Rav Jayasuriya

BMedSci, MSc, MBChB, MRCS

School of Medicine and Population Health

PhD student

r.l.jayasuriya@sheffield.ac.uk

Sheffield Children's Hospital

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Rav Jayasuriya
School of Medicine and Population Health
Sheffield Children's Hospital
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TH

Profile

I completed my intercalated BMedSci in Medical Research in 2009 and my undergraduate medical degree at the University of Sheffield in 2012. Since then, I have worked in NHS hospitals in the Yorkshire region. I was the first appointed NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery in South Yorkshire in 2014.

I have undertaken a Health Education England Leadership Fellowship in 2020, and completed an MSc in Surgical Innovation in 2022 (Imperial College London) I have worked in multiple areas of the University of Sheffield including the Academic Unit of Medical Education, the Mellanby Centre, the Department of Oncology and Metabolism, and most recently at ScHARR as a PhD student and a Co-Applicant on an RCT run through the Clinical Trials Research Unit.

Qualifications

BMedSci in Medical Research (1st Class Hons) - University of Sheffield

MBChB - University of Sheffield

MRCS - Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh

MSc in Surgical Innovation (Distinction) - Imperial College London

Research interests

PhD title: Predicting brace adherence and factors affecting brace preference in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

PhD studies include:

Dyadic paediatric patient and parent semi-structured interviews exploring treatment adherence
Development of an adherence prediction tool operationalising
Protection-Motivation Theory: A discrete choice experiment to explore patient preference and choice.

My clinical and research interests are within the fields of Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery, Spinal Surgery, and Surgical Education.

Current projects

BASIS Study: Bracing adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Full time vs Night time bracing
BAPQ Study: Validating a de novo adherence prediction tool in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Brace DCE: A discrete choice experiment to explore patient preference and choice.
Post-operative documentation standardisation: Quality Improvement Project
Validation of thermal sensors to monitor patient adherence to orthotics in clinical trials
Use of EOS 3D modelling in the management of scoliosis (Brace design and Selective Thoracic Fusion)

Research presentations:

