British Limb Reconstruction Annual Meeting (Virtual event)

Co-Moderator paper session best of the best free papers 09 April 2021.

Co-author on free paper on use of Penthrox for removal of external fixators in outpatient set up.

 Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow. Webinar on deformity correction

Principles of deformity analysis and correction. 12 January 2021.

 Introduction to the Taylor Spatial Frame course

10-11 December 2020 Double Tree by Hilton, Hull United Kingdom. Course Faculty

Benha University Online Limb Reconstruction review Course

28 Oct- 1^st Nov 2020 Course Faculty

 British Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress

Virtual conference 22 September 2020

Co-Chair on Trauma and Limb reconstruction Free Paper Session

Open Tibia Spain Course
Madrid 21-22 November 2019
Co-chairman and Course faculty

Cadaveric Multidiscplinary Course on open fracture management. Lectures and workshop presentations lead case discussions. This is based on the principles of OrthoPlastic approach of open fractures based on the UK National guidelines.

Joined World ASAMI/BLRS International conference and Pre Meeting Course
Liverpool Conference centre 27-30 August 2019

Many of the most authoritative figures in the world of limb reconstruction were present in this meeting. Delivered Presentation on external fixator assisted deformity correction for knee deformities. Moderator in the main conference.

Open Tibia Fracture Course
Liverpool University HARC 12-14 June 2019

Co-chairman and Course faculty. Cadaveric Course on open fracture management. Lectures and workshop presentations. This is a yearly event I organise which attracts delegates from the UK and abroad in the field of Orthopaedics and Trauma. It is based on the National BOA/BPRAS Aand NICE guidelines.

Glasgow International Orthopaedic and Trauma Meeting
Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow 17 May 2019

Delivered presentations on Fracture healing and  on decision making in Limb Salvage vs amputation.

Pre-meeting cadaveric course Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow 16 May 2019

Delivered lecture on Biomechanics of external fixation. Table demonstrator.

AO Trauma Masters Seminar- Upper extremity Shoulder and elbow Trauma
Athens Medical centre 15-16 March 2019

Speaker, delivered lectures on external fixation for upper limb fractures, on Infection after fixation of fractures and on external fixation in elbow fractures.

Fundamentals of Limb Reconstruction Course
Liverpool Medical Institute 22-23 January 2019

Speaker on ring fixator for closed tibial fractures. Moderator and table demonstrator.

The Combined Management of Open Tibial Fractures – 7-8 February 2019
Smith and Nephew Watford Expert connect centre.

Faculty and table demonstrator. National faculty and delegate base.

Fundamentals of External Fixation Course 03-05 December 2018
Verona Italy Orthofix plc conference centre

Chairman, faculty, table demonstrator in cadaveric course focusing on monolateral and circular external fixation techniques. International delegate base and faculty.

Open Tibia Spain Course
Madrid 15-17 November 2018
Co-chairman and Course faculty

Cadaveric Multidiscplinary Course on open fracture management. Lectures and workshop presentations lead case discussions. This is based on the principles of OrthoPlastic approach of open fractures based on the UK National guidelines. I have contributed on launching the first course in 2018, upon invitation from the local organisers.

Essentials of the ILIZAROV Method Course

Hilton Leeds city Hotel 18-19 October 2018

Faculty and table demonstrator. Delivered lecture on fracture non union

British Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress
International Convention Centre, Birmingham 25-28 September 2018

Speaker : Update on multicentre trial on closed pilon fractures

Hull Deformity Correction course
Double Tree Hilton Hotel Hull 13-16 June 2018

Speaker and table demonstrator. National and International Faculty and delegates. This is one of the most highly regarded courses Internationally in the filed of analysis and planning for deformity correction. It is very well attended by Surgeons practising limb reconstruction surgery.

Open Tibia Fracture Course
Liverpool University 06-09 June 2018

Co-chairman and Course faculty

Fundamentals of External Fixation Course 20-22 November 2017
Verona Italy Orthofix plc conference centre

Chairman, faculty, table demonstrator course focusing on monolateral and circular external fixation techniques. International delegate base and faculty.

Hull Deformity Correction course
Mercure Hotel Hull 28-30 June 2017

Speaker and table demonstrator.

Open Tibia Fracture Course
Liverpool University 14-16 June 2017

Co-chairman and Course faculty

Trauma Patient Management Course
Sydney Australia 2-3 December 2016 Novotel Sydney Central

Faculty and workshop demonstrator for several topics.

Hull Deformity Correction course
Mercure Hotel Hull 27-29 June 2016

Speaker and table demonstrator.

Open Tibia Fracture Course
Liverpool University 08-10 June 2016

Co-chairman and Course faculty.

British Limb Reconstruction Annual Meeting
Liverpool Titanic Hotel 16-18 March 2016

Co-organiser Speaker and Moderator

Fundamentals of External Fixation Course
Verona Italy Orthofix plc conference centre 22-23 February 2016

Faculty, table demonstrator International delegate base and faculty.

Essentials of the ILIZAROV Method Course
Smith and Nephew Surgical Skills centre York 15-16 September 2015.

