Perth Orthopaedic Institute, Nedlands WA

MBBS(Hons) BSc(Hons) MRCS(Eng) FRCS(Tr and Orth) FRACS(Ortho) FAOrthA

Professor Yates has been practicing in WA as a Specialist Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon from 2006 with a particular interest in joint replacement and trauma.

He is involved in developing the mechanism for assessing the use of joint replacement implants in WA, and developing a state-wide plan in trauma and elective orthopaedic services in the next 10 years.

Teaching is very important to Professor Yates and, as well as educating the undergraduate medical students, he teaches the orthopaedic training registrars, Fellows and other groups. He has enjoyed working abroad through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Australian Government and other groups, in Papua New Guinea, India and Thailand.

Professor Yates began his training in the UK in several leading orthopaedic centres including Bristol, London, Bournemouth, Southampton. He completed three Fellowships in allograft and revision joint surgery under Professor David Wood and Professor Nils Nivbrant in Perth; the advanced hip fellowship in Bristol UK under Professor Gordon Bannister, Mr Evert Smith, Mr Tony Ward; and finally, he completed an AO trauma Fellowship in the Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Centre in Denver Colorado, USA with Professor Wade Smith and Dr Steve Morgan.

In 2007, he became Head of Orthopaedics and Trauma at Fremantle, Kaleeya and Rockingham Hospitals. In 2006, Professor Yates set up the highly successful elective joint replacement unit in Osborne Park. In 2013, he was appointed co-head of the orthopaedic department at $2 billion Fiona Stanley Hospital. He is also Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at The University of Western Australia and previously Clinical Director of the Perth Bone and Tissue Bank.

Professor Yates has published over 50 scientific papers relating to orthopaedics as well as book chapters and was present at regional, national and international meetings. He is part of two teams designing new hip and knee replacements, and consults for several orthopaedic companies as well as the Department of Health of WA. Professor Yates co-led the development of the Department of Health Musculoskeletal Elective Joint Replacement Model of Care, which provides a template for how orthopaedic services could be delivered across WA in the future.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Professor Yates is a member of the British Orthopaedic association, the British Hip Society, the Australian Orthopaedic Association and the Arthroplasty Society of Australia. In 2012, he was selected to represent the Australian Orthopaedic Association in the prestigious ABC Fellowship.

Professor Yates toured 15 academic orthopaedic centres in Canada and the USA with six other commonwealth orthopaedic specialists. They both taught and were taught about the latest advances in orthopaedics.