Taff is a fellowship trained Orthopaedic surgeon specialising in routine, trauma and complex upper limb surgery. He is also the Clinical Lead for Hand Surgery at Barts Health NHS Trust.

Mr Edwards has undertaken the yearlong prestigious British Society of Surgery to the Hand Advanced Training Fellowship at Wrightington hospital where he specialised in wrist/hand surgery, sports injuries, complex elbow reconstruction and peripheral nerve injury.

Mr Edwards enjoys involvement in clinically driven research as well as research into the basic sciences of disease and injury. He is currently the Principal Investigator for the SOFFT Trial at Barts Health.

Mr Edwards has an extensive experience in numerous local and international hospitals. Furthermore, he has deployed 4 times on operational duties to Iraq and Afghanistan working on the front line as a medic and within the Field Hospital.

He studied for his research Doctorate at Imperial College London from 2014 to 2016, looking into the outcome of military amputees from the conflict in Afghanistan, for which he was awarded the Alexander Medal, the premier award of the Royal Army Medical Corps.

His professional knowledge and skills are constantly kept up to date and is reflected in his recent publications and book contribution, notably an author for the latest edition of Grays Anatomy (2019).

Aside from medicine Taff enjoys reading Science Fiction and exploring medieval castles with his young family. He has competed at national level in rowing and selected to represent the Army at Skeleton Bobsleigh.

Notable other roles -

·         Clinical Lead for Hand Surgery, Barts Health NHS Trust

·         Programme Director of the MSc Trauma Sciences SHO rotation

·         Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University London on the Master in Trauma course

·         Honorary Secretary for the Faculty of Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine, Worshipful      Society of Apothecaries