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 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) (2003–present)
- National Joint Registry (NJR) — Regional Clinical Co-ordinator for the South West SHA (2003–present)
- Co–ordinator — European Arthroplasty Courses
- Co–ordinator — Bristol Hip Arthroplasty Course
- Affiliated staff member — Centre for Orthopaedic Biomechanics, University of Bristol.
- Affiliated staff member — Centre for Orthopaedic Biomechanics, University of Bath
- Faculty member Birmingham Resurfacing Hip Replacement Group(2001-present)
- Journal reviewer — Hip International — ongoing
- Advisor for the British Orthopaedic Association — Primary Total Hip Replacement: A Guide to Good Practice — published (2006)
- Ethics committee member (2006)
- Advisor to British Hip Society concerning problem/negligence cases — ongoing
Recent Blog Entries
Appointments
To make an appointment e–mail Sue Misir, secretary to Mr Evert Smith, or telephone:
- 0117 907 4228 (private)
- 0117 959 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.