Andrew Carr
MA ChM DSc FRCS FMedSci
Nuffield Professor of Orthopaedics
- Former Head of Department NDORMS
- Former Director of the Botnar Institute for Musculoskeletal Sciences
- Former Director NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit
Professor Andrew Carr ChM DSc FRCS FMedSci is a British surgeon and clinical scientist, whose work over 40 years has influenced the evaluation of surgical procedures including the increased involvement of patients in assessing clinical outcomes. He has pioneered the use of large scale randomised trials of surgery including the controversial use of placebo surgical controls. He holds the Nuffield Professorship of orthopaedics at Oxford University, is a fellow of Worcester College, Oxford and was head of the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences for 21 years. Professor Carr was born in Bradford and studied medicine at Bristol University before training in Sheffield, Oxford and Melbourne. He founded and directed the Botnar Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences and was Director of the NIHR Biomedical Research Unit. He was Divisional Director of the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre during its merger to form Oxford University Hospitals NHS foundation trust and was instrumental in the move of the Kennedy Institute to Oxford in 2013. He is a Nuffield Medical Trustee, a council member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Deputy Chair of the board of trustees of Bristol University and one of the most cited surgical researchers globally. He has received numerous national and international awards, is an NIHR senior investigator and a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Key publications
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Beard DJ. et al, (2017), The Lancet
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Serious adverse events and lifetime risk of reoperation after elective shoulder replacement: population based cohort study using hospital episode statistics for England
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CRAIG R. et al, (2019), BMJ
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The clinical and cost effectiveness of total versus partial knee replacement in patients with medial compartment osteoarthritis (TOPKAT): 5-year outcomes of a randomised trial
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BEARD D. et al, (2019), The Lancet
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Arthroscopic Hip Surgery compared with Physiotherapy and Activity Modification for the Treatment of Symptomatic Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Multi-Centre Randomised Controlled Trial
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PALMER ANTONY. et al, (2019), BMJ
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Dakin SG. et al, (2015), Science Translational Medicine, 7
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Cooper C. et al, (2016), Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol, 4, 393 - 402
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Wartolowska K. et al, (2014), BMJ, 348, g3253 - g3253
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Birkmeyer JD. et al, (2013), Lancet, 382, 1121 - 1129
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Price AJ. et al, (2018), Lancet, 392, 1672 - 1682
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Dawson J. et al, (2010), BMJ, 340
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Mitchell C. et al, (2005), BMJ, 331, 1124 - 1128
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Medial unicompartmental arthroplasty. A survival study of the Oxford meniscal knee.
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Carr A. et al, (1993), Clin Orthop Relat Res, 205 - 213
Recent publications
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Sander IL. et al, (2024)
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Beard DJ. et al, (2024), Health Technol Assess, 28, 1 - 97
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Ng MTH. et al, (2024), Nat Commun, 15
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Ng MTH. et al, (2024), Nature Communications, 15
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Abhari R. et al, (2023), Tissue Eng Part A