Consultant Surgeons

In 1982 he was awarded the ABC travelling Fellowship to the USA by the British Orthopaedic Association. At the same time he began teaching the Reading Shoulder Courses to both British and European Surgeons, these courses have been reproduced in four other countries. He has written four books on shoulder surgery and many scientific papers. He is invited to lecture worldwide.

He is a past member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, past president of the British Elbow and Shoulder Society and was appointed first Corresponding Fellow of the American Shoulder and Elbow Society in 1986.  Past president of the European Shoulder Surgery Society (1998 - 2001). Since 2004 has been chairman of the board of the International Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons.

Mr Copeland retired recently from clinical practice. He continues to do some medicolegal work. He continues to contribute in teaching and education projects of the Reading Shoulder Unit.
His practice have been taken over by Mr Sforza and Prof. Levy at the Reading Shoulder Unit and all his patients will contiue to be treated by the Reading Shoulder Unit.

In 1992 he was appointed instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery at The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, where his work included significant research into both clinical and basic sciences.

In 1995 he was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Chief of the Shoulder Surgery Service at Soroka Medical Centre in Beer Sheva, Israel, whilst at the same time being appointed lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Faculty of Health Science at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva.

Since 1997 he has been working with Stephen Copeland. In 1999, he was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and in the same year he and Stephen Copeland established the Shoulder Surgery Unit at The Berkshire Independent Hospital. He is a founder member of the Israeli Shoulder and Elbow Society, a member of the European Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery and the British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS) and Corresponding member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Society. Fellow of the Royal College of England (ad eundem).

Professor Associate, the Orthopaedic Research and Learning Centre in the School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, West London.

He has published many scientific papers, written chapters to books on Shoulder Surgery and invited to lecture worldwide.

Giuseppe Sforza MD Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon Giuseppe Sforza studied medicine at Universita degli Studi di Bari, Italy, 1986 - 1992. After completion of his general surgical training, he continued his higher orthopaedic training at the same University. He spent periods of fellowship at the Danderyd Hospital - Karolinska Institute, Stockholm - Sweden and at the Southern California Orthopaedic Institute Los Angeles, United States, where he started research into shoulder arthroscopy and open shoulder surgery.

Between 1999 to 2000 he was appointed shoulder surgery fellow at the Reading Shoulder Unit at the Royal Berkshire Hospital under Stephen Copeland and Ofer Levy, where he gained vast experience in shoulder and elbow surgery.            
In 2000 after completion of his fellowship at the Reading Shoulder Unit, he returned to Italy and was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at "Madonna delle Grazie Hospital" in Matera, Italy as head of the shoulder and elbow unit. Since 2001 he attended annually the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, United States for visiting fellowships under S. O'Driscoll and B. Morrey to improve his knowledge and clinical practice in elbow surgery.Since October 2004 he joined the Reading Shoulder Unit at the Capio Reading hospital, treating patients in waiting list initiatives.In 2005 he worked as Locum Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon and shoulder and elbow surgeon at St. Peter and Ashford Hospitals NHS Trust for several months. In 2007, he was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Worchester NHS Trust. He is a member of the Italian Shoulder and Elbow Society and of the Italian Arthroscopy Society where he has served on the Educational Committee, organizing some national meetings. He is member of the European Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. He has published scientific papers and chapters to books on Shoulder Surgery.

Ali Narvani MB BS(Hons), BSc(Hons), MRCS(Eng), MSc(Sports Med.)(Hons), FRCS (Orth & Trauma), MFSEM(UK) Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon

Ali Joined the Reading Shoulder unit as a Consultant after completing his shoulder Fellowship at the Reading Shoulder Unit. He Is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Chertsy and St. Peters NHS Trust, Surrey.
Following completion of his medical training from Guys and St Thomas' Medical school (UMDS), Ali went on to do his basic surgical training at St Thomas's and Whittington Hospitals. This period was followed by his higher surgical training in trauma and orthopaedics at the North West Thames SpR rotation. Prior to his fellowship at Reading Shoulder Unit, he spent six months with Andrew Wallace as the Paul Calvert fellow. He has also worked with other prominent shoulder and elbow surgeons such as Roger Emery during his training.
Ali has published extensively in fields of orthopaedics and sports medicine. He is also an editor of a text book in sports medicine. He as a MSc in Sports Medicine and has membership of Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine (UK).

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