Prof Markus Kuster (Orthopaedic Surgeon)
- Name
- Prof Markus Stefan Kuster
- Qualifications
- MBBS 1985
- FRACS 2004
- Occupation
- Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Scientist - Researcher - Academia
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- German
- Italian
- Medical Specialties
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Links
- http://www.perthortho.com.au/
- www.researchgate.net/profile/Markus Kuste
- Phone
- 08 9212 4200
- Fax
- 08 9481 3792
Professor Markus Kuster specialises in hip arthroplasty, knee arthroplasty, and revision arthroplasty of those joints.
Professor Markus Kuster trained in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology in Switzerland, qualifying as a specialist in 1995. For more than 30 years he has had close connections with Perth, first as a medical student, and later, as a fellow and researcher at the University of Western Australia. He obtained a PhD in knee joint mechanics at the University of Western Australia in 1999. He has more than 60 peer reviewed publications in the Orthopaedic Literature covering fracture management, knee joint biomechanics and knee replacement. He is currently Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Head of Department, at both Royal Perth Hospital and its Shenton Park Annexe.
Professor Kuster specialises in both primary and revision replacement of the hip and knee, as well as re-alignment procedures of the knee, including osteotomy. He also has substantial expertise in the management of orthopaedic trauma and the problems arising out of traumatic injury.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Royal Perth Hospital Shenton Park Campus
- Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
- Hollywood Private Hospital
- Peel Health Campus
- Affiliated Clinics
- Perth Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre
Practice Locations
Perth
- Perth Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre
- Address
- 31 Outram Street
West Perth WA 6005
Australia
- Phone
- 08 9212 4200
- Fax
- 08 9481 3792
