Rob Sharp graduated from the LondonHospitalMedicalCollege in 1992. He underwent basic surgical training in East and North London and Johannesburg and moved to Plymouth in 1996. Rob worked as a registrar in Plymouth, Truro and came to Exeter in 2001. After doing the Hip fellowship he travelled to Adelaide for a one year trauma fellowship. He then moved across the Tasman to a consultant post at NorthShore hospital in Auckland.