Dr. George Kirsh

• MB BS (UNSW) - 1982
• FRACS Part 1 - Passed March 1985
• FRACS Part 2 - Passed May 1990
• EMST Course - Taken and Passed October 1991
• Higher School Certificate School - 1976 North Sydney Boy's High

• Visiting Medical Officer - Bankstown/Lidcombe Hospital
• Visiting Medical Officer - St George Private Hospital

• AEC St Vincent’s Hospital - Sydney
  Supervisor: Mr T. J. Claffey
• Project/Paper: "A Survey of 100 Consecutive Bony Injuries in St Vincent’s Hospital AEC" - March 1982

• Spent with Orthopaedic Surgery Department
  St George Hospital
  Supervisor: Mr. A. F. Bencsik
• University Of New South Wales Medical Revue - 1980
  In cast and head of scenery and props production

• Soccer - Weekend competition and intramural teams
• Squash - Social participation
• Sailing - Racing with the Middle Harbour Yacht - offshore sailing including Hobart to Sydney.
• Snow Skiing - Social Participation

• 1983: Intern Year - St Vincent’s Hospital
• 1984: First Year Resident Medical Officer - St Vincent’s Hospital
• 1985: Senior Surgical Resident Medical Officer - St Vincent’s Hospital
• 1986: Orthopaedic Registrar - St George Private Hospital

  Appointed to the Australian Orthopaedic Association Sydney Training Scheme

• 1987: Orthopaedic Registrar - St Vincent’s General and Private Hospitals
• 1988: Orthopaedic Registrar - Prince of Wales Hospital
• 1989: Senior Orthopaedic Registrar - Nottingham, England
• December 1988 to May 1989 - Queen’s Medical Centre, University Hospital
  Senior Registrar to Mr C L Colton
• Senior Registrar on duty at the time of the Kegworth M1 air crash
• June 1989 to October 1989 - Harlow Wood Orthopaedic Hospital
  Senior Registrar to Mr N J Barton and Miss H G Prince
• November 1989 to July 1990 - Orthopaedic Registrar - St George Hospital
• Part 2 - FRACS - passed May 1990
• July 1990 to January 1991 - Orthopaedic Registrar - Pacific Private Hospital
• RACS EMST Course - passed in October 1991

