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.
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 via BMI Healthcare at the Hendon Hospital, where he runs the Adult Musicians Upper Limb Clinic, and at Blackheath Hospital. He also practises at London Sports Orthopaedics, 31 Old Broad Street. Free consultations for performing arts professionals and students are available online via BAPAM.
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.
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.