Mr. Russell Miller, Orthopedic Surgeon, Hip, Knee and Shoulder Specialist, Carlton, VIC // My Practice // Mr. Russel Miller

Mr. Russel Miller

Hip, Knee and Shoulder Surgeon

Mr Miller is an experienced orthopaedic surgeon specialising in the area of shoulder, hip and knee surgery. He graduated from the University of Melbourne and completed the Victorian Orthopaedic Training Program, joining the Royal Australian College of Surgeons. He then undertook a Fellowship in Cambridge, England, Oxford University where he completed a Master’s Degree in Biomechanics of the knee, followed by a Fellowship in Toronto Canada.

On return to Australia, he has practised as a consultant at Royal Melbourne Hospital and The Alfred Hospital. He continues as a senior orthopaedic surgeon at The Alfred Hospital where he is Director of Orthopaedic Training.

The Alfred Hospital is widely regarded as one of Australia’s leading trauma centres and Mr Miller is actively involved in the management of trauma at The Alfred Hospital.

Outside of orthopaedics, he is a keen cyclist, sailor, snow skier and collector of contemporary art.

Mr. Russel Miller - Profile

Qualifications

Secondary Education

  • Essendon Grammar School VCE 1974 - Honours 6 subjects

Undergraduate

  • Melbourne University
  • Bachelor of Medicine
  • Bachelor of Surgery - Honours Class One

Post-Graduate

  • Resident Medical Officer Alfred Hospital - 1981-1982
  • General Surgical Registrar Cardiothoracic Surgical Registrar Alfred Hospital - 1983
  • Vascular Surgical Registrar, General Surgical Registrar Alfred Hospital - 1984
  • General Surgical Registrar Professorial Unit Alfred Hospital - 1985
  • Orthopaedic Registrar Austin Hospital - 1986
  • Orthopaedic Registrar Western General Hospital - 1987
  • Orthopaedic Registrar Alfred Hospital - 1988
  • Orthopaedic Registrar Royal Children's Hospital - 1989
  • Oxford University - Master of Science 1990-1992
  • University of Strathclyde - Diploma of Biomechanics 1991-1992

Post-Fellowship Training

  • Knee/Shoulder Fellow, Newmarket General Hospital, United Kingdom
  • Research Fellow, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Oxford University, United Kingdom
  • Trauma Fellow, Association of Osteosynthesis, Salzburg Austria
  • Orthopaedic Knee Fellow, Orthopaedic and Arthritic Hospital, Toronto Canada

Academic Awards & Fellowships

  • Howmedica Prize Awarded to best research project presented by an Australian Orthopaedic Registrar 1988
  • Alfred Hospital Research Prize awarded to best research project performed at Alfred Hospital 1988
  • Essendon Centenary Award for Career development of outstanding young individual 1989
  • Fourth European Clinical Symposium on Bone Healing and Tissue Regeneration - Prize Best Clinical Paper 2007

Memberships

  • Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  • Australian Orthopaedic Association
  • Australian Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Australian Medical Association
  • Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Australian Doctor's Fund
  • Australasian Orthopaedic Trauma Society

Current Hospital Appointments

  • Visiting Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Alfred Hospital
  • Visiting Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Bacchus Marsh Hospital
  • Visiting Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Epworth/Freemasons Private Hospital
  • Visiting Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Western Private Hospital

Past Hospital Appointments

  • Visiting Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Royal Melbourne Hospital Melbourne

Current Administrative Positions

  • Senior Consultant Alfred Hospital
  • Teaching Monash Medical School - Orthopaedic Trauma
  • Convenor of Trauma Section Victorian and Tasmanian Regional Training Orthopaedic Registrar Program
  • Orthopaedic Representative Board of Studies Victorian Orthopaedic Registrar Program
  • Convenor Bone School Studies

Medical Education & Research

  • I have lectured and presented Nationally and Internationally including involvement in the demonstration of orthopaedic surgical techniques in Amsterdam, Utrecht and Ost Holland in 1991 and Cairns Australia in 1998.
  • I presented an "Invited Paper" at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons held in New Orleans in 2003.

