Play your paeds right in the FRCS

Ms Jo Dartnell, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust and Mr Anish Sanghrajka, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Trust

Target audience: Candidates preparing for the FRCS (Orth) examinations or equivalent, and trainees who are in their earlier years of training.

Organised jointly by Orthopaedic Research UK and the Orthopaedic Academy

Ms Jo Dartnell, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Jo has been a consultant at Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells (MTW) since 2015. She completed paediatric orthopaedic fellowships in Singapore under Prof James Hui and Evelina London Children’s Hospital (ELCH) under Fabian Norman-Taylor. She completed registrar training on South East London rotation, including paediatric placements at Great Ormond Street Hospital, ELCH, MTW. During this she was awarded a European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society Scholarship.

Jo has developed a specialist interest in limb deformity (including osteogenesis imperfecta) and cerebral palsy. Her publications include a BOA blue book – national guidelines for bone and joint infections in children; a systematic review of the literature for osteomyelitis in children; proximal femoral resection in cerebral palsy-without the use of traction and the use of indomethacin. She has contributed book chapters in prosthetics, stem cell therapy in cerebral palsy.

Mr Anish Sanghrajka, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Trust

Anish Sanghrajka is a consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeon at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals. Having trained on The Royal London Hospital orthopaedic program, he then completed specialist fellowships at Westmead Children’s Hospital (Sydney), Great Ormond Street Hospital (London) and Sheffield Children’s Hospital.
He is a keen teacher, and has been awarded an honorary senior lectureship in recognition of his work for Norwich Medical School, UEA.

He has attained, with distinction, a masters degree in surgical education from Imperial College London.
He has a number of publications, including book chapters covering areas of children’s orthopaedics and basic sciences for orthopaedics.