Name of PFET Supervisor(s):
- Prof Mark Ross
Contact details:
- Level 9, Brisbane Private Hospital
- 259 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill QLD 4000
- Email: research@upperlimb.com
- Phone: 07 3834 6592
- Fax: 617 3834 6593
- Secretary/admin support contact:
- Dr Corey Moran – Research & Fellowships Manager
- Brisbane Hand and Upper Limb Research Institute
- Email: researchmanager@upperlimb.com
- Phone: 07 3834 7069
Availability of PFET Positions:
- One 12-month PFET position available, starting in August
Description of Programme:
- Size of Unit: 9 Upper Limb Consultants; 2 other Upper Limb Fellows; 1 Shoulder and Elbow Fellow and 1 accredited Registrar
- Number of consultants involved with PFET training (other than supervisors): 8
- Orthopaedics/Plastics/Mixed unit: Orthopaedics
- Public/private mix: 80% Public / 20% Private Assisting
- Case-mix: 50% Trauma / 50% Elective
- Fellow’s timetable: Surgery 35% | Consults 12% | Clinics 25% | Research 8% | Teaching 4% | Meetings 4% | Audit 4% | Self learning 8%
Likely specific points of training focus:
- Major trauma
- Small joint arthroplasty
- Hand fracture fixation
- Arthroscopy
- Microsurgery
- Nerve decompression, nerve repair & brachial plexus
- Soft tissue repair & reconstruction
Research Areas:
- Carpal instability and biomechanics
- Small joint arthroplasty
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Clinical importance of radiological findings
Comments from previous Fellow: The PFET fellow at the PAH is attached to Professor Mark Ross and the Brisbane Private Hand and Upper Limb Research unit. There are a series of hand consultants that are involved in the fellowship. These include Mark Ross, Phil Duke, Greg Couzens, Tamer Mettyas, Alok Jhamb, and Mark Robinson. The team consists of a trainee and a PHO. There are 3 other fellows on the team which is required to adequately staff the roster. The roster is sufficiently flexible to allow the PFET fellow to have priority exposure to dedicated hand cases. There is a mix of public and private work with this fellowship. The private assisting component allows high volume exposure to elective hand procedures from experienced consultants. The public work is a mix of complex trauma and elective work. There is opportunity to develop/improve skills in wrist arthroscopy, carpal stabilisation, endoscopic carpal tunnel release, brachial plexus, and tendon transfers. There is also extensive exposure to complex hand fractures and soft tissue coverage of the hand. There is plenty of teaching that occurs on a regular basis within the department.