Meet The Speakers

We believe in strength and depth and have the leading names in the field across the whole programme. Never has anyone put together a selection of experts such as this and we’re proud to provide a platform to bring their expertise to you.

Use the menu below to find out a little bit more about this events guest speakers, you can either browse all of our speakers across all rooms, or filter by the specific room you’re most interested in viewing to just learn about speakers from your area of interest!

Liz Bayley
Liz Bayley

 

Professional Interests:
Dance injuries, S&C for injury prevention, persistent pain.

Personal Interests:
Dance especially Argentine Tango, fitness and psychology.

 

Mehmet Gem
Mehmet Gem

 

Professional Interests:
Hips, Sports Injuries, Rehab.

Personal Interests:
Family, Food, Football.

 

Dylan Morrisey
Dylan Morrisey

 

Professional Interests:
Sports and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy.

Personal Interests:
foraging (this week).

 

Brian O'Leary
Brian O'Leary

 

Professional Interests:
Rugby, Sports Medicine and High Performance.

Personal Interests:
Single Malt, Sports and Gym.

 

Bradley Neal
Bradley Neal

 

Professional Interests:
Patellofemoral Pain, Research, Biomechanics.

Personal Interests:
Baseball, Running, Vinyl.

 

James Noake
James Noake

 

Professional Interests:
Tendinopathy; diagnostic & interventional Ultrasound; Athletic hip, groin and buttock pain; complex cases / clinical conundrums; gym injuries.

Personal Interests:
Rugby union, my girls, cocker spaniels.

 

Eamonm Delahunt
Eamonm Delahunt

 

Professional Interests:
The protection of athlete health and the prevention of sport-related injuries.

Personal Interests:
Football, Track & Field Athletics, Cycling.

 

Paul Kirwan
Paul Kirwan

 

Professional Interests:
Tendon pain. Sports injuries. Rheumatology.

Personal Interests:
Family, cycling, cooking and wine, lots of wine -n is it ok to say this.

 

Claire Robertson
Claire Robertson

 

Professional Interests:
PFP, Fat Pad, OA Knee.

Personal Interests:
Hiking, Skiing, Gardening.

 

 

Stuart Butler
Stuart Butler

 

Professional Interests:
Hamstrings, High Speed Running, Sonography.

Personal Interests:
Weightlifting Outside Walking.

 

 

Kate Williams
Kate Williams

 

Professional Interests:
Rehabilitation, Prevention, Sports Concussion.

Personal Interests:
eating, drinking, sleeping.

 

 

Thomas Dekkers
Thomas Dekkers

 

Professional Interests:
Back Pain, Exercise Science & Medicine.

Personal Interests:
Exercise, Wellness, Nature.

 

Kieran O'Sullivan
Kieran O'Sullivan

 

Professional Interests:
back pain, rehabilitation, communication.

Personal Interests:
fitness, gardening, politics.

 

Ultrik Sandstrøm
Ultrik Sandstrøm

 

Professional Interests:
Sports Chiropractic, Pre- and post treatment testing, Pain science education.

Personal Interests:
Cycling, cooking, bass playing.

 

Tim Allardyce
Tim Allardyce

 

Professional Interests:
Rehabilitation, Sports (Olympics), MSK.

Personal Interests:
Sailing, Walking, 2 Kids.

 

Tom Jesson
Tom Jesson

 

Professional Interests:
Radicular pain, red flags, research.

Personal Interests:
Hiking, bouldering, reading.

 

Nadine Foster
Nadine Foster

 

Professional Interests:
Low back pain, musculoskeletal conditions, clinical trials.

Personal Interests:
horse-riding, dog walking, green spaces.

 

Val Jones
Val Jones

 

Professional Interests:
Elbow, exercise prescription, communication

Personal Interests:
Exploring peak district, football, drinking gin

Karen McCreesh
Karen McCreesh

 

Professional Interests:
Musculoskeletal disorders, Education, Knowledge transfer.

 

Personal Interests:
Running, Growing, Parenting.

 

Lan Horsley
Lan Horsley

 

Professional Interests:
Rehabilitation of MSK injuries. Management of shoulder injuries. Building the robust football goalkeeper.

 

Personal Interests:
Golf (when I get chance). Barnsley FC. Spending quality time with my wife (now the kids have left home!).

 

Rob Patterson
Rob Patterson

 

Professional Interests:
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Entrapment Neuropathies, Persistent Pain.

