[1] From 1976 to 2004 he worked as professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Manchester, becoming emeritus on retirement.
[1] He has served as president of the British Orthopaedic Association; president of the International Orthopaedic Research Society; vice-president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England; and chair of the Joint Committee for Higher Surgical Training (UK and Ireland) and of the Intercollegiate Academic Board for Sport and Exercise Medicine.
[1] He was made an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine (FFSEM) in 2014.
He gave the 2003 Hunterian Oration, with a lecture entitled Hunter's Legacy and Surgical Training and Competence in the 21st Century.
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