Alister Hart

Professor Alister Hart is the UCL chair of orthopaedics and a consultant orthopaedic hip surgeon Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust and Cleveland Clinic London.

He trained at Caius College, Cambridge University, and then Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH, Stanmore, London). He has had 2 research impact case studies for the 2014 REF, “Hip replacements: Changes to health policy and regulation”, and the 2021 REF, “Making joint implants safer by identifying causes of previous failures”.

He leads a research team of clinical orthopaedic engineers, based at the UCL Stanmore Campus & RNOH NHS Trust, focussed on implant science (includes the London Implant Retrieval Centre (LIRC)), surgical imaging technology and exercise science. His research has featured in the media:
The BBC nicknamed him the “Hospital Hip Detective” and BBC Radio 4 interviewed him for his work on implant science.
His exercise science work has featured in:
The Guardian 2024
Runner’s World, Jan 2024
The Times 2023
The Washington Post 2022
The Times 2020
The New York Times 2019