Australian Orthopaedic Association

MBBS HONS 1 (Monash University, 1976) FRACS (Orth) 1983. Admitted to Fellowship of the AOA 1989; Area of special interest: Paediatric orthopaedics, joint replacement, general orthopaedics. Federal AOA Positions: Member, AOA National Joint Replacement Registry Committee 2004- present; Member, AOA Training and Membership Committee 2004-2006; Member Committee for modularisation of the AOA Training Programme 2005-present; Senior Examiner in Orthopaedics 2004-2006. AOA Branch Positions: Member, Tasmanian Branch AOA 1985-present; Member Northern Tasmanian Representative to Regional Training Committee 1992-2006. RACS Positions: Member, Board of Orthopaedic Surgery; Examiner in orthopaedic surgery. Hospital Positions: St Vincent’s Hospital Launceston: - Deputy Chairman, Infection Control Committee 1988-present; Member, Medical Advisory Committee 1990-1995; Vic-Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee 1996-1999; Chairman Medical Advisory Committee 2000-2004; St Vincent’s Private Hospital; - VMO 1985- present; Member, Peer Review and Quality Assurance Committee 1992-present; Launceston General Hospital; - VMO present; Supervisor of Training 1992-1996, Medical Staff Association 1985-present, Head of Orthopaedics, 2005-present, St Luke’s Private Hospital:- RMP 1985-present; Academic: Senior Lecturer- University of Tasmania, Publications: three journal articles Other positions: Regional representative, Medico-Legal Society 2004-present, Membership of Societies: Hand Society of Britain 1985-present, AMA 1976-present, Recreational Pursuits: Classic British and German cars; skeleton clocks, tennis.

MBBS (University of Queensland, 1972) FRACS, FAOrthA; Admitted to Fellowship of the AOA 1983; Area of Special Interest: Orthopaedic Oncology Federal AOA Positions: General Director, AOA Board of Directors 2003-2005; Queensland Branch Director, AOA Board of Directors 2001-2003; Chairman, AOA Continuing Professional Development Committee 2002-present; Member AOA Scientific Committee 2003-2005; Member AOA Workforce and Orthopaedic Services Committee 2003-2005; Member AOA Fellowships Committee 2000-2004; Member AOA Special Interests Group Committee 1997-2001; Member, AOA Research Sub-Committee, 1987-1991 AOA Branch Positions: Chairman, Queensland Branch AOA 1997-2001; Honorary Treasurer, Queensland Branch AOA 1993-1997; Member, Queensland Branch Committee AOA 1991-1993 RACS Positions: Chairman, Professional Development and Standards Board, RACS, 2005; Chairman, International Committee, Underperforming Surgeons Working Party & Access to Elective Surgery Working Party 2005; College Councillor, RACS 2002-2005; Deputy Chairman, Professional Development and Standards Board, RACS, 2002-2005; Member, Court of Examiners, RACS 1986-2001 Other Positions: Chairman, Orthopaedic Oncology Society of Australasia 1997-2001; Convenor, Queensland Bone Tumour Registry 1986-2005; Founding Trustee, Queensland Orthopaedic Research Trust 2001-2005; Member, Board of Asia-Pacific Musculo-Skeletal Tumour Society 2002-2005 Hospital Positions: Chairman, Orthopaedic Department, Princess Alexandra Hospital 2001-2004; Senior Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon, Princess Alexandra Hospital 1995-2005; Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon, Princess Alexandra Hospital 1986-1995; Director, Orthopaedics, Princess Alexandra Hospital 1983-1986; Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Wesley Hospital 1986-2005; Member, The Wesley Hospital Board 1994-1995; Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, The Wesley Hospital, 1994-1995; Hospital residency, Royal Brisbane and Canberra Hospitals 1973-1975; Australian Orthopaedic Training Programme (Queensland) 1976-1979; Wexham Park Hospital,Slough,1980; Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Birmingham,1982-1983 Academic: Associate Professor of Surgery, The University of Queensland (present); Publications: 18 peer-reviewed papers; 87 scientific presentations; 2 current research grants Awards: Wesley Research Institute Award for Outstanding Cancer Research 2005 Family: Married to Margaret, three children, Michael, Angela and Alexander Recreational Pursuits: beach, golf, sailing, opera.