• Kirsh, G; Learmonth, DGA; Martindale, JP
  The Nottingham, Leicester, Derby Aircraft Accident Study
  A preliminary report – Three Weeks After The Accident
  British Medical Journal No 6672, Vol 298, 25 February 1989
• Kirsh, G and Rowles, JM
  The Management of Major Disaster
  A Chapter in Recent Advances in Orthopaedics No 6, edited by A Catterall
• Learmonth, DJA; Martindale, JP; Kirsh, G; Rowles, JM
  Initial Management of Open Fractures Sustained in the M1 Aircraft Disaster
  Nottingham, Leicester, Derby and Belfast (NLDB) Study Group
  Injury: 1991May, 22(3): 207-11
• Tait, GR; Rowles, JM; Kirsh, G; Murphy, JSG
  Delayed Diagnosis of Injuries from the M1 Aircraft Accident
  Nottingham, Leicester, Derby and Belfast Study Group
  Injury: 1991 November, 33 (6): 475-8
• Kirsh, G; Rowles, JM; Macey, AC
  The Use of Injury Scoring in the Evaluation of the Kegworth M1 Aircrash
  Journal of Trauma-Injury, Infection & Critical Care 1992, April 32 (4): 441-7
• Reiss-Levy, EA; Kirsh, G; Tapsall, JW; Hillery, SJ
  Gonoccal Arthritis – A Bangkok Connection
  The Medical Journal of Australia Vol 157, 3 August 1992 : 214-5
• Liaw, Y; Kalnins, G; Kirsh, G; Meakin
  I Combined Fourth and Fifth Metacarpal Fracture and Fifth Carpo-Metacarpal Joint Dislocation
  Journal of Hand Surgery (British & European Vol, 1995) 20:2: 249-252
• Mansberg, R; Lewis, G; Kirsh, G Avascular Necrosis and Fracture of the Capitate Bone: Unusual Scintigraphic Features
  Clinical Nuclear Medicine May 2000 25 (5): 372-3
• Herald, J; Macdessi, S; Kirsh, G
  An Unusual Case of Groin Pain following Hip Replacement. A Case Report Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery September 2001 Vol 83A: Number 9: 1392-3
• Vasili, C; Kligman, M; Kirsh, G
  Incidental Finding of Chondroid Lipoma at Total Hip Arthroplasty
  Journal of the Southern Orthopaedic Association Fall 2000, Vol 9: No 3: 219-221
• Kirsh, G; Kligman, M; Roffman M
  Hydroxyapatite coated Total Hip Replacement in Paget’s Disease
  20 patients followed for 4-8 years
  Acta Orthopaedic Scandinavica Vol 72: 2: 127-132
• I also set up a prospective trial at University Hospital, Nottingham, to studypin-site infections and the use of different solutions to pin-site hygiene.
• Case Reports: Fracture and Dislocation of Proximal Humerus in a Two YearOld – Submitted for Publication
• Hydroxyapatite Total Hip Replacement Papers
  Kirsh, G; Kligman, M
• Hydroxyapatite Total Hip Replacement in Elderly Patients
  Submitted to Acta Orthopaedia, Scandinavia
• Hydroxyapatite Total Hip Replacement in Osteoporosis
  Bulletin – Hospital of Joint Disease
• Leonid Kandel, MD, Con Vasili MBBS FRACS (Orth), George KirshMBBS, FRACS(Orth), FA(Orth)A
  Extramedullary Femoral Alignment Instrumentation Reduces Blood Loss AfterUncemented Total Knee Arthroplasty(Journal of Knee Surgery Volume 19Number 4 2006 (19 – 256 – 258)
  Osteolysis in Third-Generation Alumina Ceramic-on-Ceramic Hip Bearings With Severe Impingement and Titanium Metallosis
  Rajmohan Murali, S Fiona Bonar, George Kirsh, William K Walter, William L Walter
  Joint Arthroplasty 2008 2, 18534463 (P.S.E.B.D.)
• Currently performing prospective studies on navigated TKR and fixed flexion
• Martin P Laird, George Kirsh, Jacob Kaplan
  Fixed flexion deformity after total knee arthroplasty is reduced by computer navigation
  J.Orthopaedics 2011; 8(4)e3
• Navendu Goyal, Darren B. Chen, Ian A. Harris, Neville Rowden, George Kirsh,Samuel J. Macdessi.
  Clinical and financial benefits of intra-articular tranexamic acid in total kneearthroplasty.
  Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery 2016;24(1):3-6
• Raj Ramakrishna, Sarika Gupta, Kiran Sarathy, Marijka Batterham & George Kirsh.
  Combined Short Course Low Molecular Weight Heparin and Calf Compression Therapy in Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis after Total Knee Replacement: A Randomized Prospective Study.
  Journal of Hematology & Thromboembolic Diseases: Volume 1 - Issue 4
• Navendu Goyal, Darren B. Chen, Ian A. Harris, Neville Rowden, GeorgeKirsh,Samuel J. Macdessi.
  Intravenous vs Intra-Articular Tranexamic Acid in Total Knee Replacement: A Randomised Double-blind Trial J Arthroplasty. 2017 Jan;32(1):28-32. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2016.07.004. Epub2016 Jul 15.
  PMID: 27567057

• Operating Theatre Sisters Course, St Vincent’s Hospital
  • 1985 - Surgical Anatomy & Physiology
  • 1987 – Operative Orthopaedics – Traumatic
• Post Basic Sisters Orthopaedic Course
  NSW College of Nursing
  • 1986/1987/1990 – Internal Fixation of Fractures
  • 1990/1993 – Upper Limb Injuries
  • 1990/1993 – The Treatment of Multiple Trauma Patients & Disaster Management
• Operating Theatre Sisters Course, Prince of Wales Hospital
  • 1988 – Operative Orthopaedics – Trauma & Elective
• RACS NSW Registrar’s Paper Day
  • 1985 – Hip Joint Surgery & Lower Limb Ischaemia – A Prospective Study
• Annual Scientific Meeting – The Australian Orthopaedic Association & Annual Meeting of the Australian Knee Society
  • 1987 – Isometric Placement of Anterior Cruciate Ligament
  • Reconstructions – A Cadaveric Study with Mr B G Courtenary
• The Prince of Wales Hospital Orthopaedic Meetings
  • 1988 – Anatomy & Biomechanics of the Shoulder Joint
  • The Blood Supply to the Tibia and the Natural History of TibialFracturesPlantar FasciitisInfective Non-union
• University Hospital, Notthingham
  • 1989 – The Huckstep Nail – Applications & Operative Technique
• Sixth World Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Hong Kong
  • 1989 – The NLDB Aircraft Accident Study – The injuries and Consequences of the M1 Aircraft Accident Rowles, JM; Kirsh, G; Learmonth, DJA; Martindale, JP; and theNLDB Study Group
• The NLDB Aircraft Accident Study – Disaster Documentation, Lessons and Prospects
  Macey, AC; Tait, GR; Rowles, MJ; Kirsh, G; Murphy, JSG; and the NLDB Study Group
• Both papers were also presented at the Irish Orthopaedic AssociationMeeting – 1989
• Assaf Harrofe Hospital, Israel
  • 1989 – The Kegworth M1 Aircrash

