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External resources

• Mr Phillips' website

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon,
Exeter Knee Reconstruction Unit
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital,
Exeter

Research interests

Mr Phillips is involved in active research in knee surgery as well as speaking regularly nationally and internationally as an invited speaker.

Mr Phillips’ main research interests are in pain and infection after knee replacement. He is currently involved in a number of local and national randomised controlled trials in knee surgery at EKRU.

He has over ten peer-reviewed publications in research journals and he is on the editorial committee of a popular orthopaedic journal (BJ360).

Personal interests

Mr. Phillips enjoys spending time outdoors with his young family, going for walks on Dartmoor or on paddleboarding along the coast. He is a keen sportsman & enjoys playing rugby & tennis.

In 2016, Mr Phillips won the Bovey Tracey Men's Veterans Tennis Competition, and in 2017 was the Mixed Doubles Champion and runner up in the main club competition. He currently represents Bovey Tracey Tennis Club in regular matches.

Awards received

Merit awarded for Master’s Degree, University of Bath, June 2015

UKITE (UK In-Training Examination) Prize East Midlands North Dec 2011

Poster prize, British Hip Society, Sheffield, Jan 2010

East Midlands Research Meeting Prize November 2010.

Publications

R Petretta, JRA Phillips, AD Toms. Management of acute periprosthetic infection of the knee – algorithms for the on call surgeon. Invited review publication for the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. Awaiting publication.

Invited to write three chapters for 3rd edition of Postgraduate Orthopaedics (P Banaskiewicz). ’How to prepare for the FRCS examinations’ and ‘What to read’ as well as ‘Lower Limb Trauma’. Submitted and awaiting publication.

JRA Phillips, H Burton, N Badhe, CG Moran, N Vollaard, BJ Ollivere. Dissertation for Master’s degree in Sports and Exercise Medicine University of Bath February 2015. Comparative cohort study of proprioception, clinical and functional outcome after multiligament knee injury

F Shivji, JRA Phillips, B Gooding, DP Forward, P Manning. Exploring the effects of delivering 24 hour major trauma care on the operative experience of orthopaedic trainees: an observational study. Royal College of Surgeons of England, The Bulletin 2015; 97 (9): 393-396.

JRA Phillips, B Hopwood, C Arthur, R Stroud, AD Toms. The natural history of pain and neuropathic pain after knee arthroplasty: a prospective cohort study of the point prevalence of pain and neuropathic pain to a minimum three-year follow up. Bone and Joint Journal 2014; 96-B: 1227-33.

JRA Phillips, HB Waterson, DJ Searle, VI Mandalia, AD Toms. Feature Article. Registry Review: Knee Arthroplasty. Bone & Joint 360; June 2014; 3: 2-8

HB Waterson, JRA Phillips, VI Mandalia, AD Toms. Feature Article. Thou shalt not varus: still applicable in total knee arthroplasty? Bone & Joint 360; June 2014; 3: 9-13

JRA Phillips. Feature Article. Joint registries: where we are, where we’ve been and where we are going. Bone & Joint 360; October 2013; 2: 8-12.

JRA Phillips, CG Moran, A Manktelow. Periprosthetic fractures around hip hemiarthroplasty performed for hip fracture. Injury 2013; 44 (6): 757-62.

R Thompson, JRA Phillips, CG Moran. Atypical femoral fractures and bisphosphonate treatment. Experience in two large teaching hospitals. JBJS (Br) 2012; 94(3): 385-390.

JRA Phillips, C Boulton, CG Moran, A Manktelow. The financial cost of treating periprosthetic hip fractures. Injury 2010;42(2):146-149. PMID 20673576.

JRA Phillips, A Trezies, TRC Davis. Long-term follow up of femoral shaft fracture: relevance of malunion and malalignment for the development of knee arthritis. Injury 2010; 42(2):156-161.

Courses offered to GPs

I am happy and willing to give talks on knee injuries or knee replacements.