Professor Stuart L. Weinstein, M.D.

Dr. Weinstein is the Ignacio V. Ponseti Chair and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Professor of Pediatrics at The University of Iowa.  Dr. Weinstein received his A.B. Honors degree in Political Science and History from the University of Illinois in 1968.  He received his medical degree (Alpha Omega Alpha) from the University of Iowa in 1972.  After interning in Internal Medicine at The University of California San Francisco, he returned to the University of Iowa for a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery. In 1976 he joined the faculty of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at The University of Iowa.

Dr. Weinstein has been an NIH funded researcher. He has published more than 230 scientific articles in peer review journals (including the NEJM, JAMA, The Lancet, Nature) on a wide variety of pediatric orthopaedic conditions. His research work has focused on spinal deformity in children, children’s hip and foot problems, and the natural history and long-term outcome of pediatric musculoskeletal conditions. He has edited three major textbooks including The Pediatric Spine: Principles and Practice; Lovell and Winter's Pediatric Orthopaedics  and Turek's Orthopaedics.  Dr. Weinstein's many contributions to orthopaedics have been recognized by his receipt of the Bristol-Myers Squibb/Zimmer Award for Distinguished Achievement in Orthopaedic Research; The Kappa Delta /Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Clinical Research Award(1998 and 2015); The Russell Hibbs Award for Clinical Research( 1998, 2014, 2015) given by the Scoliosis Research Society; and The Arthur H. Heune Memorial Award, given by the St. Giles Foundation and The Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America in recognition of outstanding research contributions to pediatric orthopaedics. In 2005, Dr. Weinstein was the recipient of the Alfred R. Shands, Sr., MD Award, presented by the Orthopaedic Research Society and The American Orthopaedic Association. This award is presented each year to a United States or Canadian citizen who has made significant contributions to orthopaedics. This award recognizes the devotion of a significant portion of the professional lifetime to furthering knowledge in the fields of musculoskeletal disease.

Dr. Weinstein received the 2000 Iowa Board of Regents Award for Faculty Excellence for sustained record of excellence across the spectrum of faculty endeavors. In 2003 he received the Ernest O. Theilen Clinical Teaching and Service Award presented by the Roy J. and Lucille Carver College of Medicine. In 2009 he received the highest award in the College of Medicine, the Distinguished Mentor Award presented by the Roy J. and Lucille Carver College of Medicine. In 2011, Dr. Weinstein received the William W. Tipton, Jr., MD, Award for Outstanding Leadership in Orthopaedics from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation. In 2012 he received the American Orthopaedic Association’s Distinguished Contributions to Orthopaedics Award.

Dr. Weinstein was a recipient of an American, British, Canadian (ABC) Traveling Fellowship in 1985.  He has been honored for his contributions to Orthopaedic Surgery by honorary memberships in National Orthopaedic Associations around the world including Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Great Britain Thailand, China, Portugal, and Argentina. In 2007 he was made a Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of England and in 2014 he was made an Honorary Member of the European Federation of National Orthopedic Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT).

Dr Weinstein is past president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, The American Orthopaedic Association, The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, The United States National Action Network of the International Bone and Joint Decade, The International Center for Orthopaedic Education (ICOE), Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR), Past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) and past Chairman of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Political Action Committee.

Professor Timothy Briggs MBBS (Hons). MD(Res), MCh(Orth), FRCS(Ed), FRCS(Eng)

Professor Briggs is Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust and was also Medical Director until May 2012. He was Medical Director for 15 years and instrumental in achieving a rebuild of the hospital after 30 years of uncertainty. He qualified in 1982 obtaining Honours in Surgery and a number of prizes. He was appointed at the RNOH as a Consultant in 1992. He runs the postgraduate orthopaedic training programme where up to 20% of future orthopaedic surgeons in the UK are trained. He was President of the British Orthopaedics Association 2014.

His special interests are reconstruction of the lower limb, as well as sports injuries of the knee and orthopaedic oncology. He has a special interest in autologous chondrocyte transplantation around the knee and is one of the clinical leaders in this field in the U.K. He has a strong academic interest and publishes widely.

Professor Briggs authored the report “Getting it Right First Time”, looking at the ways of improving the provision of Orthopaedic care in England. This received Government funding to run as a national pilot and he has visited all orthopaedic providers in England, Scotland and Wales. The subsequent report will fundamentally change the delivery of orthopaedic care across the country and was published in March 2015.

He has also authored ‘’The Chavasse Report’’, which was launched in July 2014, which provides the solutions to improve the care of Armed Forces personnel, either serving or retired with musculoskeletal injuries, when discharged and reliant on the NHS for care.  Following on from the above work, he was appointed as “National Director for Clinical Quality and Efficiency for the NHS” in September 2015.

Mr WGP Eardley, MBChB MSc PgCertMedEd DipSEM(UK&I) MD FRCSEd(Tr&Orth)

Will Eardley is an academic orthopaedic surgeon. He has a specialist interest in trauma surgery and the management of post-traumatic complications. Will trained in surgery throughout Northern England and completed his education with a year of fellowship experience before being appointed as Consultant Surgeon to the South Tees Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust in 2014. He holds a Research Associate post at the Clinical Trials Centre, The University of York. An ABC Fellow, he completed the 2016 tour of the United States and Canada.

Having left the British Army in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel after nineteen years of service, Mr Eardley has worked in an operational capacity in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. In his last role, he was a member of the first surgical team deployed to Sierra Leone during the Ebola crisis.

Will has published numerous papers, letters and book chapters. He has completed a formal period of study at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, successfully defending extremity trauma model thesis to be awarded Doctor of Medicine. Driven to improve fracture care in the United Kingdom, Will sits on the Trauma Audit Research Network Clinical committee and the British Orthopaedic Association Trauma Group. Education is central to his practice and he currently holds the role of Research and Professional Development Chairman for AOUK. Alongside research and trauma care, Will has an interest in the human factors of orthopaedics, team working and resilience in particular. Outside of work, Will is married to Victoria, a family medicine doctor and has three children. Interests include walking the mountains of the Lake District and fine Northern Ales.

Hamish Kynaston

Hamish is a partner at Buddle Findlay, where he has worked for over 20 years, based out of Wellington.  He specialises in employment relations, health law, health and safety and dispute resolution, with much of his work being in the health sector. 

He is also a trustee for two trusts in the Hauora Waikato Group, a kaupapa Māori health service, and takes the lead role on the board for health and safety. 

Hamish is a shameless country music fan, a long-suffering Hurricanes fan, and a father of three school-aged children, so well down the pecking order when it comes to listening to or watching either.