The BVOA Podcast
Come and have a listen to the world's No.1 veterinary orthopaedic podcast....whether we are the only one or not is immaterial ;-)
Join Simon Ratcliffe and Duncan Barnes discussing all things small animal veterinary orthopaedics in the BVOA podcast! Simon and Duncan both sit on the committee of the British Veterinary Orthopaedic Association and chat with interesting guests on each episode about hot vet orthopaedic topics and scientific papers.
Simon is an advanced practitioner based in Berkshire and Duncan is a RCVS specialist in Wiltshire. So, hopefully they'll be interest here for all sorts of vets, nurses and physios, at the very least you can log it as CPD ;-)
Episodes

May 5, 2026
May 5, 2026
1 hr 52 sec
For the final episode of season 2 we're joined by the distinguished chair in orthopaedic surgery at the university of Missouri, Jimi Cook. Jimi co-authored the 2010 complications paper that is so often cited. We discuss that paper alongside some human field equivalents. We also chat about tightrope, shoulder instability and Jimi's current work on biological knee replacements in humans.
Papers discussed can be found here
https://tinyurl.com/yep8rb5p

Apr 25, 2026

Apr 23, 2026
Apr 23, 2026
53 min
We're joined by RCVS specialist and founder of Vet3D, Bill Oxley. We hear about Bill's career and his company Vet3D which makes patient specific guides (PSGs) and implants. We discuss CCWO and eTPA. We also chat about some super cool cases where this new technology has changed the lives of patients - defo check out the images and especially the video referred to here
https://tinyurl.com/3vvh78ps

Apr 9, 2026
Apr 9, 2026
49 min
In this episode we're joined by BVOA chair Andy Moores :-)
Andy is a renowned specialist based in South East England. We hear about his career, discuss BVOA, and hear about Andy's experiences with the 3rd generation TATE elbow replacement system. We look at a recent paper on complications and outcomes on 80 dogs with common calcaneal tendon pathology and then discuss the condition more broadly with some top tips for tarsal arthrodesis.
Paper is open access here : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/vsu.70053

Mar 31, 2026
Mar 31, 2026
53 min
For this episode we're joined by RCVS and EBVS Specialist Ellie Lederer. Ellie tells all about what it's like to work with Duncan (!), we hear about her career, discuss her approach to HIF and Emily Frapwell's paper on humeral condylar morphology. We also hear about Ellie's recent experience as a contestant on the TV show Gladiators and chat about what we as surgeons can learn from professional athletes.
Link to paper here : https://tinyurl.com/yrprd3w5

Mar 20, 2026
Mar 20, 2026
1 hr 56 sec
We're joined by RCVS and European specialist in small animal surgery, Alan Danielski. Alan discusses his paper on the effect of PUO on the healing of HIF. We also discuss a recent case series he's published on elbow arthrodesis post failed LCF repair.
HIF paper here: https://tinyurl.com/2s3djd26
Arthrodesis paper here: https://tinyurl.com/58uv7jht

Mar 6, 2026
Mar 6, 2026
58 min
Ben Walton is a RCVS specialist and also R&D director at Fusion Implants. We talk about humeral intracondylar fissures and two papers looking at Fusion's HIRS screw. We also discuss the development of anatomical plates and whether they will become more commonplace in the future.
Link to the two papers here : https://tinyurl.com/3avba9h5

Feb 24, 2026
Feb 24, 2026
52 min
For series 2 episode 1 of the BVOA podcast we're honoured to be joined by Sorrel Langley-Hobbs. She talks to us about her career, HIF, we go through one of her legendary PADS papers, and talk about feline cruciate rupture and patella luxation.
Papers/articles discussed here:
https://tinyurl.com/bdzcj9bx
https://tinyurl.com/y33k5wan
https://tinyurl.com/uxb545m3

Dec 11, 2025
Dec 11, 2025
54 min
In our final episode of the year we were joined by James Guthrie. James is a double diplomat in surgery and rehabilitation working at Fitzpatrick referrals in Surrey. We discussed his career and then reviewed our recent BVOA autumn conference, going through three of the clinical research abstracts (CRAs) in more detail.
To read the CRAs see here https://tinyurl.com/5rnp7eju

Nov 27, 2025
Nov 27, 2025
29 min
In Part 2 of our Mark Glyde interview, Simon and Duncan discuss strain and the strain paradox with Mark. We also chatted about MIPO and arthrodesis.
Enjoy :-)



