Dr. Anita Boecksteiner Profile

Education

• Avondale Heights High School 1979-1984 graduated dux of years 12, 9, 7; School Sporstman of Year Award years 7-12; School Captain year 12; Local Keilor Community Junior Citizen of the year-Runnerup 1984
• M.B.,B.S,. University of Melbourne Medical School 1985-1990 2^nd & 3^rd Class Honours years 1-6
• Diploma of Anatomy 1993. Training: Melbourne, Exam for Diploma Monash University
• FRACS Ortho 1999 Royal College of Surgeons Australia-Victorian Program
• Royal Flying Doctors Service Western Australia/Kimberleys 1990-8weeks; Emergency Surgery Khon Kaen University Hospital Thailand 1990
• Intern: Royal Melbourne Hospital 1991
• Emergency/orthopaedics/medical/general surgery-horsham
• JRMO 2^nd Year: Royal Melbourne Hospital 1992 Emergency/orthopaedics cardiovascularsurgery/neurosurgery
• SHMO 3^rd Year: 1993 Full time anatomy and physiology tutor at The University of Melbourne- Medical School; tutor at Queens College and International House College
• Primary Practitioner – Colorectal Clinic Freemasons Hospital 1993
• Surgical Assisting Service 1993
• Relieving Orthopaedics Registrar Royal Melbourne Hospital
• Premier Health Clinics- Locum General Practitioner
• SHMO 4^th Year 1994 Royal Melbourne. Hospital. Vascular surgery
• Orthopaedic Registrar-Unacccredited 1994 Western Hospital six months
• Anatomy Lecturer Stanford University Medical School California U.S.A. 1994 six weeks
• 5^th YEAR Orthopaedic Registrar. Unaccredited. 1995 Austin Hospital 6 months
• Orthopaedic Registrar. Unaccredited. 1995 Goulburn Valley Hospital 6 months
• A.O.A. Accredited Program commenced 1996 comprising:
  • Orthopaedic Reg. Box Hill Hospital 12 months
  • Anatomy Lecturer Stanford University Hospital 6 weeks
  • Orthopaedic Reg. 1997 Benigo Base Hospital 6 months; Western Hospital Footscray 6 months
  • Orthopaedic Reg. 1998 Royal Childrens Hospital Melbourne 6 months; Royal Melbourne Hospital 6 months
  • Appointment 1999: Orthopaedic Reg. St. Vincents Hospital Melbourne
  • Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Orthopaedic Fellowship Exam- passed May 1999
• Post Graduate Positions
• appointment 2000: St Vincents Public Hospital Locum Orthopaedic Surgeon – 2 sessions\week 2000
• Appointment Northern Hospital -Locum Orthopaedic Surgeon 2000
• Knee/sports Fellowship Mr Hayden Morris 166 Gipps St East Melbourne\and Mercy Private/Vimmy House 2000
• Limb Reconstruction Fellowship-Adult and pediatric 5 months; Royal Liverpool University Hospital, & Alder Hey Childrens Hospital, United Kingdom. Supervisor: Mr Selvadurai Nayagam 2000
• Limb reconstruction and deformity correction Royal Belfast Hospital and Musgrave Park Hospital Belfast Northern Ireland three months 2001
• A.O. Fellowship, Knee trauma and reconstruction, Innsbruck Austria, two months 2001
• Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Western And Northern Hospitals Melbourne since 2001
• Consultant orthopaedic surgeon St Vincents Hospital Melbourne since 2001
• Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Werribee and Mercy Hospital Melbourne since 2001
• Visiting sessional orthopaedic surgeon Seymour District Hospital since 2001
• Consultant orthopaedic surgeon St Vincents and Mercy Private Hospitals Melbourne since 2001
• Orthopaedic lecturer Melbourne University St Vincents Campus since 2001
• Co-ordinator of orthopaedic outpatients St Vincents Hospital Melbourne
• Co-ordinator of limb reconstruction services St Vincents Hospital Melbourne
• Contributing co-ordinator of Smith and Nephew Sponsored Ilizarov Fellowship , Melbourne. 2001- 2005

