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Professor Justin Cobb studied medicine at Magdalen College Oxford, graduating in 1982. He trained at the John Radcliffe, the Whittington, The Middlesex Hospital, the Royal Sussex County Hospital, St Thomas’ Hospital, and RNOH. He wrote his master’s thesis on ‘Prognostic factors in operable osteosarcoma’. In 1991 he was appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon at The Middlesex. He was awarded a Hunterian Professorship with the title ‘Surgery and Osteosarcoma’ in 1992. After 15 years at UCLH, he joined Imperial as chair of orthopaedics in 2005 His first grant in the field of computer assisted orthopaedic surgery was from the special trustees of The Middlesex and UCH in 1992, together with Brian Davies from Imperial. This led to the Acrobot being developed subsequently, on a Link funded grant. The first human trials of an active constraint robot for joint replacement led on from this. Further development of active, semi-active and passive devices continue, with a current trial underway of navigated hip resurfacing. His principal research interests are in the fields of accurate surgery:
As chair of Orthopaedics, and clinical lead at hospital, Professor Cobb leads a team of surgeons, investigators and educators training both under- and post-graduate students in surgical skills and the use of IC developed computer based and robotic technologies to improve outcomes. Professor Cobb holds honorary contracts with the Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children and King Edward VII hospital for Officers. He is civilian advisor in orthopaedics to the Royal Air Force. He is on the board of Stanmore Implants Worldwide, a spinout from UCL, and Acrobot, a spinout from Imperial. Awards
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Commercial spinoffs Stanmore implants worldwide. director, spin out from UCL. Jun 2002. Web link Acrobot. Founder and Director, spin out from mechatronics laboratory. Jul 2001. click here for more information on Acrobot |
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