Ability Clinic are delighted to announce that Nicholas John Hillsdon, one of our prosthetists in Roehampton, was included in The New Year Honours List for 2012 for his services to Prosthetics and the community. Nick is an outstanding prosthetist who specialises in upper limb prosthetics and helps provide a prosthetic service of international renowned at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton.
Starting as a trainee prosthetist in 1978 at Roehampton, Nick’s professional achievements to date include first clinical trials of myoelectric arms in the early 1980s and the development of many different upper limb socket types. His main claim to fame came in 2003 when he fitted Ali Abbas, a high level amputee who lost both arms in Iraq after an American rocket exploded next to their home, with artificial arms. In 2009, he also won the best paper for his presentation of an innovative lightweight upper limb design that he had developed.
Nick is a hugely popular member of the team with patients and staff alike and is thoroughly deserving of this award. Please join us in congratulating Nick on this great achievement and recognition of his contributions.