Mr Fazal Ali

Mr Fazal Ali works at Chesterfield Royal Hospital and the Sheffield Children’s Hospital, where he has helped set up a National Referral Service for these problems in children. He trained in Sheffield with a Knee Fellowship in Newcastle and a short Trauma Fellowship in New York. He is a former Training Programme Director for South Yorkshire and is presently the Vice President of BOSTAA (British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma and Arthroscopy Association). He is also Chair of Section 1 for all 10 surgical specialties in the JCIE, and Chair for the T&O exam for the international FRCS.

Mr Ali has published his work, written chapters and given invited lectures on training issues and knee surgery, both nationally and internationally. He has edited ‘Orthopaedic Examination Techniques’ which is a best-selling orthopaedic text in its 3rd edition and is translated into Chinese. He was the founder in 2007 of the largest clinical examination course worldwide: The Chesterfield and Sheffield FRCS Clinical course.

He was voted ‘South Yorkshire Orthopaedic Trainer of the Year’ on 5 occasions, and given a life-time award for training by the South Yorkshire training scheme in 2012. He was twice shortlisted by BOTA as one of the top trainers in the UK. In 2018, he was again voted Trainer of the Year, this time by East Midlands. In 2017, he was honoured by the South Yorkshire Orthopaedic Training Rotation by the creation of an annual award: The ‘Fazal Ali Award for Academic Excellence’.

Mr Ali serves as a Senior Examiner for the Intercollegiate Board in the FRCS(Tr&Orth) examinations. In 2017, he was elected to the panel of international examiners. Mr Ali also serves on the board of examiners in other countries, with the view that this would help advance the standard of orthopaedic training worldwide.

• Sports injuries to the knee, both in adults and children