The Fellowship focuses on the Fellow obtaining a broad knowledge of all aspects of foot and ankle surgery. The Fellow will experience elective and trauma foot and ankle surgery and become competent performing such surgery.
The Fellowship is an integral part of the Orthopaedic Unit of the University of Melbourne (Western Health). The Fellowship is principally concerned with the teaching of orthopaedic aspects of shoulder and elbow surgery.
Dr Albietz exclusively consults and operates on all spinal conditions affecting the neck and lower back from disc prolapses causing sciatica to complex scoliosis or spinal tumour surgery in both adults and children.
Mr Young’s special interests are sports medicine and arthritis surgery. He has a research interest in knee ligament injuries, patellar instability problems and the management of stress fractures in athletes.
The Fellowship involves broad exposure to all aspects of foot and ankle surgery and lower limb reconstruction including elective, trauma and Ilizarov cases.
Dr McQueen specialises in orthopaedic surgery of the lower limb with particular emphasis on hip and knee replacement surgery, unicompartmental knee replacement surgery and arthroscopic surgery of the knee.
Mr Baré is an Australian and internationally trained orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in hip and knee surgery including the treatment of sports injuries and arthritis.
Dr Schneider has a particular interest in all aspects of foot and ankle surgery focusing on first MTP joint replacement, ankle arthroscopy, hind foot reconstruction and forefoot reconstruction.
This is a specialist Fellowship Programme for qualified orthopaedic surgeons wishing to extend their expertise in lower limb, knee and shoulder surgery.
Dr Carmody’s main interest is conditions of the foot, ankle and knee. His Fellowship training had an emphasis on arthroscopic techniques for treating arthritis and sports injuries.