 

Personal Interests:
Great conversation, research, good coffee & chocolate.

 

Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell

 

Professional Interests:
Wrist and hand; First Contact Physiotherapy, Mobilisation with Movement.

Personal Interests:
Hiking, active transport, Bleep and Bass

 

Debs Stanton
Debs Stanton

 

Professional Interests:
Hand Therapy, Overseas Teaching.

Personal Interests:
Gin, Wine, Hiking and holidaying with friends and family.

 

Kevin Kuppens
Kevin Kuppens

 

Professional Interests:
Shoulders, Pain, Athletes.

Personal Interests:
90s Music, Cycling, Coffee.

 

Adam Meakins
Adam Meakins

Stream: Upper LimbPosium

Professional Interests:
Pain, Exercise, Shoulders

Personal Interests:
Lifting, pushing, and pulling heavy things

 

Anju Jaggi
Anju Jaggi

 

Professional Interests:
Shoulders, research, strategy.

Personal Interests:
Cooking, travelling, yoga.

 

Uzo Ehiogu
Uzo Ehiogu

 

Professional Interests:
MSK rehabilitation, Climbing, Mountain sports.

Personal Interests:
Climbing and cooking.

 

Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher

 

Professional Interests:
Marketing, Data analytics, Tech.

Personal Interests:
Gadgets, kids and politics.

 

Obi Hasan
Obi Hasan

 

Professional Interests:
Finance, Business Growth, Financial Training, Mentoring.

Personal Interests:
Cricket, Football, Chess, Food, Cooking, Family, Giving.

 

Ashley James
Ashley James

 

Professional Interests:
How we learn, utilising technology for learning, Public health messaging.

Personal Interests:
Rugby, Golf, Reading.

 

Claire Minshull
Claire Minshull

 

Professional Interests:
Resistance exercise, osteoarthritis, Get Back To Sport.

Personal Interests:
Resistance exercise, country walks, pizza.

 

Jo Turner
Jo Turner

 

Professional Interests:
Clinician well-being and healthcare culture.

Personal Interests:
Great conversations, walking with my Springer spaniel and herding teenagers.

 

Scot Morrison
Scot Morrison

 

Professional Interests:
Tendinopathy, Human Performance, Decision Making.

Personal Interests:
Eclectic .

 

Andrew McCauley
Andrew McCauley

 

Professional Interests:
S&C, Communication, exercise commitment.

Personal Interests:
A circus ringmaster / listening to 120-140 BPMs / delaying death.

 

 

Mike Stewart
Mike Stewart

 

Professional Interests:
Communication, teaching skills, rehabilitation.

Personal Interests:
Guitar, travel, running.

 

 

Andy Hosgood
Andy Hosgood

 

Professional Interests:
Driving Success, Business Operations, Business Mindset.

Personal Interests:
Dad Duties, MMA, Walking.

 

 

Joletta Belton
Joletta Belton

 

Professional Interests:
Integrating lived experience expertise into research, education and treatment.

Personal Interests:
Snowboarding, camping, wine.

 

Becky DeMott Horton
Becky DeMott Horton

 

Professional Interests:
Sensible discussions about the use of Manual Therapy.

Personal Interests:
Exploring, Oceans and Labradors!

 

James McAuley
James McAuley

 

Professional Interests:
Low back pain, complex regional pain syndrome, clinical research methods.

Personal Interests:
family, travel, Kate Bush.

 

Anna Maria Mazzieri
Anna Maria Mazzieri

 

Professional Interests:
Use of language in clinical practice, raising standards of Soft Tissue Therapy training.

Personal Interests:
Podcasting, drinking wine and walking with my gorgeous dogs.

 

Carl Clarkson
Carl Clarkson

 

Professional Interests:
Acupuncture, Education, Research.

Personal Interests:
Outdoors, Behavioural Insights / economics, Travel.

 

Cormac Ryan
Cormac Ryan

 

Professional Interests:
Pain management.

Personal Interests:
Pain education.

 

Joletta Belton
Joletta Belton

 

Professional Interests:
Patient partnerships, qualitative research, lived experience.

Personal Interests:
Reading, nature, snowboarding.

 

Helen Cowgill
Helen Cowgill

 

Professional Interests:
Temporomandibular dysfunction, facial pain, rehabilitation.

Personal Interests:
Three kiddies to run after, Netball and Running.

