Miss Samantha Tross is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon practicing in London. She specializes treating conditions of the hip and knee and was the first black female to become a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in the UK. In 2018, she scored another first by becoming the first woman in Europe to perform Mako robotic hip surgery. She is currently the Lead orthopaedic surgeon at Ealing Hospital.
She was born in Guyana, South America and came to England aged 11. She graduated from University College London in 1992. Her basic Surgical training was on the Royal London rotation and higher surgical training on Guys & St. Thomas Hospitals rotation. She subsequently undertook fellowships in Toronto, Canada and Sydney, Australia.
Apart from her clinical work Miss Tross is an Educational Supervisor overseeing the training of junior doctors in her Trust. She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Medical Case Reports and recipient of a Black British Business Award for being a role model, mentoring and promoting science and medical careers to her community.
Miss Tross is an examiner for the Imperial College Medical school surgical finals examination and overseas examiner for the University of the West Indies Medical School in Trinidad & Tobago She is also an Associate Professor in Orthopaedics for the American University of the Caribbean, St Maarten.
Recognising the lack of diversity in surgery, Miss Tross has lectured on this topic at the British Orthopaedic Association conference, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland conference and at the Association of Surgeons in Training conference in March 2020. She was part of the Diversity Review panel for the Royal College of Surgeons of England, whose report was published in April’21, making recommendations for the College to become more diverse and inclusive. Miss Tross sits on the Diversity Committee for the British Hip Society. Miss Tross has published articles relating to hip and knee replacement surgery and In April ’21 she was invited to give the inaugural monthly midweek lecture run by the British Hip Society on ‘Achieving Accuracy with cup placement in Hip Arthroplasty.
Miss Tross has been profiled in a career series by Verna Wilkins, which is part of the national curriculum for schools and has been included in the Black Powerlist of 100 most Influential Black Britons, since 2009. She was also featured in the book “Millennium People, the soul of our success” by Derek Burnett, featured in the photographic exhibition “Black Britannia: Inspiring the next generation” by John Ferguson exhibited at London City Hall April’08 and in the International Slavery Museum, Liverpool. August’09. She was also featured in Tatler’s 100 most Influential doctors in the UK in 2013. In 2018 she was one of 15 black female leaders profiled in a photographic exhibition commissioned by the Black Cultural Archives in collaboration with JP Morgan Bank and recipient of outstanding Guyanese of the year. In 2019 she was the recipient of the WINTRADE Award for Women in the Public Sector and featured in ‘Passion and Purpose’ by Praise Matemavi, profiles of 72 black female surgeons worldwide.
Miss Tross is proud of her Guyanese roots and despite growing up in England, has maintained close contact with the medical programme in Guyana. She was part of an outreach programme to Lethem in 2014 and involved in training of Orthopaedic Surgeons in 2020. Miss Tross hopes to bring her surgical expertise to Guyana in the future but meanwhile is able to offer virtual consultations.
She can be contacted via her secretary Sharon Lambe at secretary@sztrossltd.com
Her website is www.jointreplacementsurgery.co.uk
