Faculty
Centre Lead Sports and Exercise Medicine
- Professor Nicola Maffulli MD, MS, PhD, FRCS (Orth), FFSEM
- Dr Peter Malliaras PhD, MCSP
- Dr Dylan Morrissey PhD, MSc, MMACP, MCSP
- Dr Steph Hemmings, Research Assistant PhD
- Dr Richard Twycross-Lewis, Research Supervisor PhD, MInstP
- Ms Gayle Maffulli, Research Nurse/Grant Writer
- Dr Nat Padhiar, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, FCPodS
Honorary Reader - Dr Zoë Hudson PhD, MCSP, PGCert T&L in Higher Ed
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer - Professor R Woledge
Visiting Professor - Claire Small
Honorary Lecturer - Dr Stephen Motto
Honorary Clinical Lecturer - Dr Richard Budget
Honorary Clinical Lecturer - Dr Tom Crisp
Honorary Clinical Lecturer - Jon Fearn
Honorary Lecture - Dr Zaf Iqbal
Honorary Clinical Lecturer - Dr Simon Kemp
Honorary Clinical Lecturer - Dr Mark Perry
Honorary Lecturer - Dr Simon Petrides
Honorary Lecturer - Dr Noel Pollock
Honorary Clinical Lecturer - Dr Victoria Tzortziou-Brown
Honorary Clinical Lecturer - Dr John Tanner
Honorary Lecturer
- Sue Tracey
Administration Assistant
- Rebekah Janes
- Mr David Goodier
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon - Dr Rosy Jalan
Consultant Radiologist - Mr John King
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon - Dr Dylan Morrissey
Consultant Physiotherapist and Senior Clinical Lecturer - Dr Nat Padhiar
Consultant Podiatrist and Honorary Senior Lecturer - Dr Tom Crisp
Sports Physician - Dr Muaaze Ahmad
Consultant Radiologist - Dr Sujit Vaidya
Consultant Radiologist
Sports medicine specialists working with boxing, Formula One motor racing, judo, Premiership football, hockey, swimming, rowing, cycling, gymnastics, cricket, basketball, badminton, modern pentathlon, the Olympic Medical Institute, Rugby Football Union, UK Athletics and Lawn Tennis Association.
Biographies of course team
Centre Lead - Professor Nicola Maffulli
Nicola Maffulli received his basic medical degree from the University of Napoli Medical School, Italy, in 1983. He was supposed to become a molecular biologist, but discovered Orthopaedics, and therefore embarked in a surgical career. After a stint at the Third Department of Physiology at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, between 1984 and 1985, Nicola moved to the UK where he undertook the classical training that a young budding surgeon underwent at that time. He was appointed Clinical Lecturer in Sports Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children and the Institute of Child Health, and at the then London Hospital between 1987 and 1990. During that period, he lead the clinical team in charge of the Training of Young Athletes (TOYA) study, the topic of his PgD, awarded in 1992 by the University of London. In 1991, he was appointed an Orthopaedic Registrar in the North East Thames Rotation, and in 192 he moved to Aberdeen as a Senior Registrar. In 1994, Nicola was awarded a Masters of Surgery by the University of London for his work on limb lengthening in congenital conditions. At the end of 1994, Nicola went to Hong Kong as a Lecturer in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery. A six month stint became longer and longer, and he was appointed an Associate Professor in 1995. In Mid 1996, Nicola was back in Aberdeen as a Senior Lecturer in Orthopaedics, and in 1998 he gained the MD degree from that University for work on the Achilles tendon. In 2001, he moved to Keele University as the Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery. There, he established an extremely productive research programme, and in December 2008 returned to London as the Centre Lead and Professor of Sports and Exercise Medicine. An ESSKA Sports Medicine Travelling Fellow in 1997 and an ABC Travelling Fellow in 1998, Nicola has been the President of the British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma Association, and sits on many committees in Sports Medicine and in Trauma and Orthopaedics. He is an Editorial Board Member of some ten Sports Medicine and Trauma and Orthopaedic Journals.
Nicola's continuing research interests are varied, and reflect his training in molecular biology, cardiovascular physiology, and musculo-skeletal medicine. The recent research thrust has been in the genetics of orthopaedic conditions, in tissue engineering of tendons, and mesenchimal stem cell therapy for tendinopathy. He performs clinical research on tendinopathy, and has carried out many randomized controlled trials in musculo-skeletal medicine. During the years, Nicola has established a host of collaborations in the UK and abroad, and has lead multidisciplinary research teams in multicentre trials.
