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The OrthoPod
by Student Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Association
The OrthoPod is a podcast from The University of Melbourne Student Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Association (SOMA) hosted and produced by medical student, Liam Fernando-Canavan. Please visit https://www.somagradgroup.com for more information.Theme music and cover art by Pjenné.
Episodes
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Paediatric orthopaedic surgery from Switzerland to Melbourne with Associate Professor Erich Rutz
Associate Professor Erich Rutz is a Swiss-trained paediatric orthopaedic surgeon. For 15 years, he worked at the University Children’s Hospital in Basel, Switzerland, where he was Head of their Neuromuscular Hip Surgery Program and Gait Laboratory. Then, in April 2020, Erich was recruited to the...
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Orthopaedic Fellowship in the USA and registrar tips with Dr Andrew Fraval
Andrew Fraval graduated Medical School from Melbourne University in 2012 and completed the Victorian orthopaedic training program in 2022. Andrew has recently returned from sub-specialty training in primary and revision hip and knee joint replacement surgery with the prestigious Rothman Institute...
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Osteoporosis and the biology of bone with Professor Natalie Sims
Professor Natalie Sims is a bone cell biologist and the Head of the Bone Cell Biology & Disease Laboratory at the St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research. Natalie completed her PhD at the University of Adelaide in 1995 and soon after became a Research Associate at Yale University School of...
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Anterior cruciate ligament injury and reconstruction with Professor Julian Feller
Professor Julian Feller graduated from medical school at Monash University with honours in 1982 and has recently brought up 30 years of experience as an orthopaedic surgeon. Julian is based at OrthoSport Victoria in Epworth Richmond, consulting to a wide range of patients from professional…
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The Man of Steel with Mr Chad Everard
Chad Everard is a former registered operating theatre nurse with a passion for orthopaedic surgical procedures spanning over a 25 year career. After beginning in the operating theatres at St John of God Subiaco Hospital in Perth, Chad progressed to working for DePuy Orthopaedics, firstly in Perth...
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Healthcare in Remote Australia with Dr Gary Berryman and Julie McKay RN
Dr Gary Berryman graduated with honours in medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1987 and gained his Fellowship from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 1994. Gary has also competed further training to obtain a Diploma in obstetrics and gynaecology, and a Fellowship…
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Orthopaedic Fellowship with Dr Alessandro Bruschi
Dr Alessandro Bruschi the Honorary Sarcoma Fellow at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. In addition to his interests and expertise in orthopaedic oncology and trauma, Alessandro has also recently begun a PhD in oncology.
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Best of The OrthoPod
Welcome to The OrthoPod for 2023! Exams are over and a new year of podcasting is ahead. Enjoy this episode compiling some of the best moments of The OrthoPod along our journey.
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General Practice, osteoarthritis, and being the Dean with Professor Jane Gunn
Professor Jane Gunn is a General Practitioner, PhD graduate, and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at The University of Melbourne. Professor Gunn’s distinguished career as an academic has seen her work as Head of the Department of General Practice, Deputy Head of the...
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Drilling into Orthopaedics with Mr Ulrich Bühner
Stryker Corporation is a multinational company listed on the Fortune 500 with over 43,000 staff globally. Stryker was founded in 1941 by an orthopaedic surgeon Dr Homer Stryker in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where their headquarters remain today. Stryker are one of the world's leading medical technology...
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Rehabilitation medicine – getting patients back on their feet with Associate Professor Michael Ponsford
Associate Professor Michael Ponsford is a Rehabilitation Physician at Epworth Healthcare with over 25 years’ experience traumatic brain injury, orthopaedic and orthogeriatric rehabilitation. As well as offering superb teaching to medical students in the principles of Rehabilitation Medicine,...
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The evidence for exercise and working alongside elite athletes with Dr John Orchard
Dr John Orchard is a Sports and Exercise physician with over 20 years of experience. Dr Orchard completed his medical degree at the University of Melbourne and would go on to become the first Sports and Exercise physician trainee in Australia. Dr Orchard’s medical career has seen him working as...
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The importance of medical research with Professor Peter Choong
Professor Peter Choong is the Sir Hugh Devine Chair of Surgery at St. Vincent’s Hospital, and the Head of the Departments of Surgery at St Vincent’s Hospital and The University of Melbourne. A graduate of the University of Melbourne Medical School in 1984, Professor Choong has almost 40 years’...
