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The OrthoPod is a podcast from The University of Melbourne Student Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Association (SOMA) hosted and produced by medical student, Liam Fernando-Canavan. Please visit https://www.somagradgroup.com for more information. Theme music and cover art by Pjenné.
Episodes
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Osteoporosis and the biology of bone with Professor Natalie Sims
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Professor Natalie Sims is a bone cell biologist and the Head of the Bone Cell Biology & Disease Laboratory at the St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research. Natalie completed her PhD at the University of Adelaide in 1995 and soon after became a Research Associate at Yale University School of Medicine, before returning to Australia in 2001 and now leads the Bone Cell Biology & Disease Laboratory at SVI. Natalie is internationally recognised as a leader of bone research, and her laboratory studies the cellular interactions responsible for development, maintenance, and strength of bone, with the ultimate goal of discovering new treatments for conditions such as osteoporosis and arthritis. Natalie is also involved at an editorial level for many top bone and endocrine journals, and is the past-President of the Australia and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society.
Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
Professor Julian Feller graduated from medical school at Monash University with honours in 1982 and has recently brought up 30 years of experience as an orthopaedic surgeon. Julian is based at OrthoSport Victoria in Epworth Richmond, consulting to a wide range of patients from professional athletes to weekend warriors on his special interests of anterior cruciate ligament injury, patellar instability, knee replacement, and osteotomy. Julian also has a strong research background having published extensively and written many book chapters, in addition to being an Associate Editor of the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine.
OrthoSport Victoria, Professor Julian Feller - https://osv.com.au/surgeons/professor-julian-feller/
Comparison of the Short-Term Effects of Vasoligation and Open-Ended Vasectomy on the Reproductive Tract of the Male Rat - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0272.1986.tb01845.x
Patellectomy and osteoarthritis: arthroscopic findings following previous patellectomy - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01560198
Friday Apr 21, 2023
The Man of Steel with Mr Chad Everard
Friday Apr 21, 2023
Friday Apr 21, 2023
Chad Everard is a former registered operating theatre nurse with a passion for orthopaedic surgical procedures spanning over a 25 year career. After beginning in the operating theatres at St John of God Subiaco Hospital in Perth, Chad progressed to working for DePuy Orthopaedics, firstly in Perth and then in Melbourne, for a combined 13 years. Chad’s significant experience in medical technology continued to grow when he began working for Medacta International to set up their direct business operations in Victoria and Tasmania, and then further expanding to Western Australia. Then, in 2018, Chad began his biggest challenge by forming Reconnaissance Orthopaedics and specialising full time in more challenging surgical cases where his passion lies.
Reconnaissance Orthopaedics Instagram (@rcon.co):
https://www.instagram.com/rcon.co/?hl=en
Reconnaissance Orthopaedics website:
Sunday Apr 09, 2023
Healthcare in Remote Australia with Dr Gary Berryman and Julie McKay RN
Sunday Apr 09, 2023
Sunday Apr 09, 2023
Dr Gary Berryman graduated with honours in medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1987 and gained his Fellowship from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 1994. Gary has also competed further training to obtain a Diploma in obstetrics and gynaecology, and a Fellowship from the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine.
Julie McKay is a Registered Nurse and Accredited Mental Health Nurse who began her training in Sydney and pursued a passion for rural and remote healthcare across Far North Queensland.
Gary and Julie work at Cardwell Family Practice, a remote clinic providing much needed care to a community of around 1,000 people in Far North Queensland.
Friday Mar 17, 2023
Orthopaedic Fellowship with Dr Alessandro Bruschi
Friday Mar 17, 2023
Friday Mar 17, 2023
Dr Alessandro Bruschi the Honorary Sarcoma Fellow at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. In addition to his interests and expertise in orthopaedic oncology and trauma, Alessandro has also recently begun a PhD in oncology.
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Best of The OrthoPod
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Welcome to The OrthoPod for 2023! Exams are over and a new year of podcasting is ahead. Enjoy this episode compiling some of the best moments of The OrthoPod along our journey.
