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- National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Fellowship
- Oxford University Hospitals Trust Innovation Challenge Award
Thomas Hamilton
MBChB, BSc (Hons), MSc, MD, DPhil, MRCS
Academic Clinical Lecturer in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Registrar
Thomas Hamilton graduated first in his year, and second in the UK, in Pharmacology at the University of Edinburgh. He subsequently qualified in medicine and has seven years NHS experience. He is currently completing his doctorate funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) supervised by Professor David Murray, Professor Hemant Pandit and Dr Stephen Mellon at the Oxford Orthopaedic Engineering Centre.
His principal research interest is optimising patient selection for unicompartmental knee replacement with a particular interest in imaging of the arthritic knee. In addition, building on his pharmacology background, he is passionate about optimising peri-operative recovery in joint replacement patients.
During his D.Phil he has: published the long term outcomes of patients undergoing unicompartmental knee replacement; designed and achieved regulatory approval for OSSKAR (Oxford Stress System for Knee Arthroplasty Radiographs), a medical device for performing stress X-rays of the knee; and developed and validated a radiological decision aid for patient selection for unicompartmental knee replacement.
In addition to these activities Thomas is the lead author of two Cochrane systematic reviews and has experience in statistics, grant writing, ethics submission, trial design and also Patient Public Involvement to prioritise and develop research proposals.
Recent publications
The definitions and prevalence of nutritional disorders in hip and knee arthroplasty: A systematic review.
Journal article
Little CDJ. et al, (2025), Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc, 33, 3944 - 3962
The Knee Arthroplasty versus Joint Distraction Study for Osteoarthritis (KARDS): lessons learnt from an internal pilot trial.
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Pandit H. et al, (2025), Health Technol Assess, 29, 1 - 29
Knee arthroplasty compared with joint distraction for osteoarthritis: a phase III randomized controlled trial.
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Hamilton TW. et al, (2025), Bone Jt Open, 6, 886 - 893
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Derived Cartilage Morphological Changes and their Correlation with Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Following Knee Joint Distraction for Osteoarthritis: A 12-Month Cohort Study.
Journal article
Lineham B. et al, (2025), Cartilage
Knee arthroplasty versus knee joint distraction for osteoarthritis: a Phase III randomised controlled trial
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Hamilton TW. et al, (2025), Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 33