Media & Communications Committee
The role of the Media & Communcations Committee is to support the goals of BOFAS by providing the technological infrastructure as the society continues to grow.
The Media & Communications Committee original began as the IT Committee. Initially it was a committee designed to handle emails and managing the website. It has since expanded to include social media, managing webinars, and running all the society's media, communication, and technology needs. This committee is an exciting space of expansion as we work to continually streamline the society's offerings and increase awareness of all the work that BOFAS does.
Membership of Media & Communications Committee:
Elected Members:
- Chair: Karan Malhotra
- Secretary: Togay Koç
- Member: Edward Dawe
- Member: May Labidi
Co-Opted / Working Group Members:
- Social Media Fellow: Conrad Lee
- Webinar Fellow: Benjamin Lau
Karan Malhotra - Chair
Karan Malhotra is a Consultant Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Surgeon working at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, UK. He is also an Honorary Associate Professor with University College London. He graduated from Manchester with honours before beginning his core surgical and early registrar training in Yorkshire. He completed his registrar training on the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Training Rotation, London. He undertook Foot & Ankle Fellowships in Singapore, Melbourne and Stanmore. He is actively involved with research, medical education and quality improvement. He currently has a complex, tertiary foot and ankle practice and regularly teaches on national and international courses and conferences. He is the recipient of multiple national and international prizes and is widely published. He has extensive experience with IT and databases and was co-opted to the BOFAS Outcomes Committee in October 2017 and the IT Committee in November 2019, then was elected as a full member in March 2021. He was elected as the BOFAS Media & Communications Director / Committee Chair in March 2024.
Elected: March 2024
Togay Koç - Secretary
Togay Koç is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon with a specialist interest in Foot & Ankle Surgery at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. He qualified from Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Schools of Medicine in London before completing his orthopaedic training in the Wessex Deanery. He has been on Fellowships to Southampton, Oxford, Guildford and Frimley as well as a visiting Fellowship to the Harborview Medical Centre, Seattle, USA. He benefited greatly from the support he received from BOFAS during his training, fellowship and beyond including the BOA Future Leaders Programme. He leads the BOFAS Simulation Working Group.
Elected: March 2022, Re-elected January 2025
Edward Dawe - Social Media Lead
Ed Dawe qualified from Guys, Kings and St Thomas’ medical school in 2006 and completed his basic surgical training in Torbay before moving to the South West Thames Orthopaedic rotation. He completed post-CCT fellowships in Foot and Ankle Surgery with Heath Taylor and Nikki Kelsall and in Complex Trauma and limb-reconstruction with Alex Trompeter. He also completed visiting fellowships to the Schön Klinic in Munich and to Regions Trauma centre in the USA. He has worked as a Consultant in Chichester, West Sussex since 2018. His practice is exclusively foot and ankle surgery with both elective and trauma interests. He is closely involved in Foot and Ankle education and training in foot and ankle surgery.
Elected: January 2025
May Labidi - Webinar Lead
May Labidi is a Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon subspecialised in Foot & Ankle Surgery at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust where she is also Educational Lead. She completed her training in Zagreb becoming the first female T&O Surgeon in Croatia. May recently earned her PhD degree in Orthopaedics. She completed two Foot & Ankle Fellowships in Southampton and Birmingham University Hospitals, as well as an AO visiting Fellowship in Dresden, Germany. She was selected for the BOA Future Leaders Programme 2021/2022. May has been supporting BOFAS’s dedication in expanding this incredible network worldwide, sharing knowledge and experience by IT hosting webinars since 2021.
Elected: March 2024
Conrad Lee - Co-opted Social Media Fellow
Conrad Lee is a fellowship-trained Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon with a specialist interest in Foot & Ankle Surgery. He graduated from the University of Leicester and completed his orthopaedic training in the Kent, Surrey, and Sussex Deanery. He has since undertaken a Foot & Ankle Fellowship at Bournemouth. Conrad has a passion for digital innovations in clinical care and has led multiple quality improvement initiatives integrating IT to clinical practice and education. He has developed and maintained several websites, including VFC triaging platforms and the KSS deanery Bone School. With extensive experience in graphics design and social media campaigning, his photography work and art charity events have gained international recognition.
Co-opted: January 2025
Benjamin Lau - Co-opted Webinar Fellow
Ben Lau is an ST8 trainee at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital. He graduated from University College London and is currently part of the South-East London training rotation. He has completed a visiting fellowship at Duke University, USA, and will be undertaking a one-year fellowship in Sydney. Ben also holds an MSc in Medical Education and has a particular interest in digital learning content.
Co-opted: January 2025