Prof Piers Yates (Orthopaedic Surgeon)

Name

Prof Piers Jason Yates

Qualifications

MBBS 1995

MRCS 1998

FRCS (Tr&Orth) 2003

FRACS 2009

Occupation

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Gender

Male

Medical Specialties

Orthopaedic Surgery

http://www.hipandkneeperth.com.au

http://www.orthopaedicswa.com.au/

08 9311 4144

08 9311 4183

I have been practicing in WA as a Specialist Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon from 2006 with a particular interest in joint replacement and trauma. My training began in the UK, in several leading orthopaedic centres including Bristol, London, Bournemouth, Southampton.

I then completed three fellowships in allograft and revision joint surgery under Professor Wood and Professor Nivbrant in Perth; the Advanced hip fellowship in Bristol UK, under Professor Gordon Bannister, Mr Evert Smith, Mr Tony Ward; and lastly I completed an AO trauma fellowship in the Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Centre in Denver Colorado, USA with Professor Wade Smith, and Dr Steve Morgan. Stacks Image 10819

In 2007, I became Head of Orthopaedics and Trauma at Fremantle, Kaleeya and Rockingham Hospitals. In 2006 I set up the highly successful elective joint replacement unit in Osborne Park. In 2013 I was appointed co head of the orthopaedic department at $2 billion Fiona Stanley Hospital.

I am also Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Western Australia and previously Clinical Director of the Perth Bone and Tissue Bank.

I have published over 50 scientific papers relating to orthopaedics, as well as book chapters, and I present frequently at regional, national and international meetings (see my publications). I am part of two teams designing new hip and knee replacements, and consult for several orthopaedic companies as well as the Department of Health of WA.

I co-led the development of the DoH Musculoskeletal Elective Joint Replacement Model of Care, which provides a template for how orthopaedic services could be delivered across WA in the future. I am also involved with developing the mechanism for assessing the use of joint replacement implants in WA, and developing a state-wide plan in Trauma and Elective orthopaedic services in the next 10 years.

Teaching is very important to me, and as well as educating the undergraduate medical students, I teach the orthopaedic training registrars, fellows, and other groups. I have enjoyed working abroad through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and the Australian Government and other groups, in Papua New Guinea, India and Thailand. Stacks Image 10877

I am a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons as well as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. I am a member of the British Orthopaedic association, the British Hip Society, and the Australian Orthopaedic Association and the Arthroplasty Society of Australia.

In 2012, I was selected to represent the Australian Orthopaedic Association in the prestigious ABC fellowship. I toured 15 academic orthopaedic centres in Canada and the USA with six other commonwealth orthopaedic specialists. We taught and were taught about the latest advances in orthopaedics.

I am happily married to Vihara, and have three young children.

Particular interests My particular interests are surgery of the hip; including total hip replacement, revision hip replacement, resurfacing of the hip, femoro-acetabular impingement, preservation of the hip, deformity correction in the adult, the young hip, hip dysplasia, minimally invasive hip replacement and alternative bearings.

Surgery of the knee; including total knee replacement, revision knee replacement, unicompartmental knee replacement, knee preservation surgery and osteotomy, arthroscopy and navigation.

Trauma surgery; including upper and lower limb fracture management, pelvic and acetabular surgery, and malunion and non-union surgery.

I have a special interest in accelerated rehabilitation after joint replacement, blood management (“bloodless surgery”) and optimising postoperative pain relief. My unit at Murdoch and Fremantle has one of the lowest transfusion unit in the world, and we have published and presented on this. I also have very early rehabilitation, very short lengths of stay and low complication rates.

I consult and operate privately at St John of God Murdoch Hospital, and consult and operate at Fiona Stanley Hospital and Fremantle Hospital.

Hospital Affiliations

St John of God Murdoch Hospital

Fremantle Hospital

Fiona Stanley Hospital

Affiliated Clinics

Orthopaedics WA

Affiliated Organisations

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Topics

Hip Surgery

Knee Surgery

Trauma

Practice Locations

WA

St John of God Murdoch Hospital

Address

Murdoch Orthopaedic Clinic
Murdoch WA 6150 
Australia

Orthopaedics WA

Address

Wexford Medical Centre
Murdoch WA 6150 
Australia

08 9312 1135

08 9332 1187