Second Vice-President: Bill Cumberland
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Treasurer: Graham E Mercer
G Mercer MBBS (Adelaide), FRACS 1983, FAOrthA. Admitted to the Fellowship of the AOA in 1987; Area of special interest: Arthroplasty surgery. Specialist training UK in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Shoulder and Sports Injuries. Training at St Georges, Redhill and Rowley Bristow. Awarded Zimmer Travelling Fellowship in 1983 Glenelg Community Hospital Board Member, 1987-2001; Chairman MAC, 1987-1997; Chairman Infection Control Committee 1987-1995; Chairman Theatre Committee 1987-1995; Flinders Private Hospital; member Infection Control Committee 2000-2004: Strathalbyn District Hospital (1984-2001); Mt Barker District Hospital 1984-1996; Woodside District Hospital 1984-1990; Current appointments: Flinders Medical Centre; Repatriation General Hospital; Head of Orthopaedic Services, Repatriation Hospital Daw Park South Australia, AOA Branch positions: Secretary SA branch 1997-2001; state branch committee member 1997-present. AOA Federal positions: Chairman COE Committee 2002-; member Scientific Committee 2002-present; member Industry Liaison Committee 2002--present; member CPD Committee 2002-present;Federal board observer 2002-present; member PDC 2004-present; Other professional groups: AAOS, ISAKOS, ASOS, APOA, Arthroplasty Society. Recreational pursuits: travel, wine appreciation.

Honorary Secretary : Andreas H I Loefler
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Chairman of Education and Training: Peter F M Choong
MBBS, MD, FRACS, FAOrthA. Admitted to Fellowship of AOA in 1986; Area of special interest: hip and knee arthroplasty, bone and soft tissue tumour surgery; AOA positions: Member Victorian Training Committee 1998-2005; Chair, Victorian Training Committee; Deputy Director, Federal Training Committee 2004-2005; Deputy Chair, COE Committee 2004-2008; Rotating Chair, Scientific Committee, Victorian Orthopaedic Research Trust; Member, Industry Liaison Committee;Committee; Member, CPD Committee; Member, Academic Surgeons’ Committee. Other positions: Director of Surgery and Surgical Services St Vincent’s Hospital 1997-1998; Deputy Chair, St Vincent’s Hospital Patient Care Review Committee 2001-2002; RACS representative, Electoral College, Alfred Hospital 2001-2007; Editor, ANZ Journal of Surgery; President, Australian Sarcoma Group, 2003-2004; President, ANZORS; Chair, Victorian State Committee of RACS, Ministerial Appointee; Victorian Quality Council; Victorian Surgical Consultative Council; Honorary Secretary, International Society of Limb Salvage. Current hospital appointments: Director of Orthopaedics, St Vincent’s Hospital, Director of Orthopaedics, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute; VMO, St Vincent’s Private Hospital; VMO Warringal Private Hospital; Academic Appointments: Professor of Orthopaedics, University of Melbourne; Mayo Clinic Ivins Visiting Professor 2003; Awards: AOA Ambassadorial Fellow; RACS Travelling Fellow 1993, Vince Agati Memorial Research Award 2001 and 2002; Anne Olsson Research Award 2001; Simon Bergman Memorial Research Award 2001.

