CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr Stewart I. W. Proper
FRACS (Orth), FAOrthA
Melbourne Upper Limb Centre
Suite 31, Cabrini Medical Centre Isabella Street, Malvern, 3144 Phone: +61 (0)3 9509 7699 Fax: +61 (0)3 9509 8046 Pager: +61 (0)3 9387 1000
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EDUCATION:
PRIMARY: Balwyn Primary School
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Jesse James Bennett Scholarship
SECONDARY: Carey Grammar School Kew, Victoria, Australia.
School Prefect
House Captain
Captain of Debating Team First XVIII Football Squad
First Tennis Squad
APS Athletics Team Music Colours
QUALIFICATIONS:
GRADUATION: Batchelor of Medicine, Batchelor of Surgery University of Melbourne
Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
December 1989
POST-GRADUATION: F.R.A.C.S. Part 1
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
June 1993
F.R.A.C.S. (Orth) Part 1
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
October 1997
F.R.A.C.S. (Orth) Part 2
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
June 2000 M.P.B.V. Registration MPG240326 January 1991 G.M.C. Registration (UK) 6026754 August 2000
C.P.S.O. Registration (Canada)
78195
PRESENT EMPLOYMENT:
Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon,
Sandringham and District Memorial Hospital Sandringham, Victoria, Australia.
June 2003 – Present
Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon, Cabrini Hospital,
Malvern, Victoria, Australia. June 2003 – Present
Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon, Masada Private Hospital, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. June 2003 – Present
Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Avenue Hospital,
Prahran, Victoria, Australia. June 2003 – Present
Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon, Cabrini Hospital Brighton Brighton, Victoria, Australia. Jan 2009 - Present
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT:
FELLOWSHIPS: Clinical Fellow in Hand and Upper Limb Surgery Hand and Upper Limb Centre
St Joseph’s Health Care London, Ontario, Canada. July 2002 – June 2003
Zimmer Travelling Award
Australian Orthopaedic Association 2003
Clinical Fellow in Upper Limb Surgery
Directorate of Trauma and Orthopaedics Derbyshire Royal Infirmary
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January 2002 – June 2002
De Puy Arthroplasty Fellow Orthopaedic Department Northern General Hospital
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom. June 2001 – January 2002
CONSULTANT: Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon
Alfred Hospital
Prahran, Victoria, Australia. March 2001- May 2001
Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon
Western Hospital
Footscray, Victoria, Australia. March 2001- May 2001
Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon
Maroondah Hospital
Ringwood East, Victoria, Australia. February 2001- May 2001
Visiting Orthopaedic Surgeon The Avenue Hospital
Prahran, Victoria, Australia. March 2001- May 2001
TRAINING REGISTRAR:
Australian Orthopaedic Association Victorian Branch training programme:
FOURTH YEAR
July 2000 – February 2001 Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre
Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Head of Unit: Mr Joseph Robin
February 2000 – July 2000 Royal Children’s Hospital Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Head of Unit: Prof. H. Kerr Graham
THIRD YEAR
July 1999 – February 2000 The Northern Hospital Epping, Victoria, Australia
Head of Unit: Mr Miron Goldwasser
February 1999 – July 1999 Western Hospital
Footscray, Victoria, Australia Head of Unit: Mr Chris Haw
SECOND YEAR
July 1998 – February 1999 Bendigo Base Hospital
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Head of Unit: Mr Keith McCullough
February 1998 – July 1998 Maroondah Hospital
Ringwood, Victoria, Australia Head of Unit: Mr Rod Sim
FIRST YEAR
July 1997 – February 1998 The Alfred Hospital
Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Head of Unit: Professor John Hart
February 1997 – July 1997 The Alfred Hospital
Prahran, Victoria, Australia Head of Unit: Mr Barry Elliot
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PRE-TRAINING EMPLOYMENT:
