 | Prof. George Murrell
MD (UNSW), DPhil (Oxon)
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service |
Profile
Professor George Murrell specializes in shoulder surgery and has a special interest in arthroscopic methods to repair and restore damaged ligaments and tendons.
His team has won over 30 awards for their work and his fellowship program attracts surgeons from all around the world.
Using the latest techniques and technology, damaged structures in the shoulder can be restored with minimally invasive arthroscopic or "keyhole surgery" as day cases under general anaesthesia.
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He graduated from Adelaide University and was the 1984 South Australian Rhodes Scholar. At Oxford he gained blues in athletics, completed a DPhil (PhD) and was awarded the Royal College of Surgeons Arris and Gale Medal. He then spent a year in Cambridge teaching and rowing before completing his orthopaedic training at Duke University, USA. During a two year fellowship in sports medicine, shoulder surgery and research at the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York he gained a National Institutes of Health First Award, and an American Orthopaedic Association North American Traveling Fellowship and helped look after the New York Giants.
His special clinical interest is the diagnosis and management of shoulder problems. For more information please click here....
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