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Dr Amarnani is a consultant in sport, exercise and musculoskeletal medicine and honorary rheumatology fellow. He is the president of the Royal Society of Medicine’s Rheumatology and Rehabilitation council, as well as serving as a medical advisor and trustee to the UK’s National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society. Dr Amarnani’s elite sporting experience extends from football (West Ham United) to crick...

Dr Pereira specialises in Performance, Recovery, Concentration and Imagery in Football through yoga and has taught yoga since 1981. He completed his PhD in Physical Education and Sport – Physical Activity and Health with a thesis on yoga in football, and his master’s degree in High-Performance Sports Training with a dissertation on yoga in swimming at the Lusófona University in Lisbon. He is the d...

Nick is a Physiotherapist with over twenty years of experience working in elite sport. Throughout his career he has worked across professional football environments including West Bromwich Albion, Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City Academy, Fulham, Wigan Athletic and the England Under‑21 National team, as well as internationally with Al Jazira in the UAE. Alongside his clinical work in elite sport,...

Dr Shafik is a sport and musculoskeletal medicine physician currently serving as a Club Doctor to Chelsea FC and as Clinical Lead for the NHS Musculoskeletal Interface Clinical Assessment Service in South London. He has previously worked at Crystal Palace and Millwall in elite sport, alongside his NHS roles in musculoskeletal medicine, general practice and emergency medicine. Of course, he is the...

Dr Martin McIntyre is the founder and clinical lead at the Sports Injuries & Sports Medicine (SISM) Clinic in Castlebar Co Mayo, a centre that has become a hub for both elite athlete care and applied sports medicine research in Ireland. With a background in sports medicine and performance science, Martin has spent years working across high-performance environments in Gaelic games, rugby, and profe...

Dr Nicky Keay is an exercise endocrinologist, author, researcher and dancer. Dr Keay is passionate about taking a personalised approach to hormone health with a view to optimising performance and recovery. She has a particular interest in relative energy deficiency in sport, or REDs, and is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at University College London, as well as advisor to Scottish Ballet.

Dr. Kevin Cronin is a sonographer and lecturer at University College Dublin, where he leads the MSc Ultrasound programme. In 2023, he completed his PhD at UCD, which focused on using ultrasound to assess hamstring injuries in professional rugby players with Leinster Rugby. Kevin has published widely on hamstring injury and ultrasound in leading journals, exploring topics such as hamstring muscle a...

Tay Albayrak is a UK Sports Institute Physio Leading the medical services for the World Class Slalom & Kayak Cross Program. Within this role he was part of Team GB at the Paris Olympics 2024. He also consults for the FA Senior Men’s Pathway. Prior to this he spent 3 years with Leeds United as Head of Academy Physiotherapy and 7 years at Tottenham Hotspur FC Academy. His elite sports physio career...

Des is Director of Sport and Physical Wellbeing at the University of Galway in Ireland, where he leads the strategic development and management of the university’s sports programs and facilities. Prior to joining the University, he spent nine years as Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Development at the Arsenal Football Club Academy. Prior to that, he was Head of Strength and Conditioning at Conn...

Dr Konrad Kozlowski is a recent graduate of the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. He is also an athlete himself; he’s played tennis competitively since 5 years old and has competed in the NCAA Championships. He has a keen interest in sports medicine and was the lead author of the paper we will be discussing today on facial fractures in professional footballers. Peter Rosston is...

Dr Dan Fitzpatrick is a registrar in Sports and Exercise Medicine in the London Deanery and is based at the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health. He has worked in elite football, rugby and marathon running. He has a particular interest in heat illness.

Dr Richard Porter currently works as a Specialty Doctor in Rheumatology and Acute Medicine within the Manchester Foundation Trust.  Outside of his NHS work, he is a Sports Medicine Doctor for Return2Play and an Independent Match Day Doctor with Premier League Rugby.  He also has roles with the England Para-football and Deaf Men’s Squads and is part of the examination panel for the Faculty of Sport...