Research and Presentations

• Inter and intra rater agreement on knee performance rating systems 1995/96-presented at VIC branch meeting 1995
• Internal fixation of closed tibial plateau fractures-the Western Hospital experience- presented at AOA VBM 1998 submitted to ANZ Journal of Surgery 2001
• Comparison of uncemented LCS and Duracon TKR-long term study-in process – Western Hospital Melbourne
• MRI appearance of perforated quadriceps during acl reconstruction using hamstring grafts; poster presentation at International ACL study group- Rhodes Greece 2000
• Cold irrigation in knee arthroscopy- morbidity and applications poster presented at 2001 ISAKOS Switzerland-paper presented at the AOA 2002- submitted to Journal of Arthroscopy 2003
• The risk of eye splash injury in arthroscopic surgery submitted to the Journal of Arthroscopy 2002
• Resection and reconstruction of chronic osteomyelitis of the lower limb-The Lautenbach proceedure – presented at the Victorian Branch Meeting 2001
• Lectures in orthopaedic anatomy- Stanford University 1994/1996
• Lectures in paediatric and adult orthopaedics- Victoria University School of Nursing 1998/2000
• Lectures V.I.T. Shoulder Injury and Rehabilitation 2000
• Lecture Melbourne University – The A.C.L. Injured Knee 2000
• Senior faculty, "Essential Fracture Management Courses" – for English Registrar Training Program Liverpool and Leicester, United Kingdom 2000
• Lecturer: Basic Ilizarov Course, Liverpool 2001.
• Ilizarov seminar St Vincents Hospital August 2001
• Ilizarov seminar Western Hospital Melbourne November 2001
• Sports injuries requiring orthopaedic operative intervention-St Vincents and Mercy Private Hospital Orthopaedic seminar October 2001
• Limb reconstruction -Ilizarov Principles and Planning – Northern Hospital Orthopaedic Day Seminar November 2001
• Orthopaedic workshop St Vincents Hospital December 2001 – Organiser and presenter – Limb Reconstruction Principles
• British Limb Reconstruction Society – Annual meeting – Hosting and organizing Ilizarov work shops Liverpool March 2001
• Principles of management of osteomyelitis- Orthopaedic seminar St Vincents Hospital 2002
• Physiotherapy and Ilizarov technique – University Of Melbourne, Department of anatomy–2002
• Challenges in limb in fracture management-Orthopaedic seminar St Vincents Hospital 2003
• Principles of Ilizarov treatment – Orthotic seminar Western Hospital -2003
• Ilizarov technique workshop for surgeons Racs Melbourne April 2004-2007

Courses, Meetings Attended

• A.O.A. Scientific meetings MELB 1995
• A.O. basic course Sydney 1996
• Musculoskeletal pathology course-Enneking PERTH 1996
• AORA Conferences 1996-1998
• Early management of trauma course-Royal College Of Surgeons Melbourne 1997
• Statistics in medicine University of Melbourne 1998
• Hand surgery course Melbourne 1998
• Paediatric conference Royal Childrens Hospital 1998
• Limb reconstruction- Dror Paley- Baltimore USA 1999
• Advanced Ilizarov course, Royal College of Surgeons London September 2000
• BOA , London ,UK October 2000
• Combined plastic surgical and orthopaedic management of compound tibial fractures; Charring Cross, London, October 2000
• Advanced orthofix application; Verona, Italy, October 2000
• Lecturer basic Ilizarov course Liverpool 2001
• British limb reconstruction course Liverpool 2001
• Member of Isakos attendance bianual congress meetings from 2001
• AOA Scientific meeting-Presenter-November 2002
• ISAKOS Conference (Member) Aukland March 2003
• Ilizarov advanced course Kurgan Russia May 2003
• AOA Annual scientific meeting Adelaide 2003
• Arthroplasty meeting stryker International whistler January 2004
• Ilizarov technique for surgeons Racs Melbourne April 2004, Contributor
• AOA COE Tasmania April 2004
• Arthroplasty, sports and trauma meeting, Smith and Nephew, Palm Cove July 2004
• AOA COE Brisbane 2004
• Member of A.O. Foundation
• Attendence at annual AOA branch meetings and national meetings
• Medacta cadaver lab Anterior approach to Hip. Melbourne University Dept of Anatomy 2007
• AOA annual scientific meeting Hobart 2008
• Arthrocare Shoulder course Sydney 2008
• Shoulder arthroscopy course sponsored by Arthrocare Sydney March 2008
• Arthrex/ Device Technologies sponsored Shoulder Arthroscopy update/training MacQuarie University Hospital 2009
• Shanghai shoulder cadaver lab 2009
• Shoulder arthroscopy course/Labs Shanghai 2009
• Surgical techniques under Mr Des Boker Sydney 2009
• Hip arthroscopy course John O’donnel; Melbourne 2010
• Smith and Nephew Hip arthroscopy course, Melbourne 2010
• Sydney MacQuarie University, Hip scope cadaver lab 2011
• The Australian Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society ALLARS, Meeting , Melbourne, March 2011
• The International Society of Arthroscopic Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine ,ISAKOS, May 2011
• Victorian Branch AOA annual meetings, Yearly February 2013, 2014, 2015
• Sydney MacQuarie University, SUPERPATH approach to hip replacement 2014
• AOA international meeting, Melbourne 2014
• ISAKOS (International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine) Meeting Lyon , France 2015

Outside Interests

• Water-skiing/Boating
• Snow-skiing
• Golf
• 4W-Driving
• Running
• Singing
• Cycling

Professional Interests

To establish a well rounded orthopaedic practice in the North-west of Melbourne with a main interests in limb reconstruction surgery, sports injury reconstruction and arthroplasty.

Referees

• Mr. Kevin King Orthopaedic surgeon (Retired – contacted at- Suite I 3rd floor Royal Melbourne Hospital private consulting, Parkville 3050. Ph 03 9342 8523 Email: king@net.splus.com.au
• Mr. Christopher Haw Director of orthopaedic surgery Western Hospital, 260 Moreland road Brunswick 3056, Ph 03938 2776
• Professor Peter Choong Director of orthopaedics St. Vincents Hospital 55 Victoria pde level 2, Fitzroy Melbourne Victoria 3065. 03 9415 8255, Fax 03 9415 8677