Current NHS consultant posts held
University Hospitals Bristol
Brunel Hospital Bristol
Research interests
fracture healing
disability after injury
non-union and mal-union of fracture
deformity and correction
complex regional pain syndrome
robotically assisted fracture surgery
Personal interests
sailing
skiing
opera
Awards received
Open Exhibition Exeter College Oxford 1971
Pulvertaft Prize, British Society for Surgery of the Hand 1986.
Norman Capener Fellowship, Royal College of Surgeons 1988
ABC Travelling Fellowship 1990
Mukherjee Prize, British Orthopaedic Association 1991
Hunterian Professorship, Royal College of Surgeons 1992/3
Robert Jones Medal and British Orthopaedic Association Prize 1994
Best paper European Anaesthetic Congress 1998
Ad Hominem Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Bristol 2006
(Additional) Languages spoken
- French
- Conversational
- German
- Basic
Publications
Publications in refereed journals: over 100. Most recent significant publications:
Howells NR, Hughes AW, Jackson M, Atkins RM, Livingstone JA. Interobserver and Intraobserver Reliability Assessment of Calcaneal Fracture Classification Systems. Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery. 2014; 53: 47-51.
Hadari N Atkins RM. Use of the Spatial frame without a computer. J Orthop Trauma. 2013 Feb;27(2):e42-4. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3182604664
McCann PA, Jackson M, Mitchell ST, Atkins RM. Complications of definitive open reduction and internal fixation of pilon fractures of the distal tibia. Int Orthop. 2011 Mar;35(3):413-8.
Atkins RM. NICE and venous thromboembolism. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2010 May;92(5):609-10.
Thompson McBride AR, Barnett AJ, Livingstone JA, Atkins RM. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (type 1). A comparison of two diagnostic criteria methods. Clin J Pain. 2008 Sep;24(7):637-40.
Atkins RM. NICE work. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2007 Jul;89(7):849-50
Rogers MJ, McFadyen I, Livingstone JA, Monsell F, Jackson M, Atkins RM. Computer hexapod assisted orthopaedic surgery (CHAOS) in the correction of long bone fracture and deformity. J Orthop Trauma. 2007 May;21(5):337-42.
Topliss CJ, Jackson M, Atkins RM. Anatomy of pilon fractures of the distal tibia. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2005 May;87(5):692-7
Atkins RM. The treatment of calcaneal fracture mal-union. Orthopaedic Clinics of North America 2014 in press.