Dr Joseph Robin (Orthopaedic Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Joseph David Robin
- Qualifications
- FRACS 1981
- MBBS 1972
- Occupation
- Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- French
- German
- Medical Specialties
- Orthopaedic Surgery
I have been in Orthopaedic practice for over 30 years, and obtained my FRACS fellowship after training in Melbourne on the AOA program in 1977-80. I received my F.A. Ortho. A. Fellowship in 1986 and continue to be a member of the AOA, the AAOS, ASOS, and the AMA. Following Orthopaedic Fellowship training I gained further experience overseas in Bristol and Cambridge UK, and Graz, Austria, before returning to take up consultant positions at the Moorabbin Hospital (1985-91) and the Austin Hospital,(1983-current). I am currently Head of Orthopaedic Unit II at the Austin Hospital since 2001, a unit which has as its main interests hip and knee arthroplasty, joint reconstruction and sports injuries (especially those of the knee).
My own interests consist mainly of hip, knee and shoulder surgery, particularly arthroscopic surgery of the knee and shoulder, sports injuries of all types, and joint replacement surgery of the hip and knee.
My recent interests include alternative treatment of hip arthritis for younger, more active patients (under 70 years), particularly with hip Resurfacing and the use of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) prosthesis in particular for this group (which I was one of the first to introduce in Victoria), and have been doing this operation now since 1999, with over 250 successfully treated cases to date (2008).
The BHR is a renewed and modernized concept (earlier hip resurfacing was initially introduced in the 1970’s) which now successfully offers significant advantages to younger patients (mobility, stability, near-physiological function, and, most importantly, bone conservation) in addition to the markedly reduced pain and stiffness expected from a conventional hip replacement (THR), as well as advantages to surgeons (relative ease of revision, negligible dislocation risk, and rapid rehabilitation) and many of these features can also be offered to older patients (in a BHR/THR-stem hybrid procedure).
- Hospital Affiliations
- Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital - Heidelberg West
- Affiliated Clinics
- Masada Medical Centre
- Oasis Orthopaedics
Practice Locations
Melbourne
- Address
- Masada Medical Centre
26-28 Balaclava Rd
St. Kilda East VIC 3183
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9526 5529
- Fax
- 03 9525 8248
- Oasis Orthopaedics
- Address
- 700 Glenhuntly Road
Caulfield South VIC 3162
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9044 4555
- Fax
- 03 9044 4546