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Professor Jane Gunn is a General Practitioner, PhD graduate, and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at The University of Melbourne. Professor Gunn’s distinguished career as an academic has seen her work as Head of the Department of General Practice, Deputy Head of the Melbourne Medical School, and the inaugural Chair of Primary Care Research at The University of Melbourne. Professor Gunn’s leadership in traversing the research-practice gap has raised the profile and rigour of primary care research in Australia and in 2016 saw her election to the position of Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in the Primary Care Setting (The Diamond 10-year Cohort Study) - https://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/research-groups/general-practice-research/mental-health-program/outcomes-of-depression
Matching depression management to severity prognosis in primary care: results of the Target-D randomised controlled trial - https://bjgp.org/content/71/703/e85
10 Of The Best - Showcasing significant projects that support the improvement of human health NHMRC Research Projects (Twelfth Edition) - https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/attachments/publications/10_of_the_best_12th_ed.pdf
Moving from “let’s fix them” to “actually listen”: the development of a primary care intervention for mental-physical multimorbidity - https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-021-06307-5
The Joint Effect of Physical Multimorbidity and Mental Health Conditions Among Adults in Australia - https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2020/20_0155.htm
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Drilling into Orthopaedics with Mr Ulrich Bühner
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Stryker Corporation is a multinational company listed on the Fortune 500 with over 43,000 staff globally. Stryker was founded in 1941 by an orthopaedic surgeon Dr Homer Stryker in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where their headquarters remain today. Stryker are one of the world's leading medical technology companies and offer a range of medical, orthopaedic, and neurosurgical products and services designed to help improve patient and hospital outcomes. Today I am joined by Mr Ulrich Bühner the Chief Engineer in Research & Development of Stryker’s Asia Pacific region, specialising in Orthopaedic Oncology and Robotics. Uli is a specialist in Product Development, Launch, and Lifecycle Management, as well as Medical Device Software.
History of Stryker: https://www.stryker.com/au/en/about/history.html
Mako SmartRobotics: https://www.stryker.com/us/en/joint-replacement/systems/Mako_SmartRobotics_Overview.html
Can Robot-Assisted Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Be Cost-Effective? A Markov Decision Analysis: https://www.arthroplastyjournal.org/article/S0883-5403(15)00913-4/fulltext
Just in time implants: https://www.imcrc.org/just-in-time-implants/
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Associate Professor Michael Ponsford is a Rehabilitation Physician at Epworth Healthcare with over 25 years’ experience traumatic brain injury, orthopaedic and orthogeriatric rehabilitation. As well as offering superb teaching to medical students in the principles of Rehabilitation Medicine, Michael is also the Director of Training at Rehabilitation Medicine Training Victoria, the governing body for providing training and continuing education to Rehabilitation Medicine Fellows and trainees.
RMSANZ Private Practice Special Interest Group Position Statement on Rehabilitation following Total Knee Replacement - https://rmsanz.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/180503-FINAL-Positon-Statement-on-Rehabilitation-following-TKR-compressed.pdf
Rehabilitation Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand - https://rmsanz.net/
Rehabilitation Medicine Training Victoria - http://rmtv.org.au/
Friday May 27, 2022
Friday May 27, 2022
Dr John Orchard is a Sports and Exercise physician with over 20 years of experience. Dr Orchard completed his medical degree at the University of Melbourne and would go on to become the first Sports and Exercise physician trainee in Australia. Dr Orchard’s medical career has seen him working as club doctor to the Sydney Swans in the AFL and Sydney Roosters in the NRL, to his current role as Chief Medical Officer at Cricket Australia. Off the cricket pitch, Dr Orchard is an expert in muscle and tendon injuries and their non-surgical management, and he has a significant research background with over 300 publications, along with a role as Adjunct Professor in the University of Sydney School of Public Health.
Dr Orchard's website - https://www.johnorchard.com
Sports injury classification system - https://www.johnorchard.com/osiics-downloads.html/osiics-downloads.html
Cricket injury epidemiology - https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/36/4/270.full.pdf
AFL injury epidemiology - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0363546513476270