Biography

Mr Nigel D Rossiter

MB BS FRCS(Ed) FRCSEd(Tr&Orth)

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon

Personal notes

Born in Birmingham, England - raised in Birmingham, London and South Devon

Educated Birmingham, Buckinghamshire & RMA Sandhurst. Military and professional sailing time prior to medical school

Qualified MB BS 1988 - London Hospital Medical College

General practice 1 year Londonderry

Basic surgical training London and Belfast

FRCS(Ed) 1993. FRCSEd(Tr&Orth) 1999

(Trained in Plastic Surgery and Neurosurgery in London prior to Orthopaedic training)

Trauma & Orthopaedic Consultant in Basingstoke since 2003

Lead for Pelvic and Acetabular Trauma in Wessex

(Previously Consultant posts in Trauma, Orthopaedics and Limb Reconstruction:

- HM Forces [Army] 1985-2003

- Derriford Hospital, [Plymouth] 2000-2003)

Married with 4 sons.

Interests: family, rugby, sailing, skiing

Ethic of: "Work hard, play hard."

Trauma & Orthopaedic Training

Registrar training in Orthopaedics - Gosport, Plymouth, Oxford: 1994-1999

Fellowships:

1. Orthopaedic Trauma

a. Lecturer in Military Surgery – Royal Army Medical College: 1994-5

b. USA - Dallas with Charlie Reinert & Alan Jones, San Antonio with Mark Richardson & Rob Harris, Seattle with Chip Routt, and, Baltimore with Andy Burgess: 1996-7

2. Limb Reconstruction / Ilizarov - Oxford with Martin McNally and Ilizarov Institute - Kurgan, Russia: 1999-2000

Prizes

Tri-service prize for Surgery 1994

Combined Services prize for Orthopaedics 1995 & 1996

Drummond Scholarship and Travelling fellowship prize 1997

Fellowships & Memberships

Fellow: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, British Orthopaedic Association. International member: Orthopaedic Trauma Association, Rocky mountain Association of Trauma Surgeons, European Pelvic & Acetabular Group. Member: British Association for Surgery of the Knee, British Trauma Society, British Limb Reconstruction Society, AO, Combined Services Orthopaedic Society, Gauvain Society, Girdlestone Orthopaedic Society, Tri-Service Surgical & Military Surgical Society

Teaching

AO (Trauma teaching) Faculty UK & Ireland – Overall Course Chairman: Principles of Trauma UK & Ireland 2006-8 (click on: AO UK), Advances and Current Concepts faculty

Tips for Trainers faculty

Royal College of Surgeons of England Basic Surgical Skills tutor

Royal College of Surgeons of England STEP Course author (for surgeons in training)

ARGO educational advisor

Previously: MRCS TV Trauma Tutor, Orthofix and EBI External Fixation Faculty, Stryker Trauma & Forth Medical Faculty, Royal College of Surgeons Wessex Arthroscopy Tutor, War Surgery & Military Orthopaedic Faculty, Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery Trauma papers reviewer, Injury papers reviewer

Other responsibilities

Hospital Trauma and Major Incident committees (founder and previous Chairman)

Clinical Lead for Trauma - Basingstoke. Clinical Excellence Awards committee.

Fragility Fracture Committee (Chairman)

Lead for twinning project of Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital with Hoima Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda (further info click Here )

Published work

Trauma, Ballistic injury, Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Education. (In excess of 45 papers, book chapters, abstracts. In excess of 200 podium presentations to various meetings / societies.)

Essence of practice

All knee surgery, Soft tissue shoulder surgery, Trauma (including Pelvic and Acetabular work), Limb Reconstruction (including Ilizarov technique), Teaching