Knees, Shoulders And Trauma

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

(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
2011 Hippocrates Award for excellence in the field of Medicine from Who's Who International (American Biographical Institute)
Wessex "Trainer of the Year" award 2010
Drummond Scholarship and Travelling fellowship prize 1997
Combined Services prize for Orthopaedics 1995 & 1996
Tri-service prize for Surgery 1994

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, Tips for Trainers and Current Concepts faculty
Royal College of Surgeons Training the 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)
KLEOS Trauma & Orthopaedic faculty. 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.

Other responsibilities
Clinical Director for Department of Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery - Hampshire Hospitals
Clinical Lead for Trauma Units, South Central NHS Trauma System
Hospital Trauma and Major Incident committees (founder and previous Chairman)
Clinical Lead for Trauma - Hampshire Hospitals. Clinical Excellence Awards committee.
Fragility Fracture Committee (past Chairman)
Trustee and founder of charitable Link of Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital with Hoima Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda: The "Basingstoke Hoima Partnership for Health" (further info click Here )
Reviewer of Trauma papers for: Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, and, Injury

Published work
Trauma, Ballistic injury, Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Education. (In excess of 45 papers, book chapters, abstracts. In excess of 300 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