Assoc Prof Richard Page (Orthopaedic Surgeon)
- Name
- Assoc Prof Richard Samuel Page
- Qualifications
- MBBS University of Tasmania 1989
- FRACS 2001
- Occupation
- Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Links
- http://geelongorthopaedics.surgery/prof-richard-page/
- Phone
- 03 5222 5777
- Fax
- 03 5229 1283
Prof Page is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in shoulder, upper limb and hand surgery.
He is St John of God and Barwon Health chair of Orthopaedics and Director for Barwon Health, and convener of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Medicine at Deakin University. He is also an active teacher of medical students, registrars and fellows as well as Director of the Barwon Orthopaedic Research Unit and the Fellowship Programme at Geelong Hospital, Victoria, Australia. He is also a Member of the Specialist Reserve of the Royal Australian Navy, with numerous overseas and operational deployments.
Richard holds grants in trauma and upper limb research, and has given invited lectures in China, Hong Kong, Singapore the USA and UK as well as over 60 scientific papers at national or international level. He has published on new pathologies and their arthroscopic management in the shoulder, new techniques for treatment, and a wide range of trauma and orthopaedic topics. Research interests include outcomes of shoulder conditions and shoulder arthroplasty, as well as biomaterials assessment and epidemiology. He is a reviewer for the Journal Of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, International Journal of Shoulder Surgery, Shoulder and Elbow and The Journal of Veterans and Military Health, and is an associate editor for the Journal of Wrist Surgery.
Richard is past Chair of the Younger Fellows Committee of the Royal Australasian College Of Surgeons, and recent Secretary of the Shoulder and Elbow Society of Australia. He is a member of The Australian Hand Surgery Society, and The Australian Orthopaedic Association, and sits on the National Joint Replacement Registry Committee, coordinating the Upper Limb Arthroplasty section. He is also on the steering committee for the Victorian Orthopaedic Trauma Outcomes Registry.
Richard was awarded a Zimmer Overseas Traveling Fellowship in 2000, the H J Windsor Prize In Orthopaedic Research by the Royal College Of Surgeons Of England in 2001 and was the European Traveling Fellow of The Shoulder and Elbow Society of Australia and recipient of a Visiting Professorship award from the Association Of Academic Surgeons Of America in 2009. He has also been awarded the 2013 ASEAN Travelling Fellowship by the Australian Orthopaedic Association, to foster professional orthopaedic relationships with ASEAN nations. Richard operates at Barwon University Hospital, St John of God Hospital, Geelong Private Hospital and the Epworth.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Epworth Geelong
- St John of God Geelong Hospital
- Geelong Private Hospital
- Geelong Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Geelong Orthopaedics
- Affiliated Organisations
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- Topics
- Children Surgery
- Elbow Surgery
- Hand Surgery
- Shoulder Surgery
- Trauma
Practice Locations
VIC
- Geelong Orthopaedics
- Address
- St John of God Specialist Centre
Suite 7 Level 2
83 Myers Street
Geelong VIC 3220
Australia
- Phone
- 03 5222 5777
- Fax
- 03 5229 1283