Publications

Journal articles

Kamran Siddiqui Z, Tomlinson J, Scantlebury A, Jayasuriya R, Church H & Grove A (2025) Hidden barriers to leadership: a cross-sectional survey of prevalence and predictors of Imposter Phenomenon in Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery in the UK.. BMJ Open, 15(9), e100557.
Hawksworth O, Solt J, Jang D, Norman P, Hind D & Jayasuriya R (2025) Using protection motivation theory to support patient adherence in healthcare settings: A scoping review.. PLoS One, 20(9), e0330883.
Bellamy M, Jayasuriya R, Breakwell L & Cole A (2025) EOS imaging and scoliosis: the clinical applicability and intra-rater repeatability of measures.. Skeletal Radiol.
Kamran Siddiqui Z, Lewis C, Myatt A, Jayasuriya R, Balachandar V, Herrick T & Tomlinson J (2025) Bridging the gap: exploring the impact of bootcamp on non-technical skills and professional development in early-career orthopaedic trainees. BMC Medical Education, 25. View this article in WRRO
Mehmet S, Elmarawany MN, Harding I, Bowey AJ, Andrews J, Chan D, Jayasuriya R, Srinivas S, Tomlinson J, Bayley E , GREVITT MP et al (2025) Answer to the letter to the editor of X. Zhang, et al. concerning “AI versus the spinal surgeons in the management of controversial spinal surgery scenarios” by Mehmet, S. et al. (Eur spine J [2025]: doi.org/10.1007/s00586-025-08825-w). European Spine Journal, 34(7), 3054-3055.
Sherratt FC, Swaby L, Walker K, Jayasuriya R, Campbell L, Mills AJ, Gardner AC, Perry DC, Cole A & Young B (2025) Patient and parent perspectives on being invited to join a trial of night-time only versus full-time bracing for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Bone & Joint Open, 6(2), 135-146. View this article in WRRO
Bellamy M, Tung WS, Jayasuriya R, Hind D, Swaby L, Totton N & Cole A (2025) Bracing effectiveness in idiopathic early onset scoliosis followed to skeletal maturity: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Spine Deformity, 1-12.
Mehmet S, McCarthy M, Elmarawany MN, James S, Grevitt MP, Jayasuriya R, Jones A, Bowey A, Chan D, Bayley E , Harding I et al (2024) 277 AI vs. the Spinal Surgeons: A Comparative Analysis of the Management of 18 Common Controversial Spinal Scenarios. British Journal of Surgery, 111(Supplement_6).
Siddiqui ZK, Church HR, Jayasuriya R, Boddice T & Tomlinson J (2024) Educational interventions for imposter phenomenon in healthcare: a scoping review. BMC Medical Education, 24(1). View this article in WRRO
Wahdan Q, Solanke F, Komperla S, Edmonds C, Amos L, Yap RY, Neal A, Mallinder N, Tomlinson JE & Jayasuriya R (2023) DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE CHANGE OF POSTOPERATIVE CARE DOCUMENTATION PRACTICES IN SPINAL SURGERY THROUGH QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORKS. Orthopaedic Proceedings, 105-B(SUPP_16), 11-11.
Swaby L, Perry DC, Walker K, Hind D, Mills A, Jayasuriya R, Totton N, Desoysa L, Chatters R, Young B , Sherratt F et al (2023) Bracing adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (BASIS) study – night-time versus full-time bracing in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: study protocol for a multicentre, randomized controlled trial. Bone & Joint Open, 4(11), 873-880. View this article in WRRO
Jayasuriya R, Norman P, Hind D & Cole A (2023) P72. Development of the brace adherence prediction questionnaire (BAPQ) based on protection motivation theory. The Spine Journal, 23(9), S142-S142.
Kamran Siddiqui Z, Jayasuriya R, Lewis C & Tomlinson J (2023) 670 Transition From Higher Surgical Training to Consultant Surgical Practice: What We Don’t Know but Need to Know. British Journal of Surgery, 110(Supplement_7).
Bellamy M, Tung WS, Courtney E, Jayasuriya R, Cole A & Bayley E (2023) 557 Adherence and Factors Related to Completion of SRS22 PROM Scores in Patients Undergoing Surgical Correction for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. British Journal of Surgery, 110(Supplement_7).
Kamran Siddiqui Z, Jayasuriya R, Lewis C & Tomlinson J (2023) 701 Designing a Transition Programme: From Higher Surgical Training to Consultant Practice. British Journal of Surgery, 110(Supplement_7).
Kamran Siddiqui Z, Jayasuriya R, Lewis C & Tomlinson J (2023) 686 Transition From Higher Surgical Trainee to Consultant Practice: A PRISMA Scoping Review of Non-Clinical Deficiencies in Training. British Journal of Surgery, 110(Supplement_7).
Downie S, Cherry J, Dunn J, Harding T, Eastwood D, Gill S & Johnson S (2023) The role of Gender in Operative Autonomy in orthopaedic Surgical Trainees (GOAST). The Bone & Joint Journal, 105-B(7), 821-832.
Kamran Siddiqui Z, Church H, Jayasuriya R, Boddice T, Lewis C & Tomlinson J (2023) Challenging imposter phenomenon: a scoping review.
Kamran Siddiqui Z, Jayasuriya R, Lewis C & Tomlinson J (2023) Designing a transition programme to aid higher surgical trainees transitioning to consultant practice.
Richardson C, Bretherton CP, Raza M, Zargaran A, Eardley WGP, Trompeter AJ & FFPOM Collaborators (2022) The Fragility Fracture Postoperative Mobilisation multicentre audit : the reality of weightbearing practices following operations for lower limb fragility fractures.. Bone Joint J, 104-B(8), 972-979.
Steinberg J, Southam L, Fontalis A, Clark MJ, Jayasuriya RL, Swift D, Shah KM, Brooks RA, McCaskie AW, Wilkinson JM & Zeggini E (2021) Linking chondrocyte and synovial transcriptional profile to clinical phenotype in osteoarthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 80(8), 1070-1074. View this article in WRRO
Mahatma MM, Jayasuriya RL, Hughes D, Hoggard N, Buckley SC, Gordon A, Hamer AJ, Tomouk MW, Kerry RM, Eastell R & Wilkinson JM (2021) Denosumab after total hip arthroplasty – Authors' reply. The Lancet Rheumatology, 3(6), e406-e407. View this article in WRRO
Steinberg J, Southam L, Roumeliotis TI, Clark MJ, Jayasuriya RL, Swift D, Shah KM, Butterfield NC, Brooks RA, McCaskie AW , Bassett JHD et al (2021) A molecular quantitative trait locus map for osteoarthritis. Nature Communications, 12. View this article in WRRO
Mahatma MM, Jayasuriya RL, Hughes D, Hoggard N, Buckley SC, Gordon A, Hamer AJ, Tomouk MW, Kerry RM, Eastell R & Wilkinson JM (2021) Effect of denosumab on osteolytic lesion activity after total hip arthroplasty: a single-centre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, proof of concept trial. The Lancet Rheumatology, 3(3), e195-e203. View this article in WRRO
Dean BJF (2021) Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing upper extremity surgery at the peak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in the UK: a national cohort study. BMJ Quality & Safety, 30(4), 283-291.
Dean BJF, Carr A, Trickett RW, Kluzek S, Riley N, Bretherton CP, Wilson MK, Hayton MJ, Rupani NR, Hsieh CCD , Clifton LJ et al (2020) The presentation, diagnosis and management of non-traumatic wrist pain: an evaluation of current practice in secondary care in the UK NHS. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 4(2).
Ward AE (2019) RATeS (Re-Admissions in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery): a prospective regional service evaluation of complications and readmissions. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, 139(10), 1351-1360.
Steinberg J, Ritchie GRS, Roumeliotis TI, Jayasuriya RL, Clark MJ, Brooks RA, Binch ALA, Shah KM, Coyle R, Pardo M , Le Maitre CL et al (2017) Integrative epigenomics, transcriptomics and proteomics of patient chondrocytes reveal genes and pathways involved in osteoarthritis. Scientific Reports, 7(1). View this article in WRRO
Lawrence NR, Jayasuriya RL, Gossiel F & Wilkinson JM (2015) Diagnostic Accuracy of Bone Turnover Markers as a Screening Tool for Aseptic Loosening after Total Hip Arthroplasty. HIP International, 25(6), 525-530.
Jayasuriya RL & Wilkinson JM (2014) Pelvic Periprosthetic Bone Mineral Density Measurement Around Cemented vs Cementless Acetabular Prostheses. Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 17(1), 116-120.
Jayasuriya RL, Buckley SC, Hamer AJ, Kerry RM, Stockley I, Tomouk MW & Wilkinson JM (2013) Effect of Sliding-Taper Compared with Composite-Beam Cemented Femoral Prosthesis Loading Regime on Proximal Femoral Bone Remodeling. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 95(1), 19-27.
Mehmet S, Elmarawany MN, Harding I, Bowey AJ, Andrews J, Chan D, Jayasuriya R, Srinivas S, Tomlinson J, Bayley E , Grevitt MP et al () AI versus the spinal surgeons in the management of controversial spinal surgery scenarios. European Spine Journal.

