Mr Roger Hackney, a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, undertook his orthopaedic training in the Royal Air Force plus London and Nottingham. Shoulder fellow to Professor W. Angus Wallace. He gained a diploma in sports medicine. He teaches on various post-graduate sports medicine courses. His practice is largely upper limb, managing shoulder instability, impingement and rotator cuff tears. Mr Hackney also has a special interest in sport, trauma, arthroscopic surgery and groin pain in athletes.
An ex-Olympic runner, he represented Great Britain in the 1980, 84 and 88 Summer Olympics in the Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase. Mr Hackney remains active in athletics, both coaching and training. He is involved with helping run sports medicine courses for the National Sports Medicine Institute and British Sports Trauma Association. He also enjoys hill walking, gardening, music and struggle to bring up three daughters.