Prof. Warwick Bruce
Post Graduate Fellowships
- Fellow in Knee Surgery and Sports Medicine
under Dr N Thomson, Sydney
January to June 1988
January 1989 to January 1990
- Fellow in Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery
under Dr B D Shepherd
January 1988 to June 1988
- Visiting Fellow in Joint Replacement Surgery
Hospital for Special Surgery
under Dr Eduardo Salvati
New York , U.S.A.
September 1988 to December 1988
- Fellow in Joint Replacement Surgery
Under Dr B D Shepherd
January 1989 to January 1990
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Hospital Appointments |
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- Visiting Medical Officer
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
Chairman Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
1998 to present
- Visiting Medical Officer
Westside Private Hospital
- Visiting Medical Officer
Hurstville Community Hospital
- Visiting Medical Officer
Prince of Wales Private Hospital
- Honorary Consultant
Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
Prince of Wales Hospital
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Previous Hospital Appointments
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- VMO
Western Suburbs Public Hospital
- Honorary Medical Officer
Auburn District Hospital
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Memberships |
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- Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
- Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association.
- Member of the Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
- Member of the Australian Medical Association.
- Member of the Australian Knee Society.
- Foundation Member of the Arthroplasty Society of Australia.
- Life Member of the Western Pacific Orthopaedic Association.
- Member of the Hip Section Western Pacific Orthopaedic Association.
- Member Steering Committee New South Wales Institute of Sports Medicine.
- Foundation Orthopaedic Surgeon New South Wales Institute of Sports Medicine.
- Member of SICOT
- The Australian Osteoporosis Campaign Scientific Committee member
- American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Foundation Member Australian Academy of Medicine and Surgery 1997
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Editorial Board |
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- Member of Editorial Board Musculoskeletal Update
(Scientific Publication of Roussel Uclaf)
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Prosthesis Design and Development |
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- Member Design Team for
Stability Total Hip Replacement (DePuy)
(This is the first Hip Replacement ever to be manufactured in Australia)
- Member Design Team
Low wear knee
(Wright Medical Technology)
- Member Design Team
Unicompartmental Knee Replacement
(Wright Medical Technology)
- Member Design Team
Hard on Hard Hip Arthroplasty Technology
(Johnson & Johnson)
- Member of the Multicentre Design Team
Uni-Rom Prostheses
(Johnson & Johnson)
- Member of the Multicentre Design Team
Patellar Button
Profix Total Knee Replacement
(Smith & Nephew)
- Member of the Multicentre Design Team
Uncemented HA Coated Femoral Stem
(Smith & Nephew)
- Member of the Multicentre Trial Team
New Uncemented Total Knee Replacement (Journey)
(Smith & Nephew)
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Appointments |
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- Elected Member of the State Council of the Australian Medical Association. 1987 1989
- Member of the Ethics Committee of the Australian Medical Association (State Branch).
1987 1989
- Member of the Hospitals Committee of the Australian Medical Association (State Branch).
1987 1989
- Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics Concord Repatriation General Hospital.
December 1997.
- Secretary Southside Board of Studies Australian Orthopaedic Association
1997 to 2000
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Orthopaedic Research Laboratory The Prince of Wales Hospital 1995
- Repatriation General Hospital Concord Hospital Representative Institute of Bone and Joint 1999
- Director of Olympic Orthopaedic Unit, Concord Repatriation General Hospital Concord October 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney.
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Southern Hemisphere Under 21 Rugby Union Tournament June 2001
- Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee Osteoporosis Australia
- Australian Orthopaedic Association NSW Representative Australian Joint Registry
- State Representative, Australian Orthopaedic Association Subcommittee on Bone Banking Standards 1994-1998
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Awards |
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- Scholarship to St Josephs College for high school education
- Commonwealth Scholarship to attend The University of Sydney
- Howmedica Award for the best paper presented by a Registrar at the Australian Orthopaedic
Registrar's Meeting, Adelaide, 1985.
- Zimmer Traveling Fellowship Award
1988 - 89.
- The Zimmer Prize Awarded for Best Poster at the Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Conference,
Brisbane October 1999
Tibiofemoral Contact Area
Mean and Peak Pressures for 19 Total Knee Prostheses
- Excellence in Teaching Award
Central Clinical School for Teaching in 2001
- Certificate of Recognition
Concord Repatriation General Hospital
1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001
Director of Clinical Training and Medical Administration
- Certificate of Recognition
University of Sydney Central Clinical School
Concord Hospital
Clinical Teaching 2003
- Awards to Fellows and Registrars
Tow Prize: Clinical Division University of New South Wales Surface Roughness of the Distal Interface of Mobile Bearing Knees. Awarded to P. Chapman-Sheath for Research done with Dr W. Bruce in November 1999.
Joseph Trueta Prize 1999. Girdlestone Society Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Awarded to P. Chapman-Sheath for research done with Dr Warwick Bruce in November 1999 to help fund travel to meetings abroad to present research during fellowship year.
Runner-Up, Howmedica Award for the Best Paper Presented By a Registrar at the Australian Orthopaedic Registrars Meeting 2000
Pulmonary Emboli Following Total Hip Arthroplasty
Senio Author WJM Bruce
Presented by S Tan
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Video Presentations |
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- Biomechanics of the knee.
Sports Medicine medical education video.
University of New South Wales 1996.
- Trochanteric Slide DePuy Australia
- Hip Arthroscopy Technique 1999
- Anterior Cruciate Reconstruction Using Semitendinosis and Gracilis 4 Band Technique 2001
- Minimal Access Hip Replacement Surgery
De Puy Australia 2005
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Course Organisation |
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- Continuing Education Committee of the Australian Orthopaedic Association - New Horizons in Hip Surgery, Canberra, 1985. Member of State Organising Committee
- Organiser and Chief Lecturer A.O. Workshop course for Theatre Sisters, 1987, Sydney.
- Co-lecturer A.O. Workshop course for Theatre Sisters, 1988, Sydney.
- Continuing Education Committee Australian Orthopaedic Association - Update on Joint Replacement, November, 1990. Member of State Organising Comittee.
- Stability Total Hip Replacement Workshop Live Surgery and Clinical Presentation Hurstville Community Hospital - March 1995
- Stability Total Hip Replacement Workshop Live Surgery and Clinical Presentation St Vincents Hospital July 1996
- Progressive Concepts in total Knee Surgery Presented By Dr Leo Whiteside. March 2002
- Minimal Access for Hip Replacement. Learning Centre and Workshop. 22 August 2003 Hurstville Private Hospital and University of NSW
- Advance Total Knee Replacement Workshop Live Surgery and Clinical Presentation Hurstville Community Hospital May 2002
- Advance Total Knee Replacement Workshop Live Surgery and Clinical Presentation Hurstville Community Hospital August 2003
- Ligament Balance Course in Total Knee Replacement Surgery June 2004 University of NSW
- Convenor COE Meeting Knee and Shoulder April 2006
- Intelligent Hip Learning Centre 28-29 April 2005 Hurstville Community Hospital Live Surgery Presentation and Lecture Program
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Post Graduate Teaching
Appointments |
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- Chairman post graduate training programme Orthosports 1989 1999
- Medical Student training coordinator for Orthopaedics 1995 1999
- Registrar training coordinator for Orthopaedics 1995 - 1999
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Special Interest |
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- Joint Replacement Surgery of the Hip and Knee. Sporting Injuries of the hip and knee and their treatment.
- Synthetic Bone Graft and their Mechanism of Action.
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Bone Bank |
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- Founder and past Director of Auburn District Hospital Bone Bank
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