Orthopaedics

Dr Cameron Cooke has quite simply always wanted to be an orthopaedic surgeon. He enjoys treating a range of patients with a range of conditions and thoroughly enjoys making a difference in people’s lives.

Raised in Brisbane, he completed both his medical degree (1992) and advanced surgical training in Orthopaedic Surgery in Queensland (2001). Cameron went onto further advanced sub-specialty training in joint replacement and orthopaedic trauma in Sydney, Vancouver in Canada and Sheffield in the UK.

Since establishing his private practice in 2005, Dr Cameron Cooke has continued to focus on the management of all hip and knee conditions and sports injuries, undertaking further training in the anterior approach to hip replacement, as well as management of orthopaedic trauma of the lower limb and the provision of objective medicolegal reporting. He enjoys continuing to learn and develop his skills and sharing his knowledge and expertise by both attending and presenting at numerous Australian and International orthopaedic conferences.

Along with his private practice he is the Director of Orthopaedics at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. In his role, he has established a hip fracture service and maintains his interest in high energy trauma and complex hip and knee replacement surgeries. He regularly lectures both in Australia and overseas.

Dr Cooke’s Special interests:

• Robotic Surgery
• Reconstructive Surgery
• Direct Anterior Hip replacement
• Geriatric hip fracture surgery
• Primary and revision hip and knee replacement
• Late trauma reconstructive surgery
• Arthroscopic knee surgery
• Medicolegal assessment
• Acute lower limb trauma

Dr Cooke sees DVA and Workcover patients and is a certified Independent Medical Examiner. Dr Cooke heads our No Gap Joint Replacement Program for eligible Medibank Private members, removing all out-of-pocket costs associated with knee, hip and shoulder joint replacement surgeries at our hospital (terms and conditions apply). For more information, click the link below.

Appointments for Dr Cooke can be made through his main office at Bend Orthopaedics.

Bend Orthopaedics
Suite 5/09, 550 Stanley St
South Brisbane QLD 4101

Phone: 1300 236 348
Email: info@cameroncooke.com.au
Website: www.bendorthopaedics.com.au

BSc MBChB (Hons, FRCS (Tr & Orth), FRACS

Specialty: Orthopedic Surgeon

He has been a specialist hand and upper limb surgeon since 2007 and was Director of Orthopaedic Surgery at Ipswich General Hospital from 2008-2012.

Dr Melsom graduated from the University of London in 1990 with a degree in Immunology and went on to finish his medical degree at the University of Bristol, UK. After teaching anatomy at Cambridge University, he started surgical training in Bristol, completing his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1998.

Specialising in Orthopaedics whilst on rotations in Oxford and Bristol, Dr Melsom completed his FRCS (Tr & Orth) in 2004. His interest in hand and upper limb surgery led him to take on fellowships to the Pulvertaft Hand Centre in Derby where the approach to hand and upper limb surgery included plastic surgery techniques, including flaps, soft-tissue cover, re-implantation, and nerve and tendon transfers. Dr Melsom completed the prestigious microsurgical course at Northwick Park Hospital in London and the hand fellowship in Nottingham, UK. Dr Melsom arrived in Australia in 2006 for the upper limb fellowship at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane. He was awarded his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2010.

Dr David Melsom currently practices at the Westside Private Hospital in Taringa. For appointments please refer to contact details below.

Appointments & Enquiries

Suite 11, Level 9 Evan Thomson Building
24 Chasely Street
Auchenflower QLD 4066

Phone: (07) 3870 0116
Fax: (07) 3870 1582
Email: reception@drmelsom.com.au
Website: www.drmelsom.com.au