Since 1989 to the current time I have presented at many venues including:-

  • Western Pacific Orthopaedic Society Singapore 1989
  • International Knee Society Toronto Canada 1991
  • Combined meeting of Orthopaedic Associations of the English Speaking World 1992
  • Stryker Australia Cairns 1998, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 2001
  • Stryker Trauma Symposium in France 2002
  • Stryker Australia Gold Coast 2002
  • Royal Australasian College of Surgeons April 2005
  • Device Technologies Port Douglas 2006
  • Stryker Biotech Amsterdam March 2007
  • Stryker Symposium Nice France September 2007

I travel frequently to research new and improved methods of treatment and surgical techniques.

Scientific Presentations

  • Australian Orthopaedic Association Annual Meetings 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
  • Australian Orthopaedic Association Continuing Education1995
  • Australian Knee Club1988 1995
  • Australian Orthopaedic Registrars National Meeting1988 1989
  • Alfred Hospital Surgical Research 1988
  • British Knee Society 1991
  • British Orthopaedic Research Society 1991
  • British Orthopaedic Association 1991
  • German Rheumatoid Association 1991
  • Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Birmingham England Symposium 1991
  • SICOT International Meetings, Budapest Hungary 1991
  • Victorian Orthopaedic Registrar Seminars 1986 1987 1988 1989
  • Australian Sports Institute Medical Symposium 1989
  • Girdlestone Society United Kingdom 1989 1991
  • Victorian Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting 1987 1994
  • Western General Hospital Annual Presentation 1987
  • Austin Hospital Annual Presentation 1988
  • Newmarket General Hospital United Kingdom 1990
  • Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Oxford University United Kingdom 1991

Design & Development of Orthopaedic Devices

Principal Researcher

Stryker Biotech

  • Trauma Regional Advisory Board - Barcelona Spain 2008
  • National Trauma Research institute

Wyeth

  • National Trauma Research institute

Publications

Papers

  • Chapter on Outcome Measures in Knee Surgery - Oxford 1992
  • Chapter on Bone Morphogenic Protein: Their Role in Fracture Management - Osteosynthesis and Trauma Care - November 2005
  • Assessment of Graft Length Required for Anterior Cruciate Reconstruction - Journal Bone Joint Surgery 1991
  • Chondrolysis Complicating Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis - Journal Bone Joint Surgery 1991
  • Patellar Dislocation Treated by Closed Lateral Release - Australian and New Zealand Journal Surgery 1993
  • The Normal Characteristics of Baumann Angle: An Aid in the Assessment of Supracondylar Fractures - Journal of Paediatric Orthopaedics 1992
  • A New Classification of Osteoarathritis of the Knee - ACTA Scandinavica October 1992
  • A Study of the Oxford Knee Used to Treat Medial Compartment Osteoarthritis - Clinical Orthopaedics May 1993
  • Lateral Unicompartmental Arthroplasty with Oxford Knee : Patient selection and Survivorship Analysis - ACTA Scandanavia Orthopaedica 1996
  • Measurement of Patello-Femoral Force using a New in-Vitro Technique - Journal of Biomechanics 1996
  • Management of Acute Knee Injuries - Medical Observer March 2000
  • Functional Outcome of Tibial Plateau Fractures treated with Infer-Wire Fixateur Injury - JINJ- D 2004
  • Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenic Protein 2 for Treatment of Open Tibial Fractures: A prospective Controlled, randomized Study of Four Hundred and Fifty Patients - Journal Bone Joint Surgery December 2002

Manuscripts

  • The Q Angle and lateral Retinacular Release:  An In-vitro study of Patellar Forces
  • Extensor Mechanism Mechanics after Knee Replacement. An in-vitro study comparing  three designs.

Abstracts

Numerous abstracts published from 1989 to 2003

Mr. Russel Miller

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