Dr Rooney is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in reconstruction of the adult lower limb. He is an Australian pioneer in minimally invasive computer navigated, anterior total hip replacement surgery.
The Fellowship involves delivery of all aspects of medical care to the patients being treated, including public and private patients and operating theatre responsibilities to gain advanced surgical training in reconstructive arthroplasty and trauma surgery.
The Fellowship offers experience in joint replacement, joint revision and musculoskeletal tumour surgery. The Fellow will be an integral part of a multidisciplinary musculoskeletal oncology team concerned with limb salvage.
Professor Yates has been practicing in WA as a Specialist Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon since 2006 with a particular interest in joint replacement and trauma.