James B. Richardson PhD

James Richardson is a Professor of Orthopaedics at Keele University. He received his MD from Aberdeen university and studied in several Centres across the UK before reaching Oswestry. His studies began with the biomechanics of fracture healing but even then he studied cells in culture. His focus is now on the repair of cartilage, in particular with the use of cartilage cells cultured from the patient to be treated. He uses the novel Vitamin E loaded polythene ‘ Vitamys’ implant for hip replacement.

At the Oswestry Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust James Richardson is responsible for the co-ordinating diagnosis, treatment and research of patients with cartilage defects. He is the Clinical Director of Oscell, an MHRA approved cell production facility operating at the NHS trust. As Director of the Institute of Orthopaedics he has a role in enabling courses run by the Institute and a series of books published to provide education in orthopaedics.

Different clinical trials are run with the intention of developing and testing cell therapies in orthopaedics. He is Principal investigator on two MRC grants (ACTIVE and ASCOT) and a Co-Investigator for the Arthritis Research UK Tissue Engineering Centre Grant.”