Qualifications
Mrs Leonard was born in Leicestershire and has lived in most areas of the country over the years. She trained at Cambridge University and then in Birmingham, Newcastle, Swindon, Bath, Oxford and Seattle. During her clinical training she was awarded a research fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons allowing her to undertake a year of full time research culminating in the award of an MSc in Orthopaedic Engineering from Cardiff University. She obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons with a special interest in Orthopaedic and Trauma surgery in 2004 and then went on to further subspecialty training in Hand Surgery in Oxford and Trauma Surgery in Seattle. After 6 months as a locum Consultant in Reading she took up post in Brighton in July 2006. Her research and clinical interests include surgery for rheumatoid arthritis, wrist replacement, scaphoid fracture surgery and wrist kinematics. She is an instructor for Advanced Trauma and Life Support course, a reviewer for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and a member of the British Orthopaedic Association, the British Society for Surgery of the Hand and the British Orthopaedic Research Society.