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Contact information


matthew.gardiner@kennedy.ox.ac.uk


Twitter: @mattdgardiner


http://www.reconstructivesurgerytrials.net

Matthew Gardiner

MA PhD FRCS(Plast)

Honorary Departmental Senior Research Fellow in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

  • Consultant Hand and Plastic Surgeon, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
  • Associate Medical Director for Research, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
  • Royal College of Surgeons Surgical Specialty Lead for Hand and Plastic Surgery
  • Visiting Professor, University of Surrey

Surgical Trials

I co-founded the Reconstructive Surgery Trials Network (RSTN) with Prof. Abhilash Jain in 2013. The RSTN is the UK clinical trials network for plastic surgery and hand surgery. It has over 600 members from undergraduates through to consultants and trials methodologists. 

The RSTN has developed many interdisciplinary collaborations to deliver a diverse range of projects. My main interest is clinical trials relating to hand surgery. Visit reconstructivesurgerytrials.net for further information. I am currently co-CI for the FLARE Trial and co-CI for HAWAII-DRIFT.

Osteoarthritis

As part of the ARUK Centre for OA Pathogenesis, I work with Prof Tonia Vincent on translational projects relating to base of thumb osteoarthritis. This has led to collaborations with groups at University of Leeds (Drs Pete Culmer and Ali Alazmani) and Imperial College London (Dr Angela Kedgley).

INNOVATION

I am lead for the Health Innovation and Technology module of the MSc in Surgical Sciences. Further details regarding the course are here.

I designed and worked with Anetic Aid Ltd to commercialise the 'The Gardiner Hand Surgery System', which enables patients to sit up whilst having hand surgery. This improves patient experience and safety.

I hold a patent for a non-surgical distraction splint for thumb base osteoarthritis and am leading the clinical evaluation with funding from BAPRAS, RCS/Blonde McIndoe and Versus Arthritis. 

Background

I read physiological sciences as an undergraduate at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge before moving to Oriel College, University of Oxford to complete my clinical training.

In 2011, I completed a PhD at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Imperial College London. The aim of the study was to investigate the molecular changes that occur during the initiation and early progression of osteoarthritis (OA).