Mr Shariff Hazarika is a fellowship-trained foot and ankle specialist with a full-time NHS consultant practice based at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, since 2012. He completed his Trauma and Orthopaedic training in the North of England, before undertaking a fellowship in foot and ankle surgery at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 2012 under Senthil Kumar. Mr Hazarika is an Academic Clinical Educator for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and has also taught several national foot and ankle courses for consultants and trainees. He was the former Clinical Director for Clyde Orthopaedic Services and led through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the trauma services redesign in 2021. Before this, he held positions of Clinical Lead for Trauma and the West of Scotland Foot and Ankle Society Chair. He maintains his interests in clinical research and audit and has presented his work at national and international conferences. Mr Hazarika also undertakes medicolegal work including personal injury report writing.