Giant of Hand Surgery

Mr Muir was honoured and humbled to be recognised as a “Giant of Hand Surgery” at the FESSH Opening Ceremony in Rotterdam on Wednesday 26 June. These were the first such awards and Mr Muir is therefore the first surgeon from the BSSH to be thus honoured.

Mr Muir recognises that many achievements are possible only with the support of the team and thanks all of the inspiring colleagues, senior and junior, that he has worked with and who have inspired him. He also thanks Mrs Muir for all her support over the years. He could not have done it without her.

Joint replacement in the hand

Mr Jump, Mr Muir, Mr Naqui and Mr Richards, all from the Salford Royal Hand and Plastic Surgery Department, were the organisers for the highly successful course on joint replacement in the hand held in Manchester Medical School on 6 June 2024. The course was heavily oversubscribed. Experienced surgeons attended from across the UK and from as far afield as Saudi Arabia. The teaching team are all experienced hand surgeons from the UK and from Holland, Poland and Spain.

Anatomy teaching

On Saturday 10 March Mr Muir and his colleague Mr Tomos Richards joined a number of hand surgeons from across the North West in teaching anatomy and surgical approaches to a group of enthusiastic trainees in orthopaedic and in plastic surgery. The course was held at the University of Manchester.

BSSH Instructional Courses

Mr Muir chaired a session on distal radius fractures at the Instructional Courses in Manchester on 2 February 2024.

It was a privilege to be invited back as a former chairman of the courses.

Mr Muir congratulates Mr David Clark on his chairmanship and welcomed the new joint chairmen Mr Michael Lamyman and Mr Nick Riley who take over this year.