Melbourne Orthopaedic Group, The Alfred Hospital

MBBS FRACS (Orth)

Mr Lording is a locally and internationally trained orthopaedic surgeon specialising in surgery of the knee. He completed his undergraduate medical degree at Monash University in 2002. Mr Lording subsequently undertook advanced orthopaedic training in Victoria and Tasmania, obtaining Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2011.

Mr Lording worked as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon for 18 months at the Sandringham and Frankston Hospitals before departing for further postgraduate subspecialty training overseas. He spent 12 months at the Centre Albert Trillat in Lyon, France, training in complex knee surgery under the supervision of Professor Philippe Neyret. During this time, he visited a number of surgeons in the UK and Europe and was involved in biomechanical research in Atlanta, USA. He then travelled to London in Canada, where he undertook a further 12-month Fellowship in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at the Fowler-Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic.

Mr Lording returned to Melbourne and joined the Melbourne Orthopaedic Group in 2015. He has a public appointment at The Alfred Hospital.

He has an active interest in clinical and biomechanical research. Mr Lording has published numerous articles on knee surgery in peer-reviewed journals and authored several book chapters, and has presented his research at national and international meetings.

Mr Lording is a member of a number of associations and societies including the Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA), the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM), The Asia-Pacific Knee, Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Society (APKASS), and the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS), where he serves on the scientific committee.