Key Skills
Excellent written and verbal communication: Gained through journal papers, podium talks, updates to funders, collaborators, patients, and industry partners.
Ability to develop close working relationships with KOLs including clinicians, regulators, and industry: Gained by actively building a Europe-wide collaboration network of over 100 spine, hip and knee surgeons, coupled with establishing relationships with R&D/regulatory leads at leading orthopaedic manufacturers.
Understanding of the NHS medical devices infrastructure: Gained through a decade of work onsite at the RNOH, building relationships with NHS procurement, theatre teams, R&D members, and related partners.
Working knowledge of UK, EU, and US medical devices regulatory requirements and knowledge of ISO 13485, ISO 14971, ISO 12891, ISO 14155 and ASTM F561: Gained through management of a worldwide post-market surveillance implant retrieval centre. Direct engagement and reporting to the MHRA, Beyond Compliance, EFORT and Industry members
Ability to design, setup and manage clinical studies: Gained by overseeing implant clinical studies, including ethical approval, setup, and delivery. Most recently I secured industry funding to run a prospective, longitudinal multi-centre PMCF to monitor blood metal ion levels in patients with various spine and lower-limb implants, which was adopted by the MHRA.
Understanding of medical device design: Gained through 15 years of research experience with close industry collaboration, examining new and retrieved orthopaedic implants.
Management of multi-disciplinary teams and financial budgets: Gained through extensive experience of managing post-doctoral researchers, engineers, and clinical researchers and their related resources, as well as supervising PhD, MSc, and BEng/BSc students.
Academic History
PhD, 2012, Queen Mary University of London. Thesis Title: Impact and Deformation of Press-Fit Metal Acetabular Components - An experimental and finite element simulation study co-funded by the EPSRC and DePuy Synthes.
MSc, 2008, Queen Mary University of London. Thesis investigated the Optimal Bone Screw Positioning for Securing Fixation Plates used for Distal Femoral Fractures.
BEng (Hons), 2007, Kings College London. Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Professional Experience
Medical Devices Consultant - January 2019 to Present.
Independent consultancy offering medical-device clients regulatory, clinical, and scientific support. Services include:
Write clinical-engineering reports for industry and expert witness reports for medico-legal cases. This includes both desktop reports and those involving independent analysis of new and failed medical implants.
Authoring clinical-engineering reports for industry and medico-legal expert witness cases.
Conducting independent analyses of failed and new implants to inform design improvements.
Providing scientific and technical input for regulatory strategy, PMS, and clinical evaluation.
Supporting internal stakeholder education through development of evidence summaries for clinical evidence requirements.
Implant Science Fellow of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) - March 2020 to Dec 2024.
Led implant science research within the NHS, integrating medical, regulatory, and engineering perspectives:
Directed post-market surveillance studies for orthopaedic implants, combining clinical imaging, blood biomarker analysis, and retrieval science.
Designed and authored clinical study protocols, patient-facing documents, and REC applications.
Secured a multi-centre MHRA-adopted PMCF study with full industry funding over 5 years.
Built and maintained partnerships with R&D and Medical Affairs teams from DePuy, Stryker, and NuVasive/Globus Medical.
Built strong links with clinicians while overseeing the lifecycle of medical devices, focussing on post-market surveillance and integrating clinical and medical imaging data for the enhancement of orthopaedic implant performance.
Extensive experience collaborating with hospitals, clinicians, research coordinators, engineers, and regulatory bodies across Europe, I remain well-versed in the evolving requirements of the EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and UKCA standards. My work has also involved over a decade of close collaboration with R&D and Clinical-Scientific Affairs Leads from major orthopaedic manufacturers.
Key research themes have included the analysis of metal-on-metal hip implants, dual-taper stem hips, knee implants, growing spine rods, lower-limb nails, additive-manufactured implants, and the application of blood metal ion testing to monitor implant performance.
Managed financial budgets, allocation of resources and recruitment of team members.
Served as an Explant Alliance Advisor for the Beyond Compliance Initiative.
Experienced in public and patient engagement through open forums and lay summaries.
Engineering Director of the London Implant Retrieval Centre (LIRC) - August 2017 to Dec 2024.
Built this role alongside two Consultant Surgeon Directors.
Led implant performance research and contract delivery with major manufacturers (DePuy, Stryker).
Developed engineering standards and quality systems in collaboration with ASTM.
Wrote successful grant applications and managed multidisciplinary project teams.
Delivered internal and external technical reports aligned with regulatory requirements for PMS, contributing to product surveillance summaries.
Organised symposia and roundtable discussions to disseminate findings and drive innovation in device design and monitoring.
Honorary Associate Professor position within the Mechanical Engineering Department at University College London (UCL) - Dec 2021 to Dec 2024.
Held this post within the UCL Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Co-led a postgraduate teaching module in clinical-engineering, focused on regulatory strategy, device evaluation, and post-market surveillance.
Supervised 5 PhD and 12 MSc/BSc students on topics including implant design, clinical performance, and regulatory science.
Authored clinical-engineering impact case study selected for REF submission.
Supported UCL’s engagement with industry by co-developing research proposals and leading collaborative study design efforts.
I have published 89 peer-reviewed journal papers with over 120 co-authors on research relating to the analysis of new and retrieved orthopaedic implants (post-market surveillance). This has led to more than 150 abstracts accepted for podium presentation at international conferences in Europe and the US.
My key research themes have included the analysis of metal-on-metal hip implants, dual-taper stem hips, knee implants and medical imaging, magnetically controlled growing spine rods and lower-limb nails, additive manufactured implants and the use of blood metal ion testing to monitor the function of implants.