 

Derek Griffin
Derek Griffin

 

Professional Interests:
Pain, Rheumatology, Public Health.

Personal Interests:
Distance running.

 

Rhiannon Griffthis
Rhiannon Griffthis

 

Professional Interests:
Pelvic health, pathway management, service development.

Personal Interests:
Walking, brass bands, Gin.

 

Sue Julians
Sue Julians

 

Professional Interests:
Spinal conditions, chronic pain, office workers

Personal Interests:
Family, culture, travel

 

Gráinne Donnelly
Gráinne Donnelly

 

Professional Interests:
Diastasis, returning to exercise/sport postnatal, ultrasound imaging in pelvic health

Personal Interests:
Mum of 4, research, home design

 

Alistair Beverley
Alistair Beverley

 

Professional Interests:
Disability, Rehabilitation, Exercise.

Personal Interests:
Exercise, Music, Sport.

 

Karen Middleton
Karen Middleton

 

Professional Interests:
organizational culture, leadership, rehab policy

Personal Interests:
sailing, skiing, reading, and anything with our new puppy!

 

 

 

Janet Thomas
Janet Thomas

 

Professional Interests:
Older People, Practice Education, Social media

Personal Interests:
Cooking, Walking, Gardening

 

 

 

Noel Thatcher
Noel Thatcher

 

Professional Interests:
Running-related injuries, Disability sports, Community engagement

Personal Interests:
Japan, running, drums

 

 

 

Adam Dobson
Adam Dobson

 

Professional Interests:
Public health – knowledge translation, Rehabilitation, Radicular syndromes.

 

Personal Interests:
Weight training, Cinema, Pain advocacy .

 

 

 

 

Laura Rathbone van Meurs
Laura Rathbone van Meurs

 

Professional Interests:
Pain, philosophy and whole-person care

 

Personal Interests:
Reading, music and falling off skateboards

 

 

 

 

Ben Wilkins
Ben Wilkins

 

Professional Interests:
Community MSK service, people powered health, gamification and behaviour change.

 

Personal Interests:
Music festivals & gigs, climbing & cycling, design & carpentry

 

 

 

 

Deepak Ravindran
Deepak Ravindran

 

Professional Interests:
Trauma-Informed Care, Pain Education, All things pain

 

Personal Interests:
Reading, Bollywood, Running

 

 

 

 

Angela Jackson
Angela Jackson

 

Professional Interests:
Prevention of lumbar stress fractures; Athlete Education; Youth Athlete Development

Personal Interests:
Golf, dog walking and going anywhere hot!

 

Nick Grantham
Nick Grantham

 

Professional Interests:
1. Programme design, 2. Integrating S&C into injury rehabilitation, 3. Improving patient engagement

Personal Interests:
1. Mountain Biking, 2. Adventure races, Eating cakes and drinking Tea

 

Tom Quantrell
Tom Quantrell

 

Professional Interests:
Paediatric MSK and sport

Personal Interests:
Woodwork, CrossFit and my 3 kids

 

Jack March
Jack March

 

Professional Interests:
Rheumatology, Osteoarthritis, Continuing Education

Personal Interests:
The Gym, Harry Potter, Pizza

 

Michael Rathleff
Michael Rathleff

 

Professional Interests:
Musculoskeletal Health, Supporting peoples self-management, adolescent pain

Personal Interests:
Road cycling, practicing hand-stands, family

 

Mike James
Mike James

 

Professional Interests:
Sports Medicine, MSK, Education

Personal Interests:
Endurance Sports, Family, Travel

 

 

 

Rachel Keetley
Rachel Keetley

 

Professional Interests:
Rehabilitation, Children and Young People, Access to services

Personal Interests:
Mum, active family life, dog walks

 

 

 

Andrew Cuff
Andrew Cuff

 

Professional Interests:
Upper Limb; High-quality care; Clinical Leadership

Personal Interests:
Cricket, Outdoors, Autobiographies

 

 

Daniel Horner
Daniel Horner

 

Professional Interests:
Thrombosis, trauma, traumatic brain injury

Personal Interests:
Walking, family

 

 

James Galloway
James Galloway

 

Professional Interests:
Inflammatory arthritis, Epidemiology

Personal Interests:
Travel

 

 

David Annison
David Annison

 

Professional Interests:
Point of Care Ultrasound, Nerve Blocks, Advanced Practice

Personal Interests:
DIY !!