February 1996 – January 1997 Orthopaedic Fellow The Epworth Hospital
Richmond, Victoria, Australia Director: Mr Kingsley Mills
February 1995 – January 1996 Junior Orthopaedic Registrar Launceston General Hospital Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Head of Unit: Associate Professor Berni Einoder
February 1994 – January 1995 General Surgery Registrar Austin Hospital
Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Head of Unit: Professor Ken Hardy
February 1993 – January 1994 Intensive Care Unit Fellow The Epworth Hospital
Richmond, Victoria, Australia Director: Professor Jack Cade
February 1992 – January 1993 Senior Medical Officer
The Royal Melbourne Hospital Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Director of Training: Mr Rodney Judson
February 1991 – January 1992 Junior Medical Officer
The Royal Melbourne Hospital Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Director of Training: Mr Rodney Judson
February 1990 – January 1991 Intern
The Royal Melbourne Hospital Parkville, Victoria, Australia
COURSES ATTENDED:
Early Management of Severe Trauma Course
R.A.C.S., Melbourne, Australia June 1996
AO Basic Course
AO International, Sydney, Australia March 1997
Hand Surgery Registrars’ Conference
Australian Hand Surgery Society, Melbourne, Australia May 1998
Clinical Pathology in Musculoskeletal Tumours
William Enneking, Cairns, Australia April 1999
9th Annual Paediatric Orthopaedic Seminar
Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon’s Society, Melbourne, Australia March 2000
Hand Surgery Registrars’ Conference
Australian Hand Surgery Society, Melbourne, Australia May 2000
Introductory Course in Microsurgery
Experimental, Medical and Surgical Unit, Melbourne, Australia April 2001
Upper Limb Trauma Course
Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK June 2001
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hip Revision Course
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK September 2001
8th Trauma Course
The Association Internationale Pour L’Osteosynthese Dynamique, Strasbourg, France September 2001
Current and Future Trends in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty III
Monte Carlo, Monaco October 2001
Northwick Park Microsurgical Workshop
Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research, Harrow, UK November 2001
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Advanced Upper Limb Arthroscopy Workshop
Hand and Upper Limb Research Unit, Wrightington Hospital, Wigan, UK November 2001
75th AO Course in Advances in Fracture Management
AO International, Davos, Switzerland December 2001
AO/ASIF Hand and Wrist Fixation Course for Surgeons
Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, United Kingdom February 2002
Assessment and Management of Acute Hand Injuries
Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, United Kingdom March 2002
AO UK Hand Subspeciality Group First Annual Scientific Meeting
Rotheram General Hospital, Rotheram, United Kingdom April 2002
Radiation Protection Course for Mini C Arm Fluoroscope
Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Derby, United Kingdom April 2002
Advanced Course in Hand Surgery
Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Derby, United Kingdom May 2002
British Elbow and Shoulder Society 13th Annual Scientific Meeting
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom June 2002
Percutaneous Carpal Fixation Workshop
Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Derby United Kingdom June 2002
30th Clinical Seminar in Orthopaedic Surgery
London Convention Centre, London, Canada September 2002
25th AGM Ontario Orthopaedic Association
Toronto, Canada November 2002
70th Annual Meeting AAOS
New Orleans, Louisiana February 2003
The Upper Extremity: Current Controversies and Techniques
American Society for Surgery of the Hand, New Orleans, Louisiana February 2003
Shoulder Arthroscopy Workshop
Hand and Upper Limb Centre, London, Canada March 2003
Plastic Surgery Resident’s Day
St Joseph’s Health Care, London, Canada April 2003
Copeland Resurfacing Seminar
Sofitel Hotel, Melbourne, Australia March 2004
Autologous Chondrocyte Grafting Workshop
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia March 2004
