Curriculum Vitae
Mr. RHIDIAN LYN MORGAN-JONES
MB.BCh. FRCS (Ed), M.Med.Sci.
FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Consultant
Specialist Knee Surgeon & Regional Surgeon for Infection, Non-union & Deformity
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
BUPA Hospital, Cardiff
POSTGRADUATE QUALIFICATIONS
1998 FRCS (Trauma & Orthopaedics)
1997 Masters Degree in Medical Sciences, Keele University
1993 FRCS (Edinburgh)
1989 MB.BCh. (Wales)
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
1984 - 1989 University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, Wales.
1977 - 1984 Maes-y-Dderwen Comprehensive School, Ystradgynlais
SPORTS MEDICINE AFFILIATIONS
ATHLETICS Regional Medical Officer
British Amateur Athletic Federation
RUGBY
Welsh Rugby Union Womens Team, Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon
Caerphilly RFC, Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon
Cardiff Medicals RFC, Vice-President
Aesculopians R.F.C. (Founder Member)
FOOTBALL
Llanelli FC & Newport County AFC, Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon
FACULTY MEMBER
DePuy Revision Panel
AO (Trauma)
ORTHOFIX (External Fixation)
UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE, Surgical Skills Unit (Knee Replacement)
ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS, Basic Surgical Skills
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
OVERSEAS FELLOWSHIPS
CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS & INFECTED JOINT REVISION
Dr E.E.G.Lautenbach, Johannesburg, South Africa (March / April 1999)
Dr Charles Lautenbach has an unrivalled international experience in the field of chronic osteomyelitis and revision of infected joint replacement. During his career he has managed over 7,000 infected cases, successfully using a suction-irrigation system for antibiotic delivery and lavage. This fellowship allowed extensive exposure to a variety of chronically infected lower limb, upper limb and spinal cases. The aetiology of his patients ranged from post-arthroplasty and trauma, to lower limb infections in diabetics and spina bifida. My time in South Africa allowed me to consolidate the training in chronic osteomyelitis and problem fractures which I had already gained working with Prof. Richardson in Oswestry and Mr Peter Thomas in Stoke-on-Trent. Dr Lautenbach's "hands on" approach to teaching has gave me a unique operative experience which has proved invaluable in establishing a Regional Problem Fracture Service in South Wales
KNEE SURGERY
Dr M.J.Cross, Sydney, Australia (July 1999-June 2000)
Dr Cross is regarded as the foremost knee surgeon in Australia and has a thoroughly justified international reputation. His philosophy of knee surgery from "womb to tomb" makes his fellowship a diverse and rewarding surgical experience. Dr Cross' main interests are in primary and revision knee replacement, patello-femoral disease and cruciate reconstruction. In addition to the extensive operative training, the fellowship also had a large emphasis on research. The fundamental principles of knee surgery I learnt from Dr Cross have formed the basis of my tertiary knee service at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
ORTHOPAEDIC ROTATION
Sp Registrar 6 / Knee Fellow Dr Mervyn J. Cross
July 1999-June 2000 North Sydney Orthopaedic Centre, Australia
Sp Registrar 51998/9 RJ&AH Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry
Sp Registrar 41997/8 North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke
Sp Registrar 31996/7 RJ&AH Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry
Sp Registrar 21995/6 North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke
Sp Registrar 11994/5 Stafford District General Hospital, Stafford
BASIC SURGICAL ROTATION
SHO Plastics & Burns 1994/5 St.Lawrence Hospital, Chepstow
SHO General Surgery 1993/4 East Glamorgan General Hospital
Trauma & Orthopaedics 1992/3 Cardiff Royal Infirmary
Anatomy Demonstrator 1992 Birmingham Medical School
SHO Urology1991/2 Cardiff Royal Infirmary
SHO A & E 1991 Cardiff Royal Infirmary
SHO Orthopaedics 1990/1 Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport
HO General Medicine1990 Cardiff Royal Infirmary
HO General Surgery1989/90 University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
PRIZES & AWARDS
June 1999: Professor's Medal, Old Oswestrians, Oswestry
Mar 1999: BOA / Wishbone Trust Travelling Fellowship
Chronic Osteomyelitis & Septic Arthritis, South Africa
Jan 1999: Ethicon Foundation/ RCSEd Travelling Fellowship
Chronic Osteomyelitis & Septic Arthritis, South Africa
May 1998: Welsh Orthopaedic Society, Best Paper
Vertical Transtalar Pin Fixation in Severe Ankle Fractures
Jan 1998: BOA / Smith & Nephew Research Award
The Inter-Cruciate Ligament of the Human Knee
June 1997: Professor’s Medal, Old Oswestrians, Oswestry
Suction-Irrigation Systems in Chronic Osteomyelitis
April 1995: Harrison Prize, Naughton Dunn Club
An Audit of Theatre Scrubrooms in a D.G.H.