• Originally from Cape Town, South Africa, Dr Saul Konviser is a General Dentist with a special interest in Sports Dentistry based in London, working to promote oral health amongst the sporting community, having worked with a broad range of elite athletes across football, boxing, rugby and athletics. • He has a master’s degree in International Health Policy from the London School of Economics and...

Interviewed by Dr Daire Rooney Dave Fevre is a physiotherapist who has worked at the top level of English Football for the last three decades, notably with Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Burnley, Chelsea and Leicester. David has been at the forefront of sports injury rehabilitation, performance optimisation, and return-to-play protocols at the highest level. More recently, he is working as a...

Steve is a pharmacist with a specialist expertise in medicines management within sport. He advises doctors and therapists working in sport to help achieve standards of good practice and regulatory compliance around medicines handling. He was a member of the Pharmacy Services Planning Group for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and is a member of the Clinical Governance Committee for Bri...

Interviewed be Dr Eleanor Trezise • Dr Iñigo Sarriegui is the Men’s First Team doctor at Premier League football club Southampton FC. He is also the Chief Medical Officer for Wheelchair Fencing and has previously worked in elite cycling. • Ifan Jones is a medical student who recently completed his 3rd year of studies and he is currently working as an intern in Southampton FC’s Sports Medicine and...

Dr Schulz is a physiotherapist and postdoctoral fellow at Western University and the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine centre in Canada. She conducts research focused on female athlete health across the lifespan. Her expertise lies in many areas related to this, including pregnancy and postpartum return to sport. She's also a keen sportswoman herself; she's a competitive cross country, track and field...

Dr Fearghal Kerin is a physiotherapist who has worked at the highest level in both rugby and football, including roles with Leinster Rugby and more recently, Chelsea Football Club. Fearghal has built a reputation as one of the most respected practitioners in the rehabilitation of hamstring injuries within elite sport and is widely published in the area. In the last year, he has also completed a Ph...

Professor Rob Galloway is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Royal Sussex County Hospital, Honorary Clinical Professor at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, as well as Medical Advisor and Lead Crowd Doctor for Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club. For several years he was also Medical Director for the Brighton Marathon.

Chris is the founder of the Diabetes Football Community, a project that provides guidance, support and advice about football for people with diabetes.  He was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 1999 and has a special interest in using his own experiences to help others with the condition.  Despite the complexities that come with a diabetes diagnosis, Chris became a Wales Futsal International in 201...

Dr Bryan Heiderscheit is the Frederick Gaenslen Professor in Orthopedics and Vice-Chair of Research for the Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation. He is the founding Director of the UW Health Runners’ Clinic; Director of Badger Athletic Performance with UW Athletics; and Co-director of the UW Neuromuscular Biomechanics Laboratory. His research is aimed at understanding and enhancing the clini...

Professor Haddad interviewed by Dr Eleanor Trezise - Professor of Orthopaedic and Sports Surgery and Divisional Clinical Director of Surgical Specialties at UCLH, and Director of the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH) at University College London. Medical Director of Orthopaedics, HCA UK. Editor in Chief, Bone and Joint Journal (formerly JBJS-Br).

Andy Barr is an established leader in the field of high-performance sport with over 25 years of experience working with elite professional sports teams and athletes. As well as working in professional football with Bolton, Southampton, Man City as well as his current role as a consultant for Chelsea FC, he has had the unique experience of working within the NBA as Director of Performance and Rehab...

Chris is a highly experienced Extended Scope Physiotherapist, Osteopath & MSK Sonographer. He is the current SMUG Faculty Lead, and has taught ultrasound both nationally and internationally on a variety of courses and conferences, at universities and professional sports clubs. He teaches diagnostic ultrasound as visiting lecturer at University College London (UCL) and Canterbury University. He has...

Eddie Craghill Dr Eddie Craghill is a GP with a special interest in sports medicine. Alongside his NHS GP partnership, he is a Performance Support Medical Officer at Professional Game Match Officials Limited and Medical Director at Cragford Medical. Eddie was previously the Women’s Team Doctor at Manchester United and Lead Academy Doctor at Burnley FC. He studied medicine at the University of Live...