Podiatric Surgery 2023: Speakers

Rick Brown is the Clinical Lead of the Foot and Ankle Unit at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford. His practice covers all areas of foot and ankle surgery including sports injuries, neurological conditions, complex forefoot pathology, arthritis including arthroplasty and deformity correction as well as the teenage and young adult ankle.

He graduated from the University of Cambridge and King’s College Hospital, London, before completing orthopaedic training on the Middlesex and Stanmore Rotation, London and then Fellowships in Sydney and at Harvard, USA. After appointment as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in 2004, he established the new Foot and Ankle Service in Cheltenham and ran a Regional Paediatric Foot Clinic at Bristol Children’s Hospital.

He is passionate about foot and ankle education having served for nearly ten years on the British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (BOFAS) Education Committee, including as Chairman. He has been an Examiner for the FRCS (Tr &Orth) for ten years and for the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA). He is now an Assessor of the Examiners. He is a Honorary Senior Clinical lecturer for the University of Oxford, where he runs the Foot and Ankle Fellowship programme. He has written numerous academic papers and several book chapters as well as lecturing across the UK and the world.

He is the President of BOFAS in 2023.

Rena graduated with an Honour’s Bachelor of Science degree in Podiatry from the University of Westminster and a Post-Graduate Diploma in the Theory of Podiatric Surgery from the University of Brighton. She gained her Surgical Fellowship in 2019 from the Royal College of Podiatry. She is actively involved in promoting her profession through local regional and national presentations and has been involved in the HCPC Annotation of Podiatric Surgery project. She is a regular faculty member on cadaver dissection and surgical skills for podiatrist courses and regularly assists on workshops for potential and aspiring podiatric surgeons.

Within her current role as SpR in Podiatric Surgery at Buxton Hospital she is involved in elective surgery of the foot and ankle, but also has key involvement in MDT care and management of high-risk diabetic patients with limb-threatening diabetic foot ulcers, limb salvage and amputation prevention.

Rena was born in Iraq and was raised in England after her family were offered refugee status in the United Kingdom after the second Gulf War in 1991. She is trilingual and fluent in Aramiac (Syriac), Arabic and English.

Mr Kaser Nazir BSc (Hons) FRCPodS has worked at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust since 2002, where he carries out corrective and reconstructive foot and ankle surgery. His role also includes taking responsibility for auditing his department and conducting in-depth research to make sure that the foot and ankle service is constantly updated with best practice. In his private practice, Mr Nazir is Clinical Director of London Foot and Ankle Surgery.

After qualifying in 2001 from the London Foot Hospital and School of Podiatric Medicine, Mr Nazir trained in London, Surrey, and Norfolk, and at St Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, which led to him being awarded his Fellowship in Podiatric Foot Surgery.

He takes an extremely contemporary approach to managing disorders of the foot and ankle, making the most of cutting-edge treatments and diagnostic techniques, to consistently deliver the best possible results and allow patients to return to their normal lives with minimal disruption.

He is the chair of MAC and governance lead for UME health, 17 Harley Street and is involved with setting up healthcare imaging ventures in London and the Middle East

He is also the current Dean of Faculty of Podiatric Surgery

Derek graduated with a BSc honours degree in Podiatry from Cardiff in 2005. He completed an MSc in MSK studies of lower limb from Cardiff before embarking on and completing the theory and the new Masters in Podiatric Surgery training programme from Huddersfield in 2023. His training has been under the tutelage of Mr Richard Green at Wye Valley NHS Trust, gaining fellowship in 2023. He continues to pursue his role as a Specialist Registrar and is working towards his Certificate of Completion of Podiatric Surgery Training (CCPST) in Wye Valley NHS Trust.

Derek recognises the need for learning and development and works as an associate lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University providing lectures as part of both the under and postgraduate podiatry programmes. He also works as a foot and ankle sonographer having established a diagnostic foot and ankle ultrasound service in his other role as an advanced practitioner in South Wales.

Mr Wilkinson Graduated from the Northern College of Podiatry in 1990 and quickly became interested in foot and ankle surgery. After passing membership exams with the Podiatry association in 1994, he secured a surgical training post in South Derbyshire.

After gaining his fellowship in Podiatric Surgery in 1997, Antony continued his training as an SpR in Podiatric Surgery before being appointed as a Consultant Podiatric Surgeon in 2002. He is employed as Consultant and Clinical Head of Podiatric Surgery with Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as well as offering NHS and private treatments within the independent sector.

Antony was elected Dean of the Faculty of Podiatric Surgery in 2009, a post which he held for three years. During this time he was responsible for leading the strategic development of the profession on behalf of the College of Podiatry. He is currently chair of Clinical Governance and Medical Advisory Committee with Ramsay Park Hill Hospital, representing the hospital consultants from all specialties at national meetings. In 2019, Antony was awarded Fellowship of the Faculty of Podiatric Medicine within the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, for his outstanding contribution to the profession.

In 2020 Antony was involved in setting up Coriel Orthopaedic Group along with six orthopaedic surgeons. The group is developing rapidly and has admitted one other orthopaedic director and one podiatric Associate. They have purchased their own clinic, developing a multidisciplinary team from multiple medical and surgical specialities. In 2023 Antony was elected Chairman of the group.