He has published more that 450 articles in peer reviewed journals, and has edited several textbooks, the latest one being ‘Postgraduate Orthopaedics’. In 2009, 'Sports Medicine in Combat Sports' is due for publication. Please see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ [new window].
Dr Peter Malliaras, Senior Clinical Lecturer and MSc Lead
Dr Peter Malliaras is a Senior Clinical Lecturer and leads the masters programme in Sport and Exercise Medicine at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University London. An experienced physiotherapist, Peter has worked with elite athletes at the Victorian Institute of Sport (Australia) as well as National and International level football, volleyball and basketball players and Olympic track and field athletes. He has toured with sports teams in Australia, Asia and Europe, including the Commonwealth Games (Melbourne, 2006) and World Weightlifting Championships (Thailand, 2007). A great clinical interest is the management of difficult tendinopathies in the upper and lower limb. Peter works in two multidisciplinary tendinopathy clinics alongside sports physicians and surgeons who all specialise in tendinopathy. In this capacity he often consults to elite athletes, including premier league and championship football players, elite rugby and tennis players, and any others who succumb to tendinopathy.
Tendinopathy is also Peter’s primary research focus. His PhD identified novel factors that may increase the risk of patellar tendinopathy. Recent research has included reviews and original research into the pathogenesis and management of Achilles, rotator cuff tendinopathy, and tennis elbow. His work has been published in peer reviewed international sports medicine journals, including the British and American Journal of Sports Medicine. Peter enjoys post-graduate lecturing and is a regular invited speaker at conferences.
Dr Dylan Morrissey, Consultant Physiotherapist and Senior Clinical Lecturer
Dr Morrissey is a consultant physiotherapist and senior clinical lecturer with 15 years of experience working in sport and exercise medicine. After initial training he worked for four years at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, then ran the Sports Rehabilitation Gymnasium at Mile End Hospital for another four years. Since then he has developed a clinical academic role. He spent five years working with the London Leopards, the UK basketball champions for two of those years: and has also worked with professional rugby (both codes), paralympic athletes and international athletics. He has been a representative on the British Olympic Association physiotherapy committee. He leads the intercalated BSc in sports and exercise medicine and the MSc modules relating to sports injury assessment. The intercalated BSc is now the most popular at Queen Mary, University of London, having doubled its intake for the current academic year. He completed an MSc with research distinction (Manipulative Physiotherapy) at University College London in 1998 and a PhD in 2005 at King’s College London /Queen Mary investigating the link between movement and pathology at the shoulder. He is currently actively researching the following areas:
- Evidence and consensus based pathways for physiotherapy (funded by Nuffield Proactive Health)
- Effective delivery of exercise as a health tool (multiple strands)
- Trunk and lower limb muscle timing in patients with low back pain
- Measurement and management of tendinopathy
- Assessment and management of shoulder conditions (in collaboration with King’s College London and Southampton University)
- Rehabilitation of lower limb injury (in collaboration with King’s College London)
Dr Steph Hemmings
Steph was awarded her PhD, entitled ‘Physiological Characteristics of the Elite Adolescent Athlete’, from Loughborough University. Prior to this she completed a BSc (First Class Hons) in Sports Science, and subsequently an MSc in Exercise Physiology, both also at Loughborough University. Her research interests include the role of maturation in the development of physiological characteristics of elite young athletes, and acclimation during intermittent exercise in the heat. Steph also has over five years experience in physiological testing of elite athletes for various National Governing Bodies of Sport, including the R.F.U., R.F.U.W., Great Britain and Ireland Rugby Football League, U.K. Athletics, and British Triathlon.
Qualifications: BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD.
Dr Richard Twycross-Lewis
Richard was awarded his PhD in Medical Engineering from the Department of Engineering at Queen Mary, University of London where he developed flow chambers to study the effects of linear spatial fluid shear stress gradients on cultured endothelial cells. He also has an MRes in Advanced Instrumentation Systems from UCL and a BSc in Sport & Exercise Science from London South Bank University. As well as experience in bio-fluid mechanics and tissue engineering, Richard has research experience in surface EMG signal analysis and breath by breath measurement of the slow component of oxygen uptake kinetics during exercise intensities above the lactate threshold. Richard is an Associate Member of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) and a full member of both the British Microcirculaton Society and European Microcirculation Society.
In addition to his research activities, Richard is a competitive powerlifter. He has won 7 British titles for the bench press and has represented Great Britain at 7 European Bench Press Championships, 6 World Bench Press Championships and 2 international invitational championships under International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) sanction. Richard recently placed 8th at the 2008 European Bench Press Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia with a bench press of 217.5kg in the 100kg weight class.