 

 

Gareth Evans
Gareth Evans

 

Professional Interests:
MSK sonography, shared decision making, health innovation

Personal Interests:
Cycling, walking, gardening

 

 

Laura Groom
Laura Groom

 

Professional Interests:
AED acute MSK, Spines, Pain

Personal Interests:
Kayaking, Walking the dogs, Spinning

 

Andrew McDonough
Andrew McDonough

 

Professional Interests:
Emergency medicine, trauma and orthopedics, physiotherapy

Personal Interests:
Family, rugby

 

Giles Hazan
Giles Hazan

 

Professional Interests:
Chronic pain & Spinal problems, Metabolic co-morbidities & Lifestyle interventions, Inter-professional education

Personal Interests:
Dogs, Gardening and the women in my life (Clarification 1: The women=my wife and daughters. Clarification 2: Interests not written in order of priority….)

 

Suzanne Mclloy
Suzanne Mclloy

 

Professional Interests:
Spines, Research, Advanced Practice

Personal Interests:
Walking, socialising, Family

 

Harry Kardamillas
Harry Kardamillas

 

Professional Interests:
Service development, MSK Rehab, FCP supervising

Personal Interests:
Anything on two wheels, reading, family time

 

Yogita Stokes
Yogita Stokes

 

Professional Interests:
Education and EDI

Personal Interests:
Sports,travel and being a mum.

 

 

 

 

 

Bilal Barkatali
Bilal Barkatali

 

Professional Interests:
ACL surgery, Patello-femoral disorders, Joint preservation surgery

Personal Interests:
Fitness, Cooking, Reading

 

 

 

 

 

Rajesh Nanda
Rajesh Nanda

 

Professional Interests:
Upper Limb – Shoulder and Elbow, Trauma, Education

Personal Interests:
Organising Charity Events; Travel

 

 

 

 

 

Dave Eastwood
Dave Eastwood

 

Professional Interests:
Rugby League & Football medicine, Education, Injury & Illness research

Personal Interests:
Running, Cycling, Coffee

 

 

 

 

 

Nick Downing
Nick Downing

 

Professional Interests:
Advanced Practice, Leadership, Transformation

Personal Interests:
3 awesome kids, the great outdoors and exercising body and mind

 

 

 

 

 

Roger Kerry
Roger Kerry

 

Professional Interests:
Clinical Reasoning, Risk Management, Evidence

Personal Interests:
All types of country music, and running.

 

Fran Wilkie
Fran Wilkie

 

Professional Interests:
Health information; learning and development

Personal Interests:
Walking, reading, family

 

Emma Salt
Emma Salt

 

Professional Interests:
Evidenced Based Practice; persistent shoulder pain; digital innovations

Personal Interests:
Surfing, Skiing and cats

 

Dinesh Sirisena
Dinesh Sirisena

 

Professional Interests:
Sports medicine, ultrasound, education

Personal Interests:
Cycling, swimming, writing

 

Aaron Kubal
Aaron Kubal

 

Professional Interests:
Chronic Pain, Rehabilitation, Promotion of Evidence Based Practices

Personal Interests:
Guitar, fishing, sports

 

Roger Kerry
Roger Kerry

 

Professional Interests:
Clinical Reasoning; Musculoskeletal dysfunction; public health

Personal Interests:
Country music, Folk music, running

 

Jane Ashbrook
Jane Ashbrook

 

Professional Interests:
Persistent Musculoskeletal Pain, Practice education and life-long learning

Personal Interests:
Running, Volleyball, Proper English Pubs!

 

Roderick Deans
Roderick Deans

 

Professional Interests:
Ultrasound imaging, learning new Skills

Personal Interests:
Calisthenics , MTB biking

 

Aaron Kubal
Aaron Kubal

 

Professional Interests:
Pain, Rehabilitation, Promoting Evidence-Based Practice & Challenging Non-Guideline Based Care

Personal Interests:
Guitar, Fishing, Sports

 

Karen Lay
Karen Lay

 

Professional Interests:
MSK physio & education

Personal Interests:
Sailing, beekeeping, golf

 

Muhammad Atif Khan
Muhammad Atif Khan

 

Professional Interests:
MSK, Diagnostic Ultrasound , Rheumatology

Personal Interests:
Traveling , Fly Fishing , Cricket

 

Ann Green
Ann Green

 

Professional Interests:
Education, Trustee of PPEF, Professional networking

Personal Interests:
Sailing, walking, cooking for friends