Alex Meldrum is a Canadian trained fellow who has come to Australia to gain experience in trauma care. He has done so during a difficult time but has still managed to get the most out of the experience and he should be commended on this. We talked about a lot of things but focused on what he likes to do when not working. 

John Daffy is an infectious disease physician.  He has been working in this are for over 2 decades. Being from a rural back ground he has very pragmatic approach to medicine. 
More interesting is the back story about how he took time off from medical school to focus on running and his interest in horse training. 
In recent months he has been on other podcasts including "You cannot be serious" . In this podcast he discusses the importance of getting the vaccine to an audience who may be more reluctant to get the vaccine. 

Richard Page is an Orthopaedic surgeon based in Geelong. He has a primary area of interest in upper limb pathology and takes on the challenge of research better than most. 

Ian Harris appears on the podcast for the second time. This time it is discuss the issues that affect medicine and surgery and utility of some interventions. This is in the lead up to a new book that he has coming out called  - Hippocrasy, How doctors are betraying their oath.

Phillip Antippa is a cardiothoracic surgeon at the but has a particular interest in thoracic surgery. He has developed techniques for plating rib fractures and he discusses the learning curve associated with this procedure. Like always it is hard to avoid how COVID affects our life these days. 
Out of medicine he has a keen interest in music and we talk about how this interest has grown over time. 

David Bainbridge is an orthopaedic surgeon who has been a keen teacher of medical students and junior doctors over several decades. He has always felt that teaching is critical to the ongoing care of the community. 
Like always this conversation could have gone on further and longer but it is  a balance between content and time . With any luck he will return to the podcast at some point in the future. 

Bill Ribbans is an orthopaedic surgeon, based in the UK. He as recently stopped operating but continues to work clinically with patients and athletes. He as long career of caring for people with sports injuries and comes with a wealth of wisdom. 
He has recently written a book called "Knife in the fast lane. A Surgeon's Perspective from the Sharp End of Sport" exploring the effects of sports and associated injuries on athletes of all levels.  Some of the proceeds of the book are donated to prostate cancer research in the UK. This comes from a personal point of view which he does cover in the book as well. 

Johnny Rayner is a first year orthopaedic trainee who has appeared on Life in Medicine before. This episode is an effort to follow hip during his training  and hopefully will continue to do so over the coming years. 

Peter Morley is an ICU physician who also has a keen interest in teaching helping educate medical students. He is the director of medical governance  and also the director of medical education at his teaching hospital. 

Xavier Griffin is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who lives in London. He is currently living through a lockdown that has extended for some months. Despite this he has kept up his optimism and making the most of it. 
He has been a very active contributor to the scientific literature and takes a keen interest in orthopaedic research.