Contact details

Name: Joseph Alsousou 

Job title: Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Location: Manchester University Foundation Trust 

Email: joseph.alsousou@mft.nhs.uk

Specialities and research

Speciality

• Trauma and orthopaedics  

Sub-speciality

• Pelvis, acetabulum trauma and hip arthroplasty   

Research interests

• Trauma clinical trials 
• Platelet rich plasma  
• Osteoarthritis 

Type of research

• Audit 
• Device study 
• CTIMP 
• Clinical trials  

Clinical trial experience

Chief investigator 

• Antibacterial Coated Nails for Femoral Fractures – Studying the rate of non–union and infection in femoral fractures using new technique and antibacterial coated nails  

Co-investigator

• Platelet Macrovesicle in Osteoarthritis – A study of platelet extravesical effect in cartilage and osteoarthritis. 

Principal investigator

• The Operative Rib Fixation Study (ORIF) – NIHR–funded RCT into fixation versus no fixation of rib fractures. 

Postgraduate supervision 

Joseph is currently a PhD/MD supervisor. 

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