BAIL Board Resignation – Professor Alastair Rothwell

In August 2012 we had a significant resignation from our Board of Trustees.
Professor Alastair Rothwell, a founding member of the BAIL Trust Board which began in December 2005 has tendered his resignation.
Professor Rothwell was a colleague of our founder Professor Alan Clarke and his substantial contribution certainly leaves a lasting legacy. He has been an unwavering supporter of the importance of including end users in the development of research and clinical services and focused on real life outcomes for people undergoing surgery in New Zealand.

His clinical interests are surgery for rheumatoid arthritis, surgical restoration of the upper limb and hand function for people with tetraplegia. He is a world leader in upper limb surgery for tetraplegia and was a key part of the 8th International Conference – Upper Limb Surgery for Tetraplegia held here in Christchurch in 2004.
In 1986 he was awarded the ONZM (Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit) for services to musculoskeletal medicine. He was instrumental in establishing a national joint replacement register, which allowed the recording of numbers and outcomes of surgical procedures, and the longevity of joints post surgery. He is a past-president of the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association and has been a member of the association’s education committee and chair of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand Spinal Cord Injury Committee.

Our Trustees, Staff the wider BAIL family warmly thank Professor Rothwell for his inspirational work that has helped make the Burwood Academy of Independent Living what it is today.