He is a regular speaker at international conferences, giving seminars on minimally invasive hip surgery, and co–designed the Exceed ABT Acetabular system hip prosthesis with Biomet Inc.
Present Appointment
- Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol.
- North Bristol NHS Trust.
Southmead Hospital and Avon Orthopaedic Centre,
Westbury-on-Trym,
Bristol.
BS10 5NB - Contact information
- General Medical Council Registration Number: 2695709
University Education
- University of Cape Town (Marine Biology) 1971–1975
Medical Education
- University of the Witwatersrand 1976–1979
Academic Qualifications
- BSc (Cape Town) 1975
- MB BCh (Rand) 1979
- FRCS (Edinburgh) 1986
Specialist Registration
- Certificate of Higher Surgical Training in Orthopaedic Surgery (RCS Edinburgh) 1992
- Specialist Registration in Orthopaedic Surgery (Health Professions Council of South Africa) 1992
Fellowships
- Lillie Research Fellowship (Harvard University) 1991
Specialist Experience
- Revision hip surgery
- Complex primary hip replacements and resurfacing hip replacements
- Arthritis surgery of the hip and knee
- Prosthetic design: Exceed Acetabular System
- Minimally Invasive Surgery of the hip
- Joint Registers
- Medical Ethics
Membership Of Societies
- British Hip Society
- European Hip Society
- British Association for Surgery of the Knee
- British Orthopaedic Association
- British Orthopaedic Research Society
- European Orthopaedic Research Society
British Hip Society:
- Nominated as Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel 2003
- MIS assessor 2006
- Nominated for Clinical Excellence Award for 2008
Publications
Publications in the field of hip and knee arthroplasty.
Presentations
Ongoing role participating in national and international meetings.
Research
- Evaluation of irradiated bone chips in impaction grafting
- Cementless acetabular cup system
- Metal on metal hip articulating surfaces in cementless total hip arthroplasty
- Co–applicant for National Institute of Health (NIH) for metal on metal hip articulating surfaces
- Retrieval study
Audit
- International Kinemax knee outcome study (Contributing surgeon)
- Resurfacing hip replacement (national audit)
- Minimally Invasive Surgery (national audit)
- Radiographic evaluation following total hip replacement
International and National Orthopaedic Contributions
- Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel (ODEP)
- National Joint Registry (NJR) — Regional Clinical Co-ordinator for the South West SHA
- Co–ordinator — European Arthroplasty Courses
- Co–ordinator — Bristol Hip Arthroplasty Course
- Contributor and Member of the Advisory Group for the Donaldson Arthritis Research Foundation Center
- Affiliated staff member — Centre for Orthopaedic Biomechanics, University of Bath
- Faculty member Birmingham Resurfacing Hip Replacement Group
- Journal reviewer — Hip International
- Journal reviewer — Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS)
- Advisor for the British Orthopaedic Association — Primary Total Hip Replacement: A Guide to Good Practice — published (2006)
- Executive committee member, and Co-Founder of the International Hip Resurfacing Society
- Ethics committee member (2006-2009)
- Advisor to British Hip Society concerning problem/negligence cases
Recent Blog Entries
- World Cup Football 2010
- The Berlin Revision Hip Meeting 2010 – Advances in Revision Hip Arthroplasty
- Bristol Hip Meeting 2009
- London Hip Meeting 2009
- International Hip Resurfacing Symposium
- Taperloc 25th Anniversary Meeting, Rome
- Bristol Hip Meeting
- 10th Annual Update in Hip & Knee Arthroplasty and Bearing Surfaces, California
- New Vice Chancellor for University of Cape Town
- New Hip Brings Good Luck!
- Latin American Orthopaedic Symposium
- Back To My Roots
- Belgium To Bristol
- Lunch with Louis
- Budapest Revision Hip Symposium, November 2007
Upcoming Events
-
9th European Hip Society Meeting
Invited faculty member to present on Ceramic on Ceramic bearing surfaces in total
09 Sep 2010–11 Sep 2010
Athens, Greece
Appointments
To make an appointment e–mail Sue Misir, secretary to Mr Evert Smith, or telephone:
- 0117 907 4228 (private)
- 0117 323 5194 (NHS)
For an NHS appointment your GP will need to refer you. How?
Evert Smith is an Orthopaedic Surgeon in whom I have absolute faith and confidence.
Bob Gibbons, 2007.