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 Cree specialises in spine surgery, paediatric spine and orthopaedic surgery. He is Director of Spine Surgery Fellowship programmes at the Children’s Hospital Westmead and Royal North Shore Hospital.
The Fellowship encompasses learning the direct anterior approach to the hip; assessing patients before surgery for suitability for this procedure; following them through rehabilitation; undertaking outcomes research; and observing a variety of hip arthroscopic procedures.
The Fellowship involves delivery of all aspects of medical care to the patients being treated, including public and private patients and operating theatre responsibilities to gain advanced surgical training in reconstructive arthroplasty and trauma surgery.
Mr Shimmin has performed over 10,000 surgical procedures with special expertise in hip and knee joint replacement and arthroscopy and knee reconstruction of injured athletes.