Frédéric PICARD

Frederic Picard, MD, MSc, FRCS aka Fred Picard has been a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Glasgow since July 2005 and has been the Director of Research for over 10 years. He worked in numerous orthopaedic units in Grenoble, Lyon in France, as well as in Chicago and Pittsburgh in the United States, but also in the private sector in “Ile de France”. He was hired to fulfill three main missions: to help setting up the arthroplasty service, to introduce computer-assisted surgery in the operating room and to develop the research department.

As the second surgeon to join the facility, which now has over 17 surgeons, he has been instrumental in building what has become the largest joint replacement center in the country, performing over 4000 lower limb replacements per year, which is over a quarter of all replacements in Scotland. He contributed to the implementation of the Enhanced Rehabilitation/Rapid Recovery after Surgery program in the department which started in 2007.

In addition, he has been involved in computer assisted orthopaedic surgery (CAOS) since its inception. Dr. Picard's basic research at the University of Grenoble in the 90's served as the basis for the technical construction of the first routine navigation system “without image” for total knee arthroplasty. On January 21, 1997, he and Prof. Saragaglia performed the world's first knee arthroplasty using this technology. He has been recognized as "Lead User Developer of Radical Innovation in the Field of Medical Equipment Technology".

He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Strathclyde University in Glasgow. Dr. Picard has received numerous awards including the Muller Award, the highest honor in the field of computer assisted surgery, in 2009 in Boston, MA (USA) and the NHS 70 "heroes" award in Scotland for his role to the development of this unique hospital in the country.

He is a member of several national and international orthopaedic scientific societies and is a past president of CAOS UK. He has authored over 180 peer-reviewed publications, over ten book chapters, two books on computer-aided technology, filed seven patents and has been a consultant for several companies.