Brisbane Knee and Sports Surgery, QLD

MBBS FRACS FAOA(Orth)

Dr Macgroarty is a specialist knee and shoulder orthopaedic surgeon. He is focused on the management of complex knee and shoulder injuries in both professional and amateur athletes.

He completed his medical degree at the University of Queensland in 1995. Subsequently, Dr Macgroarty entered advanced training in Orthopaedics and gained Fellowship to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2003. He became a fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association in 2007.

After spending time as a staff surgeon at The Prince Charles Hospital and Redcliffe General Hospital, Dr Macgroarty embarked on overseas post-graduate Fellowship training in knee and shoulder surgery both in the UK and Canada. He was responsible for establishing the first dedicated shoulder unit at The Prince Charles Hospital where he currently serves as a Visiting Medical Officer. Dr Macgroarty has both public and intermediate admitting rights.

His private practice is based at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital and in addition he performs day surgery at Northwest Hospital.

As well as his clinical practice, Dr Macgroarty is active in Orthopaedic medico-legal reporting and is registered with the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners. He is a certified independent medical examiner.

He is a full member of the Australian Orthopaedic Association. Dr Macgroarty is also a full member of the Shoulder and Elbow Society of Australia and the Australian Knee Society. In addition, he is currently the President of the Queensland Shoulder Society and a member of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Australian Medical Association. Dr Macgroarty served on the Medical Advisory Committee at Holy Spirit Northside Hospital from 2007 until 2011.

Since 2007, he has served as a member of the QComp medical assessment tribunal. Dr Macgroarty served as a general committee member of the Queensland branch of the Australian Orthopaedic Association from 2009 until 2015. He also serves as the Director of Clinical Training at Prince Charles Hospital on behalf of the Australian Orthopaedic Association Queensland training committee.

In 2015, Dr Macgroarty was elected the Deputy Director of Orthopaedic training in Queensland. He is currently the National chairman of the Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons and served as an elected AMAQ councillor from 2013-2015.

Dr Macgroarty is a senior lecturer in Orthopaedics at the University of Queensland. He has been invited to be on faculty at several national shoulder meetings and has been involved in the design of a number of new instruments used in Total Shoulder Replacement surgery. Dr Macgroarty has also been invited to be the chairman of total shoulder replacement workshops designed to aid in training for developing shoulder surgeons. He has published in the British Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and the Canadian Journal of Surgery.