info@orthonorth.com.au 
+61 2 9460 9100 
I am a hip, knee and lower limb orthopaedic surgeon based in St Leonards, Sydney.
My goal is to provide quality, teaching hospital level orthopaedic care for patients with conditions of the hip, knee and lower limb, both to the local community in Sydney and across wider Australia.
I believe in a patient-led approach, placing your choices and your goals at the centre of all my actions and the decision making of our team.
My elective orthopaedic practice is focused on lower limb reconstructive surgery, principally through hip and knee replacement, but also with a strong interest in neuromuscular disability of the lower limb. This encompasses arthroplasty and surgery in spasticity and tendon transfer for muscle imbalance in the foot and ankle. In my practice, we work in tandem with a tight-knit and highly skilled multidisciplinary team.
Currently, my hip practice is centred on the research and teaching of the Direct Anterior Approach in hip arthroplasty, particularly in understanding the effects and spino-pelvic kinematics. My arthroplasty techniques use pre-operative planning and simulation along with 3D printed guides to tailor positioning of hip arthroplasty components in a patient specific approach.
I am an active trauma surgeon of more than twenty five years experience, frequently involved in the care of patients requiring complex surgeries following accidents and emergencies. In my role as an on-call Senior VMO orthopaedic and trauma surgeon, I see adult and paediatric members of the local community and from further afield at Royal North Shore, our Level 1 Trauma Hospital located in St Leonards. Over my extensive period of service, I have been privileged to help many thousands of patients with significant traumatic injuries back to recovery. Complex fracture management, limb salvage, traumatic soft tissue injury and wound management are often required in these cases.
My early career as Senior Lecturer in Orthopaedics at Sydney University helped develop a love of education and multi-disciplinary based research, and I was a co-founder of the Sydney Clinical Skills Centre, which is an integral part of the Northern Clinical School and has become one of the largest and busiest skills training centres in NSW.
Through roles within RNSH and commitment to the Australian Defence Force, I have made continued contributions in teaching and training including more than 40 ATLS/Early Management of Severe Trauma courses (most as Course Director), regular teaching on the Military Module of the Definitive Surgery of Trauma Course since its inception in 20 years ago, and the development and use of high-fidelity simulation in medical team training. I am an examiner in the Orthopaedic Court of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons.
An Australian trained surgeon supported by extensive international education, I am a fellow of both the Royal Australian College of Surgeons (Orthopaedics, 1995) and the Australian Orthopaedic Association (2002), with two and half years of residential training in the U.K. including at the Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge and the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre in Exeter, and visitation to leading U.S. orthopaedic units.
