The British Hip Society was conceived during the 1989 Autumn meeting of the BOA when Hugh Phillips suggested the idea to Michael Freeman and Robin Ling. They were both enthusiastic and the first meeting took place at the Royal Society of Medicine during the following November.

Presidents

1989-1991 Michael Freeman (London)
1991-1994 Prof. Robin Ling (Exeter)
1994-1996 Reg Elson (Sheffield)
1996-1998 Prof. Michael Wroblewski (Wrightington)
1998-2000 Hugh Phillips (Norwich)
2000-2002 Prof. David Hamblen (Glasgow)
2002-2004 Prof. James Nixon (Belfast)
2004-2005 Martyn Porter (Wrightington)
2005-2006 Charles Wynn Jones (Stoke)
2006-2007 Colin Howie (Edinburgh)
2007-2008 Keith Tucker (Norwich)
2008-2009 Peter Kay (Wrightington)

Vice-Presidents

2003-2004 Martyn Porter (Wightington)
2004-2005 Colin Howie (Edinburgh)
2005-2006 Keith Tucker (Norwich)

2006-2007 Peter Kay (Wrightington)
2007-2008 Ian Stockley (Sheffield)
2008-2009 Graham Gie (Exeter)

President-elect

2004-2005 Charles Wynn Jones (Stoke)
2005-2006 Colin Howie (Edinburgh)

2006-2007 Keith Tucker (Norwich)
2007-2008 Peter Kay (Wrightington)
2008-2009 Ian Stockley (Sheffield)

Immediate past president

2004-2005 Prof. James Nixon (Belfast)
2005-2006 Martyn Porter (Wrightington)
2006-2007 Charles Wynn Jones (Stoke)
2007-2008 Colin Howie (Edinburgh)
2008-2009 Keith Tucker (Norwich)

Until 2004 Vice presidents held office for two years before taking on the office of president. The First vice President was Robin Ling (Exeter). Afterwards each of the presidents noted above had served one year as vice-president.

From 2004 Presidents of the British Hip society will hold office for one year having been vice-president (one year) and president-elect (one year). It is proposed they will carry on in the executive for one further year on the executive as immediate past president.

Honorary Secretaries

1989-1994 Hugh Phillips (Norwich)
1994-1998 Derek McMinn (Birmingham)
1998-2005 Keith Tucker (Norwich)
2005-date John Hodgkinson (Manchester)

Honorary Treasurer

1989-2001 Professor RAB Mollan (Belfast)

2001-2007 Ian Stockley (Sheffield)
2007-date John Nolan (Norwich)

Honorary Editorial Secretary

1998-2004 Peter Kay (Wrightington)

2004-2009 Peter Howard (Derby)
2009 John Skinner (London)

Member at Large

1999-2001 Martin Stone (Leeds)
2001-2003 Martin Grover (Portsmouth)
2003-2005 John Hodgkinson (Manchester)
2005-2007 David Sochart (Manchester)
2007-date John Skinner (RNOH, Middlesex)

Webmaster & Communications Officer

2005-date. Fares Haddad (London)

In 2005 it was decided that we needed a member to run the web-site and become a member of the executive. The web-site was introduced in 1999 as part of the BOA web-site and has become a useful tool in our communication with members. Peter Kay (Wrightington) set it up and managed it until late 2004

BOA Secretariat

We have been fortunate in having the services of Barbara Sedgeley, Hazel Choules and presently, Leslie O’Leary to look after the society’s membership and co-ordinate our activities at the BOA

Instructional Courses at the autumn meetings of the BOA

The BHS has arranged Instructional Sessions at the BOA annual meetings for several years.

1998 Joint meeting with the IOA "Do we need a National Joint Registry?"
1999 Glasgow with BASK "Infection in Joint replacement"
2000 London with the Japanese Orthopaedic Assn. "The young adult Hip"
2001 Birmingham "Peri-prosthetic Fractures"
2002 Cardiff "Consent including Blood transfusion."
2003 Birmingham "Groin Pain"
2004 Manchester "The Best Surface replacement"
2006 Glasgow "MRSE & MRSE infection after Hip Replacement"
2007 Leeds "Total Hip Replacement after DDH - how I do it"
2008 Manchester “The problems with Metal on Metal”, ODEP

Emerging Hip Surgeons

Started in 2003, the BHS has encouraged Hip surgeons in training or in their first 5 years of consultant practice to get together on the morning before the main annual meeting starts and have a session concentrating on topics of their own choice including difficult cases.

