The Fellowship is largely clinical with a heavy weighting towards knee surgery. Some flexibility exists to structure the Fellowship with additional exposure to hip and/or shoulder surgery.
Mr Tham specialises in hand and risk surgery at St Vincent’s Public Hospital in Melbourne and as a Senior Hand Surgery Consultant at Dandenong Hospital in Victoria, while maintaining a busy private practice.
Mr Gonzalvo specialises in spinal and skull base surgery with expertise in keyhole and microsurgery of the spine, complex reconstructive interventions for spinal fractures and deformity.
Mr Lording is a locally and internationally trained orthopaedic surgeon specialising in surgery of the knee. He also has an active interest in clinical and biomechanical research.
This Fellowship will provide extensive training to recent orthopaedic graduates in the diagnosis and management of hip and knee arthroplasty, arthroscopy and the specialised osseointegration for above knee amputees.
The Fellowship will provide experience in total hip and knee arthroplasty using the latest techniques with activities including patient consultation, surgical assisting, perioperative patient care and research.