Dr Robert Howells (Orthopaedic Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Robert Jeffrey Howells
- Qualifications
- MBBS 1985
- FRACS
- Occupation
- Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Paediatric Surgery
- Sport and Exercise Medicine
- Links
- http://www.roberthowells.com.au/
- http://www.parkclinic.com.au/
- Phone
- 03 9419 2811
- Fax
- 03 9419 9499
Robert Howells studied medicine at the University of Melbourne, graduating in 1985. He worked as an intern and surgical resident at the Austin Hospital, and was a registrar on the Victorian orthopaedic surgery training program from 1989-1992. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in January 1993.
Rob undertook further postgraduate training working as an orthopaedic / joint replacement fellow at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, in the UK in 1993. In 1994, he worked at The Lipscomb Clinic at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, obtaining an Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) fellowship in arthroscopic surgery and sports medicine.
Rob Howells returned to Melbourne in 1995, and has worked as an orthopaedic and trauma surgeon at the Alfred (to January 2005) and Box Hill Hospitals (to the present day).
Rob’s private surgical practice at the Park Clinic specialises in surgery of the hip, knee and shoulder, with particular expertise in arthroscopic surgery and reconstructive techniques. He has extensive experience in joint replacement surgery, including revision surgery for loose or worn implants. Rob performs around 1000 operative procedures each year in his public and private practice.
Rob maintains a keen interest in sports medicine and has treated the spectrum of athletes, from professionals to recreational weekend warriors.
Key procedures performed:
- Hospital Affiliations
- Box Hill Hospital
- St Vincent's Private Fitzroy
- Affiliated Clinics
- Rowville Health
- MyHealth Medical Centre - North Eltham
- Park Clinic Orthopaedics - East Melbourne
- Affiliated Organisations
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA)
- Australian Medical Association (AMA)
- Sports Medicine Australia
- Topics
- Hip Surgery
- Knee Surgery
- Joint Replacement Surgery of the Knee, Hip and Shoulder
Practice Locations
Melbourne
- Park Clinic Orthopaedics - East Melbourne
- Address
- St Francis Building
166 Gipps Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9419 2811
- Fax
- 03 9419 9499
- Rowville Health
- Address
- 12 St Lawrance Way
Rowville VIC 3178
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9764 1617
- Fax
- 03 9764 2030
- MyHealth Medical Centre - North Eltham
- Address
- 1170 Main Road
Eltham VIC 3095
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9439 2222
- Fax
- 03 9439 3662