Qualifications: BSc (Hons), MRes (Lond), PhD (Lond), MInstP
Mrs Gayle Maffulli
Mrs Gayle Maffulli has over ten years working as a Research Nurse/Trials Co-ordinator in Trauma and Orthopaedics. Prior to this she worked for 10 years as a Trauma Nurse in charge of a busy trauma ward and hence has a good knowledge base around trauma, orthopaedics and musculoskeletal injuries and conditions. Gayle has co-ordinated randomised controlled trials to which she has recruited hundreds of patients. Gayle has been involved in both qualitative and qualitative research from initiation of idea through to recruitment and follow up. Gayle has presented at both national and international conferences. Gayle has recently joined the Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine as a Trials Manager/Research Nurse. She is presently teaching on the intercalated BSc in sports and exercise medicine and the MSc modules relating to trials and ethics. She is currently actively researching the following areas:
Proximal fractures of the humerus: Evaluation by Randomisation to which we are a recruiting centre (HTA funded trial for which the University of Teesside is the main centre)
Role of exercise and diet in disuse atrophy in patients requiring total hip replacement (an EU funded project for which we will be a recruiting centre with Manchester Metropolitan University being the main sponsors).
Decision making in healthcare a qualitative study.
Nutrition and hip fracture patients (applying for funding for this project).
Biographies of Honoraries
Dr Thomas A Crisp
Dr Crisp runs sports injuries clinics and treats musculo-skeletal injuries in London and Essex and has done for 25 years. He has worked as HQ medical Officer to British Olympic Team in USA in 1996 and was Chief Medical Officer to GB Paralympic Team in Sydney in 2000. He was Chief Medical Officer to GB team in World Student Games from 1993 to 1997 and now works on International Medical Commission of FISU (International University Sports Federation) in which capacity he oversees the medical care and dope testing at University Games and Championships. He has looked after London Division Rugby (for 7 years) and Essex County Cricket (for 8 years).
Dr Crisp attended the sports medicine course based then at Royal London Hospital in 1986 and gained the diploma with merit. He soon afterwards began to work as in the sports clinic at The London and later Mile End and continued this until 2000. In 1990 he was appointed as a lecturer in the Recreation and Sports Studies Unit at East London University where he set up and taught modules on sports injury treatment, prevention and rehabilitation on the Sports Science and Health Studies BSc. He was also appointed as a part time lecturer at Essex University where he taught on the Sports Science MSc course from 1995-2000.
He was a tutor to the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine teaching amongst other things the General (later Foundation) Course for 6 years. He has taught on many of the modules of the Queen Mary MSc in Sports and Exercise Medicine and has been an examiner for the last 12 years. In 2007 he was appointed as module leader for injection module.
He is at present researching treatment of Achilles tendinopathy and has lectured on this and other subjects around the world.
Dr Zoë Hudson
Zoë is an advisor to London 2012 Olympic bid. Principal research interests include lower limb rehabilitation and return to elite sport, ACL injury, ITB biomechanics and physical activity and health in the general population. With publications to her credit, she has been editor for Physical Therapy in Sport, an international peer reviewed journal, for the last 6 years. An invited speaker to many national and international conferences. Zoë is an Honorary Fellow of the University of East London (UEL), and was invited to open the new campus in Docklands with Mayor Ken Livingstone. Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at UEL 1996-2002. Prior to this, after qualifying from Sheffield, she worked clinically at Barts and North Middlesex Hospitals. As a private practitioner, Zoë has worked in sport for the last 10 years at international level. She has worked with national squads in rugby, swimming (able bodied and disabled), basketball and volleyball. Major competitions include Team England, Manchester 2002, GB Paralympic team, Sydney 2000, and GB team World University Games, Beijing 2001, Palma 1999.
Hauling a sledge more than her own bodyweight, Zoë was part of the first all-women’s expedition to reach the North Pole in 1997 and the first British women’s expedition to reach the South Pole in 2000. She ran an expedition base camp in the high Arctic for 3 months in 2002 and has recently been to Greenland and helped guide a ski tour in Spitzbergen. Honoured at the Pride of Britain and Women of the Year awards, Guinness Book of Records.