Faculty and table demonstrator.

Open Tibia Fracture Course
Liverpool University 10-12 June 2015

Course faculty

Hull Deformity Correction course
Mercure Hotel Hull 22-24 June 2015

Speaker and table demonstrator.

Fundamentals of External Fixation Course
Verona Italy Orthofix plc conference centre 15-17 September 2014

Faculty, table demonstrator International delegate base and faculty.

Hull Deformity Correction course
Mercure Hotel Hull 23-25 June 2014

Speaker and table demonstrator.

Open Tibia Fracture Course
Liverpool University 09-10 June 2014

Course faculty

Fundamentals of External Fixation Course
Verona Italy Orthofix plc conference centre 14-16 May  2014

Faculty, table demonstrator International delegate base and faculty.

Basic Ilizarov Method course
York September 2013.

Speaker and table demonstrator.

Grand Round Talk
Current concepts of treatment in Limb Reconstruction

Education centre. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital September 2013

Fundamentals of External fixation
Verona Italy June 2013

Faculty and table demonstrator

Deformity analysis course
Hull June 2013

Faculty and table demonstrator

Open tibial fracture course
Liverpool Medical Institute June 2013

Faculty and table demonstrator

Limb Reconstruction  and external fixation Meeting

Istanbul Turkey 2-3 May 2012

Invited speaker, Presenter and Table demonstrator

Basic Ilizarov Method course
York October 2012.

Speaker and table demonstrator.

The Royal College of Surgeons of England Core Skills Course in Orthopaedics
Liverpool September 2012

Faculty and table demonstrator

Deformity analysis course
Hull June 2012

Faculty and table demonstrator

Open tibial fracture course
Liverpool Medical Institute June 2012

Faculty and table demonstrator

International Masters Fracture Forum
London March 2012

Faculty and case presenter

Basic Ilizarov course
Leeds October 2010

Member of Faculty (Presenter and table demonstrator)

Masters for health Professionals on Muscoloskeletal trauma
University of Liverpool October 2010

Faculty

Ankle and Pilon fractures

Presentation at the Education centre Royal Liverpool University hospital

British Limb Reconstruction Society Annual Meeting
18 March 2010

The bifocal treatment for Femoral non unions

Orthofix course in Limb Reconstruction
Verona Italy March 2010.

Plating after lengthening. External fixation assisted nailing. Workshops

CPD evening seminar
University of Liverpool 4th
February 2010.

The trauma of trauma: Polytrauma and open fractures. MSK assessment and management challenges.

Basic Ilizarov Method course
Leeds 20-21 October 2009.

Speaker and table demonstrator.

Masters level Module
University of Liverpool April 2009

Concepts of management in Musculoskeletal  Trauma.

The Polytrauma patient. Concepts of circular external fixation.

Royal College of surgeons of England Core skills course
Nov 2008 Liverpool.

Speaker and table demonstrator.

Symposium in Internal Fixation.
Rome 21-22 Sept. 2007

Intramedullary nailing of fractures of the proximal femur.

1^st RECOA Meeting
26 April 2007 Veseu, Portugal

Speaker: Use of monolateral external fixators in fractures of the proximal tibia. Monolateral external fixators in fractures of the distal tibia.

International symposium on: “What’s new in the traumatology of the upper extremity?”
Lignano, Milan December 2006

Speaker: Treatment of proximal humeral fractures with angular stability plates.

Royal College of surgeons of England Core skills course
Nov 2006 Liverpool.

Speaker and table demonstrator.

4th International ASAMI Meeting
October 2006 Kyoto Japan

 A comparison of techniques for dealing with the docking site of bone transport.

Course on external fixation for Physiotherapists and Nurses
March 2005 Muscat, Oman.

Speaker and workshop demonstrator.

Course on external fixation for Physiotherapists and Nurses
June 2004 Verona, Italy.

Speaker and workshop demonstrator. 

9th international congress on surgery of the shoulder
May, 2004 Washington DC, USA

The efficacy of a Combination of Plating and Monolateral External
Fixation in the Treatment of Recalcitrant Nonunions of the Humeral Shaft. Poster presentation
Pardiwala A., Giotakis N., Sinopidis C., et al.

3rd International ASAMI meeting
May 2004 Istanbul, Turkey.

The treatment of tibial segmental fractures using circular external fixators. Al-Maskari S., Giotakis N., Larkin J., Narayan B., Nayagam S.

E.F.O.R.T.
June 2001 Rhodes, Greece

Hybrid fixation of articular fractures. Our preliminary experience. Poster presentation Pizzoli A., Giotakis N.,  Renzi Brivio L., Lavini F.

Mantova 2000 Radiology Congress
Oct 2000. Mantova, Italy.

Bone and joint infection

85^th Italian Orthopaedic and Trauma Society Meeting
Feb 1999. Naples, Italy.

Presentation: Non union of the humerus treated by external fixation

32^nd Orthopaedic and Trauma Hospital Surgeons Italian Society
June 2001 Pesaro, Italy.

Presentation: Tibial plateau and pilon fractures treated by external fixation