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Surgical training and education with Dr Sean Stevens
Dr Sean Stevens is a General Surgeon and the Director of the General and Trauma Emergency Surgery Unit at Austin Health. Sean has interests in global surgery and has previously completed a Master of Public Health and led project work in Kenya and East Timor. Sean is also the Supervisor of...
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Health Economics with Dr Chris Schilling
Dr Chris Schilling is an academic and consultant health economist who has over 15 years of experience in economic modelling and research across academia, industry, and consultancy. As part of the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Total Joint Replacement, Dr Schilling conducts research into...
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Orthopaedic residency and neuromuscular prostheses with Dr Alessandro Bruschi
Dr Alessandro Bruschi is an orthopaedic resident at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute in Bologna due to finish his specialist training in 2023. Dr Bruschi’s surgical interests are in orthopaedic oncology and sports traumatology, and he has research interests in exoskeletons and neuromuscular...
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Hippocrasy: How Doctors Are Betraying Their Oath with Professor Rachelle Buchbinder
Professor Rachelle Buchbinder is a physician specialising in rheumatology, Director of the Monash-Cabrini Department of Musculoskeletal Health and Clinical Epidemiology at Cabrini Hospital and a Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at Monash University. She is known internationally as a vocal...
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What is obesity with Dr Priya Sumithran
Dr Priya Sumithran is an endocrinologist who is a member of the council of the Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society. As a clinician researcher, Dr Sumithran leads the Obesity Research Group at the University of Melbourne Department of Medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and is the...
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The journey from Melbourne Medical School to orthopod consultant with Mr Matt Alexander
Mr Matt Alexander grew up and was educated in Melbourne, receiving his medical degree from The University of Melbourne in 2005. He then completed his orthopaedic training in Victoria and Tasmania and commenced practice as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in 2016. He has completed fellowships…
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Hand surgery and women in orthopaedics with Dr Avanthi Mandaleson
Dr Avanthi Mandaleson was born and raised in the UK to Sri Lankan parents and moved to Australia to complete her medical degree at Monash University, graduating in 2004. In 2014, Dr Mandaleson finished her training as an orthopaedic surgeon in Australia, and then went on to complete fellowships…
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Sports orthopaedics and trauma surgery with Dr Julia Kirby
Dr Julia Kirby is a graduate of the University of Adelaide Medical School and completed her orthopaedic training in Victoria and Tasmania before commencing practice as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in 2020. Dr Kirby has special interests in sports injury and orthopaedic trauma surgery, and…
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Orthopaedic oncology and bioengineering with Associate Professor Claudia Di Bella
Associate Professor Claudia Di Bella was born in Italy and gained her medical degree from the oldest medical school in the Western World at the University of Bologna. Associate Professor Di Bella then went on to complete her orthopaedic training at one of Europe’s premier specialist orthopaedic...
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Osteoarthritis deep dive with Professor David Hunter
Professor David Hunter is the Florance and Cope Chair of Rheumatology and Professor of Medicine at The University of Sydney, and a Staff Specialist at Royal North Shore Hospital and North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre. Professor Hunter is the number one ranked expert in...
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ACL tears – The athlete’s perspective with Rhys Adams and Scott Hawthorne
Rhys Adams and Scott Hawthorne were highly talented athletes in cricket and football, respectively. Rhys and Scott have in common an incredible five complete anterior cruciate ligament tears each. These injuries significantly affected their sporting aspirations and forced them both into premature...
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MD, PhD and starting a graduate student society with Daniel Gould and Sid Rele
Daniel Gould is the President of the Student Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Association and the first Doctor of Medicine student at The University of Melbourne to enter into an MD-PhD program. Dan is investigating the use of natural language processing and machine learning techniques applied to...
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Rheumatology and healthcare system innovation with Professor Peter Brooks
Professor Peter Brooks is Research Lead of Northern Health and has Professorial appointments at Melbourne University in the Centre for Health Policy at the School of Population and Global Health and in the School of Medicine. Peter established the Australian Health Workforce Institute at the...
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The OrthoPod is a podcast from The University of Melbourne Student Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Association (SOMA) hosted and produced by medical student, Liam Fernando-Canavan. Please visit https://www.somagradgroup.com for more information.Theme music and cover art by Pjenné.
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The OrthoPod is a podcast from The University of Melbourne Student Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Association (SOMA) hosted and produced by medical student, Liam Fernando-Canavan. Please visit https://www.somagradgroup.com for more information.Theme music and cover art by Pjenné.
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