De Puy Arthroplasty Meeting
Sanctuary Cove, Queensland, Australia April 2004
Trimed Cadaveric Workshop
RACS, Melbourne, Australia May 2004
Mitek Shoulder Arthroscopy Workshop
University of NSW, Sydney, Australia May 2004
VHSS Clinical Meeting
Cliveden House, Melbourne, Australia June 2004
VHSS Clinical Meeting
Cliveden House, Melbourne, Australia August 2004
Stryker Arthroplaty Meeting
Bok Choy, Melbourne, Australia August 2004
Combined Orthopaedic Associations Meeting
Sydney Convention Centre, Sydney, Australia October 2004
Australian Shoulder and Elbow Society Biennial Meeting
The Heritage, Lilydale, Australia November 2004
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Victorian Hand Surgery Society Annual Scientific Meeting
RACS, Melbourne, Australia November 2004
MIIG X3 Research Meeting
Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia January 2005
RISQ Seminar
RACS, Melbourne, Australia April 2005
VHSS Clinical Meeting
Cliveden House, Melbourne, Australia May 2005
Elbow Arthroplasty Workshop
North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia June 2005
VHSS Clinical Meeting
Cliveden House, Melbourne, Australia July 2005
Victorian Hand Surgery Society Annual Scientific Meeting
RACS, Melbourne, Australia November 2005
Trimed Cadaver Workshop
RACS, Melbourne, Australia February 2006
VHSS Clinical Meeting
Cliveden House, Melbourne, Australia March 2006
AOA Shoulder and Knee COE Meeting
Hilton Hotel, Sydney, Australia April 2006
VHSS Clinical Meeting
MOG, Melbourne, Australia May 2006
VHSS Clinical Meeting
MOG, Melbourne, Australia July 2006
Micronail Cadaver Workshop
RACS, Melbourne, Australia August 2006
Arthrex Shoulder Arthroscopy Workshop
Athrex Laboratory, Naples, Florida, US August 2006
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PAPERS PRESENTED:
Delayed Diagnosis in Multitrauma Patients
Surgical Grand Round, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia July 1994
Acute Cervical Spine Injuries
Northern Tasmanian Orthopaedic Society, Launceston, Australia November 1995
Embryology of the Spine and Spinal Cord
Clinicopathological Conference, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia March 1997
Internal Fixation of Fractures
AO International Theatre Course, Melbourne, Australia June 1997
Management of Acute Pelvic Ring Injuries
Orthopaedic Surgery Clinical Meeting, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia October 1997
Principles and Practice of Skin Grafting
Clinicopathological Conference, Northern Hospital, Melbourne, Australia June 1998
Management of Acromioclavicular Joint Injuries
Orthopaedic Surgery Clinical Meeting, Bendigo Base Hospital, Victoria, Australia August 1998
History of Bunion Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery Clinical Meeting, Bendigo Base Hospital, Victoria, Australia November 1998
Ultrasound in Orthopaedic Surgery
Clinicopathological Conference, Dandenong Hospital, Victoria, Australia April 1999
Osteochondritis Dissecans in Children
Clinicopathological Meeting, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia June 2000
Hip Problems in Orthopaedic Surgery
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology student nurses group, Austin Hospital, Victoria, Australia
October 2000
Removal of the Cemented Knee Replacement
Current and Future Trends in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Monte Carlo, Monaco October 2001
Cementing Techniques in Hip Arthroplasty
Current and Future Trends in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Monte Carlo, Monaco October 2001
Demonstrator, Femoral Cementing Technique
Current and Future Trends in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Monte Carlo, Monaco October 2001
Suture Techniques in Flexor Tendon Repair
Pulvertaft Hand Unit Seminar, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, United Kingdom March 2002
Extra-medullary Fixation in Proximal Humeral Fractures
South Trent Region Training Day, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, United Kingdom March 2002
Instructor, Derby Hospitals Basic Surgical Skills Course,
Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, United Kingdom March 2002
Chronic Shoulder Problems – a Pain in the Neck?
