After graduating high school at Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School, Nick completed a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree at the University of Western Australia.
He subsequently completed pre-vocational training at Royal Perth Hospital before commencing his Orthopaedic training in Western Australia. During training he has published 12 peer-reviewed articles and completed a Masters of Surgery degree at the University of Western Australia.
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After becoming a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Nick worked as a Locum Orthopaedic Surgeon servicing the South West at Bunbury Regional Hospital, St John of God Bunbury and Busselton Hospital.
Nick has completed further sub-specialist training at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, part of the Oxford University Hospitals Trust. This centre contains the only dedicated Bone Infection Unit in the United Kingdom and has published extensively on the management of bone and joint infection. During this time Nick had the opportunity to work with surgeons specialising in the management of joint replacement related infections and fracture related infections.
He also had the privilege of learning the surgical technique of the Oxford Partial Knee Arthroplasty in the centre where it was developed.
For Nick’s Masters thesis he developed a new method of personalised chemotherapy treatment in bone and soft tissue cancer using next-generation human genome sequencing.
He is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Western Australia on improving patient outcomes and function after knee reconstruction and replacement. Nick’s interest in research ensures he provides up to date and evidence based care for his patients.
After graduating high school at Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School, Nick completed a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree at the University of Western Australia.
He subsequently completed pre-vocational training at Royal Perth Hospital before commencing his Orthopaedic training in Western Australia. During training he has published 12 peer-reviewed articles and completed a Masters of Surgery degree at the University of Western Australia.
After becoming a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Nick worked as a Locum Orthopaedic Surgeon servicing the South West at Bunbury Regional Hospital, St John of God Bunbury and Busselton Hospital.
Nick has completed further sub-specialist training at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, part of the Oxford University Hospitals Trust. This centre contains the only dedicated Bone Infection Unit in the United Kingdom and has published extensively on the management of bone and joint infection. During this time Nick had the opportunity to work with surgeons specialising in the management of joint replacement related infections and fracture related infections.
He also had the privilege of learning the surgical technique of the Oxford Partial Knee Arthroplasty in the centre where it was developed.
For Nick’s Masters thesis he developed a new method of personalised chemotherapy treatment in bone and soft tissue cancer using next-generation human genome sequencing. He is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Western Australia on improving patient outcomes and function after knee reconstruction and replacement. Nick’s interest in research ensures he provides up to date and evidence based care for his patients.
