Evert Smith - FRCS MBBCh BSc

Conflicts of interest

Consultant and royalty agreement with Biomet UK for prosthetic design of the Exceed Acetabular System and 15 degree face-changing acetabular cup. Agreement provides for all royalties on Exceed implants used at North Bristol NHS Trust to benefit the Trust – 2001 to present
Biomet UK previously provided some research funding for the ReCap Magnum which was undertaken at North Bristol NHS Trust
Consultancy Agreement with Stryker UK Limited for hip surgery and hip replacement. Travel and accommodation expenses are paid and I receive a fee for one off work projects undertaken on behalf of Stryker UK
All consultancy work is undertaken outside of NHS time
Medacta AMIS programme – training, travel and accommodation expenses for the programme are paid by Medacta
Work undertaken for all committees and societies is unpaid
North Bristol NHS Trust may occasionally release me from paid Trust work to attend ODEP, BC and NJR meetings, but I am otherwise unpaid for my work with these committees
I am entitled to claim travel and accommodation expenses to attend ODEP, BC and NJR meetings but I have never done so
When invited as a member of the Faculty to international conferences my travel and accommodation expenses are paid

Profile details

Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery employed by North Bristol NHS Trust – 1994 to present
Special interest in revision hip surgery, complex primary hip replacement and minimally invasive surgery of the hip
Member of the Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel – 2002 to present
Member of the Beyond Compliance Steering Committee and Advisory Group – 2014 to present
Regional Clinical Co-ordinator for the National Joint Registry for the South West region – 2003 to present
UK Representative for the British Hip Society to the European Hip Society – 2012 to present
Scientific Committee Member of the European Hip Society – 2011 to present
Bearing Surface Advisor – National Joint Registry – 2010 to present
Contributor and Member of the Advisory Group for the Donaldson Arthritis Research Foundation Center
Affiliated staff member – Centre for Orthopaedic Biomechanics, University of Bath
Associate Editor in Chief UK – Joint Implant Surgery & Research Foundation – Reconstructive Review Journal
Faculty member and regular speaker, chair and panel member at international hip conventions
Journal reviewer – Bone and Joint Journal and Bone and Joint Research and previously Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Journal Reviewer – Hip International
Organiser and Coordinator – Bristol Hip Arthroplasty Course
Founder and Director of Arthroplasty for Arthritis Charity – charitable resource with a mandate for research and provision of Fellows
Author and co-author of numerous peer reviewed papers mostly with an emphasis on hip replacement