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Born January 5, 1960 (age 57) ( 1960-01-05 ) Forest Gate, London, England Spouse(s) Josephine Mary Hilton (1985-) Website orthodoc.aaos.org/chrisoliver/ Profiles | ||
Professor Chris Oliver is Honorary Professor in Physical Activity for Health at the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC), University of Edinburgh Specialist Consultant Trauma Orthopaedic and Hand Surgeon at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh & Shawfair Park Hospital.
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Early life and education
Chris Oliver was born in Forest Gate, East London to Dennis William Oliver and Gladys Eva Gill.
Oliver firstly attended Gobions Junior School in Romford, followed by Romford County Technical High School. He graduated from University College Hospital Medical School, now part of University College London,with a MBBS degree in 1985 along with an intercalated BSc in Physiology in 1981.
Personal life
In 1985, Oliver married Josephine Hilton. They have two children. He is an avid endurance cyclist, and white-water kayaker. In 2013 he cycled 3415 miles from Los Angeles to Boston, USA with his younger daughter.
Medical career
After house jobs in Cuckfield Hospital, Sussex and Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow he then prosected anatomy at University College London (1986). He completed FRCS(Eng.) in 1989. Basic surgical training at Northwick Park Hospital before pursuing a career in Neurosurgery at The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in London. Not liking neurosurgery, he pursued orthopaedics and trauma surgery as a registrar in Yorkshire and then senior registrar at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Oswestry. He completed a doctorate (MD) from University College London in spinal muscle physiology and artificial intelligence (1992). He then completed his orthopaedic and trauma training with specialist fellowships in trauma orthopaedic surgery at Harborview Hospital, Seattle and John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. In Oxford he worked within the experimental resident on-call 24-hour-a-day trauma service. In 1997 he moved to Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh as a Consultant Surgeon with special interest in Hand Surgery and part-time senior lecturer to Department of Trauma Orthopaedics, University of Edinburgh.
He was a member of Council for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) 2002-2012. He was the first director of The RCSEd Faculty of Medical Informatics and led the development of an innovative Health informatics Diploma and MSc courses. He developed an global e-Learning website for the AO Foundation with AO Surgery. He was co-convener of all examinations of RCSEd 2006-2008. From 2008-2011 he was the National Chairman of the Intercollegiate Membership Royal College Surgeons (MRCS) examination for the UK and overseas and introduced and stabilised the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) exam. He has led professional surgical exams teams for the Surgical Royal Colleges in India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Oman, Kuwait, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. He was one of the first Fellows of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers RCSEd (2014). He is a Fellow of the British Society Surgery of the Hand. He edited the multi-author Trauma surgery section of Oxford Textbook "Fundamentals of Surgery - Oxford Textbooks in Surgery" published in July 2016.
In 2015 he became honorary Professor of Physical Activity for Health to Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC) at the University of Edinburgh. PAHRC is a research centre within the Institute of Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences in Moray House School of Education which aims to provide evidence of how to encourage people of all ages to ‘sit less and walk more’. In PAHRC he has led the development of teaching and examination of undergraduate education in physical activity throughout the United Kingdom. He was one of a team that developed the first massive open online course in Physical Activity and evaluation. A British Journal of Sports Medicine Blog post in April 2016 described Olivers' first year as Professor Physical Activity for Health. Oliver has an active research interest in infographics and healthcare, one of the papers in this area has a significant Altmetric Score. In October 2016 Oliver gave the Sir Alexander Morrison Lecture at Royal College Physicians of Edinburgh. In November 2016 Oliver became a member of the Cross Party Group on Sport and Active Living at The Scottish Parliament.
Oliver holds strong views about obesity and physical activity and its importance in society. He believes that effective education is important in combating obesity and inactivity. In 2007 he had a LapBand and lost 12 stone in weight, the band snapped and was removed in late 2016.
Current posts
Published work
Chris Oliver has over 400 publications and presentations. He written about medical informatics, assessment in medical education, physical activity and orthopaedic surgery.