Andrew Shimmin is a Graduate of the Australian Orthopaedic Association Training Program and he furthered his Orthopaedic education in the USA, United Kingdom and Europe. In 1997 he became a Member of the Melbourne Orthopaedic Group as a Specialist Hip and Knee Surgeon.

He is currently a Director of their Research Foundation. He has performed over 10,000 surgical procedures with special expertise in hip and knee joint replacement and arthroscopy, and reconstruction of the injured athlete’s knee. He has given over 200 presentations at National and International Orthopaedic conferences (see link) and has over 30 publications in major Orthopaedic Journals and book chapters.

He is a President of the Australian Arthroplasty Society (Joint Replacement Surgeons), is a member of the Australian Knee Society and a member of the International Hip Society.

Andrew Shimmin is an Advisor to the Australian Government (Department of Health) on the safety and efficacy of medical devices.

He is a keen sportsman having had an Association of Tennis Professionals world ranking, played A-Grade amateur football and competed in Veteran’s athletic events. Currently, he remains a golfing tragic.

Professor Fares Haddad is a Hip and Knee Reconstructive Orthopaedic and Sports Surgeon at University College Hospitals. He is Divisional Clinical Director of Surgical Specialities at UCH, and Director of the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health at University College London.

He graduated from the University College London Hospitals with a First Class BSc and MB BS. His basic training in hip and knee surgery and reconstruction started in London on the St. Bartholomew’s Royal Free and Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital rotations and was subsequently enhanced by fellowship training in the United States and Canada. He was a gold medallist in the FRCS (orth) exam and has gained a large number of prizes and prestigious academic awards. He has been an EFFORT Travelling Fellow, British Hip Society Travelling Fellow and ABC Travelling Fellow in 2004. He became a Hunterian Professor in 2005.

Professor Haddad’s clinical and research endeavours have centred around hip and knee reconstruction. His interests include the expansion of knee and hip arthroscopic techniques to deal with sports injuries, new bearing surfaces and outcomes assessment in hip, knee and revision surgery and use of allografting and other transplant and stem cell techniques in hip and knee reconstruction. His work also encompasses novel strategies to manage patients with knee ligament injuries. He provides medical input at elite level for dancers and a number of sports including football, athletics, rugby, boxing and martial arts.

He has presented and published widely on key aspects of hip, knee and sports surgery and continues to lead a clinical research group with interests in hip and knee joint preservation after injury, the genetic influences on bone and tendon, prosthetic design and performance and outcomes measurement after hip / knee surgery and sports injuries. He is editor in chief of the Bone and Joint Journal, and is on the editorial board of The Journal of Arthroplasty, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons and Hospital Medicine. He has been elected as a Founding Fellow of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine.

Mr Jonathan Baré is an Australian and internationally trained orthopaedic surgeon. He specialises in hip and knee surgery including the treatment of sports injuries and arthritis. He was born and educated in Melbourne, completing his medical degree at Monash University in 1992. He undertook orthopaedic training in Melbourne and obtained a fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2003.

Jonathan completed further training overseas. He spent 18 months in Oxford, UK, as a fellow at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre specifically training in complex knee surgery. He then spent a further 12 months working at the University of Western Ontario (London, Canada) focusing on revision hip and knee surgery. During his overseas training Jonathan gained experience in sports surgery, osteotomy of the hip and knee, hip arthroscopy and all aspects of hip and knee replacement surgery. He was also involved in research and medical education.

Since returning to Melbourne in 2005 Jonathan has joined the Melbourne Orthopaedic Group. He is currently a member of The Girdlestone Society (Oxford) and the Australian Orthopaedic Association.

Bill Walter was born in Newcastle and educated in Sydney. He is the son and nephew of Orthopaedic surgeons, and is both a member of the Australian Orthopaedic Association and a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

Bill is an internationally trained orthopaedic surgeon, furthering his education in the US at University of California and the Hospital for Special Surgery NY.

