The Edinburgh Orthopaedic Club of North America (EOCNA) is a group of orthopaedic surgeons based in North America who have previously undertaken a fellowship in Edinburgh. This group annually award a 2-week travelling fellowship to an Edinburgh orthopaedic trainee. The fellowship is awarded, organised, hosted and funded by EOCNA members. The fellow travels around North America visiting EOCNA members and then attends the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) annual congress. An EOCNA lunch is held annually at AAOS where the travelling fellow gives a presentation.
Travelling Fellowship Alumni
1981
Geoff Hooper
1982
Michael Gilmore
1983
Charles Court-Brown
1984
Iain Annan
1985
Hugh Thomas
1986
Phillip Hutchens
1987
Margaret McQueen
1988
John Phillips
1989
Andy Kinninmonth
1990
Robert Strachan
1991
Alastair Gibson
1992
Mike Hullin
1993
John Keating
1994
Hamish Potts
1995
Richard Burnett
1996
Mike Robinson
1997
Julie McBirnie
1998
Mobeen Ismail
1999
Ian McLean
2000
Douglas Dunlop
2001
George McLaughlan
2002
Heather Reed
2003
Sam Patton
2004
Paul Gaston
2005
Andy Ballantyne
2006
Alastair Murray
2007
Matt Moran
2008
Adam Watts
2009
Mark Gaston
2010
Alex Baker
2011
Phil Simpson
2012
Kash Khan
2013
Martin Mitchell
2014
Issaq Ahmed
2015
Gavin Macpherson
2016
Chloe Scott
2017
John Annan
2018
Nick Beattie
2019
Simon Roberts
2021
Sam Mackenzie
2022
Ellie Davidson
2023
Jamie Nicholson
2024
Liam Yapp
2025
Joe Esland
