Mr Richard Nicholas, BDS, MB, BCh, BAO, MD, FRCS Edin (Trauma & Orthopaedics), FRCSI (Sports & Exercise Medicine) FFSEM (UK).

Undergraduate training at Guy's Hospital, London and Queen's University of Belfast. Postgraduate MD in normal and diseased bone cell culture. Specialist Surgical and Orthopaedic training in Northern Ireland. Overseas Sports and Orthopaedic Fellowships in NewYork and Brisbane, Australia 1995–1996. Publications in Sports and Orthopaedic Surgery. Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Royal Victoria and Musgrave Park Hospitals since 1998.