Scientific Secretary: David A F Morgan OAM
D Morgan MBBS, (University of Queensland), FRACS. Admitted to Fellowship of the AOA 1988. Area of special interest: disorders of the hip and knee, tissue banking, bone and cartilage transplantation and medico-legal reporting. Federal AOA positions: Advisor to the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Chairman, Bone and Tissue Banking subcommittee, Member, Continuing Orthopaedic Education Sub-Committee of the AOA 1999, Committee member, AOA National Joint Registry 2006-present and Director of the AOA Research Foundation. Other positions include: President, Asia-Pacific Association of Surgical Tissue Banks 1998-2000; Chairman of National Implantable Medical Devices, 1999-2006; Director of Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Foundation 1996 to present, Medical Director Brisbane Private Hospital, member of International Advisory Board for Advances in Tissue Banking, and a member of the Expert Committee for Surgically Implanted Prostheses. Organised various scientific meetings including the AOA Annual Scientific Meeting in Brisbane in 1999, Asia Pacific Association of Surgical Tissue Banks First World Congress, Gold Coast 2000, Arthroplasty Society of Australia meeting, Margaret River, 2005 and the National Summit on Tissue Banking, Menzies Foundation 1999. Research appointments include: member of the International Federation of Tissue Banking Steering Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Second World Congress on Tissue Banking, Warsaw Poland, Editorial Board “Cell and Tissue International Journal, Berlin and the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering. Current hospital appointment: Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery at the University of Queensland. Recreational pursuits: Sailboarding, art, antiques.

Chairman of Orthopaedic Services: David S Stabler
MBBS, (University of Queensland) FRACS. Admitted to Fellowship of the AOA in 1988. Area of special interest: hand surgery. Training at Ipswich General Hospital, Townsville General Hospital, Mater Hospital and Greenslopes Hospital. Fellow in Hand Surgery, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary (1983); Senior Registrar in Orthopaedic Surgery, Queens Medical Centre Nottingham (1983); Visiting Medical Officer, Gold Coast 1985-2000; Visiting Medical Officer, Pindara Private Hospital 1985-2002; Visiting Medical Officer, Brockway House Day Surgery Centre 1986-2002; AOA Positions: Board Member; Other Positions: Chairman Accreditation Committee Pindara Private Hospital (1987-1999); Board of Orthopaedic Studies (Queensland) Member and Secretary 2001-2005; Australian Hand Surgery Society Board Member (1999-2005); Australian Hand Surgery Society Secretary 2001-2005; Member, Medical Board of Advice, Pindara Private Hospital 1987-1999; Member, Ethics Committee Gold Coast Public Hospital 1990-1991; Editor Australian Hand Surgery Society Newsletter 2005-present; Current appointments: Visiting Medical Officer at Allamanda Private Hospital, and Allamanda Surgicentre; in private practice specialising on the hand and upper limb including the shoulder.

General Director: Roy P L Carey
MBBS (Monash University), FRACS. Admitted to Fellowship of the AOA in 1984. Area of special interest: lumbar spinal surgery. Training at Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne 1980-1981; Senior Orhtopaedic Registrar Royal Sussex County Hospital, United Kingdom 1981-1982; Commonwealth Orthopaedic Registrar, Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital, Edinburgh 1982-1983; Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne 1983-1985; Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon, Prince Henry’s Hospital, Melbourne 1986-1991; Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon, Mercy Private Hospital 1983-1992; Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Children's Hospital, 1983-1998; AOA Branch positions: Secretary Victorian Branch 1990; Member, Victorian executive 1992-1997; Convener AOA ASM 1995; Other positions: President, Spine Society of Australia 2006-present; Other professional groups: British Orthopaedic Association, Member AMA Medico-Legal Committee 2006-2007. Current appointments: Freemasons Hospital; Epworth Hospital and Mercy Hospital. Recreational pursuits: cricket, golf and music.

