LEADERSHIP

Dr Allston Stubbs, MD

ISHA President 2021 - 2022

Dr Allston J. Stubbs is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in Sports Medicine and Hip Restoration at Wake Forest Baptist Health. His experience in the field of health care has spanned over 25 years and comprises roles in both academic and private health delivery models within the United States and abroad. He has led various national and international initiatives to improve orthopaedic surgical education, research, and outcomes. In his current role as Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine, he serves as professor of orthopaedic surgery and medical director of a globally recognized clinical practice in sports hip injury prevention and treatment.

Mr Vikas Khanduja, MA (Cantab), FRCS (Orth), PhD

ISHA 2022 Programme Chair

Vikas Khanduja is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon & Research Lead (Elective) at Addenbrooke’s - Cambridge University Hospital, specialising in hip and knee surgery and has a particular interest in arthroscopic surgery of the hip. He has been instrumental in setting up & developing the tertiary referral service for Young Adult Hip Surgery in Cambridge. 

Complementing his clinical practice, his research interests centre around disease stratification of FAI using novel imaging techniques, better pre-operative planning tools using dynamic analysis and optimisation of arthroscopic management of FAI via precision surgery to improve outcomes. He has authored over 150 peer reviewed articles and three books. 

Vikas is the recipient of the American and British Hip Society Travelling Fellowship in 2011, the Arnott Medal presented by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2013, the Insall Fellowship presented by the American Knee Society and Insall Foundation in 2014 and the Hunterian Professorship by the RCS England in 2021. 

Vikas sits on the Executive Committee of the British Hip Society as the President Elect and ESSKA and ISAKOS as the Chair of the Hip Arthroscopy Committee. He is the Past Chair of NAHR in UK and the Education Academy & PIONEER in SICOT.

Twitter: @CambridgeHipDoc.

Mr Sanjeev Patil, MBBS, DNB 

(Tr & Orth), MS (Orth), FRCS, 

FRCS (Tr & Orth)

ISHA 2022 Local Host Chair

Mr Sanjeev Patil is an Orthopaedic Consultant at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow and BMI Ross Hall Hospital, Glasgow. Mr Patil has set up a tertiary ‘Young Adult Hip Service’ in Glasgow and is responsible for management of various complex hip conditions for patients across Scotland. His clinical practice includes all aspects of hip surgery including primary and revision hip replacement and conservative hip procedures. Over the past 10 years Mr Patil has been a faculty member on the foremost leading hip surgery courses in the UK. Mr Patil has been an active member of the British Hip Society (BHS) for over ten years and has been able to give various invited podium presentations during most annual meetings over the last decade.