London Council of Physiotherapists, Derby City Hospital, Derby, United Kingdom April 2002
The Smashed Wrist – a Case Presentation
AO UK Hand Subspeciality Group First Annual Scientific Meeting, Rotheram General Hospital, Rotheram, United Kingdom
April 2002
The Evaluation of a Porcine Dermal Xenograft in the Treatment of Chronic Massive Rotator Cuff Defects
BESS 13th Annual Scientific Meeting, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom
June 2002
Traumatic Scapular Winging
Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Combined Hospitals, London, Canada October 2002
Finger Tip Injuries
Hand Rounds, St Joseph’s Hospital, London, Canada November 2002
Proximal Humeral Fractures
Shoulder Rounds, St Joseph’s Hospital, London, Canada December 2002
The Stiff PRUJ
Orthopaedic Grand Rounds, Combined Hospitals, London, Canada January 2003
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Rotator Cuff Basic Science
Shoulder Rounds, St Joseph’s Hospital, London, Canada February 2003
Complicated Elbow Re-reconstruction
Morbidity and Mortality Rounds, St Joseph’s Hospital, London, Canada March 2003
Four Corner Fusion for Midcarpal Instability
Victorian Hand Surgery Society Annual Scientific Meeting, RACS, Melbourne, Australia November 2003
Management Options in Distal Radial Fractures
Orthopaedic Registrar Bone School, RACS, Melbourne, Australia November 2003
Distal Radioulnar Joint Injuries
Orthopaedic Registrar Bone School, RACS, Melbourne, Australia November 2003
Rotator Cuff Disorders
GP Lecture Series, Caulfield General Medical Centre, Caulfield, Australia February 2004
Total Shoulder Joint Replacements
Nursing Clinical Education, Cabrini Hospital, Malvern, Australia March 2004
Hand and Wrist Injuries
Medical Student Lectures, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Australia April 2004
Arthroscopic TFC Repair: The Not So Good Results
Victorian Hand Surgery Society Annual Scientific Meeting, RACS, Melbourne, Australia November 2004
Shoulder Injuries
Medical Student Lectures, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Australia November 2004
The Shoulder
Rehabilitation Seminar, Hopetoun Rehabilitation Centre, Elsternwick, Australia March 2005
Corrective Distal Radial Osteotomies Using The Volar Distal Radial Locking Plate
Victorian Hand Surgery Society Annual Scientific Meeting, RACS, Melbourne, Australia November 2005
Supracondylar Fractures of the Humerus
Orthopaedic Registrar Bone School, RACS, Melbourne, Australia April 2006
Rotator Cuff Facts and Fallacies
GP Lecture Series, Cabrini Hospital, Malvern, Australia August 2006
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TEACHING:
Basic Surgical Training Course
Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, United Kingdom August 2002
Orthopaedic Clinical Session
Orthopaedic Registrar Training Session, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Australia November 2003
Orthopaedic Clinical Session
Orthopaedic Registrar Training Session, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Australia April 2004
Clinical Hand Session
Orthopaedic Registrar Clinical Session, Dandenong and District Hospital, Dandenong, Australia
April 2004
Orthopaedic Clinical Session
Orthopaedic Registrar Training Session, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Australia November 2004
Orthopaedic Clinical Session
Orthopaedic Registrar Training Session, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Australia April 2005
Clinical Hand Session
Orthopaedic Registrar Clinical Session, Dandenong and District Hospital, Dandenong, Australia
May 2005
Orthopaedic Clinical Session
Orthopaedic Registrar Training Session, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Australia September 2005
ASSET Course
Basic Surgical Trainee Seminar, RACS, Melbourne, Australia May 2006
Orthopaedic Registrar Training
Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Australia Ongoing
Medical Student Teaching
Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Australia Ongoing
PAPERS PUBLISHED:
Evaluation of Porcine Dermal Xenograft in the Treatment of Chronic Massive Rotator Cuff Defects
Proper S, Aladin A, Lam K, Lunn P G. Proceedings, JBJS B
The Use of Structural Proximal Femoral Allogafts in Complex Revision Hip Arthroplasty
Graham NM, Proper SI, Stockley I JBJS B 2004 Apr;86(3):337-43
Allograft Bone in TwoStage Revision of the Hip for Infection. Is it Safe?
Ammon P, Proper SI, Stockley I JBJS B 2004 Sep;86(7):962-5
Irradiated Allograft Bone for Acetabular Revision Surgery. Results at a Mean of Five Years
Buckley SC, Proper SI, Stockley I, Hamer AJ, Kerry RM JBJS B 2005 Mar;87(3):310-3
Correlation Between Bankart and Hill-Sachs Lesions in Anterior Shoulder Dislocation
Widjaja AB, Tran A, Bailey M, Proper S ANZ J Surg 2006 Jun;76(6):436-8
Functional Outcomes of Arthroscopic Capsular Release of the Elbow
Nguyen D, Proper SI, MacDermaid JC, King GJ, Faber KJ Arthroscopy 2006 Aug;22(8):842-9
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MEMBERSHIPS:
Fellow
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Associate Member
Australian Orthopaedic Association
Member
Australian Hand Surgery Society Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association
Australian Orthopaedic Research Foundation Australian Medical Association
World Orthopaedic Concern Group
International Affiliate
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Full Registration
Medical Board of Victoria (Australia) General Medical Council (United Kingdom)
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (Canada)
Alumni
The University of Melbourne