Antony Johansen

Antony Johansen was the first UK consultant to be appointed as a full-time orthogeriatrician and has worked in the trauma unit of the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff since 1997. He has championed the specialty of orthogeriatric; co-authoring the British Orthopaedic Association’s ‘Blue Book’ on Fragility Fracture, and the NICE Guidelines on Hip Fracture.

Since 2013 he has been a clinical lead for the National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD) at the Royal College of Physicians, London. His research interests embrace the whole field of geriatric medicine, with a focus on quality improvement for older trauma patients.