Credentials & Independent Verification

Leadership development and management

• Q Community Member, Quality Improvement

  The Health Foundation · since 2017

• NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow

  NHS England · 2016-2017

• Clinical Leadership Fellow

  British Orthopaedic Association · 2015-2016

• PRINCE2 Practitioner

  AXELOS / PeopleCert · since 2013

Higher surgical training and specialist fellowships

1. 2016-17Exeter Hip Reconstruction FellowshipPrincess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital
2. 2015-16Cartilage Regeneration and Complex Revision FellowshipRobert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (Oswestry), BOA Clinical Leadership Fellow, Regenerative Surgery
3. 2016-17Arthrex Advanced Sports Knee FellowshipArthrex
4. 2007-15CCST/CCT in Trauma and Orthopaedic SurgeryAll Wales higher surgical training rotation
5. 2014-14Fanni Medical Australia Sport Medicine Travelling FellowshipMelbourne Orthopaedic Group, Australia
6. 2013-13British Orthopaedic Association EU Travelling FellowshipEndoklinik, Hamburg, Germany
7. 2005-07Foundation TrainingAll Wales rotation

Clinical work with elite and professional sport

1. 2005MBBChCardiff University
2. 2008MRCSRoyal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
3. 2009MFSEM (UK), Membership of the Faculty of Sport and Exercise MedicineFaculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK
4. 2011MSc, Sports and Exercise MedicineCardiff Metropolitan University (UWIC)
5. 2013Associate Faculty of Surgical TrainersRoyal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
6. 2014FEBOT, Fellow, European Board of Orthopaedic TraumaEuropean Board of Orthopaedic Trauma
7. 2014PhD, Medical EngineeringCardiff University
8. 2015FRCS (Tr & Orth)Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

  FRCS (Tr & Orth), 2015

  Society site

• British Orthopaedic Association

  Member; Clinical Leadership Fellow 2015-16

  Society site

• European Board of Orthopaedic Trauma

  FEBOT, 2014

  Society site

• Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK

  MFSEM (UK), 2009

  Society site

• International Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Society (ICRS)

  Member; host site for ICRS Teaching Centre of Excellence

  Society site

• International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy

  Society site

• NHS Long Service Award, 20 years

  NHS England · 2026

• Most-downloaded paper recognition

  The Surgery Journal (Thieme Medical Publishers) · 2017

• Future Orthopaedic Surgeon Conference, 1st Prize

  Future Orthopaedic Surgeon Conference · 2014

• DPT Medical Innovation Award, 1st Prize

  DPT Medical · 2015

• Amazon #1 Bestseller, UK, Sports category

  Amazon · 2024

  For "Regeneration by Design".

• Amazon #1 Bestseller, Canada, Medicine category

  Amazon · 2024

  For "Regeneration by Design".

• Business Book Award, Shortlisted

  The Business Book Awards · 2025

Invited peer reviewer for

• International Journal of Sports Medicine
• Journal of Orthopaedics and Trauma
• Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sport
• Journal of Tissue Science & Engineering
• International Orthopaedics
• Bone and Joint Journal

• GMC online register

  Specialist Register, GMC 6115197

  Open profile

• ORCID profile

  Persistent researcher identifier

  Open profile

• Google Scholar

  Citation record and publications

  Open profile

• PubMed author search

  Peer-reviewed indexed publications

  Open profile

• Scopus author page

  Indexed author profile

  Open profile

• University of Lincoln staff page

  Academic profile

  Open profile

• LinkedIn

  Professional network profile

  Open profile

• London Cartilage Clinic

  Clinical service

  Specialist Harley Street clinic for cartilage injury, joint preservation and regenerative joint surgery.

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• MSK Doctors

  Clinical service

  Broader MSK clinical platform with the only dedicated musculoskeletal open MRI scanner in Lincolnshire.

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• AMSK

  Clinical service

  Arthrosamid joint injections for patients, available nationwide, delivered to one trained clinical standard.

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• The Keep Clinic

  Clinical service

  Clinical brand under Professor Lee’s ownership operating as a distinct clinical service.

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• Hip Replacement Lincolnshire

  Treatment / condition site

  Hip replacement for Lincolnshire patients using the SPAIRE approach (Spare Piriformis And Internus, Repair Externus), which preserves the deep hip rotators for faster recovery.

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• Lincolnshire Hip Clinic

  Clinical service

  Local clinical service for hip treatments in Lincolnshire.

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• Lincolnshire Knee Clinic

  Clinical service

  Local clinical service for knee treatments in Lincolnshire.

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• Spairehips

  Treatment / condition site

  Clinical site dedicated to SPAIRE hip replacement (Spare Piriformis And Internus, Repair Externus): the posterior approach that keeps the deep rotators attached for faster real-world recovery.

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• Liquid Cartilage

  Treatment / condition site

  The Liquid Cartilage Plus + ChondroFiller cartilage-repair technique, explained for patients — what it is, who it suits and how it works — from the team that pioneered it at London Cartilage Clinic.

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• ACL.Repair

  Treatment / condition site

  Specialist site for ACL repair, STARR augmented repair, ligament preservation and return-to-sport pathways.

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• Meniscus.Repair

  Treatment / condition site

  Repairing and preserving a torn meniscus, including augmented repair — the options explained for patients, from London Cartilage Clinic.

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• Research MSK

  Research & evidence

  Research, articles and the clinical evidence behind the treatments — written as research and kept separate from the treatment sites.

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• MSK Computer Vision Lab

  Research & evidence

  Sleaford-based lab pioneering computer vision and AI in musculoskeletal health: markerless motion capture, deep learning, applied ML.

• MFO Life Sciences Lab

  Research & evidence

  Grantham-based lab exploring regenerative medicine and the interaction between physical energy modalities and human tissue repair.

• MSK Regen Foundation (charity)

  Research & evidence

  Charity (Charity Registration Number 1211400) dedicated to public musculoskeletal health, research and education in MSK regeneration.

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• MAI Motion®

  Technology & innovation

  AI-powered motion capture platform delivering objective biomechanical biomarkers. UKCA / MHRA-registered medical platform; Innovate UK KTP; patent pending.

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• onMRI™

  Technology & innovation

  AI-driven MRI analysis system converting subjective interpretation into reproducible quantitative biomarkers (cartilage/meniscus segmentation, T2 mapping, low-field MRI compatibility).

• Consent Plus

  Technology & innovation

  Digital innovation for surgical consent. Won The Health Foundation Innovation Award and was adopted nationally.

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• regenOS

  Technology & innovation

  Technology platform / operating system underpinning RegenPhD and recovery work.

• Actomed

  Technology & innovation

  UK distributor for ChondroFiller, the cartilage-repair material made by Meidrix Biomedicals GmbH.

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• STARR

  Technology & innovation

  Single Treatment ACL Regenerative Repair: augmented ligament repair technique pioneered at London Cartilage Clinic.

• STACi

  Technology & innovation

  Single-stage Tissue-engineered Autologous Cartilage Implantation: single-stage cartilage cell therapy pioneered at London Cartilage Clinic.

• RegenPhD

  Recovery & optimisation

  Recovery, optimisation and longevity education platform.

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• Regen Pod

  Recovery & optimisation

  Recovery, performance and longevity service. Not a substitute for clinical diagnosis, treatment, surgery, rehabilitation or medical care.

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• regenEMS device

  Recovery & optimisation

  A recovery-focused electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) device used in RegenPhD's recovery programmes.