Bill performs hip and knee replacement surgery and hip and knee arthroscopy surgery. He is dedicated to achieving the best possible outcome for every patient, using the most effective surgical techniques and technologies, so that each patient can get back to the activities they most enjoy.

Surgeries:

• Hip arthroscopy surgery (diagnostic, chondroplasty and labral repair)
• Hip replacement surgery (THR) using anterior or posterior surgical approach, resurfacing hip replacement and revision hip replacement surgery
• Knee arthroscopy surgery (diagnostic, chondroplasty and meniscectomy)
• Knee replacement, including uni-compartmental knee replacement (uni-knee, partial), or total knee replacement surgery.

Bill employs a variety of techniques to optimize patient outcomes including computer navigation, minimally invasive surgery, locally targeted pain control, early mobilization and rapid recovery.

Bill’s research is published in peer reviewed international arthroplasty journals; he is often invited to present his findings at international scientific orthopaedic conferences as a member of faculty and as a member of the expert panel.

He completed a PhD of Surgery in 2006 at University of NSW and was appointed as Associate Professor in 2009 at the University of Notre Dame. Bill currently supervises 2 PhD students, a Masters student and medical students.

In 2012 Bill was the President of the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty and hosted the annual meeting in Sydney where other scientific papers were presented, on topics such as robotics and technology in Orthopaedic Surgery.

Bill served as Chairman of the department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Mater Hospital from 2011 to 2014.

He has given many presentations at orthopaedic conferences in Australia and throughout the world and has more than 67 publications in major Scientific Journals and book chapters.

Bill has been elected to become President of the International Society of Orthopaedic Centres in 2016. He will host this prestigious international meeting in Sydney in 2017.

His love of science has become a major part of his career.

Dr. Schmalzried is the Medical Director of the Joint Replacement Institute and a Physician Specialist at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He is on the editorial review board of several scientific journals and is the Joint Replacement Section Editor for Orthopaedics Today, the most widely read orthopaedic periodical. Dr. Schmalzried has served on the Board of Directors of the Western Orthopaedic Association, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Orthopaedic Research Society, the Association of Arthritic Hip and Knee Surgeons, and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation.

Dr. Schmalzried attended Stanford University on a basketball scholarship and was a 3-year varsity letterman. He graduated in 1980 with honours and distinction, and was elected to membership in the Phi Beta Kappa academic society. Dr. Schmalzried attended UCLA Medical School and was elected to membership in the academic medical society, Alpha Omega Alpha. He did his internship in surgery and residency in orthopaedics at UCLA. In 1985-86, Dr. Schmalzried was a research fellow in joint replacement, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Following his residency at UCLA in 1990-1991, Dr. Schmalzried was the Hip and Implant Fellow at Harvard University and an Assistant in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Mr Collopy is a busy Perth-based surgeon specialising in hip and knee replacement, revision arthroplasty, and pelvic and acetabular trauma.

He is well-respected nationally and internationally, and is a regular speaker on the national and international circuit.

He completed his residency and advanced surgical training at Royal Perth Hospital. After gaining FRACS Ortho in 1994, he undertook three years of overseas fellowship training in the area of hip and knee arthroplasty and revision surgery, initially at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford UK, followed by a further year at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, and finally a fellowship in pelvic and acetabular trauma at Parkland Memorial Trauma Centre, Dallas Texas. Mr Collopy works as a Consultant at St John of God Private Hospitals in Perth.

His research interests are in hip and knee implant design and fixation, and was one of the design surgeons on the Emperion revision hip system, the Triathlon knee system and the AccoladeII hip system. He, together with one of his partners, Mr Gavin Clark, is involved in developing robotics in knee and hip replacement. Mr Collopy is the immediate Past-President of the Arthroplasty Society of Australia, and is currently the Chairman of the WA State branch of the AOA. He sits on numerous committees, including the AOA Scientific Committee, the COE Committee, and the NJRR Committee.

Professional Memberships:

• Australian Orthopaedic Association – Fellow
• Australian Arthroplasty Society – Member
• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons – Fellow
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons – International Affiliate Member
• Australian Medical Association