Professor Michael Whitehouse
BSc, MBChB(Bristol), MSc - Orthopaedic Engineering (Wales), PhD, FRCS (Tr&Orth), PGCert (TLHE), FHEA
Current positions
Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics
Bristol Medical School (THS)
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
NIHR Programme Development Grants (NIHR202943) Infection and Orthopaedic Management: Mobilising evidence into practice
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/07/2021 to 30/06/2023
RecUrrent Intra-articular Corticosteroid injections in Osteoarthritis; the RUbICOn study
Principal Investigator
Description
Osteoarthritis is a condition that causes joints to become painful and stiff, it is a common cause of pain
and disability. Management of osteoarthritis involves reducing pain and maintaining function. Simple…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/03/2020 to 31/08/2022
Building a Sub-Saharan African MuSculOskeletal Network; SAMSON
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
The burden of musculoskeletal disease is growing across Africa, with implications throughout the lifecourse. Currently research and healthcare capacity to address musculoskeletal disease is limited across the region. Ultimately SAMSON…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
09/02/2018 to 31/07/2018
North Bristol NHS Trust Research Capability Funding: Mapping service provision for patients with infection after joint replacement.
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
02/11/2015 to 01/07/2016
Thesis supervisions
Extended benchmarking in total hip replacement
Supervisors
A prospective cohort study of trauma outcomes in a resource-limited rural South African setting using mobile phone text messaging
Supervisors
Robotic Assisted Fracture Surgery
Supervisors
The association between surgeon grade and implant survival following hip and knee replacement
Supervisors
The impact of adverse events following total hip replacement
Supervisors
The Patellofemoral Joint. Incongruence, Instability and Arthritis
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
27/01/2025Effect of intra-articular corticosteroid injections for osteoarthritis on the subsequent use of pain medications
Rheumatology
Facilitating translation of trial findings into NHS practice
Bone and Joint Open
An analysis of the effect of the COVID-19-induced joint replacement deficit in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland suggests recovery will be protracted
Bone and Joint Journal
Association between surgeon training grade and the risk of revision following unicompartmental knee replacement
PLoS Medicine
Association of intra-articular injection and knee arthroscopy prior to primary knee replacement with the timing and outcomes of surgery
PLoS ONE
Related people
Professor Andy Judge
Academic Director (REF)
Life Sciences Faculty Office
Dr Adrian Sayers
Senior Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Dr Erik Lenguerrand
Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Professor Vikki Wylde
Professor of Musculoskeletal Health
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Dr Andrew Moore
Associate Professor in Musculoskeletal Health Services Research
Bristol Medical School (THS)