Paul Warren was born in Somerset in 1956, took an intercalated BSc before qualifying in 1981 and after basic training specialised in orthopaedics. He did valuable research on the proprioception of replaced knee joints for which he was awarded an MS. He was an enthusiastic sea angler and relaxed by growing vegetables in his allotment. He was appointed a consultant at Northwick Park in 1995. Sadly he developed multiple myeloma for which he received chemotherapy and a marrow transplant, but developed graft versus host disease and died on 29 December 2001, aged 45 years, leaving his wife Elizabeth, and their two sons, Angus and Oliver.