Dr Stephen Motto
Dr Stephen Motto is a full-time Sports and Musculoskeletal Physician at London Bridge Hospital, London UK and Honorary Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London. He specialised in Sports and Musculoskeletal Medicine after General Practice training was completed in 1988. He worked as a medical officer for the British Olympic Medical Centre and British International Rowing teams for a number of years. He was team physician for the Light-Weight Rowing team for the 1992 World Championships in Montreal, Canada, and was a member of the HQ medical staff in the Holding Camp for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He also worked as a Hospital Physician in the Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Royal London Homeopathic Hospital until 2003. He is currently on the Editorial Board for a journal called International Musculoskeletal Medicine and is a founding member of the European College of Sports and Exercise Physicians. His particular interests include the management of chronic exertional lower limb pain and low back pain. He also practices medical acupuncture and interested in the use of pulsed electromagnetic therapy, shockwave therapy and intravenous laser irradiation.
Qualifications: BM DipSportsMed Dip M-S Med DipMedAc FFSEM FFSEM(UK)
Dr Nat Padhiar
After graduating in Podiatry from Chelsea School, Nat Padhiar pursued a clinical career in Podiatric Surgery and Biomechanics, and an academic career in Sports Medicine specific to Podiatry. In 1989 he was awarded a research-based Master of Science degree with distinction. This research was supported by ARC grant and was titled 'A prospective study to evaluate radiological and biomechanical changes following Hallux Valgus surgery'. In 1993 he became Fellow of the Surgical Faculty, College of Podiatrists. In 1999 he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in the field of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine from St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary College, London University. In 1997 he was given a Gold Award for his presentation at the Scientific Meeting of British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine. The presentation was in the field of Chronic Compartment Syndrome, which was the basis of his PhD thesis.
In 1991 he was appointed Honorary Consultant Podiatrist in the Rheumatology Department at The Royal London Hospital. He is at present holding a dual Consultant Podiatrist post at The Royal London Hospital in the Musculoskeletal and Surgical Directorate and, also at the Mile End Hospital in the Foot Health Department.
He is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer, Internal Examiner and Module Leader in The Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine (CSEM), Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry. In the last decade he has supervised over 30 research projects submitted by MSc students in SEM. He is also a co-supervisor for undergraduate research in the Medical Engineering Department, Queen Mary, University of London. He has authored and co-authored peer reviewed papers and, has presented a lot of his work at conferences throughout the world.
Nat Padhiar is a keen sportsman continuing to play cricket, tennis and taking part in endurance sport (28 marathons). He has represented Uganda School boys at cricket.
In his professional capacity he has been part of the medical team and has attended World Student Games (1991), Commonwealth Games (2002), Island Games (2003), Everest Marathon (1993, 1995), Mongolian Sunrise to Sunset Marathon (2001-2003), Daily Telegraph/British Brain and Spine Foundation London Marathon Team (1999-present).
Dr Mark Perry
Mark Perry obtained his PhD on the muscle physiology of ageing from King's College London in 2005. He then took up a post-doctoral position at Curtin University in Western Australia, researching adolescent spinal pain. He has 8 years of research experience with needle and surface EMG, motion analysis, photographic posture measurement, muscle tremor measurement, isokinetic dynamometry, knee function/laxity testing and the analysis of large epidemiological datasets. He also has four years clinical experience as a Chartered Physiotherapist.
Qualifications: BEd (Hons), BSc (Hons), PhD (Lond).
Ms Claire Small
Claire has both an Undergraduate and Masters Degrees in Physiotherapy from the University of Queensland in Australia. She has worked in the UK since 1995, initially alongside other MACP (Manipulation Association of Chartered Physiotherapists) qualified physiotherapists in a private physiotherapy practise. Six years ago, she was involved in setting up Pure Sports Medicine, a multidisciplinary clinic in London, where she is Clinical Director. Her clinical caseload consists primarily of patients with lumbopelvic and hip /groin pain and dysfunction and she has a special interest in the role altered motor control plays in the manifestation of these conditions. She is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary’s, University of London as well as a guest lecturer and examiner for other MSc courses and the MACP. She is a reviewer for Physical Therapy in Sport.
Expertise:
Sports Injuries
Low Back, pelvic, groin and hip pain and pathology
Pregnancy and Post partum pelvic girdle pain
Musculoskeletal rehabilitation
Physiotherapy
Dr Victoria Tzortziou Brown
Dr Tzortziou Brown is a GP in Tower Hamlets with a special interest in musculoskeletal conditions. She is a clinical lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London where she teaches undergraduates in Sports and Exercise Medicine and leads the BSc module on Injuries and Medical problems in sport. She is also an Associate Research Fellow at Warwick University carrying out research on the management of musculoskeletal conditions in the community. She has experience on systematic reviews and questionnaire surveys. Her other interests include GP education, health policy and women’s health. Victoria has been an RCGP council member since 2007.
