After graduating from Manchester Medical School in 1981, underwent basic surgical training in Rochdale and Salford and then Orthopaedic Training in the Northwest, including Upper Limb Fellowships at Wrightington and in the USA. 

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Appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a special interest in the upper limb in 1993, initially working single handed has developed a well-respected multi-disciplinary team offering a wide range of upper limb surgery. Since 2012 have lead the British Society for Surgery of the Hand overseas aid programme developing a portfolio of third world projects with personal involvement in Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Tanzania and Sudan.