Melbourne Orthopaedic Group, VIC

MBBS FRACS FAOrthA

Mr Shimmin has performed over 10,000 surgical procedures with special expertise in hip and knee joint replacement and arthroscopy and knee reconstruction of injured athletes.

He has given over 200 presentations at national and international orthopaedic conferences and has over 30 publications in major orthopaedic journals and book chapters.

Mr Shimmin is a Graduate of the Australian Orthopaedic Association Training Programme and furthered his Orthopaedic education in the USA, UK and Europe. In 1997, he became a Member of the Melbourne Orthopaedic Group as a Specialist Hip and Knee Surgeon, where he is currently a Director of the Group’s Research Foundation.

He is part of design teams for several joint replacement implants used throughout the world and is involved in research around optimisation of implant positioning in joint replacement surgery. Mr Shimmin is an Advisor to the Australian Government (Department of Health) on the safety and efficacy of medical devices.

Mr Shimmin is the immediate past President of the Australian Arthroplasty Society (Joint Replacement Surgeons), is a member of the Australian Knee Society and is one of two Australian members of the International Hip Society.

He is a keen sportsman having had an Association of Tennis Professionals’ world ranking, played A-Grade amateur football, competed in Veteran’s athletic events and remains a golfing tragic.