KYLE JAMES
BSc (Hons) MBBS (Hons) MRCS FRCS (Tr & Orth) Consultant in Orthopaedics and Trauma at The Royal London, St Bartholomew's and Barts and The London Children's Hospitals, London, UK. Kyle James qualified at Guy’s, King’s and St. Thomas’ School of Medicine, London with honours in 2002. After basic surgical training he commenced his orthopaedic specialist registrar training on the South East Thames Rotation including training at the Evelina Children’s Hospital and King’s College Hospital. He has completed two fellowships in Paediatric Orthopaedics at Beit Cure International Hospital, Malawi and at the Children’s Hospital, Westmead, Sydney, Australia. His sub-speciality and research interests are cerebral palsy, correction of limb deformity and the management of severe slipped femoral epiphysis. He has worked in 3 major trauma centres and is trained in the use of circular frames in the management of trauma and deformity. Kyle was appointed to The Royal London Hospital, part of Barts Health, as a paediatric orthopaedic and trauma surgeon in 2013. Along with Miss Claudia Maizen, he leads the neuromuscular service providing care for children with cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular conditions. He is part of the paediatric and adult deformity service which manages problems with limb length equality, malalignment, fractures and fracture malunion or nonunion with the use of various surgical techniques including circular external fixators. As well as providing general paediatric orthopaedics care he also does adult trauma (fracture) surgery. Kyle has a wide range of academic and teaching experience several publications and international and national presentations. He has been a lecturer and examiner on orthopaedic courses from medical undergraduate to FRCS-Orth level. His research interests include cerebral palsy and slipped femoral epiphysis and is one of the investigators in an international multi-centre trial of outcomes of hip dislocation in cerebral palsy and is part of the UK Slipped Femoral Epiphysis Steering Group. |