from a combined analytical, experimental, and clinical perspective. His research activities have emphasized real-world clinical performance of medical devices, including orthopedic, spine, and cardiovascular implants, as assessed by human implant retrieval specimens and national health care databases; mechanical behavior of synthetic biomaterials; contact mechanics of artificial joints; and structural evaluation of bone-implant systems. Dr. Kurtz is active in many professional societies, including the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, the Hip Society, the Knee Society, and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Dr. Kurtz has edited eight books and written over 210 journal articles and 470 conference abstracts. He is the founding editor of three educational websites: the UHMWPE Lexicon (www.uhmwpe.org); the Medical PEEK Lexicon (www.medicalpeek.org); and the Medical Ceramics Encyclopedia (www.medicalceramics.org). He has co-edited STP 1591: Modularity and Tapers in Total Joint Replacements for the ASTM in 2015 and recently completed the UHMWPE Biomaterials Handbook, 3rd Edition, which was published in 2016.

Dr. Kurtz is a Corporate Vice President and the Director of Exponent’s Biomedical Engineering practice. He serves as a part-time Research Professor and Director of the Implant Research Center at Drexel University’s School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems. Dr. Kurtz has expertise in the clinical performance of polyethylene, ceramic, and metal-on-metal hip implants. His professional career has involved the evaluation of medical device technologies, from a combined analytical, experimental, and clinical perspective. His research activities have emphasized real-world clinical performance of medical devices, including orthopedic, spine, and cardiovascular implants, as assessed by human implant retrieval specimens and national health care databases; mechanical behavior of synthetic biomaterials; contact mechanics of artificial joints; and structural evaluation of bone-implant systems.

Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon, Dunedin

Set 4 Orthopaedic Trainee currently working at North Shore Hospital

Research Assistant to Mark Clatworthy

Knee surgeon Middlemore Hospital

Non-training orthopaedic registrar currently working at Middlemore Hospital. Interest in knee surgery. Previously worked for Mr Clatworthy whom is the supervising consultant on this project. Steffen Sauer is the lead author whom is now a consultant orthopaedic surgeon working in Denmark specialising in knee ligament reconstruction surgery.

Ayaaz Ebramjee is an Orhtopaedic Registrar at Dunedin Hospital who has recently been selected for the 2018 SET intake.

I am a SET 5 registrar currently working at Middlemore Hospital. I have also worked as a registrar in Wellington, Whangarei, and Hamilton. I will be going to Gosford, NSW in Jan 2018 to begin a fellowship with a focus on shoulder and elbow surgery, but also some arthroplasty.

SET 5 trainee from Auckland, NZ

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with an interest in hip and knee arthroplasty

New Zealand trained orthopedic surgeon currently working as an integral part of the Northland orthopedic department.