    Infection and Internal Fixation

    The Huckstep Nail – Application & Operative Technique

• Hadassah Hospital, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
  • 1989 – The Kegworth M1 Aircrash
• British Orthopaedic Association Spring Meeting, Glasgow
  • 1990 – Initial Management of Open Fractures Sustained in the M1 Aircraft Disaster

    Learmonth, DJA; Rowles, JM; Martindale, JP; Tait, GR; Kirsh, G; Sheppard, I Disaster Documation – Lessons & Prospects Macey, AC; Tair, GR; Rowles, JM; Kirsh, G; Murphy, JSG
    Delayed Diagnosis of Injuries of the M1 Aircraft Accident Tait, GR; Rowles, JM; Kirsh, G; Martindale, JP; Learmonth, DJA

• Australian Orthopaedic Association NSW State Meeting,Liverpool Hospital
  • 1990 – The Kegworth M1 Aircrash – Orthopaedic Input & Overview
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting,Brisbane
  • 1990 – Lower Limb Injuries in an Aircrash – Can they be avoided?
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Registrars Basic Course, Sydney
  • 1996- Internal Fixation
    • Bone Healing – Stable and Unstable Conditions for Proximal and Distal Femur Fractures
    • Fixation Options of Fractures in the Proximal & Distal Femur
    • Implant Removal – Indications and Timing
    • Management of Delayed Union and non-union
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane 1999
  • Hydroxyapatite – Total Hip Replacement
  • Hydroxyapatite – Total Hip Replacement in Elderly Patients
  • Hydroxyapatite – Total Hip Replacement in Paget’s Disease
  • Hydroxyapatite – Total Hip Replacement in Osteoporosis
• Joint Replacement Conference, Queenstown New Zealand, 1999
  • Hydroxyapatite – Total Hip Replacement in Bone Disease
• Lecture to General Practitioners in Bankstown and St George Areas andto General Practitioners Training Scheme.
• Pin placement in Knee Navigation
  Navigation Knee Users Meeting, Brisbane 2004
• ACAOS Meeting, Hong Kong November 2004
  Navigated Total Knee Replacement
  Lecture and Practical Demonstrations and Panel Discussions
• Lectures and live demonstration Computer Navigated Knee Replacement New Delhi January 2006
• Lectures and live demonstration of Scorpio Total Knee Replacement And Computer Navigation New Delhi and Chandigarh, India August 2006
• Lectures and live demonstration of Scorpio Total Knee ReplacementAnd Computer Navigation Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Surat and Nagpur August 2007
• AOA ASM June 2007- Time and cost savings with computer navigated TKR Hong Kong
• Regular presenter and demonstrator at cadaver workshops for computer navigation in Australia (Sydney and Melbourne)
• Lectures and live surgery demonstration - Mumbai 2008
  Evolution of SCORPIO NRG
  Fixed flexion deformity & TKR
  UKR versus TKR
  SCORPIO TS use with SCORPIO NRG
  Early experiences with hip navigation
• Lectures and live surgery demonstration - Dehli 2009
  Deep Venous Prophylaxis in TKR
  Benefits of Computer Navigation in TKR
  Principles of revision surgery
  Evolution of SCORPIO TKR
  THR - Surgical approaches
• Lecutres at Stryker Knee user group - Brisbane 2009
• Lectures and live surgery - Tokyo 2010
  Benefits of Navigation
  Navigation with operating theatre efficiency
  SCORPIO NRG - Clinical results from Australia
• Lectures at 4th Asia Pacific Hip & Knee Symposium - Shanghai 2010
  Navigated TKR & fixed flexion deformity
  Instrument options with navigation
  SCORPIO NRG Surgical technique
• Lectures at 5th Asia Pacific Hip & Knee Symposium
  Hong Kong - March 2011
  Revision TKR
  Cementless Modular Revision THR
  Optimising Constraint TKR
  TKR Design rational & instrument options
• Twin City Orthopaedic Learning Centre Meeting
  Prince of Wales Hospital - Hong Kong - September 2011
  Computer Navigation in TKR
  Results of TKR in Australia
  Cadaver demonstrations
• Orthopaedic Learning Centre Meeting - Hong Kong 2012
  Principles of TKR
  Management of the stiff knee
  Cadaver and saw bones demonstrations.
• Stryker Joint Replacement Conference
  Sydney - March 2014
  Computer Navigation in Total Hip Replacement
• Great Expectations Conference Delhi India March 2015
  Navigation - The Learning Curve
  Financial and Clinical Benefits of Intra-Articular Tranexamic Acid
• Great Expectations Conference Melbourne April 2016
  My Experience with Scorpio NRG
  Navigation - the Case for its Use in 2016
• Stryker Revision TKR Meeting Innsbruck Austria September 2016
  Lectures, Saw Bones and Cadaver Workshops as International Lecturer
  Maximising Patient Outcomes - Post-Operative Outcomes
  Case Studies
  Why do Knees Replacements Fail?
  Single Radius and Soft Tissue Guided Motion - the Evolution of Scorpio
• Indian Arthroplasty Association Convention 2016
  Delhi November 2016
  International Guest Lecturer - Live Surgery and Lectures
  Benefits of Computer Navigation in Knee & Hip Replacement and Why Robotics?
  Economic and Clinical Benefits of Intra-Articular Tranexamic Acid
  Case Studies and Live Surgery Demonstration using Computer Navigaton
• Knee Surgery and Technology Sydney 2016
  Navigation - the Case for its Use in 2016
• Great Expectations Conference Seoul South Korea April 2017
  Advances in Peri & Post-Operative Management - Joint Replacement Single Radius Knee Replacement in Australia
• Champions Meet Conference Delhi September 2018
  The Road from Conventional TKR to Navigation and then to Robotics Progression from Scorpio to Triathlon

