The 6th Annual Meeting of the UK Biological Knee Society — our best meeting yet!
January, 2020 Mr Joel Melton & Mr Ioannis Pengas hosted the 6th Annual Meeting of the BKS in Cambridge, at the spectacular venue of Downing College. The facilities were first class, and once again the organisation and running of the meeting was supremely professional, thanks to David Penford and the fantastic team at Clockwork Medical…. |
A new BKS Executive Team
January2020 BKS Founders Ian McDermott and Neil Bradbury were awarded honorary lifetime membership. Mike McNicholas and David Elson were elected to office |
Dr Pat Smith awarded Honorary Membership of the BKS
February 02, 2019 We are delighted to announce that Dr Pat Smith, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon from Missouri, has accepted Lifetime International Honorary Membership of the UK Biological Knee Society |
Steve Bollen’s open letter to the Editor of the BMJ about the role of knee arthroscopy
February 13, 2018 A lot seems to have been published recently in various medical (non-surgical) journals inappropriately demonising the role of knee arthroscopy, and suggesting that “it doesn’t work”. Vitally, there has been significant misunderstanding and misinterpretation of the genuine evidence that is actually available in the published scientific literature. There is a definite role for knee arthroscopy. Steve's letter rebuffs the views proposed in the 2017 BMJ article |
Prof Leela Biant awarded Honorary Membership of the BKS
February 13, 2018 Congratulations go to Professor Leela Biant on being awarded the first ever Honorary Membership of the UK Biological Knee Society for her outstanding contributions to UK knee surgery, particularly with her immense contributions to the recent NICE appraisal of Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation! |