Prof Markus Kuster (Orthopaedic Surgeon)

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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

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

WA

Perth Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre
31 Outram Street
West Perth WA 6005 
Australia
08 9212 4200
08 9481 3792