SpeakersBrandon.Ruben.jpg Organisation: Epworth Sport and Exercise Medicine Group Position: Sport & Exercise Medicine Senior Registrar de Zoete.Ben paint.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Physiotherapy Manager, Richmond Doig.Stephen.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Orthopaedic Surgeon Feller.Julian.jpg Organisation: OrthoSport Victoria Position: Orthopaedic Surgeon KINKADE, A 14102013.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Group Chief Executive LARKINS, Peter - CONFIRMED website 05092014.jpg Organisation: Epworth Sports and Exercise Medicine Group Position: Sport & Exercise Physician Dr Peter Larkins is a specialist sports and exercise physician in clinical practice and a Founding member of the Epworth Sports & Exercise Medicine Group in Richmond, Victoria. His practice focuses on the management of sport and other musculoskeletal injuries as well as the effects of exercise and lifestyle on health promotion in all age groups. He is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Sports Physicians and former National Vice-president of the College. He is also a Fellow of Sports Medicine Australia and Past National President of that Association, Australia’s peak advisory body on health and fitness issues. He is a regularly invited speaker and author on a wide range of sports medicine topics and has been a medical commentator on multimedia networks including Channel 9 and Channel 7 television, Triple M and 3AW radio, particularly on matters relating to AFL football. He has also written a regular sports injury column in the Herald Sun newspaper in Melbourne. He has regularly appeared on Fox Footy channel and has a weekly medical segment on the afl.com website. O'Brien ivvy.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Rheumatologist Professor Richard O'Brien trained in Clinical Immunology and General Medicine and Owens ivvy.jpg Organisation: Stephen Owens & Gayle Morrison Orthotics Position: Podiatrist Eden Raleigh.PNG Organisation: City Orthopaedics Position: Orthopaedic Surgeon Mr Eden Raleigh is an Australian trained Orthopaedic Surgeon with extensive overseas surgical experience in London, Paris and Canada. His main interests are complex shoulder and knee surgery. After completing his medical degree at Monash University in 1998, and his surgical residency at the Alfred Hospital, he was selected into the Australian Orthopaedic Training Program in 2003, completing his training in 2006. He then spent two and a half years undergoing sub-speciality fellowship training in shoulder and knee surgery Eden was awarded the Guy's & St. Thomas Orthopaedic Arthroplasty Fellowship in 2008, in London, UK, after completing a 1 year trauma fellowship at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 2007. Eden then spent 6 months in Paris working with Europe's finest surgeons at the prestigious Centre Médico-Chirurgical Paris V Hospital, where he was also heavily involved in research activities.Upon completion of his fellowship in Paris, he travelled to Canada to work at the internationally renowned Panam Clinic, where he obtained a fellowship in Shoulder Surgery. He worked under the supervision of Prof. Peter MacDonald, who is a world-renowned expert in shoulder stabilisation surgery. Rasaratnam.Indi.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Rheumatologist Smith for iivy.jpg Organisation: Epworth Medical Imaging Position: Clinical Director of Radiology, Epworth Geelong Dr Paul Smith completed his MRI Musculoskeletal Fellowship training at Regional Imaging / MIA, which featured a heavy sports medicine case load, with focus on MR imaging, ultrasound and interventional procedures. Paul graduated from the University of Melbourne Medical School in 2004, prior to which he read Arts and completed a Bachelor Science with Honors. After completing his residency years at the Royal Melbourne and Alfred Hospitals, Paul trained in Radiology at the Austin Hospital in Melbourne. There, he completed general intervention, body and neuroradiology fellowships. Subsequent to this, Paul spent time training in body imaging, which included musculoskeletal tumour imaging, at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York. Paul first joined the Epworth Medical Imaging team at Epworth Richmond this year, having previously worked for Regional Imaging as a Consultant Radiologist. He currently sits on the Medical Imaging Advisory Board for the School of Medicine, at Deakin University, and the Epworth Geelong, Medical Advisory Board. Whilst Paul acknowledges his broad range of subspecialty interests, he has subspecialty skills in Interventional Radiology, and his main diagnostic expertise lies in Musculoskeletal and Body imaging. He has presented at numerous international conferences, and continues to pursue his research interests. Paul has a keen interest in the application of information technology in radiology, and is currently working on projects to enhance Radiologist and patient experience of Radiology. Tang.Andrew.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Orthopaedic Surgeon Mr Andrew Tang is Director of the Musculoskeletal Clinical Institute at Epworth HealthCare. Andrew is an experienced Orthopaedic Surgeon who operates at Epworth Richmond having commenced as a specialist orthopaedic surgeon in 1994. He has undertaken international post-graduate postings in London at Kings College Hospital, as well as Singapore General Hospital (2006-2008) where he specialised in adult reconstructive knee surgery. Locally his career has included appointment as Director of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Alfred Hospital (2004-2006), overseeing a team of ten surgeons including the professional development of the unit's Orthopaedic Registrars, in addition to his continued surgical practice. Andrews career interests are in knee surgery including replacement and reconstruction, and trauma surgery. His current focusses are knee replacement, computer aided navigation in joint replacement and robotic surgery. |