General Director: Peter B Steadman
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Branch Director, Australian Capital Territory:
Katherine A Gordiev
KGordiev MBBS (Hons I) Sydney University 1993, FRACS 2003, FAOrthA 2008. Training: AOA Training program, Sydney 1999-2003. Fellowship in Shoulder Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, July 2003-Nov 2004. Area of special interest: Shoulder and Upper Limb Surgery. Academic: Clinical Lecturer, ANU Medical School since 2006. Hospital Appointments: VMO at The Canberra Hospital, Calvary Hospital, National Capital Private Hospital, Calvary-John James Hospital, Canberra Area Medical Unit – Duntroon - ADF; Positions-current: Head of Orthopaedic Department, The Calvary Hospital, ACT; Branch Director ACT Branch AOA, Specialty representative, ACT Branch AMA. In private practice in Canberra since 2005. Interests: Photography, music, sport.

Branch Director, New South Wales:
Dimitri G Papadimitriou
MBBS (Sydney), FRACS. Admitted to Fellowship of the AOA in July 2002. Area of special interest: Hip arthroplasty and total joint reconstruction. Training at Westmead Hospital (1995); Hornsby Hospital (1996); Sydney Adventist Hospital (1996); Hand surgery registrar at Royal North Shore Hospital (1997); Sydney Hospital (1998); Fellowship in Total Joint Reconstruction New York (1999); Fellowship in Hip Arthroplasty, Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre UK (1999). Visiting orthopaedic surgeon at North Shore Private Hospital, (2000) Hunters Hill Private Hospital (2001) and Royal North Shore Hospital (2001); University appointment: AM Taylor Teaching Scholar University of Sydney (2001). International affiliate member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Dr Papadimtriou is currently in private practice in Lane Cove, NSW.

Branch Director, Queensland: Peter W Brazel
MBBS (Queensland); FRACS (1992); Admitted to Fellowship of the AOA in 1997. Area of special interest: Spinal surgery. Training at Mater Public Hospital, 1989; Ipswich Hospital 1990; Royal Brisbane Hospital 1991-1992. Fellowship in Spinal Surgery at Crumblin Hospital, Dublin Ireland (1993). Appointed Director of Orthopaedics at Ipswich General Hospital. In 1999 was appointed Visiting Medical Officer at Ipswich General Hospital. Chairman of AOA Queensland Branch (2005-2006); Other positions: Queensland Supervisor of Training at Ipswich Hospital 2004; Member of the Queensland Orthopaedic Training Committee (1999-present). Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Queensland. Dr Brazel is currently in private practice in Ipswich, Queensland.

Branch Director, South Australia: Peter Viiret
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Branch Director, Tasmania: Scott A Fletcher
S Fletcher MBBS (Tasmania), FRACS. Admitted to Fellowship of the AOA in 2000. Area of special interest: Sports medicine. Training at Launceston General Hospital Tasmania 1985; Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton UK 1986; St Richards Hospital 1987; Diploma Course Sports Medicine London Hospital Medical College 1988; Launceston General Hospital 1990; Chief orthopaedic surgeon at North Western General Hospital, Tasmania 2000. Ran clinics in both public and private hospitals in Burnie and Devonport. Dr Fletcher is currently in private practice in Burnie.

Branch Director, Victoria: Reinhart V H Wuttke
R Wuttke MBBS (Melbourne), FRACS. Admitted to Fellowship of the AOA in 1981. Chairman of AOA Victorian Branch 2002-2004; Honorary Secretary of Victorian Branch 2004-2006.

Branch Director, Western Australia: Greg Witherow
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Representative of AOA on the RACS Council:
Simon A Williams
MBBS, FRACS, is currently the representative for orthopaedic surgery on the College Council. Simon is a Victorian surgeon, who has been a Fellow of the AOA since 1992. He was the Victorian Supervisor of Training, Geelong Hospital in 2004. He is currently in private practice at St John of God Hospital in Geelong.

Representative of ASOS: Ian W Incoll
MBBS, FRACS, is currently the National Treasurer for the Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Dr Incoll has been a Fellow of the AOA since 2002. He was the Chairman of Northside Board of Studies and Supervisor of Training at Gosford Hospital in 2004. Dr Incoll is currently in private practice at Kanwal Medical Practice in New South Wales.