Melbourne Orthopaedic Group, VIC

MBBS FRACS

Mr O’Sullivan has particular interests in the management of acute knee injuries including ACL reconstruction, the management of meniscal injuries and patellar realignment surgery.

He has always had a strong interest in sporting injuries, with his work also encompassing knee and hip surgery in adults and children, with most of this work performed arthroscopically.

Mr O’Sullivan is a senior surgeon at the Royal Children's Hospital with a role in the management of elective and trauma surgery where he is involved in the management of hip and knee conditions and the treatment of bone and soft tissue tumours.

He is Melbourne born and completed his basic medical training at Melbourne University and his orthopaedic training through the Victorian training programme, which he completed in 1990. After completing his basic orthopaedic training, Mr O’Sullivan spent two years in the USA obtaining a Fellowship in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery. On his return to Melbourne in 1992, Mr O’Sullivan commenced work at the Royal Children’s Hospital and the Western Hospital in Footscray. He has worked at the Royal Children’s Hospital for 20 years.

Mr O’Sullivan has been involved in the management of difficult hip conditions for 20 years using a combination of femoral and pelvic osteotomies and more recently hip arthroscopy to improve the outlook of these hip problems. He has joined with several of the surgeons from Melbourne Orthopaedic Group to form the Hip Preservation Group in an effort to manage the more difficult of these hip conditions. The other major area of his practice is the management of bone and soft tissue tumours.

He has teaching commitments with the registrars, Fellows and medical students that rotate through the Royal Children’s Hospital. Mr O’Sullivan is a member of the Australian Orthopaedic Association, the Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Association and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.