Leadership roles:

Clinical Director - Private Patients (Candover Clinic and Suite)

Specialist interests:

Adult and Paediatric general sport, exercise and MSK conditions

Tendinopathies

Sport-related concussion

Exercise-induced limb pain

Training and education:

MB BS Royal Free Hospital London 1991

MSc

DRCOG

MRCGP

FRCP

FFSEM

Experience:

Consultant in SEM and MSK HHFT since 2009
MSK Clinical Lead 2015-2021
Vice President FSEM (Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK) 2018-2021
Chair RCP SEM Committee 2021-2025
Worked and travelled in elite/professional sport since 2001, including:
•    Premiership Rugby Clinical Lead 
•    Independent Head Injury Assessor for Premiership, European and International Rugby Union, incl. Men’s World Cup Final 2015 & Womens World Cup Final 2025
•    Pre-Hospital Immediate Care in Sport Instructor
•    5 Olympic Games including Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Team GB Tokyo Olympics 2021 and CMO Winter Olympics Italy 2026
•    CMO Team GB European Games 2019
•    7 Commonwealth Games Team England, incl. CMO Team England 2018, 2022, 2023 and 2026
•    CMO GB Hockey 2004-2017 (3 Olympic Games, incl Olympic Gold Medal with GB Women Rio 2016)
•    CMO GB Synchronised Swimming 2007-2013
•    Lead Doctor London Irish Rugby 2003-2012
•    Club Doctor Southampton Football 2006-2008
•    FSEM and Bath University Examiner in Sport & Exercise Medicine
•    Medical Committee Member UK Anti-Doping
•    Medical Lead Trans-gender policy, England Hockey 2023-2025

 

2021

  • Service Evaluation of Lateral Flow and PCR Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in sports squads – STRIKE 2
  • Re-audit of PRP and ESWT data
  • Vitamin D levels and Replacement therapy in Fractured Neck of Femur Admissions
  • Vitamin D levels in Care of the Elderly Inpatients

2023

  • Member of PRISP research group – audit and analysis of injuries in Prem Rugby

Below you will find a selection of publications

  • 2014 - Antibiotic Prophylaxis of Traveller’s Diarrhoea in Athletes: Rossiter M; Br J Sports Med 2014:48:1581-1582
  • 2015 - Assessing risk factors for early hip osteoarthritis in activity-related hip pain: a Delphi study. Jackson K, Delphi Panel (M Rossiter part of Panel) et al.   BMJ Open 2015 Sep 29;5(9): e007609
  • 2016 - Sports Injuries & Ilnesses in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Summer Games Soligard T, Steffen K, Palmar D et al (incl M A Rossiter as contributor): Br J Sports Med 2017;0:1–8.
  • 2017 - Nasal Function and Dysfunction in Exercise: Walker A, Surda P, Rossiter M, Little S: J Laryngol Otol 2016 May; 130(5): 431-4.
  • 2017 - Rhinitis in Elite and Non-Elite Field Hockey Players: Walker A, Surda P, Rossiter M, Little S:
    Int J Sports Med 2017; 38(1): 65-70
  • 2017 - Concussion in Field Hockey: A retrospective analysis into the incidence rates, mechanisms, symptoms and recovery of concussive injuries sustained by elite field hockey players
    Rossiter M, Challis M. BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med 2017; 3(1)
  • 2018 - Nasal disease and quality of life in athletes. Walker AC, Surda P, Rossiter M, Little SA.
    J Laryngol Otol. 2018 Sep;132(9):812-815
  • 2017 - FSEM Ultrasound Guidelines Rossiter M, Rollins S Faculty of Sport & Exercise Medicine https://www.fsem.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/FSEM-UK-MSK-US-Guidelines-May-2019.pdf
  • 2018 - FSEM MSK Commissioning Guidance Rossiter M, Tomlinson C, Wilkes G, Hopkinson J, Visnubula D Faculty of Sport & Exercise https://www.fsem.ac.uk/msk-commissioning-guidance/
  • 2020 - Pitch side emergency care and personal protective equipment: a framework for elite sport during the COVID-19 pandemic Hodgson L, Phillips G, Rossiter M et al BJSM Blogs July 202
    https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2020/07/08/pitch-side-emergency-care-personal-protective-equipment/
    https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2020/07/08/pitch-side-emergency-care-personal-protective-equipment-a-framework-for-elite-sport-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-part-2-of-3/
    https://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2020/07/08/pitch-side-emergency-care-and-personal-protective-equipment-a-framework-for-elite-sport-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-part-3-of-3/
  • 2020 - Interassociation consensus recommendations for pitch-side emergency care and personal protective equipment for elite sport during the COVID-19 pandemic Hodgson L, Phillips G, Rossiter M et al Br J Sports Med 2020;0:1–8.
  • 2021 - Letter to BMJ 1st March 21: Hughes J, Creany L, Tomlinson C, Rossiter M, Chatterjee R, Seah R, Wheeler P: BMJ 2021;372: n291 in response to – Do not routinely offer imaging for uncomplicated low back pain BMJ 2021; 372
  • 2021 - Evolving emergency care as COVID-19 continues Hodgson L, Phillips G, Saggers R, Patricos J, Rossiter M Accepted for Publication BJSM 
  • 2022 - From da Vinci to Definitive Diagnosis: How training in    sports ultrasound harnesses sound, science and skill Patricios J, Rossiter M, Cunningham C, Fitzpatrick J, Hirschmuller A, Thamsinque M, Roos B, Thornton J. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2022:56 (3); 118-119
  • 2022 - Implementation study of SARS-CoV-2 antigen lateral flow tests in men’s professional (Premiership) rugby union sports squads in England during the COVID-19 pandemic Finch L, Rossiter M, Adams E, Cross M, Kemp S et al. J Infect. 2022 Feb;84(2):e3-e5
  • 2022 - Medical Care and First Aid: Medical care and first aid: an Inter-association consensus framework for organised non-elite sport during the COVID-19 pandemic Hodgson L, Phillips G, Rossiter M et al Br J Sports Med 2022 ;56 :68-79 
  • 2022 - Chapter author: Hip, Knee, Pelvis, Thigh and Knee. Oxford Textbook of Rheumatology (5th Edition) 
  • 2022 - A national survey of urinary incontinence in professional England female athletes. Johnston C, Negus M, Rossiter M, Phillips C. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 282 (2023) 12–16
  • 2023 - Health risks to athletes at Olympic and Commonwealth games. Rossiter, M. Occupational Medicine, 2023, XX, 1–4 
  • 2023 - "This house believes that all SEM doctors should be able to perform some manual medicine diagnostic and treatment techniques.” BASEM Today Issue 65 Winter 2023, 36-38
  • 2024 - GB & England Hockey Transgender Policy Co-Author