Conference proceedings papers

Pilon C (2021) 2020 Virtual International Conference on Residency Education. Canadian Medical Education Journal, Vol. 12(1) (pp e120-e179). Online, 25 September 2020 - 25 September 2020. View this article in WRRO
Mahatma MM, Jayasuriya RL, Hughes D, Buckley SC, Gordon A, Hamer AJ, Tomouk MW, Kerry RM & Wilkinson JM (2020) Effect of Denosumab on Osteoclast Activity within Osteolytic Lesions after Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Proof of Concept Trial. JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH, Vol. 35 (pp 171-171)
Steinberg J, Ritchie G, Roumeliotis T, Jayasuriya R, Brooks R, Binch A, Shah K, Coyle R, Pardo M, Le Maitre C , Ramos Y et al (2017) Molecular phenotyping of patient chondrocytes reveals genes and pathways involved in osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, Vol. 25 (pp S209-S210)

Preprints

Siddiqui ZK, Church H, Jayasuriya R, Boddice T & Tomlinson J (2023) Educational Interventions for Imposter phenomenon: a scoping review, Research Square Platform LLC.
Siddiqui ZK, Church H, Jayasuriya R, Boddice T, Lewis C & Tomlinson J (2023) Educational Interventions for Imposter phenomenon: a PRISMA scoping review protocol, Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
Steinberg J, Ritchie GRS, Roumeliotis TI, Jayasuriya RL, Brooks RA, Binch ALA, Shah KM, Coyle R, Pardo M, Le Maitre CL , Ramos YFM et al (2016) Integrative epigenomics, transcriptomics and proteomics of patient chondrocytes reveal genes and pathways involved in osteoarthritis, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Mahatma M, Jayasuriya R, Hughes D, Hoggard N, Buckley S, Gordon A, Hamer A, Tomouk W, Kerry R, Eastell R & Wilkinson JM () Effect of Denosumab on Osteolytic Lesion Activity after Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Single-Centre, Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Proof-of-Concept Study.
Steinberg J, Southam L, Butterfield NC, Roumeliotis TI, Fontalis A, Clark MJ, Jayasuriya RL, Swift D, Shah KM, Curry KF , Brooks RA et al () Decoding the genomic basis of osteoarthritis. View this article in WRRO

Teaching activities: I have co-supervised BMedSci, BSc Surgery, and MMedSci students. I am involved with delivering lectures for the MSK module of the MBChB Undergraduate programme and teaching student doctors and junior doctors of all levels.

Professional activities and memberships

I am a member of the following organisations:

General Medical Council
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
British Orthopaedic Association
British Orthopaedic Trainees Association
British Association of Spinal Surgeons
British Scoliosis Society (inc BSS Research Committee)
British Medical Association