Professor Piers Yates Interview
Professor Piers Yates Published Papers:
I have been practicing in WA as a Specialist Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon from 2006 with a particular interest in joint replacement, and trauma. My training began in the UK, in several important orthopaedic centres including Bristol, London, Bournemouth and Southampton. I then completed 3 fellowships in allograft and revision joint surgery under Professor Wood and Nivbrant in Perth; the Advanced hip fellowship in Bristol UK, under Professor Gordon Bannister, Mr Evert Smith, Mr Tony Ward; and finally completed an AO trauma fellowship in the Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Centre in Denver Colorado, USA with Dr Wade Smith, and Dr Steve Morgan. In 2007, I became Head of Orthopaedics and Trauma at Fremantle, Kaleeya and Rockingham Hospitals. In 2006 I set up the highly successful elective joint replacement unit in Osborne Park.I am also Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Western Australia and Clinical Director of the Perth Bone and Tissue Bank. I have published over 35 scientific papers relating to orthopaedics, as well as book chapters, and I present frequently at regional, national and international meetings. I am part of 2 teams designing new hip and knee replacements, and consult for several orthopaedic companies as well as the Department of Health of WA. I led the development of the DoH Musculoskeletal Elective Joint Replacement Model of Care, which provides a template for how orthopaedic services could be delivered across WA in the future. I also am involved with developing the mechanism for assessing the use of joint replacement implants in WA, and developing a state wide plan in Trauma and Elective orthopaedic services in the next 10 years. Teaching is very important to me, and as well as educating the undergraduate medical students, I teach the orthopaedic training registrars, and other groups. I am a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons as well as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. I am a member of the British Orthopaedic association, the British Hip Society, and the Australian Orthopaedic Association. I am happily married to Vihara, and have 3 young children. My particular interests are: Surgery of the hip; including total hip replacement, revision hip replacement, resurfacing of the hip, femoro-acetabular impingement, preservation of the hip, deformity correction in the adult, the young hip, hip dysplasia, minimally invasive hip replacement, alternative bearings. Surgery of the knee; including total knee replacement, unicompartmental knee replacement, knee preservation surgery and osteotomy, arthroscopy, navigation. Trauma surgery; including upper and lower limb fracture management, pelvic and acetabular surgery, malunion and non-union surgery. I consult and operate privately at St John of God Murdoch Hospital, and consult and operate at Fremantle, Osborne Park, and Kaleeya hospitals. |