• Australian Orthopaedic Association Registrar’s Conference
  Sydney 1986 - Melbourne 1987
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Continuing Education Program
  Advanced Trauma Technique, Thredbo 1986
• St George Hospital Orthopaedic Skills Laboratory Workshops, 1986
  Paediatric Workshop - Caterall, A and Morrissey, R
  Knee Surgery with Lewisham Sports & Medicine Clinic
  Arthroscopy
  Total Knee Replacement - Hedley, AK
• St George Hospital Orthopaedic Skills Laboratory Workshop, 1990
  Shoulder Surgery Update - Dove, J; Leong, J; Ransford, A
• Fifth Congress of the International Society of the Knee, Sydney 1987
• Workshop of Total Joint Replacement 1987 - Whiteside, L
• RACS Scientific Meeting - Trauma & Microsurgical Techniques
  Brisbane, 1988
• St Vincent’s Private Hospital - Workshop on Revision Total Hip and Knee Replacement - Hedley, AK 1988
• Hip Disorders in Young People, Bristol University 1989
  Bombelli; Caterall; Sharrard; Ring; Ling; Colton
• AO Basic Course, Nottingham 1989
• Surgery of the Foot, St Vincent’s Hospital 1990 - Mann, RA
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane 1990
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Annual Meeting 1991
• Instructional Courses in Pelvic and Acetabular Fractures, Compound Fractures and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Adelaide 1991
• International Symposium on Locked Intramedullary Nailing, Hong Kong 1992
• International Arthroscopy Association Meeting, Adelaide 1992
• Technological Development in Hip and Knee Replacement, Breckenridge 1994
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne 1995
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth 1996
• State of the Art Hip and Knee Replacement, Banff 1997
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, New Orleans 1998
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Cairns 1998
• Joint Replacement Conference, Queenstown 1999
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane 1999
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Francisco 2001
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Continuing Orthopaedic Education Knee, Darwin, 2002
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Continuing Orthopaedic Education Hip, Sydney 2003
• Knee Replacement, Current Concepts, Prague 2003
• Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement AAOS Course, Chicago, June 2005
• Scorpio Masters Meeting, New York October 2006
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast October 2007
• International Arthroscopic "Skills Lab" - Changi General Hospital Singapore December 2009
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney 2009
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, New Orleans 2010
• Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney 2012
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Sugeons Annual Meeting, Orlando 2016
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Sugeons Annual Meeting, New Orleans 2018
• MAKO Robot Users Meeting Melbourne August 2018
• MAKO Robot Users Meeting Melbourne August 2019

• C L Colton, Nottingham - Trauma & Paediatric Surgery 1988-1989
• N J Barton, Nottingham - Hand Surgery 1989
• Assisted Dr Richard Morris in rewriting/restructuring of the Disaster Plan at the St George Hospital in 1991
• Joel Matta, Los Angeles - Acetabular & Pelvic fractures 1991
• Marvin Tile & Joseph Schatzker - Visits to Sunnybrook Trauma Centre, Toronto 1991
• Michael Chapman - UC Davis Hospital Trauma Unit, Sacramento, USA 1993
• Osteonics Joint Replacement Factory - New Jersey,USA 1998
• Previously on the Medical Board of Westpac SLC Helicopter Service
• Rothman Institute - Philadelphia 2005/2008
• Stryker Factory/Headquarters – Mahwah, New Jersey USA, 2005/2008
• Hospital Philadelphia/Detroit/Cleveland - Stryker Mahwah Sept 2008
• Mako Headquarters / Factory - Surgery attendance and participation - Holy Cross Hospital and Stryker- Mako

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