Christopher Bretherton
BMedSci, BMBS (Hons), MRCS
DPhil student
- Royal College of Surgeons of England Research Fellow
- Honorary Trauma and Orthopaedic Registrar (ST6), Oxford University Hospitals Trust
- British Orthopaedic Trainees Association (BOTA) Academic Representative
- Oxford Surgical Collaborative for Audit and Research (OxSCAR) Vice-Chair
Trauma Registrar interested in collaborative research
I have led a number of trainee collaborative projects, coordinating 250 collaborators from over 80 NHS sites. Using this data, I co-led a successful NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) grant application for the Weight-bearing in Ankle Fractures (WAX) trial. This will determine the most clinically and cost-effective strategy for weight-bearing surgery for an ankle fracture. My DPhil will use behavioural change theory to facilitate early weight-bearing after ankle fracture surgery.
I am leading a James Lind Alliance priority setting partnership (PSP) in “complex fractures", working with patients to determine research priorities for those injured during major trauma.
I am working with BOTA and Oxford Trauma to develop the NIHR/ RCS "Associate PI scheme". We aim to encourage surgeons to integrate research into their every-day practice, through involvement in multi-center clinical trials.
Outside of work, I'm often found in the Iffley Road sports centre training with the University of Oxford Mixed Martial Arts club: See you there!
Research groups
Key publications
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Nagra NS. et al, (2017), Ann r coll surg engl, 1 - 6
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BONE Collaborative None., (2019), Foot (edinb), 39, 28 - 36
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Rashid A. et al, (2016), International journal of orthopaedics, 3, 609 - 615
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Bretherton CP. and Parker MJ., (2016), Journal of orthopaedic trauma, 30, 642 - 646
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Bretherton CP. and Parker MJ., (2015), The bone & joint journal, 97-B, 104 - 108