Andrew Carr MCh, DSc, FRCS, FMedSci

Andy Carr is the Nuffield Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Oxford. He is an inter-disciplinary researcher distinguished for evaluating and developing surgical implants and technologies and for his leadership in surgical and musculoskeletal research.
He was born in Yorkshire and educated at Bradford Grammar School, where he was head of school, and the University of Bristol. He trained as a surgeon in Sheffield, Oxford, Seattle and Melbourne and undertook research fellowships at the Weatherall Institute of molecular medicine in Oxford and the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. While training with John Goodfellow in Oxford his research into surgical implants included defining the use of the Oxford Knee as a partial knee replacement. The Oxford Knee has been successfully implanted in over 1 million patients worldwide. He established the shoulder surgery unit in Oxford and is a past President of the British Shoulder and Elbow Society.