About Mr Chris Oliver FRCS(Tr & Orth)
Background
CW Oliver full curriculum vitae including publications. (word file)CW Oliver full curriculum vitae
Certification
- FRCS (Tr & Orth) Intercollegiate Board Royal Colleges United Kingdom, 1995 Recertified, appraisal
Education
- Undergraduate
- University College London and University College Hospital , London, England MB BS BSc, Medicine plus honours intercalated BSc 1985
- Internship
- Department of Surgery, Northwick Park Hospital , Harrow, England Basic Surgical Training 1986-88
- Internship
- York-Leeds-Harrogate Rotation, Yorkshire, England Junior Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Residency 1989-92
- Residency
- Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry & Stoke-on-Trent, England Senior Registrar Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Residency 1994-96
- Fellowship
- Back Pain Service, Middlesbrough General Hospital, Cleveland, England Doctorate of Medicine (DM) in Back Pain Physiology 1992-94
- Fellowship
- Harborveiw Medical Centre, Seattle, Washington State, USA Trauma Fellowship 1995
- Fellowship
- Oxford Trauma Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Orthopaedic Trauma at Consultant Grade 1996-97
Hospital/academic affiliations
Hospital- Edinburgh Orthopaedic Trauma Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, Scotland
- Murrayfield Hospital | Edinburgh, Scotland
- Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer Orthopaedics - Edinburgh University | Edinburgh, Scotland
- Faculty of Examiners, Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh | Edinburgh, Scotland
Society memberships
Specialty Society Memberships- Orthopaedic Trauma Association
- Chris Oliver is registered as an orthopaedic and trauma specialist CCHST by: The General Medical Council (number 3008685), Medical and Dental Medical Defence Society of Scotland (member)
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Fellow
- British Orthopaedic Association Fellow
- British Society for Surgery of the Hand Fellow
Achievements
Chris Oliver has featured in the media; Internet, radio and television in relation to obesity issues. He has a blog "Morbid Obesity to Triathlons". In 2009 was the featured medical writer for the BBC Scrubbing Up Column "Time to Get Tough on Obesity".
Chris Oliver has written extensively on the surgical Internet especially in relation to quality of information, coping with information overload, efficacy of Internet search engines, picture archiving and communication systems and ways of marketing the surgical Internet. Established the Orthopod International Mailing List in 1997. Was webmaster for British Orthopaedic Association and established their first website. Chief editor of Orthogate in its early stages of evolution. He has over 400 publications and presentations.
Community activities
I had a previous life as a expedition whitewater canoeist and paddled on rivers in Europe, Yukon, Alaska, India, Turkey and Bhutan.
I enjoy cycling (Land's End to John O'Groats 2009), spinning, diving, sailing, skiing and computing.
Contact Information
Edinburgh Orthopaedic Trauma Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh, GBR EH16 4SU View map Phone 0131 242 3402 Fax 0131 242 3467
Edinburgh Hand Surgery Clinic, Spire Shawfair Park Hospital, Opening Spring 2010, spirehealthcare.com/ShawfairPark Edinburgh, GBR EH22 View map Phone 0131 334 0363 Fax 0131 316 2561
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