Professor Derek McMinn is a British orthopaedic surgeon and inventor who practises in Birmingham, United Kingdom at the BMI Edgbaston Hospital.
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19 Facts About Derek McMinn
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Derek McMinn is the inventor of several other prostheses for the hip and knee.
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Derek McMinn first began performing hip resurfacing procedures in 1991 using the Derek McMinn Resurfacing.
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For such patients with poor quality femoral head bone stock, who are unsuitable for a regular hip resurfacing, Derek McMinn developed a conservative and more versatile metal-on-metal arthroplasty, the Birmingham Mid Head Resection device.
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Derek McMinn describes himself as primarily a knee surgeon who digressed into hip surgery for a few years in the past couple of decades.
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Derek McMinn's colleagues acknowledge him as one of the finest knee surgeons in the world.
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Derek McMinn went to Royal School Dungannon, Northern Ireland where he captained the 1st XV rugby team and represented Ulster Schools XV.
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Derek McMinn has practised as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon since 1988.
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Derek McMinn is frequently invited to lecture at academic conferences around the world.
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Derek McMinn was given the honour of delivering the Presidential Guest Lecture at the Hip Society Open Meeting during the 75th Anniversary Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in San Francisco in 2008.
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Derek McMinn was invited to deliver the 2008 Sir John Charnley Lecture at the British Orthopaedic Association and the 2008 Sir Robert Jones Lecture at the New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York City, USA.
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Derek McMinn has addressed the Select Committee of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom apprising the members of parliament and senior civil servants of recent developments and strategies of healthcare as it applies to orthopaedics.
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Derek McMinn has published extensively on the topic of hip arthritis and several other related orthopaedic topics.
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In 2009, in recognition of his contribution to the medical profession, Derek McMinn was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine Honoris Causa by the University of Birmingham.
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An internal BMI Healthcare report found Derek McMinn had no approval for research - required by the Human Tissue Act - nor had he carried out research on the material.
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Derek McMinn emailed the hospital that month, admitting "the samples were to be used for research, that he had been collecting tissue for 25 years, that he obtained verbal consent and that he had several thousand labelled samples in formalin pots with the corresponding notes, X-rays and investigations".
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Derek McMinn was suspended that month by BMI Healthcare, who informed the General Medical Council and Human Tissue Authority, though there are no GMC restrictions on his licence to practice as of September 2020.
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Derek McMinn admitted to keeping patient bones at his farmhouse in Worcestershire and his premises in Birmingham with full knowledge of his colleagues in BMI Healthcare.
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Derek McMinn said he was keeping the bone samples for his retirement, with hospital staff telling the investigation the samples had been intended "to keep his mind active".
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