2003 Belfast, Chairman:- Darrin Wilson (Belfast)
2004 Sheffield, Chairman:- Simon Buckley (Sheffield)
2005 Wrightington, Chairman:- Anil Ghambir (Wrightington)
2006 Glasgow, Chairman:- Ian Stockley (Glasgow)
2007 Leeds, Chairmen:- Peter Bobak (Leeds), Richard Grogan (Bradford)
2008 Norwich, Chaimen:- Nish Chirodian and Jim Wimhurst

Endo Plus Travelling Fellowships

This fellowship was set up in 2003 for two trainee surgeons to visit centres of excellence in Europe.

2006 Caroline Hing (Pott Rotation) Andrew Davies (Bristol training programme)
2007 Satish Kutty (Royal Gwent Hospital)
2008 No award

 

BHS/AHS Travelling Fellowships

BHS Travelling Fellows

 

2003 Fares Haddad (London), David Sochart (Manchester)
2005 Dominic Meek (Edinburgh), Anil Ghambir (Wrightington)
2007 Mukesh Hemmady (Norwich), James Wimhusrt (Norwich)

AHS Travelling Fellows

2004 Dr.Keith Berend M.D.(Ohio), Dr. William Macauley MD (New York)

2006 Dr.Amar Ranawat M.D., Dr. Mike Archibeck M.D.

Parallel Meetings

In the Autumn of 2004 the concept of a joint meeting with other groups of people who are involved with the management of patients with diseases of the hip was introduced. Invitations were sent to NATN and the Surgical Practitioners. Malcolm Binns (Pontefract) had a list of the arthroplasty auditors who work up and down the country and they were all contacted. Clare Darrah (Norwich) with help from the BHS executive put a programme together. The first meeting went ahead emphasising the team approach that is essential in modern day working with 80 people attending the meeting in Wrightington in 2005. The AV arrangements allowed the parallel meeting to enjoy the topics in focus and the guest lecture whilst having their own programme at other times. Guest speakers included Neil Walton (Norwich), Adrian Jones (Norwich surgical assistant), Martin Pickford (AEA Tecnology / NJR) Andy Crosbie (MHRA), Mick Borroff (ABHI / DePuy), Paul Pynsent ( Birmingham), Graham Knights (Hastings, surgical practitioner), Prof Damien Griffin (Coventry), Mrs. Susan Williams, Mr Keith Summerhayes and Mr. Peter Kay (Wrightington).

Pre Meeting sessions
Under the Auspices of Johan Witt (London) meetings have been convened on the afternoons prior to the main Annual Scientific meeting since 2005. They are intended for members who wish to discuss surgery to the hip other than joint replacement.
2005 Pelvic Osteotomies (Sheffield)
2006 (Edinburgh)
2007 Impingement syndromes (Leeds)
2008 The Anatomy of Acetabular dysplasia (Norwich)

METAL on METAL GROUP
In 2007 the BOA supported the formation of a group to report on the possible biological implications of metal on metal articulation in total hip replacement.
The first meeting was held in Leeds, chaired by John Skinner(RNOH) and Keith Tucker(Norwich) on the morning of the Annual Meeting.

Sub-committees and representation on other bodies

• Bone Allograft group
Originally set up by Michael Freeman, Ian Sockley (Sheffield), Richard Power (Leicester), John Nolan (Norwich)
• ODEP (Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel) Set up by NICE and PASA in 2001. Keith Tucker (Norwich, Chairman).
In 2006 Mr. Peter Kay, (representing NHS management) took over from Mr. Barrie Parker (Kingston)
BHS Representative Mr. Evert Smith (Bristol) 2005-2008
• National Joint Registry

Documents
"Primary Total Hip Replacement: A Guide to Best Practice" Originally produced under the chairmanship of Hugh Phillips (Norwich) in 1999. Revised under the chairmanship of Prof. James Nixon (Belfast) 2005.

Keith Tucker
March 2008.