Chris Oliver (surgeon)

Professor
Christopher William Oliver
BSc (Hons), MB. BS, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Tr and Orth), FRCS (Ed), FRCP (Ed), DMI RCSEd, FFSTEd. MD
Born 1960
Forest Gate, London, England
Occupation Consultant Trauma Orthopaedic Hand Surgeon, Professor Physical Activity for Health[1]
Spouse(s) Josephine Mary Hilton (1985-)
Children 2
Website orthodoc.aaos.org/chrisoliver/
Academic background
Alma mater University College Hospital, University College London
Academic work
Institutions University of Edinburgh

Professor Chris Oliver is Honorary Professor in Physical Activity for Health at Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC), University of Edinburgh.[2] He is also Specialist Consultant Trauma Orthopaedic and Hand/Wrist/Elbow Surgeon at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh & Shawfair Park Hospital.[3]

Early life and education

Chris Oliver was born in Forest Gate, East London to Dennis William Oliver and Gladys Eva Gill. His father was a pioneering headmaster in special education for underprivileged maladjusted children in East London. His father was a national swimming coach and led Oliver into many sporting activities which he pursued later in his life such as white-water kayaking and cycling. His mother Eva dared him to enter medicine as she saw “no prospect of a meaningful career as a sprint racing kayaker”.

Oliver firstly attended Gobions Junior School in Romford and then followed by Romford County Technical High School. He was the first person in his family to study medicine and graduated from University College Hospital Medical School, MB BS, now part of University College London in 1985.

Personal life

Professor Chris Oliver
Chris Oliver in Sedona, USA 2013 cycling transamerica

In 1985, Oliver married Josephine Hilton. They have two children. He is a keen endurance cyclist, and Kayaker. In 1983 he led the first British Universities Kayak Expedition to Kurdistan, Turkey.[4] In 2006 he weighed over 27 stone and had an adjustable gastric band. Subsequently he lost over 12 stone in weight. He got fit again by cycling and in 2009 he cycled Land's End to John O'Groats. In 2013 he cycled 3,415 miles from Los Angeles to Boston, USA with his younger daughter.[5] He has white-water kayaked: Grand Canyon, USA (2010), Sun Kosi River, Nepal (2011)[6][7] and Dragme Chu in Bhutan (2012). Oliver was Chairman Cyclists' Touring Club Scotland 2011-2013.

Medical career

After house jobs in Cuckfield Hospital, Sussex and Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow he then prosected anatomy at University College London (1986). He completed FRCS(Eng.) in 1989. He completed basic surgical training at Northwick Park Hospital before pursuing a career in Neurosurgery at The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in London. Not liking neurosurgery, he pursued a career in orthopaedics and trauma surgery as a registrar in Yorkshire and then senior registrar at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Oswestry. He completed a doctorate (MD) from University College London in spinal muscle physiology and artificial intelligence (1992).[8] He then completed his orthopaedic and trauma training with specialist fellowships in trauma orthopaedic surgery at Harborview Hospital, Seattle and John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. In Oxford he worked within the experimental resident on call 24 hour a day trauma service. In 1997 he moved to Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh as a Consultant Surgeon and part-time senior lecturer to Department of Trauma Orthopaedics, University of Edinburgh.[9]

He was a member of Council for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) 2002-2012.[10] He was the first director of The RCSEd Faculty of Medical Infomatics and led the development of an infomatics Diploma and MSc courses. He developed an innovative e-Learning website for the AO Foundation with AO Surgery. He was co-convener of all examinations of RCSEd 2006-2008. From 2008-2011 he was the National Chairman of the Intercollegiate Membership Royal College Surgeons (MRCS) examination for the UK and overseas and introduced and stabilised the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) exam. He has led professional surgical exams teams for the Surgical Royal Colleges in India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Oman, Kuwait, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. He was one of the first Fellows of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers RCSEd (2014). He is a Fellow of the British Society Surgery of the Hand.

In 2015 he became honorary Professor in Physical Activity for Health to Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC) at the University of Edinburgh.[11] PAHRC is a research centre within the Institute of Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences in Moray House School of Education which aims to provide evidence of how to encourage people of all ages to ‘sit less and walk more’.[12] In PAHRC he has led the development of teaching and examination of undergraduate education in physical activity throughout the United Kingdom. He is one of a team developing the first massive open online course in Physical Activity and evaluation.[13] A British Journal of Sports Medicine Blog post in April 2016 described Olivers' first year as Professor Physical Activity for Health [14]

Oliver holds strong views about obesity and physical activity and its importance in society. He believes that effective education is important in combating obesity and inactivity.

Media career

Current posts

Published work

Chris Oliver has over 400 publications and presentations. He written about medical informatics, assessment in medical education, physical activity and orthopaedic surgery.[18][19][20]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/chris-oliver%284d8f0274-4cb1-4333-9ef1-e8e282d053b2%29.html
  2. ↑ http://www.ed.ac.uk/education/rke/centres-groups/pahrc/members
  3. ↑ http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1331-6429
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNySl4PTvvQ
  5. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2013/jul/18/los-angeles-boston-united-states-rockies-bike-blog
  6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAk1gtWU994
  7. ↑ http://caledonianmercury.com/2011/06/07/all-of-scotlands-rivers-at-once-kayaking-the-sun-kosi/0020928
  8. ↑ http://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/development-of-surface-electromyographic-spectral-analysis-techniques-for-assessing-paraspinal-muscle-function%2874669c81-eb8d-4aa8-abff-f78e3e20844e%29.html
  9. ↑ http://www.ed.ac.uk/clinical-sciences/orthopaedic-surgery/staff-lists/consultants
  10. ↑ http://orthodoc.aaos.org/chrisoliver/
  11. ↑ http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/staff/appointments-awards/2015/chris-oliver-120615
  12. ↑ http://www.ed.ac.uk/education/rke/centres-groups/pahrc/about-us
  13. ↑ https://www.coursera.org/learn/get-active
  14. ↑ "BMJ Blogs: BJSM blog – social media's leading SEM voice » Blog Archive » An unlikely candidate, a year as Professor of Physical Activity for Health". blogs.bmj.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  15. ↑ http://www.ed.ac.uk/education/rke/centres-groups/pahrc/members
  16. ↑ http://orthodoc.aaos.org/chrisoliver/
  17. ↑ http://mistngo.co.uk/about-us.php
  18. ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher_Oliver
  19. ↑ http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1331-6429
  20. ↑ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/cyclingsurgeon

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