Orthopaedics

Broad Category
Services, therapies, and modalities
Music / arts / performance health, BAPAM Clinic, Focal dystonia management, Technique / ergonomics / posture / instruments / props / equipment
Regions Covered
London, Central London, North London, Online/Telephone/Remote
Address
BAPAM London, Holborn / PhysioEd Belsize Park
Practitioner Name
Qualifications/registration
MBBS (1986), Orthopaedic & Surgical Training (1987-1996), MSc Performing Arts Medicine (UCL 2012), Piano Teaching & Performance Diploma (1989)
Information (Note: telephone numbers are available via BAPAM helpline)

Dr Hara Trouli is a highly experienced musculoskeletal doctor who has worked extensively with professionals and student performers. She offers diagnostic assessments and advice for all musculoskeletal performance-related problems. A keen piano player,

In 2011 Hara joined the first Masters degree in Performing Arts Medicine at University College London and graduated with distinction in 2012. Her MSc  Research Thesis focused on the Muscular Contraction in the Arms of Pianists. Since 2015 she  is appointed by UCL as the Course Lead where she runs and develops the Masters, Diploma and Certificate postgraduate studies. She is involved in multiple academic activities and she also organises the PAM DAY once every year at UCL.

She is a clinician for the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine and has developed a Musicians' Clinic in London where she works together with of a multidisciplinary team looking after musicians' injuries.

Broad Category
Services, therapies, and modalities
Music / arts / performance health, BAPAM Clinic, Scans / diagnostic imaging, Steroid or other therapeutic injection, Surgery, Technique / ergonomics / posture / instruments / props / equipment
Regions Covered
London, Central London, North London, South London, Online/Telephone/Remote
Address
BAPAM London / BMI Hendon and Blackheath / City of London
Practitioner Name
Qualifications/registration
MA MBBChir FRCS(Tr&Orth)
Registration, insurance and DBS checks
Current professional registration, insurance and DBS confirmed
Information (Note: telephone numbers are available via BAPAM helpline)

Mr Mark Phillips is a Hand and Upper Limb Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in musicians and other performing artists. He is an expert on hand, wrist and upper limb conditions including pain, tendonitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, stiffness of joints, focal dystonia, joint instability, arthritis, Dupuytren's contracture and fractures. Mark employs a holistic approach and a low conversion rate to surgery. He is a keen player of trumpet and guitar. Private appointments are available at London Sports Orthopaedics, Old Broad Street (Musicians' Hand Clinic). Free consultations for performing arts professionals and students are available online via BAPAM.

Broad Category
Profession
Services, therapies, and modalities
Music / arts / performance health
Address
BAPAM London, Holborn / BlackBerry Clinics
Practitioner Name
Qualifications/registration
PhD Orthopaedics, MD Orthopaedics, MBBS
Information (Note: telephone numbers are available via BAPAM helpline)

Nikos Reissis is an Orthopaedic Consultant who advises on performance-related musculoskeletal problems, particularly upper and lower limb, and spinal problems. He is Honorary Associate Professor at University College London (UCL) and lectures on the UCL Performing Arts Medicine MSc programme. He has worked with artists including dancers, actors, musicians, gymnasts. Holds a free online BAPAM clinic monthly (contact us directly for appointments), and also provides private Musculoskeletal and Performing Arts Medicine assessments at the Blackberry Clinics, both online and face to face. Blackberry Clinics can be contacted at 01908 604666 and reception@blackberryclinic.co.uk.

Broad Category
Services, therapies, and modalities
Music / arts / performance health, NHS consultations (including Choose and Book), Scans / diagnostic imaging, Steroid or other therapeutic injection
Regions Covered
Yorkshire and Humberside, Online/Telephone/Remote
Address
York / Bridlington
Practitioner Name
Qualifications/registration
BSc (Hons), MBBS, MRCS, FRCS (Tr&Orth) MSc, European Diploma of Hand Surgery
Registration, insurance and DBS checks
Current professional registration, insurance and DBS confirmed
Information (Note: telephone numbers are available via BAPAM helpline)

Sunil Auplish is a shoulder, elbow, hand and wrist surgeon (trauma and orthopaedics) with a strong interest in treating professional musicians and performance artists. Consults on problems including arthritis, ganglion, Dupuytren's disease, contractures, wrist instability, nerve entrapment, carpal tunnel syndrome, numbness and weakness, posture-related muscular problems, fractures, tendonitis, joint and ligament injuries. Can see both NHS and private patients. Sunil's NHS practice is based at the York District and Bridlington Hospitals. He consults privately at the Nuffield Hospital and Clifton Park Hospital in York.